Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions 1850 TSS-5 - Manual (Page 4)

Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-5 Transport Service Switch 4
1850 TSS-5: Where TDM
and Ethernet Services Coexist
The 1850 TSS-5 is a compact, modular, optical transport
switch with the functionality to carry TDM traffic from
1.544 Mb/s interface/2.048 Mb/s interface (T1/E1) to
optical channel level 12 (OC-12), and packet traffic from
10 Mb to Gigabit Ethernet (GigE). It is recommended for
use where TDM and Ethernet services coexist.
Less than 125 mm (5 in.) tall, the 1850 TSS-5’s small
footprint is designed to extend optical transport to the
customer premises. It is ideal for mobility backhaul
from the cell site and for fiber-to-the-business (FTTB)
and end-user-access applications. The 1850 TSS-5 is
environmentally hardened, making it suitable for
mounting in outdoor cabinets or at cell towers.
Pseudo-wire support of circuit emulation services (CES)
makes the 1850 TSS-5 ideal for cell-tower backhaul and
the smooth transition from TDM to third-generation
mobile system (3G) and fourth-generation mobile system
(4G) networks. It has small form-factor pluggable (SFP)
optics, allowing the optics to be purchased separately
from the circuit packs and plugged in when additional
interfaces are needed. This design lowers initial capital
expenditures (CAPEX), making the 1850 TSS-5 capacity
easily scalable.
Flexible and efficient aggregation and transport, meeting
the evolving needs of multiservice access networks.