Managing the access network
Access is the cornerstone of a tele- com network. All end-user services merge in the access nodes. The types of services your end users want continue to expand as technology evolves at an unprecedented pace. As a result, your access network must be able to accept many different services, topologies, technologies and transport options. Faced with such challenges, being able to manage the access network efficiently and effec- tively is a vital requirement. Among other things, you need reliable man- agement solutions — solutions that will automate network operation, administration and maintenance.
an integrated management system — the Alcatel-Lucent 1353 LMS. This system manages narrowband and broadband services, transport links, as well as subscribers for the Alcatel- Lucent 1540 Litespan Multiservice Access Gateway.
The flexible, multiservice Alcatel- Lucent 1540 Litespan solution provides basic narrowband voice and data services (using plain old telephone system [POTS], integrated
services digital network [ISDN] basic access/ primary rate access, voice over IP [VoIP] and digital leased lines), as well as broadband services. Services include asymmetrical digital subscriber line (ADSL) and sym- metrical high bit rate DSL (SHDSL), giving users high-speed Internet surfing and multimedia downloading (see Figure 1). For all of these ser- vices, the Alcatel-Lucent 1353 LMS provides operation and maintenance functions.
What’s more, these solutions must be cost-efficient, optimize operating expenses (OPEX), provide quality
Figure 1. The Alcatel-Lucent access gateway for the ETSI world
of service (QoS), as well as achieve stringent time-to-market objectives.
The Litespan family
The Alcatel-Lucent 1353 Litespan Management System (LMS) is part of the Alcatel-Lucent 1540 Litespan family. Each Alcatel-Lucent 1540 Litespan includes not only the mul- tiservice gateway platform, but also
SDH
PSTN/ISDN
LL/TDM
ATM
Ethernet
IP/Internet
Multiservice
1540 Litespan
1353 LMS
Multivendor
multitopologies (star/ring/tree)
Business
Residential
Mixed
Multiscenarios
Alcatel-Lucent 1353 Litespan Management System (LMS) 3
