Ethernet and TDM on one platform

When using optional Alcatel-Lucent TransLAN Cards®, the Alcatel- Lucent 1655 AMU system supports Ethernet over existing SDH networks. Depending on the cards selected, the Alcatel-Lucent 1655 AMU system offers the following features:

•Layer 2 Ethernet switching functionality: point-to-point and multipoint LAN services

•Ethernet Performance Monitoring (PM)

•Link pass through (LPT)

•Support for virtual concatenation (VCAT), generic framing procedure (GFP) and link capacity adjustment scheme (LCAS)

•Virtual local area network (VLAN) tagging for traffic separation and statistical multiplexing gain

•VLAN trunking, saving physical interfaces at hub locations

•Enhanced flow classification and flexible Quality of Service (QoS) assignment

A variety of Alcatel-Lucent Trans- LAN Cards are available, including Ethernet 10BASE-T, Fast Ethernet (FE) 100BASE-T, GigE 1000BASE-T and 1000BASE-X. These cards offer the opportunity to customize support for point-to-point or Layer 2 Ethernet- switched applications (option-card- version dependent). The Alcatel-Lucent1655 AMU is Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) certified for MEF 9 and MEF 14.

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