Converged service delivery via 1665 product family

Overview

Modern Ethernet/SONET MSPPs like Alcatel-Lucent 1665 DMX have made it simple for a single provider to offer voice, data, and video on a common, easy-to-manage platform. The hybrid Ethernet/SONET nature of Alcatel-Lucent 1665 DMX has made it an integral part of the top Service Provider (SP) networks moving toward converged offerings. In addition to convergence, there are a host of new service opportunities that demand intelligent access solutions. These include services like Storage Area Network (SAN) distance extensions, secure VPNs, and VoIP; all of which are receiving great attention from industry media and promise high market demand in the future.

Description

The Alcatel-Lucent 1665 DMXplore and Alcatel-Lucent 1665 DMXtend offer high bandwidth optical access at the OC-3/12/48 level in conjunction with DS1/3 interfaces for voice traffic, Fast Ethernet (10/100 Mbps) and Gigabit Ethernet (1000Mbps) for integrated data transport, and on Alcatel-Lucent 1665 DMX and Alcatel-Lucent 1665 DMXtend, native SAN interfaces (FICON/ESCON/Fibre-Channel) all in one compact, low-cost unit. These characteristics make the Alcatel-Lucent 1665 DMX family ideal next–Generation converged platforms for their ability to address the concerns of both SPs and end-users alike.

Figure 3-18: 1665 product family providing converged service

OC-3/12/48/192 high-speed lines provide connections with enough bandwidth to service even very high-bandwidth FTTB and FTTH applications. The rich feature set of the 1665 Product family includes support of Ethernet QoS protocols that rival offerings from other industry vendors and, combined with the legendary reliability of SONET, provides an extremely resilient platform ensuring low-latency and fast restoration in the event of failures. Finally, because the 1665 Product Family is SONET-based and provides fully integrated interfaces for data transport, they can enable SPs and Enterprises alike to preserve their investment in existing network assets.

Application advantages

With a metro platform that provides integrated multi-service access, Enterprises can continue to employ their entire data infrastructure, simply connecting to the Alcatel-Lucent 1665 DMX/Alcatel-Lucent 1665 DMXtend/Alcatel-Lucent 1665 DMXplore at the point of transport. In addition to protecting their existing investments in hardware, this approach also enables the continued use of platforms and procedures used to manage their internal LAN. On the SP side, integrated access amounts to enabling converged service offerings with similar advantages. SPs can deliver more revenue generating services without the use of multiple CPEs/CO access devices. This is both an attractive prospect for enterprises, and allows SPs to keep OPEX under control. As SONET-based platforms, the 1665 Product Family can interoperate with SP management systems and be easily integrated into their network.

Across the board, industry analysts agree that OPEX and CAPEX reductions are the compelling force for upgrading to next–Generation network elements. And with a small footprint, great scalability, and fully integrated multi-service interfaces, Alcatel-Lucent 1665 DMXplore and Metropolis^® DMXpress simultaneously make the case for a next–Generation CPE and fulfill the need.

Figure 3-19: 1665 product family converged service application