Tellabs introduced a new carrier-class, medium capacity (42 Gbps) “managed edge” platform designed to extend IP/MPLS from the edge of the core network to the local exchange or even to the customer premises. The new Tellabs 8600 system could be used by service providers to implement MPLS VPNs and Ethernet over MPLS, delivering application aware services such as intranet interconnectivity, extranet, business Internet access and corporate voice with QoS. It could also be used for aggregating broadband traffic from consumers and small office home office (SoHo) users. The modular platform leverages Tellabs’ 8100 managed access system, which features GUI-based point-and-click service provisioning and management.
Network deployments of the new Tellabs 8600 system will begin in the first half of 2004. The product was developed at Tellabs’ R&D facility in Finland.
Tellabs said this new platform, along with the Tellabs 8800 multi-service switch router (MSSR) from the recently acquired Vivace Networks, enable it to offer a complete data solution that integrates Layer 1 (transport), Layer 2 (switching) and Layer 3 (routing) capabilities.
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- Earlier this year, Tellabs acquired Vivace Networks, a start-up building multiservice edge switches, for $135 million in cash and employee stock options.
- The Tellabs 8800 (formerly Vivace Viva5100) is designed for delivering native Frame Relay, ATM, Ethernet and IP services. It scales to 320 Gbps of full-duplex switching in half of a 7 foot rack and a multi-chassis system could scale up to 256 customer ports at 10 Gbps. A single Universal Line Card accepts a flexible set of different Physical Line Modules spanning DS3 – OC-192/STM-64.
