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Topics: Main | Metro | Long-Haul | 10 Gbps | 40 Gbps | Components | All Optical Switching | PONs | Start-ups | Contracts | Standards | Videos | Archive   White Rock Offers Upgrade Path for Existing AFC Access Networks White Rock Networks has developed a retrofit kit for its VLX2006 multi-service access platform which provides an upgrade path to OC-48 transport for existing AFC 240 line cabinets. Using a pre-packaged kit, the VLX2006 can be installed into existing cabinets, providing carriers with fully protected Gigabit Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, DS1, DS3, OC-3, and OC-12 drops to the cabinet. All optical interfaces can be configured on a port-by-port basis providing flexible deployment options. Once installed using the retrofit kit, the VLX2006 increases network flexibility, extends existing equipment service life, saves fibers by collapsing star networks into rings, increases backhaul bandwidth, fully protects all services, and provides Gigabit Ethernet to every cabinet. The platform is optimized for outside plant deployments, allowing existing cabinet installations to remain in place while carriers begin the transition to high-bandwidth IP services. "As existing transport networks are stretched to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest-generation IP services, carriers are looking for simple, low-cost ways to extend the service life of existing narrowband remote cabinet installations. White Rock's new retrofit kit for the VLX2006 easily allows our 2 RU, fully hardened and protected OC-48 platform to fit within existing AFC 240 cabinets, significantly expanding capacity for new revenue-generating, Ethernet-based services while also consolidating transport for TDM backhaul of existing systems," said Lonnie Martin, Founder/CEO of White Rock Networks. "The wide array of service interfaces on the VLX2006 supports backhaul applications for existing service equipment while also providing additional ports and transport bandwidth for converged transport and aggregation of packet and circuit traffic. Service providers can share fiber transport facilities for legacy and next-generation access platforms, reducing transport costs while easing the transition to newer IP services." http://www.whiterock.com 18-Aug-05   Learn How to Get Your Video on this Site Recent Optical News Ericsson Expands Packet + Optical Transport Portfolio Broadcom to Acquire Teknovus for EPON Silicon OpNext Delivers Multiplexer for 100G Coherent Transponders Missouri's Fidelity Comm Picks NSN's Metro DWDM FiberTower Buys Capacity from FiberLight Australia's National Broadband Network Selects Alcatel-Lucent for Optical Alcatel-Lucent Debuts Terabit-class Optical Core Transport Switch u²t Photonics Samples 100G Receiver Huawei Introduces IP + Transport Backbone Planning Tool JDSU Launches Optical Test Handhelds GlobeNet to Deploy Huawei's DWDM Platform OFS Launches Hand-Held Core-Alignment Splicer PalmettoNet Deploys Ciena CN 4200 ROADM The OIF to Host Public Workshop on 25-Gig Electrical Interfaces Telefónica Tests Huawei's 100G > More news... Learn How to Get Your Video on this Site   Search  this site   Search the Web   Get Your Column Published LTE -- What Voice Services? by Jose Deras Framing the Next Wave of Carrier Ethernet by Umesh Kukreja Network Interconnection and Evolution for Super Carriers by Dawn M. Hogh Carrier Challenges for Tomorrow's Connected Enterprise by Dr. Badri Nath Dynamic Performance Management for Mobile Data Networks by Michael J. Schabel, Ph.D. To 4G or not to 4G: Supporting Exponential Mobile Traffic Growth by Joe Schraml   E-mail Newsletter Subscribe Now