OS9000 Metro Ethernet Switch and FiberDriver 802.3AH Optical Ethernet
Demarcation Expand the Flexibility and Simplicity of OPtical Ethernet E-LAN
and E-Line Metro Ethernet Services
CHATSWORTH, Calif., June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- MRV COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (Nasdaq: MRVC), a leading provider of products and
services for out-of-band networking, WDM and optical transport, Metro Ethernet,
fiber optic components, 10GE Optical Ethernet solutions and other service aware
networking products, today debuted a new solution for Metro Ethernet Carriers
enabling flexible, yet simple, deployment of optical Ethernet services using an
integrated end-to-end Ethernet access system based on the
OptiSwitch 9000 Metro Ethernet switch as Ethernet Aggregation with MPLS and
VPLS capabilities and the
FiberDriver 802.3AH EFM Optical Ethernet as Metro
Ethernet Demarcation. The innovative solutions enable Metro Ethernet Carriers to
use one integrated Optical Ethernet system for truly universal broadband access,
employing a single Metro Ethernet technology end-to-end, and enabling unlimited
broadband applications and services for residential and business users. The MRV
new Optical Ethernet Access solution has simplified the provision of new EPL,
EVPL, and E-LAN Metro Ethernet services benefits of centrally provisioned
systems, real-time optical performance monitoring and fiber optimization using
Bi-Directional Single Fiber (BX), CWDM and DWDM technologies with Optical
Ethernet integration.
The
OS9000 Metro Ethernet Switch series, launched last year as the industry's
first carrier-class Metro Ethernet platform to aggregate optical Ethernet
connectivity, provisions enhanced MPLS and VPLS Metro Ethernet services and
aggregate WDM optical transport, now additionally supports aggregation of
Optical Ethernet EFM standard 802.3AH devices and auto-discovery of all 802.3AH
Optical Ethernet Demarcation devices.
The new flexible Optical Ethernet Access solutions enable the OS9000 Metro
Ethernet Switch to aggregate Optical Ethernet Demarcation devices using Gigabit
or Fast Ethernet subscriber's connectivity per system. As a result of the
flexible connectivity of the OS9000 Metro Ethernet switch, these signals can be
passed on to groomed Multi-Gigabit, 10GE, and WDM feeds and act as a second-mile
optical Ethernet transport vehicle to provider edge metro Ethernet platforms,
offering a flexible, scalable solution.
"The OptiSwitch 9000 Metro Ethernet switch has already begun to be adopted for
our customers' high-end Optical Ethernet business services because it allows
them to cost-effectively deploy a variety of bandwidths to their customers and
gives them an infrastructure that can support the roll out of next-generation
services like VoIP and video,"
said Chen Genossar, Senior Vice President for MRV Communications. Mr.
Genossar continues, "Xspedius Communications is the first joint customer win
under a reseller agreement between MRV and Lucent for OptiSwitch demarcation
solutions."
"The use of Metro Ethernet is growing because it frees business customers from
bandwidth constraints using a technology they are familiar with," said Noam
Lotan, MRV's President and CEO. "We've worked hard to design the most
comprehensive Optical Ethernet EFM features to empower our Metro Ethernet
carrier partners to keep up with market demand for Optical Ethernet services and
thereby grow their own businesses."
EFM OAM and auto-discovery management allows Metro Ethernet carriers to
revolutionize the optical Ethernet access network by making universal broadband
access a reality. The use of the OS9000 as Metro Ethernet Aggregation and
802.3AH Optical Ethernet Demarcation devices eliminates the need for IP
addresses in each subscriber optical Ethernet CPE, as well as making the Metro
Ethernet services provisioning more simple and flexible than ever using MPLS and
VPLS with dynamic QoS allocation features in the Metro Ethernet Aggregation. It
reduces the installation CAPEX costs, the maintenance expense (OPEX) and enables
the provision of new video, voice and data Metro Ethernet services more simple
and faster than ever.
MRV's OS9000 offers enhanced optical Ethernet services for triple-play voice,
video and data networks. The Metro Ethernet aggregation series is used to
aggregate FTTX Optical Ethernet or DSLAM devices and provision flow-based and
application-aware QoS, security ACLs, bandwidth shaping, and end-to-end
multilayer operation, administration & management ("OAM") features for remote
service monitoring, alarm reporting and configuration intelligence.
The OS9000 can enable Metro Ethernet Forum-specified point to point E-Line and
Multipoint E-LAN optical Ethernet services that provide services tunneling and
bandwidth profiles per application or subscriber.
When the E-LAN and E-Line functionality is combined with the OS9000's optional
WDM module, the system can carry multiple intelligent private wavelength
services and offer solid service level agreements ("SLAs") across a metropolitan
or long distance network.
The OS9000 Metro Ethernet series have small form factor and front facing
elements, designed to be scalable and are optimized for Optical Ethernet POPs,
MTU/MDU basements, street cabinets and telco central offices where minimal
utilization of rack space is critical. With a "scale-as-you-grow design," the
OS9000 offers cost-effective pricing and lower total cost of Optical Ethernet
operation.
The OS9000 Metro Ethernet series and the FiberDriver 802.3AH Optical Ethernet
Demarcation are generally available and installed in various Metro Ethernet
networks worldwide.
About MRV Communications, Inc.
MRV Communications, Inc. ("MRV") is a leading provider of network equipment and
services, and optical components. MRV's networking business provides equipment
used by commercial customers, governments and telecommunications service
providers, and includes switches, routers, physical layer products and
out-of-band management products as well as specialized networking products for
aerospace, defense and other applications including voice and cellular
communication. MRV's optical components business provides optical communications
components for metropolitan, access and Fiber-to-the-Premises applications,
through its wholly owned subsidiary LuminentOIC, Inc. MRV markets and sells its
products worldwide through a variety of channels, including a dedicated direct
sales force, manufacturers' representatives, value-added-resellers, distributors
and systems integrators. MRV also has operations in Europe that provide network
system design, integration and distribution services that include products
manufactured by third-party vendors, as well as internally developed and
manufactured products. Publicly traded since 1992, MRV is listed on the NASDAQ
National Market under the symbol MRVC. For more information about MRV and its
products, please call (818) 773-0900 or visit our websites at
www.mrv.com and
www.luminentoic.com.
Media Relations
MRV Communications, Inc.
David Rodewald
(805) 494-9508
pr@mrv.com
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