Trillium Digital Systems Inc. Announces Its ATM Product Plans and Additional MPOA and LANE 2.0 Functionality.LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 1997--Trillium Digital Systems Inc., a leading provider of communications software solutions, Tuesday announced its ATM product plans and the addition of Multiprotocol Over ATM (MPOA (MultiProtocol Over ATM) An ATM Forum standard that provides routing of legacy protocols (IP, IPX, etc.) over ATM networks. MPOA separates the routing processing from the actual forwarding. ) and LANE 2.0 functionality to its existing Protocol Layers Over ATM (PLOA PLOA Paid Leave of Absence PLOA Pennsylvania Lacrosse Officials Association ) source code software product. ATM is steadily becoming the backbone technology of the broadband communications network. Standards-based MPOA functionality allows users to migrate seamlessly from legacy networking infrastructures, protecting existing investments while significantly increasing performance. MPOA also enables the use of the network's Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities and deployment of new applications such as multimedia and IP multicast. Trillium, widely recognized for its ATM products and expertise, will license its new MPOA and LANE 2.0 functionality as part of the December 1997 release of its enhanced PLOA product. Trillium will offer discounted licenses of its high-performance ATM signaling stack when purchased for December delivery with this new PLOA release. Trillium is also discounting the license fees for its LANE 1.0 software products by up to 50 percent because of the anticipated customer migration to LANE 2.0 and Trillium's support for LANE 1.0 and LANE 2.0 functionality in its upcoming PLOA release. Trillium President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Jeff Lawrence said: "Trillium is committed to providing our customers with standards-based, high-performance source code solutions that succeed in real-world applications. The addition of ATM Forum compliant MPOA and LANE 2.0 functionality to Trillium's PLOA product again proves our ability to develop non-proprietary solutions that provide our customers with a reliable migration path for the future." Trillium leads the industry with first-to-market software solutions, providing customers with a reliable, single-source supply of high-quality source code for broadband and narrowband equipment. Trillium's large installed base makes its software the de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, in ATM signaling. Trillium's UNI 4.0 signaling and PNNI (Private Network-to-Network Interface) A routing protocol used between ATM switches in an ATM network. It lets the switches inform each other about network topology so they can make appropriate forwarding decisions. single peer group software has been shipped and integrated into customer products for well over a year. Trillium's PNNI multipeer group software has been available since August. All Trillium products are based on a common architecture, which allows them to interwork seamlessly. Lawrence said: "We are continuously improving our software quality, performance and functionality to provide customers with a safe and reliable product development path. Recent customer reports indicate that Trillium's ATM signaling performance in real-world applications is the highest in the industry. "To meet the increasing expectations of our customers, we are developing major performance enhancements for delivery early next year. As a part of our forward-looking strategy, we are also developing a number of interworking (standard) interworking - Systems or components, possibly from different origins, working together to perform some task. Interworking depends crucially on standards to define the interfaces between the components. and wireless solutions that leverage our broad range of expertise in ATM, SS7, ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. and Frame Relay technologies." The architectural flexibility of Trillium's PLOA product enables computer and communications equipment manufacturers to license PLOA functionality in one package or to selectively license each component. Trillium's complete integrated PLOA product will include support on both the client and server side for Classical Internet Protocol (CIP (1) (Common Isochronous Packet) The packet format used in time-based (real time) FireWire transmission. See FireWire, IEC 61883 and mLAN. (2) (Common Industrial P ), MPOA Client (MPC (1) (Mobile PC) A handheld or laptop computer. See handheld computer, laptop computer and Ultra-Mobile PC. (2) (MultiPath Channel) See multipath. ), MPOA Server (MPS) with full Next Hop Resolution Protocol Next Hop Resolution Protocol (NHRP) is sometimes used to improve the efficiency of routing computer network traffic over Non-Broadcast, Multiple Access (NBMA) Networks. It is defined in IETF RFC 2332, and further described in RFC 2333. (NHRP (Next Hop Resolution Protocol) A protocol for layer 3 switching that routes a request through traditional routers to obtain the destination address and sends the data packets via layer 2 switches. ) support, and LAN Emulation (LANE). LANE consists of LAN Emulation Client (LEC (1) (LAN Emulation Client) A software driver that provides LAN emulation (LANE) in an ATM network. It resides in an ATM end station or in a computer system that provides the LAN to ATM conversion, often known as a LAN access device. See LANE. ) and LAN Emulation Services (LES) functionality. Trillium Digital Systems is a leading provider of communications software solutions for computer and communications equipment manufacturers. Trillium develops, licenses and supports standards- based communications software for the Signaling System 7 (SS7), Asynchronous Transfer Mode See ATM. (communications) Asynchronous Transfer Mode - (ATM, or "fast packet") A method for the dynamic allocation of bandwidth using a fixed-size packet (called a cell). See also ATM Forum, Wideband ATM. ATM acronyms. Indiana acronyms. (ATM), Integrated Services Digital Networks (ISDN), Frame Relay, V5, Internet Protocol (IP) and X.25 communications protocols. Trillium is also developing solutions for software fault tolerance, Software on Silicon, Java and other emerging technologies. Trillium has licensed its source software to more than 200 companies worldwide for use in a broad range of switching, network access, service platform, operating system and test equipment products. Additional company and product information is available on the Web at http://www.trillium.com . -0- Note to Editors: Trillium and Trillium Digital Systems are registered trademarks of Trillium Digital Systems Inc. Software on Silicon is a trademark of Trillium Digital Systems Inc. Other referenced trademarks are trademarks (registered or otherwise) of Trillium or the respective trademark owners. CONTACT: Trillium Digital Systems Inc., Los Angeles Kim Billingsley, 310/442-9222 or 310/442-1162 (fax) kim@trillium.com or KVO Public Relations Wanda Cavanaugh, 650/919-2022 wanda@kvo.com |
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