Versatility and Scalability
The 1850 TSS-3 goes beyond simple media conver- sion and physical presence, providing a rich mix of connectivity and network services, offering diagnos- tics, service monitoring, protection, quality of service (QoS), rate limiting and VLAN stacking for Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF)-compliant Ethernet services.
Available in six standard configurations, the 1850 TSS-3 offers a flexible mix of copper and optical Ethernet on the customer side, and supports optical Ethernet and EoPDH on the network side.
In addition, the 1850 TSS-3 supports wire-speed Ethernet switching, network redundancy on Ethernet and PDH uplinks, and operations, administration and maintenance (OAM) functions to provide the basis for end-to-end Ethernet service.
With multiple off-the-shelf configurations and applications, the Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-3 offers new-service revenue streams at a very competitive price. The initial purchase price is low, and both customer-side and network-side connections can be added when needed, on a scalable basis. It comes with all the functionality required, including discovery and auto-negotiation of OAM, link monitoring and remote fault indication.
The 1850 TSS-3 acts as a fully non-blocking Ethernet switch, including rate-control and control-protocol processing rules. It also offers Ethernet QoS, as defined by the service provider, at the CPE demarca- tion point. Service differentiation becomes possible and time-sensitive traffic is given precedence. Finally, a variety of redundancy schemes are available, depending upon the application chosen. All this makes the Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-3 a leading CPE device.
Key Features
•Versatile mix of Fast Ethernet (FE) and GigE interfaces
•Available Ethernet over PDH (EoPDH) network interfaces
•Traffic classification, rate control and prioritization
•VLAN tagging and stacking
•Uplink redundancy
•Link OAM
•Compact, standalone or rack mounted
•Standard configurations simplify deployment
6Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-3 Transport Service Switch
