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Multiservice
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RAD Data Communications 2009 Catalog

The transformation of virtually all

technologies will co-exist for some time to

communications into a digital, packetized

come, service providers are looking to

format has brought great change to the

maximize their investments in existing

networking industry. Even so, there

veteran systems even as they slowly

remains an enormous installed base of all

decommission them while benefiting

types of devices that use TDM, analog or

from the cost efficiencies and flexibility of

low speed data devices, which depend on

packet-based technologies.

PDH/SDH/SONET transport of their analog

The multiservice access platform product

lines and control circuit information.

line from RAD is designed to support a

Common examples include the key

variety of narrowband and broadband

building blocks of traditional utilities and

data rates, digital and analog voice

transportation networks as well as public

services, and video surveillance for

safety TETRA installations, to name a few.

utilities, transportation networks, carriers,

Although these TDM services are not likely

and service providers. These products

to be totally replaced anytime soon,

include multiservice provisioning platforms

network operators are aggressively

(MSPP), compact add/drop multiplexers

leveraging the lower cost and more

(ADM), digital cross connects, M13

scalable bandwidth offered by packet-

multiplexers, access node multiplexers,

based technology for their Metro transport

multiservice network termination units

and core networks. Recognizing that both

(NTU, CSU/DSU), SHDSL and SHDSL.bis

older and newer communications

modems, and TDM pseudowire gateways.