Aktino Offers 90+ Mbps Mobile Backhaul Platform
US based Aktino has introduced a flexible new 90+ Mbps product which the company says can be used to transport either DS3 TDM/ATM or Carrier Ethernet. The solution, which combines features from Aktino’s DS3 and Carrier Ethernet over copper product lines, helps carriers address three key applications with maximum flexibility: Carrier Ethernet services, DSLAM backhaul, and cell site backhaul. The new product delivers either a DS3 or up to 90+ Mbps of Carrier Ethernet bandwidth throughout the entire CSA (Carrier Serving Area or 12,000 feet) and beyond. It switches from a DS3 to Carrier Ethernet product and back via a simple user command.
For carriers, it offers a choice of providing asymmetric services to cover their entire CSA with bandwidth of up to 90+ Mbps, or symmetric services of up to 90+ Mbps at shorter reaches.
“Asymmetric services, in which carriers offer far more bandwidth downstream than they do upstream, is ideal for many applications, such as DSLAM or cell site backhaul,” said Hossam Salib, Senior Vice President of Marketing for Aktino. “By adjusting the bandwidth to the specific needs of the application, carriers can achieve nearly 8 Mbps per copper pair throughout the CSA, which is 10 times more than legacy HDSL technologies
“This solution gives carriers fiber impact on a copper budget, in the form of a cost-effective solution that supports their network migration strategies.”
Salib added that in tandem with this solution, Aktino is introducing an
updated version of its 8-pair Ethernet solution, which provides 50 Mbps
symmetric bandwidth at up to 5,000-foot reaches.
By configuring the product in asymmetric mode, a carrier can double the
downstream bandwidth over Aktino’s already high symmetric MIMO-on-DMT
(Multiple Input, Multiple Out on Discrete Multi-Tone) bandwidth, and more than
quadruple the bandwidth provided by G.SHDSL. Aktino says that it is the only
bonded copper solution vendor that offers asymmetric bandwidth capability.
With the ability to switch from DS3 to Ethernet, the AKflex functionality enables a particularly cost-effective migration strategy for carriers from ATM- and TDM-based networks to Ethernet, since there is no need to change the hardware.
Posted to the site on 12th June 2008
