Fujitsu Network Communications and ADVA Optical Networking Inc. announced earlier this week that they have extended their OEM relationship with the addition of ADVA's Fiber Service Platform (FSP) 150 to the Fujitsu FLASHWAVE portfolio. The FSP 150 will be branded as the FLASHWAVE 5150 Ethernet access platform.
The devices support the IEEE 802.3ah Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) standard, which is designed to increase the manageability of Ethernet, while lowering the cost of access to Ethernet and IP networks. Fujitsu unveiled the FLASHWAVE 5150 EFM platform at the TELECOM '05 conference and exhibition in Las Vegas.
"Our two companies have enjoyed a successful three year alliance, and we are now deepening this relationship with the addition of this exciting new, packet-based product portfolio," said Bill Erickson, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Fujitsu Network Communications, in a statement. "Many of our customers are placing more emphasis on packet services and the new FLASHWAVE 5150 platform provides a powerful access networking approach that service providers can leverage to drive those services economically to more users."
Erickson added that the FLASHWAVE 5150 Ethernet access platform will be a popular new addition to Fujitsu's line of Carrier Ethernet, multiservice SONET and WDM products.
The carrier-class FLASHWAVE 5150 platform includes cost-optimized access products designed for mass-market delivery of Ethernet-based services. The product family consists of a customer premises demarcation unit and a set of 10/100Base-T, 10/100Base-X and Gigabit Ethernet aggregation devices which offer flexible options to simplify service delivery and reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). The FLASHWAVE 5150 platform is interoperable with SONET/SDH products and Layer 2/Layer 3 infrastructures to help carriers evolve today's networks to support next-generation services.
"The platform can be used to create diverse services such as E-Line, E-LAN or Virtual Private Networks from a basic set of building blocks. Our extensive and unique Operations, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) features provide the carrier-class service and reliability for customer applications, even when transported on a shared infrastructure," said Brian P. McCann, chief marketing and strategy officer at ADVA Optical Networking, in a statement
The FLASHWAVE 5150 units are based on the IEEE 802.3ah EFM standard and support the lightweight OAM protocol. This protocol has been extended to offer additional management capabilities to enable large scale deployment in carrier networks. Advanced Performance Monitoring capabilities are designed to allow operators to monitor and maintain customer SLAs. Remote bandwidth management and over-subscription of aggregate ports is supported, allowing flexible network deployment with simple service upgrades.
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