Telica's Plexus 9000 shatters
barriers imposed by less flexible switching solutions and single
purpose solutions. The Plexus 9000 is a softswitch-based
switching platform that unleashes new economic and competitive
advantages for service providers in today's evolving network.
Our solution is a high capacity, softswitch-based packet switch
for TDM, VoATM and VoIP switching, supporting traditional and
next-generation services today. Service providers deploying the
Plexus 9000 can cap their investment in traditional circuit
switches and migrate to a converged switching infrastructure.
They can use the Plexus 9000 today as a high capacity Tandem or
Class 5 switch for traditional services such as 3/6/7/10
Routing, International Dialing, CLASS, E800, E911, LNP, and
CALEA or as a next-generation switch for IP-based voice services
such as IP-Centrex.This
carrier-grade switching system features a fault-tolerant
architecture designed to exceed the availability of current
central office switches in a highly compact, NEBS-certified
central office package. Breakthrough levels of density,
performance and scalability easily handle a dynamic mix of
circuit- and packet-switched traffic for Class 4 and Class 5
applications.
The Plexus 9000 supports a
comprehensive suite of interfaces for both subscriber and
network access and hundreds of services for Class 4 and Class 5
switching applications.
Supported signaling protocols
include SS7, ISDN, CAS, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for
VoIP, Broadband Loop Emulation Services (BLES) for VoATM, and
GR-303 for DS1 and Voice Frequency (VF) interfaces.
These services and interface
protocols are supported on a complete selection of physical
interfaces, including DS-1, E-1, DS-3, STS-1, OC-3, STM-1,
OC-12, STM-4, OC-12c and 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet.
The Plexus 9000 provides three
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Reliability: Our carrier-class, NEBS
Level 3 certified switches have a high level of redundancy built
into every hardware and software component and include support for
online software upgrades. The Plexus 9000 has completed a Telcordia
Technologies, Inc., System Reliability Analysis with estimated
results of 99.99994% for total system reliability. |
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Flexibility: The Plexus 9000 supports
TDM, VoIP and VoATM for Class 4/5 services and includes all the
elements of a softswitch-based solution: Media Gateway, Media
Gateway Controller (Softswitch) and Signaling Gateway. These various
softswitch elements may be deployed in either a distributed,
centralized or integrated configuration to meet a wide range of
network requirements. In addition, the Plexus 9000 offers unequaled
operational simplicity for service providers through the support of
existing OSS interfaces and procedures including TL1, SNMP, Billing,
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Density & Economic Value: The Plexus
9000 I/O density is industry-leading with 137,088 TDM ports or
24,192 VoP calls per shelf (13RU) supported and even more ports
supported per node. With such density advantages, patented
architectural advantages and low power consumption (0.3 watts/DS1),
the Plexus 9000 offers significant economic value in terms of CAPEX
and OPEX reductions. Service Providers can use the Plexus 9000 today
as a high capacity Tandem or Class 5 switch for traditional services
such as CLASS, E800, E911, LNP, and CALEA or for IP-based voice
services such as IP-Centrex. |
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High density design provides up to
137,088 ports per shelf, 411,264 per rack, in TDM applications. The
VoP platform supports a pace-setting 24,192 calls per shelf.
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Support of TDM voice, VoIP and VoATM
services enables an evolutionary transition to voice-packet
telephony |
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Simplified architecture provides
increased flexibility by performing functions that include Signaling
Gateway, Media Gateway, Media Gateway Controller (softswitch) and
application services in an integrated, centralized or distributed
softswitch-based architecture |
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Open and modular architecture supports
interoperability through the use of industry standard protocols such
as MEGACO, M3UA/SCTP, BICC, SIP and SIP-T |
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Simplified operating environment is
achieved by an integrated Java-based management system; and the
implementation of embedded OSS protocols such as TL-1 and
Telcordia Technologies OSMINE* integration preserves the
customer's back office system investment |
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The 15 Gbps non-blocking switching
fabric features patent-pending latency-reduction technology,
delivers the highest number of processed calls per second
compared to solutions in the same class, and ensures highest
service quality |
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Fully redundant hardware and
software architecture for system processor, switching fabric and
I/O modules ensures no loss of calls and highest quality of
service |
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Hot swappable components and support
for online software upgrades offer the highest availability |
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