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Carrier Access Corporation's Access Navigator GR-303 Host Completes Lucent Interoperability Testing

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Carrier Access Corporation announced that its Access Navigator GR-303 Host has successfully completed Lucent Technologies' interoperability testing, qualifying it for use with the Lucent 5ESS switch. This achievement showcases the product's ability to perform TR-303 call concentration and completion while terminated to a Lucent 5ESS AnyMedia switch. The comprehensive testing confirms that the Access Navigator meets Lucent Technologies' standards for a TR-303 call concentration solution.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Access Navigator GR-303 Host has successfully completed Lucent Technologies' interoperability testing, qualifying it for use with the Lucent 5ESS switch.
  • The product meets Lucent Technologies' standards for a TR-303 call concentration solution and will perform appropriately when terminated to a Lucent 5ESS switch system.
  • The Access Navigator is the second Carrier Access product to successfully complete Lucent interoperability testing, following the Wide Bank 28 STS-1 broadband service deployment platform.
  • The Access Navigator provides cost-effective and efficient access by enabling delivery of integrated voice, Internet access, and data services.
  • The product functions as a 32 T1 full 1/0 non-blocking Digital Crossconnect System with GR-303 host control capability in a compact 1.5 RU footprint.
  • The small physical size of the Access Navigator allows deployments closer to customer access points, enabling significant reduction in costs associated with bandwidth backhaul to the serving office.
  • With the Access Navigator GR-303, users can expand the capacity of their Lucent Technologies' 5ESS TR-303 switch port interface by aggregating and concentrating multiple DS1 lines into a TR-303 trunk group signal feeding into the switch.
  • Christian Militeau, senior product marketing manager at Carrier Access, noted that the product provides greater service density at a lower cost per DS1, enabling customers to deliver up to four times as many DS1s with the switch port relief.

Statistics:

  • The Access Navigator is the second Carrier Access product to successfully complete Lucent interoperability testing.
  • The Wide Bank 28 STS-1 broadband service deployment platform was verified for use with the 5ESS switch earlier this year.
  • The Access Navigator GR-303 Host provides a 32 T1 full 1/0 non-blocking Digital Crossconnect System with GR-303 host control capability.
  • The compact footprint of the Access Navigator allows for deployment of up to four times as many DS1s with the switch port relief.
  • The Access Navigator is a leading provider of broadband access equipment to service providers, including competitive local exchange carriers, incumbent local exchange carriers, independent operating companies, Internet service providers, and wireless carriers.

Sources:

  • PRNewswire, "Interoperability Testing Verifies Product's Suitability to Perform TR-303 Call Concentration and Completion While Terminated to a Lucent 5ESS AnyMedia Switch" (October 9)
  • Carrier Access Corporation, "Access Navigator, Access with no limits and the Carrier Access logo are trademarks of Carrier Access Corporation."
  • Lucent Technologies, "About Lucent Technologies" (http://www.lucent.com)
  • Lucent Technologies, "5ESS is a registered trademark and AnyMedia is a trademark of Lucent Technologies."

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