Marconi will resell Laurel Networks’ Service Edge Router as part of its networking solutions for U.S. federal government network operators and global service providers. Under the partnership, Marconi introduces the BXR-5000, a scalable 160 Gbps per rack platform (80 Gbps in and 80 Gbps out) that supports the aggregation of high-density Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) into a high-speed multiservice core over OC-48c / STM-16 or OC-192c / STM-64. The edge router complements Marconi’s BXR-48000, a 960 Gbps (480 Gbps in and 480 Gbps out) switch-router by supporting high-density, high-speed aggregation using Packet over SONET/SDH. In addition to providing aggregation of high-density GigE and IP services, the edge router addresses federal government market requirements for IP QoS solutions. Marconi’s Broadband Routing and Switching group (formerly FORE Systems) and Laurel Networks share a common company heritage and both are based in Pittsburgh.
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- In April 2003, Marconi’s Broadband Routing and Switching group and Riverstone Networks formed a partnership focused on metro Ethernet solutions. The partnership combines Riverstone’s IP-based metropolitan routers and carrier-class features with Marconi’s multiservice switch-routers, optical transport and broadband access solutions, and its softswitch.
In April 2003, Laurel Networks introduced 10 Gbps SONET/SDH and Gigabit Ethernet Physical Interface (PHY) cards for its flagship ST200 Service Edge Router. The platform enhancements include a 1-port OC-192c/STM-64 SONET/SDH PHY card that scales to 8 ports per ST200 (16 per telco rack) and supports Packet over SONET (POS), Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), High-level Data Link Control (HDLC) and Frame Relay encapsulations. Laurel is also introducing a 1-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet PHY card that scales to eight ports per system (16 per telco rack) and supports advanced Ethernet over MPLS capabilities including 802.1Q VLANs and 802.1p prioritization. To meet the needs of growing MPLS networks, the ST200 10 Gbps SONET/SDH and Gigabit Ethernet PHY Cards support 256k MPLS Label Switched Paths (LSPs).
Laurel Networks is headed by Atul Bansal, previously president of FORE Systems’ Network Control Technology. Its senior management staff also includes Stephen Vogelsang, previously senior director of strategic and technical marketing at FORE Systems; Robert Warden, who previously managed the hardware engineering teams at FORE Systems responsible for the design, implementation, and market introduction of new ATM and IP switching systems; Robert Rennison, previously a Principal Engineer at FORE Systems responsible for core Internet switching products; Dimitris Varotsis, a principal engineer at FORE Systems responsible for MPLS switching; a Jeffrey Prem, a software developer at FORE Systems.
