Small or medium-sized business access

Overview

Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-5 provides a low-cost solution for offering access to small to medium-sized enterprise end customers. Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-5 can provide businesses with reliable transport for both voice and data service using DS1/E1, DS3/E3, and 10/100 Mb/s Ethernet over SONET/SDH protected OC-3/STM-1 or OC-12/STM-4 lines.

Enterprise access

Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-5 is optimized for low-cost, small footprint entry into end-user environments. Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-5 can be placed in an office building, medical facility, hotel, college dormitory, or any building housing a moderate amount of distinct end users. In its ability to provide a flexible mix of DS1/E1, DS3/E3, OC-n/STM-n, and 10/100/1000 Mb/s Ethernet interfaces, Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-5 is ideal as a collection point for multiple lines within a diverse MTU (Multi-Tenant Unit), providing a variety of both voice and data services. Up to 8 Ethernet private line services can be transported using Ethernet over SONET/SDH, and Ethernet traffic from up to 23 ports can be aggregated at the packet layer and then transported using Ethernet over SONET/SDH.

Figure 3-1: Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-5 providing enterprise access

Application advantage

Using Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-5 in this application results in the following advantages:

• Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-5 is designed as an ultra-compact, full-service TDM/Ethernet CPE, eliminating the need for larger NEs or data-specific switches and routers within the building. This is extremely advantageous as the cost of renting space in high-rise basements for telecommunications equipment is high.

• Low-cost fiber terminations directly to the business.

• Flexible service offerings.

• Service flexibility with DS1/E1, DS3/E3, FE/GbE interfaces; all of which are meant to facilitate cost-effective and steady growth.

• Easily managed solution: if the Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-5 is equipped with a VLNC2 and VLNC50/52/55, and connected to the Alcatel-Lucent 1665 Data Multiplexer/Alcatel-Lucent 1665 DMXtend, Alcatel-Lucent 1675 LambdaUnite MSS, or WaveStar^® 2.5G/10G the SONET/SDH operations of the remotely located Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-5 can be managed from the central office using the WaveStar^® CIT.

• Reliable SONET or SDH protection of both voice and data services.

• Integrated Ethernet switching and Ethernet compatibility with BLEC/enterprise switches.