Buckeye TeleSystem, a facilities-based carrier based in Ohio, has expanded its deployment of Mahi’s Networks Mi7 platform to aggregate additional SONET rings utilizing the OSI/DCC management protocol. Systems utilizing the IP/DCC management protocol were initially cut over to the Mi7 in August 2003. This follow-on Mi7 build-out simultaneously terminates SONET rings from two other equipment suppliers supporting both IP/DCC and OSI/DCC operations management protocols. The companies said that they believe that the direct termination of SONET rings from two other vendors onto the Mi7 is a first in the industry.
Older SONET access multiplexers utilize an OSI/DCC protocol scheme for management while next generation MSPPs utilizes an IP/DCC protocol scheme. Mahi’s Mi7 simultaneously supports operations management services for these two remote systems.
Mahi’s Mi7 Metro Core Aggregation System (MCAS) combines switching, transport, and differentiated service and control features. http://www.mahinetworks.com
