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Convergence of voice, data, and video, causes even small customers to require native Ethernet services and consume significant bandwidth. With demand increasing for packet-services, the revenue from traditional TDM based services is remaining flat at best. How can you as a service provider continue to provide traditional TDM services and still leverage your existing assets while seamlessly migrating to new revenue generating Optical-Ethernet services?

LightRiver can help you seamlessly integrate Optical-Ethernet based services into your new or existing SONET based infrastructure. By deploying LightRiver engineered solutions over SONET, Optical-Ethernet service providers can now deliver granular services with guaranteed service levels and predictable performance.

Our Optical solution, utilizing Alcatel-Lucent’s DMX platform, meets or exceeds compliance standards supporting GFP, VCAT, LCAS, RPR, and private line (circuit based) Ethernet. Utilizing VCAT, Ethernet services can be provisioned in granular one (1) Mb increments. Combined with committed rate and burstable (peak) rate options, LightRiver’s solution allows network providers to offer a variety of service products. Enabled by LCAS technology, customer configurations can be dynamically changed without service interruption. The DMX provides a built-in layer-2 Ethernet switch delivering a complete, single-platform solution for your Optical-Ethernet needs.

Benefits:

Service Provider

  • A catalyst to new revenue generating service offerings (CIR/PIR circuits, best effort, dedicated circuits)
  • Standards-based platform facilitates inter-operability
  • Provisioning granularity ensures full utilization of resources.

End-User

  • Consistent, predictable performance – Optical-Ethernet over SONET
  • Allows customers to purchase only what they need – Granular service offerings (1 Mb increments)
  • Service changes without interruption – Flexible provisioning