Open interfaces for multivendor compatibility, competitive pricing and investment protection
The Alcatel-Lucent 1540 Litespan family is designed with standard in- terfaces (V5 for TDM voice services, SIP Megaco/H.248 for VoIP, and ATM or Ethernet for xDSL traffic) to ensure that it functions effectively in open environments. This open design lets you build competitive, customized solutions compatible with your existing investments and customers’ needs.
Rapid deployment for faster revenue generation
With the Alcatel-Lucent 1540 Litespan family, your deployment is simplified because the indoor racks and outdoor cabinet configurations are delivered from the factory com pletely built and tested. You can also provision the system from a centralized management center or a local craft terminal. Moreover, the management system is consistent with established systems, minimizing the learning curve. In short, all of these features significantly shorten your time-to-revenue.
Lower CAPEX and OPEX and increased revenues
Because the Alcatel-Lucent 1540 Litespan family provides so many services on a single platform, it can significantly affect your overall rev- enues. Plus, its flexible design ensures you can easily add new services as user demand requires them.
Just as important, the Alcatel-Lucent 1540 Litespan significantly lowers your capital expenditure (CAPEX) and operating expenditure (OPEX) by:
•Starting fiber at the most economi- cal point
•Using standard interfaces
•Interconnecting Ethernet, ATM, public switched telephone network (PSTN)/ISDN, leased lines, TDM, etc., in a single node
•Supporting flexible topologies in a single system
•Including open interfaces for mul- tivendor interworking
•Providing integrated network management
Future-ready and safe invest- ment evolution to NGN
The Alcatel-Lucent 1540 Litespan is designed to be NGN ready, letting you smoothly convert from a multi- service access platform supporting today’s TDM services to a full access media gateway in NGNs. Through the simple insertion of a VoIP gate way card, you can transform the node into an NGN access gateway that supports VoIP services with minimal future investment. You can also choose which customers remain connected to the legacy TDM back- bone and which migrate to the new NGN backbone.
