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Fujitsu Enhances DSL Capacity with STM-4c
Market First
Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe Ltd, the leading supplier of
high performance telecommunications solutions, continues to set
new standards for DSL performance, introducing the market's first
STM-4c Network Interface, for operation with Fujitsu's multi-service
FDX DSL Access Concentrator DSLAM platform. Currently providing
the highest achievable density within the most cost-efficient package,
Fujitsu's DSL design philosophy provides operators with a flexible,
scalable and efficient means of meeting customer demand for increased
DSL bandwidth - as fuelled by DSL-delivered television programming,
video-on-demand and lease line services.
With the availability of the STM-4c Network Interface, Fujitsu's
FDX solution offers improved support for fast Internet connections
and Voice-over-DSL services using multiple voice channels. Video
applications, as well as point-to-point 2Mbps lease-line services,
benefit from the increased network capacity offered by the STM-4c
interface, enabling fast and economic deployment. Using Fujitsu's
scalable technology, and with minimum investment, operators and
service providers are now able to offer customers multi-service
bundled packages at competitive rates, with the consumer and business
sectors both able to benefit, and continue to drive the demand for
further bandwidth.
Ivan Sallows, Product Planning Manager DSL Solutions of Fujitsu
Telecommunications Europe Ltd, commented: "This launch of our
STM-4c Network Interface for the FDX DSL solution underlines its
capabilities as a truly multi-service, multi-platform system - and
as part of its pre-launch testing, we successfully operated the
STM-4c interface with an impressive rack wall of almost 2000 modems.
The prime role of FDX is to make life as easy as possible for operators
and service providers, by ensuring that a single modular system
can be scaled according to demand - allowing the maximum number
of customers to be provided with the greatest choice of services.
Backed by its traffic management and shaping capabilities, FDX is
a powerful option and reinforces Fujitsu's position as a major provider
of broadband solutions."
The new STM-4c interface provides the necessary back-haul efficiencies
into the core network, using the advanced traffic management and
shaping capabilities of Fujitsu's FDX system to maximise support
for the largest number of customers, and ensure the optimum use
of both the core transmission bandwidth and the exchange or hostel
floor space. Potentially, through subtending nearly 10,000 customers
can be supported from a single network interface. These aspects
contribute further to an operator's ability to trade effectively
and profitably in the highly competitive broadband services market.
Fujitsu's FDX DSL Access Concentrator
The FDX DSL Access Concentrator forms part of Fujitsu's market-leading
broadband access equipment, developed to provide network operators
with a choice of high-performance access solutions. As a modular platform,
FDX allows operators to build the optimum size of DSLAM for each application,
with line cards being added as required. FDX supports both ADSL (dmt/G.lite)
and SDSL (G.shdsl) technology, with evolution to the emerging VDSL
standards. The FDX platform complements Fujitsu's range of access
multiplexers, the FBX-Access SDH platform, and the FBX-DSL - the first
SDH-based HDSL system. Fujitsu's FDX provides xDSL access via the
copper infrastructure, with services concentrated using the ATM switch.
This also provides VC priority-based queuing, VP shaping, flexible
QoS and congestion control for network and user traffic. The modularity
of the FDX makes it possible to expand the network interface rate
from STM-1 to STM-4. A software-download capability enables remote
upgrades, and all the key system features can be configured, maintained
and managed remotely by Fujitsu's well-established Access Network
Management System - FLEXR-EM/AC.
Key FDX features include:
- Multi-service DSL platform, supporting business and residential
services
- Supports simultaneous operation of ADSL, G.shdsl and VDSL line
cards for future upgrades
- Flexible, modular architecture, making deployment cost-effective
in a wide range of Geotypes
- Ultra-high density, using minimum exchange floor space
- Compatible with a wide range of Customer Premised Equipment
- Supports evolution to emulated legacy services
Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe
Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe Limited - a strategic division
of the Telecommunications Group, Fujitsu Limited, Japan - is the
largest supplier of Broadband Access equipment in the United Kingdom,
the worldwide design location for access network solutions and a
centre of excellence for the development of Digital Subscriber Line
(DSL) technology.
Currently employing 1,460 staff around Europe, Fujitsu Telecommunications
Europe is focused on providing strategic end to end solutions, with
a complete turnkey service - from project planning, community liaison,
cable laying and civil engineering, to installation, implementation
and ongoing maintenance. For more information visit: www.ftel.co.uk
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