RAD Data Communications announced that its products will fully support the new TDM Transport over MPLS using the AAL1 Implementation Agreement (IA). RAD has developed a new ASIC designed for transporting TDM over Packet Switched Networks. The new chip is planned to power the next generation of RAD’s Ethernet Network Termination Units (NTUs), TDM over IP (TDMoIP) gateways and TDM over MPLS (TDMoMPLS) access devices. Product introductions are expected in October.
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- Earlier this month, the MPLS/Frame Relay Alliance approved a new Time Division Multiplexing (TDM)-over-MPLS Implementation Agreement (IA) that enables the delivery of n* 64kps (DS0), T1, E1, E3, T3 or other such private line services over an MPLS network. The new IA may be applied in the design of carrier or Provider Edge (PE) routers, multi-service edge switches and dedicated gateway equipment. The emulation method defines how the PE will map, encapsulate and tunnel TDM private line traffic over MPLS LSPs. Specifically, it defines the emulation of TDM circuits over MPLS Label Switched Paths (LSPs) by using ATM AAL1 encapsulation.