Occam Networks today unveils its new Broadband Loop Carrier 6000 Platform.
The Ethernet and IP-based loop carrier system – which combines the functionality of a DLC, DSLAM, optical transport, Ethernet switch and VoIP gateway in a single box – scales from 24 users to thousands of users. It enables carriers to deliver everything from narrowband to gigabit services to each customer.
“Our original 1200 [product] was a pizza box form factor. [The BLC] 6000 lets us go to much great densities” has all same functionality and sits at the edge of the network, says Russ Sharer, vice president of marketing. “What makes it different is it’s the first loop carrier built around gigE.”
The fact that the product scales up to gigabit Ethernet rates makes the the BLC 6000, which ships for revenue beginning early in the third quarter, attractive for video deployments, he says, adding the product can be used in copper or fiber optic deployments.
The product also has totally distributed control, every blade is redundant and the box can support 24 to 2000 ports. Historically, loop carriers have been optimized around a set number of ports -- usually around 480 ports – so are much less flexible, Sharer explains.
