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 differ- ent services, topologies, technologies and transport options. Faced with such challenges, being able to man- age the access network efficiently and effectively is a vital requirement. Among other things, you need reliable management solutions — solutions that will automate net- work operation, administration and maintenance. What’s more, these solutions must be cost-efficient, optimize operating expenses (OPEX), provide quality 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 multiservice gateway platform, but also 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 symmetrical high bit rate DSL (SHDSL), giving users high- speed Internet surfing and multimedia downloading (see Figure 1). For all of these services, the Alcatel-Lucent 1353 LMS provides operation and maintenance functions.
Figure 1 – The Alcatel-Lucent Access Gateway for the ETSI World
PSTN/ISDN
LL/TDM
ATM
Ethernet
IP/Internet
Multiservice
1540 Litespan
1353 LMS |
Multivendor |
Multitopologies |
(Star/Ring/Tree) |
Business
Residential
Mixed
Multiscenarios
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