Premisys Communications' Q-155 System Passes Interoperability Testing with Lucent and Nortel

Strategic Insights -

Premisys Communications' broadband integrated access solution, the Q-155 multiservice access platform, has achieved a significant milestone by passing compatibility testing with Lucent Technologies' and Nortel Networks' popular telecommunications switches. This achievement enables the Q-155 system to be deployed in networks designed around the Lucent or Nortel Networks equipment, opening the door to improved operating efficiency and cost-effectiveness. The Q-155 system demonstrated its GR-303 voice concentration capabilities, allowing carriers to concentrate traffic by at least four-fold on a switch, thereby achieving better performance and reducing the need for expensive switch ports.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Q-155 system has passed interoperability testing with Lucent's 5ESS switch and Nortel Networks' DMS 100 Local Switch, qualifying it for deployment in networks designed around the Lucent or Nortel Networks equipment.
  • The Q-155 system demonstrated its GR-303 voice concentration capabilities, allowing carriers to concentrate traffic by at least four-fold on a switch.
  • The system passed 35,000 calls per hour, demonstrating its high-capacity voice and data transport capabilities.
  • The Q-155 combines time division multiplexing (TDM), asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), and synchronous optical network/synchronous digital hierarchy (SONET/SDH) transport schemes on one platform.
  • Premisys Communications' narrowband integrated access solutions are already widely employed by carriers to consolidate voice and data services onto T1 or E1 lines.
  • The Q-155 can further optimize these networks by aggregating the outputs of TDM and ATM devices onto a SONET/SDH ring.

Statistics:

  • 35,000 calls per hour: the Q-155 system's capacity demonstrated during interoperability testing.
  • At least four-fold: the concentation of traffic on a switch achieved by the GR-303 voice concentration capabilities of the Q-155 system.
  • 510-353-7600: the contact number for Premisys Communications' Fremont headquarters.
  • www.premisys.com: the URL for Premisys Communications' Worldwide Web site.
  • Nasdaq: PRMS: the stock exchange and ticker symbol for Premisys Communications, Inc.

Sources:

  • Q-155 Broadband System Completes GR-303 Interoperability Testing, PRNewswire, Aug 30.