Nov 11 2009
Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (Pink Sheets: VTSS) today announced that FiberHome Technologies, a global provider of networking infrastructure solutions, has selected Vitesse’s Carrier Ethernet chipset for its FonsWeaver ASON line of Multi-Service Transport Platforms, providing highly-intelligent, cost-effective Ethernet services in metro and backbone networks.
The Vitesse Carrier Ethernet solution for FiberHome is comprised of its multi-channel Ethernet Media Access Controllers (MACs) with integrated SerDes and advanced Quality of Service (QoS) and its industry-leading Ethernet-over-SONET/SDH (EoS) Mappers with extensive performance monitoring features. Using Vitesse’s Carrier Ethernet transport solutions, FiberHome will enable telecom service providers to carry diversified services with high reliability and availability. The solutions facilitate Carrier-class metro Ethernet-over-SDH networks, supporting full rate Ethernet services such as 10 Gigabit Ethernet and Fast Ethernet/Gigabit Ethernet.
“Vitesse’s advanced Carrier Ethernet chipset is one of the elements powering FiberHome’s FonsWeaver ASON solution, a family of products and services that provide network operators with maximum flexibility in the ever-changing network service mix faced with increasing capacity demands,” said Mr. Zhang Fan, project manager at FiberHome. “Vitesse enables us to deliver a proven solution with industry-leading performance for a compelling packet optical transport platform that cost effectively meets our customers’ exacting requirements.”
Vitesse offers the industry’s only Ethernet MAC devices supporting both Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet aggregation, enabling statistical multiplexing of bandwidth and efficient bandwidth sharing. In addition, Vitesse’s EoS Mappers support both high order (HO) and low order (LO) Virtual Concatenation (VCAT) and Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme (LCAS) for automatic and rapid end-to-end re-provisioning of precious network resources. Learn more about Vitesse’s Carrier Ethernet solutions at http://www.vitesse.com/ce.
“Vitesse is playing a central role in the creation of leading-edge technology critical to making Carrier Ethernet ubiquitous throughout the metro and backbone networks,” said Andy Ebert, senior product manager for Vitesse. “FiberHome’s FonsWeaver ASON line is a robust solution that delivers an exceptional experience for the end-user. It exemplifies how our technology can be used.”
Source: http://www.vitesse.com/