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Overview | Aricent Skill Set

Optical Networks

Optical Networking is one of the hottest technology sector today and there still remains a lot to happen. Aricent has honed its skills in area of IP+Optical networking and Optical Access Networks through involvement in a number of projects with several prestigious clients. Aricent is well positioned to lead the way into the next phase of Intelligent Optical networks. The standards in this area are still evolving and Aricent is actively following them. Aricent is a member of Optical Interworking Forum (OIF) and is working on the OIF-UNI stack development. Aricent is also closely following the standardization process by IETF on GMPLS.


Skill Set

Optical Access Networks Involved in design and development of Network side system and CPE for Narrowband and Broadband Passive Optical Networks
IP + Optical Involved in design and development of sub-systems for gigagbit IP Services Router with OC-3, OC-12, OC-48 interfaces using IPoATMoSONET and POS
Standards
  • OIF - UNI (still in draft phase, expected to get finalized by end 2001)
  • GMPLS
  • Generalized RSVP-TE
  • Generalized CR-LDP
Optical Stack Developement Aricent is actively following the OIF and GMPLS standardization process and plans to develop OIF O-UNI, GMPLS, CR-LDP, RSVP-TE stacks.
Platforms PPC 750, MPC 8260, Atlanta switching chipset from Lucent, MXT 4400 network process

 

Last updated : March 21, 2007

 

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