Alcatel-Lucent 7750 SR manual This reference was provided to Alcatel prior to the merger

•Streamline network operations across protocol layers to achieve economies of skill, and evolve the overall service infrastructure to a more homogeneous, scalable and flexible architecture

•Streamline business operations to achieve significant economies of scope across service offerings (e.g., order fulfillment, support, billing, marketing)

•Future-proof their service infrastructures for the future layering of ultra-high bandwidth business and residential applications

•Minimize the overall financial and tech- nological risks over the next seven to ten years

In order for service providers to achieve significant economies of scale, skill and scope they need to evolve their second-mile, and perhaps first–mile, infrastructures to a highly available, secure and cost-optimized service delivery foundation that can scale to support existing and future ultra-high-speed residential and business service rollouts. This requires

a comprehensive approach to the service delivery architecture design.

The Alcatel-Lucent 7750 SR offers unmatched density and performance: up to 400 Gb/s full duplex redundant capacity in one-third of a carrier’s system rack. This, along with its advanced service-oriented features, makes it the ideal choice for service providers who are looking to roll out a new generation of triple-play infrastructure-based services.

An important capability that distinguishes the Alcatel-Lucent 7750 SR from Internet- era routers is the built-in packet processing, service headroom and flexibility that ensures that new features can be soft-loaded with the promise of uncompromised performance up to 40 Gb/s per slot. Application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC)-based implementa- tion, on the other hand, requires a costly and lengthy line card re-spin each time a new feature or extension is required. For the service provider this results in high cumulative CAPEX, disruption of service and slot exhaus- tion as each new feature and capability requires a new specialized line card or module. This approach lengthens time-to-market for services and introduces significant support and turnaround time.

“The Alcatel 7750 SR is a great example of a multiservice edge router. It not only combines the scalability that’s required for these consolidated IP/MPLS networks, but it also incorporates a number of different features that help service providers deliver IP/MPLS-based services. That is really the distinguishing factor between the 7750, for example, and some other traditional edge routers on the market today. It makes it a great fit for those consolidated network environments.”

MARK BIEBERICH, SENIOR ANALYST, COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE, THE YANKEE GROUP

* This reference was provided to Alcatel prior to the merger.

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