Zhone Technologies, Inc.

IMACS Product Book, Version 4

Uses of IPR:

IPR can be used for connecting IP LANs together through Frame Relay network.

IPR card can be used as a gateway to the Internet through Frame Relay network.

IPR card can be used for connecting IP nodes on Ethernet to the IP nodes on Frame Relay network.

Application:

Ethernet LAN 1

Frame Relay

PVC between

IPR-1 and IPR-2

IPR-1

Frame Relay

Network

 

IPR-2

Ethernet LAN 2

Frame Relay PVC between IPR-1 and IPR-3

IPR-3

Ethernet LAN 3

Frame Relay PVC between IPR-3 and IPR-2

Note: Frame Relay PVCs can be associated with the same or with different Frame Relay ports.

Routing Server

The IP Routing Server enables the IMACS to act as a gateway router to the Internet via bundled service deployment or in private Intranet network deployment. Specifically, the primary market for the IP Routing Server is Internet access via bundled service arrangements (integrated access). The bundled service marketplace is simply the provisioning of multiple services over a single T1 or E1 to a customer. Typical bundled service arrangements include local voice service, long distance service and a data service. Internet access is one of the possible data services. The potential market for this technology is quite extensive. There are over 6.5 million small businesses in the US, and about 1.3 million of these have 6 to 20 phone lines. These businesses are prime candidates for bundled service arrangements.

The IMACS platform is unique in that it possesses many of the qualities listed below in a flexible form factor. The addition of layer-3 (IP) data services to the product portfolio will further distance Zhone Technologies from the competition. As equipment and technologies mature, there is a constant requirement to consolidate communications equipment for many reasons, including:

Lower capital costs

Integrated management

Ease of use and installation

Remote connection efficiency

March 2001

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Zhone Technologies Network Device manual Uses of IPR, Application Ethernet LAN, IPR-2, IPR-3, Routing Server