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PACKETLIGHT AND WORLD WIDE PACKETS DEMONSTRATE INTEGRATED ACCESS AND METRO FUNCTIONALITY USING PL-16000 INTEGRATED OPTICAL TRANSPORT SYSTEM AND LIGHTNINGEDGE™ 211 ACCESS CONCENTRATOR
Combined Solution Provides Metro and Access Functionality that Enables Ethernet Access from Residential, SOHO and Small Business Parks over SONET/DWDM and Carrier Class GbE Transport Infrastructure
San Diego, CA. and Spokane, WA. May 30, 2002 – Following rigorous testing, PacketLight Networks’ PL-16000 integrated optical transport system has been verified interoperable with the World Wide Packets LE-211 access concentrator, the two companies announced today.
Together, the PL-16000 and LE-211 provide the Ethernet to the Subscriber™ market with metro functionality that enables multiplexing of multiple services and DWDM. With the LE-211’s virtual local area network (VLAN) and multicast capability and the PL-16000’s DWDM/SONET and VLAN based GbE aggregation and transport, a total solution is offered for TDM data and video services.
Conducted at PacketLight’s laboratories, the testing successfully validated the optics, physical and logical connectivity, and overall interoperability of the PL-16000 with the LE-211. Test categories included multicasting GbE transport performance, and Layer 2 VLAN and DWDM functionality.
PacketLight’s PL-16000
The industry’s first integrated optical transport system, the PacketLight PL-16000 combines classical DWDM with Layer 1 and Layer 2 transport aggregation, service ADM and cross-connect functionality. It combines data, voice, storage and video connections and allows carriers to deliver increased bandwidth and any type of network services - whether existing or new - to their customers. PacketLight’s integrated solution significantly reduces capital and operating expenditures and facilitates rapid response to customer demand.
The PacketLight solution also includes two network management applications (BrowseLight™ and ControLight™) that enable carriers to fully exploit PL-16000 functionality and perform management tasks in a fast, convenient and reliable manner.
Now generally available, the PacketLight PL-16000 integrated optical transport system is NEBS Level 3 compliant and has successfully completed several field trials.
World Wide Packets’ LE-211
The World Wide Packets LE-211 access concentrator aggregates Ethernet connections from LightningEdge access portals or other LightningEdge access concentrators on a single platform and trunks connections upstream to a LightningEdge access distributor or directly to service providers or content servers. The LE-211 provides unique subscriber management features, usage-based billing statistics, rate limiting, service channels and uplink capabilities, handling aggregation functionality by directly connecting both MxU (multi-dwelling/tenant units) and Fiber to the Subscriber® to customers at speeds up to 100 Mbps.
With pluggable optics, redundant power supplies and redundant fans, the LE-211 provides maximum reliability and flexibility within budget and performance requirements. It also provides rich management capabilities, automatically provisioning services without requiring software reloads and network outages.
About PacketLight Networks
Since its inception in early 2000, PacketLight Networks has been developing its advanced integrated metro optical transport system. Created with the carriers’ need for flexibility in mind, this system’s innovative optical networking technology enables carriers to efficiently provide businesses with a variety of high-bandwidth services in a dynamic, ever-changing environment. PacketLight is backed by strategic investor ADC Telecommunications (NasdaqNM: ADCT-news), a leading international supplier of transmission and networking systems. Venture financing was raised from Carlyle Europe Venture Partners, Pitango Venture Capital, and Portview Communications Partners. PacketLight’s offices are located in San Diego, Paris and Israel. More information is available from PacketLight Networks, 5820 Oberlin Drive, San Diego, Calif. 92121; telephone 858-458-1895; fax. 858-458-1685; e-mail info@packetlight.com or on the Web at www.packetlight.com.
About World Wide Packets
World Wide Packets pioneered the adoption of Ethernet-based access networks. The Spokane, Wash.-based company has become synonymous with solutions for "Fiber to the Subscriber," "Ethernet to the Subscriber" and "Ethernet in the First Mile." World Wide Packet's LightningEdge offering enables a single access platform for both business and residential subscribers, providing the most cost competitive broadband access solution for delivery of voice, video, and data services. World Wide Packets is a privately held corporation, established by Bernard Daines, founder of Packet Engines, Grand Junction Networks and Tidewater Associates. For more information on World Wide Packets, please visit our Web site at www.wwp.com.
Access Brilliance, Ethernet to the Subscriber, ETTS, Fiber to the Subscriber, FTTS, LightningEdge, World Wide Packets and the World Wide Packets logo are trademarks of World Wide Packets Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Contact
PacketLight Networks
Michal Meirowich
US 858-458-1895 ext. 257
Israel +972-9-7645416
Michal_Meirowich@packetlight.com
Bruce Manning
Access Millennium 3 Inc.
US (562) 597-8086
Bruce@access-pr.com
World Wide Packets
Eileen DeArmon
World Wide Packets
509-242-9270
eileen.dearmon@wwp.com
