Telco Systems’ New Ethernet Demarcation Boasts Easy Provisioning of Managed Services in Access Networks

Telco Systems a BATM company (LSE: BVC) and a leading provider of Carrier Ethernet access solutions, has announced a new single-user Ethernet demarcation line card which simplifies the discovery and provisioning of remote devices and extends additional Ethernet OAM and remote testing capabilities to the customer edge.

As a service demarcation device, the Metrobility R861 has been designed to support link and connectivity OAM standards (IEEE 802.3ah, 802.1ag CFM and ITU-T Y.1731) as well as IEEE VLAN-aware and provider bridging standards, granular rate limiting, jumbo frames, and multiple options for remote loopback testing. These features enable remote troubleshooting, service assurance testing, multi-service delivery, and bandwidth allocation to support service level agreements for commercial customers.

“The R861 technology allows a service provider’s field engineers to initiate auto-discovery of its peer in a book-ended configuration and subsequently auto-provision at circuit turn-up to make installation quick and simple. The field engineer literally only needs to connect the fiber to the fiber interface and the R861 does the rest,” said Mark Leal, product line manager at Telco Systems.

Supporting MEF standards, the Metrobility R861 Services Line Card combines the features of the Company’s 10/100Mbps (R821) and 1Gbps (R851) solutions into a single card. It offers a media conversion element with a single tri-speed (10/100/1000M) copper customer interface and a 100/1000M SFP-based fiber uplink. A 100/1000M fiber-based customer interface option is also available. This flexible design protects the provider’s investment by making it easy to upgrade a customer’s connection and minimizing stocking inventory. Bi-directional single strand and CWDM optics are also supported to maximize fiber capacity.

“While the R861 is currently managed through the Company’s WebBeacon and NetBeacon ESP Element Management System, it will be the first Metrobility product also supported by Telco Systems’ BiNOSCenter NG,” Leal continued. “This represents a migration path for our Metrobility customers to manage Metrobility products alongside the Company’s BiNOS-based IP products.”

The R861 is currently available for customer trials with full general availability expected within 30 days.

About Telco Systems

Telco Systems is a leader in innovative, multi-service Carrier Ethernet access and demarcation solutions to enable carriers and service providers to deploy highly reliable and manageable Ethernet services to both business and residential subscribers. These solutions support a cost effective evolution to a service-assured all IP/Ethernet network and enable service providers to introduce new services to capture additional revenue by supporting mixed services across a carrier Ethernet network.

Telco Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of BATM Advanced Communications (London stock exchange ticker symbol: BVC). For more information, please visit Telco Systems' web site.