Alcatel said today it has added new features to the 7450 Ethernet Service Switch and 7750 Service Router. The changes are designed to speed the roll out of triple-play and business VPN services.
Alcatel says BT Exact, the research division of BT, has tested the enhancements on the 7750 SR. The evaluation measured the performance of non-stop routing and services, and investigated the effects on adjacent routers in a multivendor network.
Enhancements to the Alcatel portfolio include scalable multicasting for IPTV distribution and automated per-subscriber security policies. Other new features on the 7750 Service Router allow it to deliver Layer 2 and Layer 3 services, VPLS, IP VPNs, high-speed Internet, ATM, frame relay, and new Ethernet, TDM and ATM interfaces.
