Kentrox AAC-2TM, CELLSMART manual AAC-3, AAC-2, and CellSMART, Description

AAC-3®, AAC-2™, and CellSMART®

Description

The AAC family offers a flexible, modular architecture, allowing you to choose the most cost-effective service for each application and manage everything from a single platform. Each AAC contains slots for Protocol Modules (PM) that determine the traffic type—ATM, Frame Relay or Ethernet—and Physical Layer Modules (PLM) that determine the physical interface. The broad array of available Protocol and Physical Layer Modules meets the needs of a variety of customers, including enterprise, service provider, government and military.

The AAC family comprises three models to deliver a full range of access options at a variety of price points.

▼	The AAC-3offers the highest levels of
	connectivity and scalability, supporting speeds
	ranging from T1/E1 to OC-3c/STM-1. Its
	modular chassis supports up to seven PM/PLM
	pairs, making it an ideal hubbing device for
	enterprise networks or a port fan-out device
	for service distribution.

▼	The AAC-2provides economical integration
	of services over public and private networks at
	speeds ranging from T1/E1 to OC-3c/STM-1. Its
	smaller chassis supports up to three PM/PLM
	pairs, making it suitable for mid-sized locations
	that need to connect voice, video and data
	traffic to the WAN.
▼	The CellSMART 200 IMA series is ideal for
	medium- to high-speed data applications
	that require NxT1/E1 access using Inverse
	Multiplexing for ATM (IMA). A variety of
	models are available with V.35, HSSI,
	Ethernet, T3/E3 or OC-3c/STM-1 user ports.

The high port density and modular architecture lets each network grow and upgrade at a minimal cost. As service or application needs change, customers just add or switch modules while maintaining

a common chassis and management interface. For instance, using an Octal IMA Physical Layer Module, you can steadily add T1/E1 circuits as your bandwidth needs increase. When eight T1 or E1 lines become insufficient, you can switch to a T3/E3 Physical Layer Module. You do not need to replace the Protocol Module, because it can now be paired with the new T3/E3 Physical Layer Module.

ATM LAN

Switch

Central Site

Branch Office

OC-3c HSSI Router

P B X

T1/E1

	T1/E1	P
	T3/E3	B
OC-3c		X
	AAC-2

V.35

Video

P	T1/E1
B
X
	V.35

Router

AAC-3 V.35 Video

Remote Site	Public ATM service
	or Frame Relays

NxT1/E1 Data Warehouse

	T1/E1	HSSI
AAC-2	CellSMART 200	Router

Figure 1: The AAC family of multi-service access concentrators connects central, branch and remote locations via public ATM or Frame Relay services.

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