Huawei Technologies Co, Ltd, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, launched the industry`s first carrier-class metro Ethernet switches - Huawei Quidway CX series switches to help operators better serve their customers.
With the global launch of the Quidway CX suite, Huawei is now the first vendor to provide carrier-class end-to-end solutions covering the core layer, the convergence layer and the access layer in the industry. Huawei expects the Quidway CX to become a key infrastructure product for the metro Ethernet market, which is expected to grow 27% annually reaching US$7.7 billion by 2008 (Infonetics 2005Q3).
Huawei`s Quidway CX series switches are a new generation of convergence and access switches designed to address the carrier-class features of the metro Ethernet. Some of the key benefits include delivering increased protection, reliability, a high level of security and easy management in addressing service requirements for NGN, 3G, broadband access, triple play and large account private line access over IP networks.
The Quidway CX series switches are the first to adopt carrier-class high availability (HA) design with redundancy of key components (including main control boards, switch boards, power modules and fan units), hot swapability of all modules, and passive backplanes. These functionalities ensure real carrier-class protection at each layer and node on the metro Ethernet so that failure of any single node will not affect the service operation of the system.
The Quidway CX series switches also assure carrier-class reliability on the whole metro Ethernet through Ethernet over Resilient Packet Ring (EoRPR), MPLS, OAM, and Ethernet OAM technologies. These technologies assure protection of switching within 50ms so that services are not interrupted but restored quickly in time of a network failure. The switches also provide features such as Selective QinQ, VLAN Translation, TDMoPSN, and ATM emulation, which facilitate flexibility in networking and service deployment on a metro Ethernet.
The launch of this new generation of switches fully reflects Huawei`s R&D effort in the integration of IP and telecom networks, and its focus on developing technologies designed for the access layer at a time when traditional PSTN systems are in the transformation to IP networks and operators are faced up with unprecedented challenges. The need for comprehensive IP network solutions that can adequately meet key requirements of telecom users for reliability, security and manageability is becoming ever pressing. As an industry leader in IP technology, Huawei has answered the call with the carrier-class metro Ethernet switches which address issues of service operation, network planning, network protocol and equipment capability to help operators move up the top of the future value chain of the communications industry.
Quidway CX series switches have now successfully passed field trials by multiple operators and won the Carrier Ethernet Certification of Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF). This clearly demonstrates that data communication products of Huawei meet all operator requirements for constructing and developing carrier Ethernets. To date, Huawei has built carrier Ethernets for many global top telecom operators, including True of Thailand, JAZZTEL of Spain, Telefonica of Latin America, and Fibernet of UK. The networks characterised by high availability, high scalability and fast service deployment capability enable operators to reduce their Capex and Opex and ensure their time to the market to roll out services that will best meet the needs of their customers.
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