Zhone Technologies IMACS Network Device - Manual (Page 97)

Zhone Technologies, Inc. IMACS Product Book, Version 4
March 2001 Page 93
Uses of IPR:
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IPR can be used for connecting IP LANs together through Frame Relay network.
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IPR card can be used as a gateway to the Internet through Frame Relay network.
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IPR card can be used for connecting IP nodes on Ethernet to the IP nodes on Frame Relay network.
Application:
Note: Frame Relay PVCs can be associated with the same or with different Frame Relay ports.
Routing Server
The IP Routing Server enables the IMACS to act as a gateway router to the Internet via bundled service deployment
or in private Intranet network deployment. Specifically, the primary market for the IP Routing Server is Internet
access via bundled service arrangements (integrated access). The bundled service marketplace is simply the
provisioning of multiple services over a single T1 or E1 to a customer. Typical bundled service arrangements
include local voice service, long distance service and a data service. Internet access is one of the possible data
services. The potential market for this technology is quite extensive. There are over 6.5 million small businesses in
the US, and about 1.3 million of these have 6 to 20 phone lines. These businesses are prime candidates for bundled
service arrangements.
The IMACS platform is unique in that it possesses many of the qualities listed below in a flexible form factor. The
addition of layer-3 (IP) data services to the product portfolio will further distance Zhone Technologies from the
competition. As equipment and technologies mature, there is a constant requirement to consolidate communications
equipment for many reasons, including:
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Lower capital costs
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Integrated management
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Ease of use and installation
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Remote connection efficiency
Ethernet
LAN 3
Frame Relay
Network
IPR-3
Ethernet
LAN 1
IPR-1
IPR-2
Ethernet
LAN 2
Frame Relay
PVC between
IPR-3 and IPR-2
Frame Relay
PVC between
IPR-1 and IPR-3
Frame Relay
PVC between
IPR-1 and IPR-2