Lucent Technologies 1850 TSS-3 - Manual (Page 6)

Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-3 Transport Service Switch 6
Versatility and Scalability
The 1850 TSS-3 goes beyond simple media conver-
sion and physical presence, providing a rich mix of
connectivity and network services, offering diagnos-
tics, service monitoring, protection, quality of service
(QoS), rate limiting and VLAN stacking for Metro
Ethernet Forum (MEF)-compliant Ethernet services.
Available in six standard configurations, the 1850
TSS-3 offers a flexible mix of copper and optical
Ethernet on the customer side, and supports optical
Ethernet and EoPDH on the network side.
Key Features
• Versatile mix of Fast Ethernet (FE) and GigE interfaces
• Available Ethernet over PDH (EoPDH) network interfaces
• Traffic classification, rate control and prioritization
• VLAN tagging and stacking
• Uplink redundancy
• Link OAM
• Compact, standalone or rack mounted
• Standard configurations simplify deployment
In addition, the 1850 TSS-3 supports wire-speed Ethernet switching,
network redundancy on Ethernet and PDH uplinks, and operations,
administration and maintenance (OAM) functions to provide the
basis for end-to-end Ethernet service.
With multiple off-the-shelf configurations and applications, the
Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-3 offers new-service revenue streams at
a very competitive price. The initial purchase price is low, and
both customer-side and network-side connections can be added
when needed, on a scalable basis. It comes with all the functionality
required, including discovery and auto-negotiation of OAM, link
monitoring and remote fault indication.
The 1850 TSS-3 acts as a fully non-blocking Ethernet switch, including
rate-control and control-protocol processing rules. It also offers
Ethernet QoS, as defined by the service provider, at the CPE demarca-
tion point. Service differentiation becomes possible and time-sensitive
traffic is given precedence. Finally, a variety of redundancy schemes
are available, depending upon the application chosen. All this makes
the Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-3 a leading CPE device.