RAD Launches New Customer-Located Demarcation Router for Delivering IP VPN Services over Full or Fractional E1 Links at Wire Speed
Announcement posted by RAD Data Communications 18 Nov 2005
- FCD-IPL is Ideal for Large-Scale Rollout of New Ethernet Services over 2 Mbps Lines -
RAD Data Communications has announced the release of the FCD-IPL, a compact and competitively priced E1 access unit with an integrated IP router. The integrated router supports the PPP WAN protocol and uses static routing, as well as RIPS I and II routing protocols, making this device a solution for deploying Internet services up to 2 Mbps as well as IP VPN and Ethernet leased line services.
Facilitates Layer 3 VPN Deployment
Layer 3 VPN services are gaining in popularity as small and medium businesses (SMBs) and enterprise branch offices look for ways to increase productivity while reducing communication expenses not associated with their core business. Service providers, for their part, are seeking to increase revenue streams and gain market share by leveraging their IP/MPLS backbone networks to offer enterprise customers value-added IP VPN connectivity solutions, including VoIP.
Needless to say, large-scale IP VPN deployment to SMBs and branch offices will take place over existing copper loop and require dedicated customer-located demarcation devices that incorporate high-performance traffic management and diagnostic capabilities yet are cost-effective enough to reduce Capex to a minimum, explains Meira Erez, Product Line Manager at RAD Data Communications. This is exactly what the FCD-IPL is designed for, she adds.
Advanced QoS Features Allow Service Differentiation for VoIP, Video and Data Services
The FCD-IPL forwards Ethernet traffic at wire speed, enabling full use of the 2 Mbps E1 link. Quality of Service is assured, based on standard class of service definitions per IP precedence (ToS) or DSCP. The user traffic is assigned to five distinct priority queues: one strict priority queue for VoIP and video applications and four weighted fair queues (WFQs) for data. The strict priority queue traffic is forwarded to the WAN link before traffic from any WFQ, minimizing delay and maintaining the quality of the transmission. All WFQs have the same priority, but each queue receives a minimum guaranteed data rate. The advanced QoS features enable service providers to deploy services such as IP Centrex with VoIP as well as Internet access and Ethernet leased line services, adds Erez.
Powerful Traffic Management and Diagnostics Capabilities for High Availability
Powerful traffic management and diagnostics capabilities place the FCD-IPL in a class by itself. A bi-directional fault propagation mechanism constantly monitors the status of the network and user connections. If a failure is detected on one of the interfaces, the FCD-IPL automatically shuts down the other port. This enables the service provider (or user) to quickly re-route traffic over a back-up link. When the failed connection is re-established, the FCD-IPL restores the inactive link automatically. The FCD-IPL can be managed via Telnet, Web-based applications and SNMP.
RAD Data Communications site: www.rad.com
Facilitates Layer 3 VPN Deployment
Layer 3 VPN services are gaining in popularity as small and medium businesses (SMBs) and enterprise branch offices look for ways to increase productivity while reducing communication expenses not associated with their core business. Service providers, for their part, are seeking to increase revenue streams and gain market share by leveraging their IP/MPLS backbone networks to offer enterprise customers value-added IP VPN connectivity solutions, including VoIP.
Needless to say, large-scale IP VPN deployment to SMBs and branch offices will take place over existing copper loop and require dedicated customer-located demarcation devices that incorporate high-performance traffic management and diagnostic capabilities yet are cost-effective enough to reduce Capex to a minimum, explains Meira Erez, Product Line Manager at RAD Data Communications. This is exactly what the FCD-IPL is designed for, she adds.
Advanced QoS Features Allow Service Differentiation for VoIP, Video and Data Services
The FCD-IPL forwards Ethernet traffic at wire speed, enabling full use of the 2 Mbps E1 link. Quality of Service is assured, based on standard class of service definitions per IP precedence (ToS) or DSCP. The user traffic is assigned to five distinct priority queues: one strict priority queue for VoIP and video applications and four weighted fair queues (WFQs) for data. The strict priority queue traffic is forwarded to the WAN link before traffic from any WFQ, minimizing delay and maintaining the quality of the transmission. All WFQs have the same priority, but each queue receives a minimum guaranteed data rate. The advanced QoS features enable service providers to deploy services such as IP Centrex with VoIP as well as Internet access and Ethernet leased line services, adds Erez.
Powerful Traffic Management and Diagnostics Capabilities for High Availability
Powerful traffic management and diagnostics capabilities place the FCD-IPL in a class by itself. A bi-directional fault propagation mechanism constantly monitors the status of the network and user connections. If a failure is detected on one of the interfaces, the FCD-IPL automatically shuts down the other port. This enables the service provider (or user) to quickly re-route traffic over a back-up link. When the failed connection is re-established, the FCD-IPL restores the inactive link automatically. The FCD-IPL can be managed via Telnet, Web-based applications and SNMP.
RAD Data Communications site: www.rad.com