Alcatel Shows Optical Interconnection between 3G Base Stations

In a trial demonstration, Alcatel’s data-aware SDH systems transported 3G mobile traffic between NTT DoCoMo’s FOMA 3G commercial systems located in Japan and its base station modem at KPN Mobile’s premises in the Netherlands. The traffic traversed the network at speeds 40 times greater than conventional GSM traffic. NTT DoCoMo’s 3G wireless systems employ Alcatel’s metro Optical Multi-Service Node (OMSN) products equipped with Integrated Service Adapter (ISA) plug-in cards to bridge ATM traffic. The integration of ISA plug-in cards transforms the OMSN products into highly efficient multi-service provisioning platforms, supporting traditional voice and leased-line traffic along with Ethernet, ATM and IP.
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