(Accedian Networks') EtherNEWS Blog

Welcome to the June 2009 issue of EtherNEWS, offered in video and Podcast versions. Each month’s edition covers a wide range of applications and solutions related to Ethernet service creation, service assurance, SLA & QoS monitoring and evolving industry standards.

This month’s feature video explores the world of ultra-low latency networking with a series of video interviews with three providers offering Ethernet connectivity to the financial services community. Produced jointly by Accedian Networks and IP Business Magazine, the providers explain the unique requirements of this market and how their networks are designed to deliver assured, ultra-low latency performance.

Map out the Health of your Network ™ and monitor critical SLA parameters with Accedian Networks’ PAA ™ Performance Assurance Agent. A key part of Accedian Networks SLA-Meter ™, The PAA generates a sparse but continuous stream of time-stamped Y.1731 test packets between EtherNID ™ and MetroNID ™ packet assurance demarcation units, which use a patent-pending in-band synchronization technique to provide one-way end-to-end delay and jitter measurements to microsecond resolution – no GPS timing source required.

PAA also measures frame-loss and monitors service availability, in point-to-point, point-to-multipoint and mesh network topologies for both unicast and multicast services – each EtherNID or MetroNID unit can create up to 100 test streams to other units, each with specified flow characteristics: PAA packets travel with specified customer / provider VLAN ID, service level and bandwidth class to precisely capture the behaviour of multiple SLA flows in real-time.

For more information about Accedian Networks solutions, please visit our document library on Accedian.com.

Accedian Networks™ is a leading provider of Packet Performance Assurance solutions that enable service providers to deliver carrier-grade, packet-based applications and LAN services over wireless and wireline networks.

The Ethernet Service Assurance Platform (ESAP™) and EtherNID demarcation units provide in-service monitoring, loopback testing and service management for wireless backhaul, business services and hand-off applications, and establish standards-based, end-to-end operations, administration & maintenance (OAM) and assured Service Level Agreements (SLAs) over converged, multi-provider networks.

For additional information, visit: http://www.accedian.com/ or call 1-866-685-8181.

Accedian Networks’ President & CEO, Patrick Ostiguy, is presenting this week at the Utilities Telecom Council Conference & Expo in Las Vegas. As an invited speaker, Patrick will outline how utilities can leverage existing infrastructure to offer carrier-grade wireless backhaul services, enabling a new revenue stream with only a small budgetary & operational impact. Learn More.

Imagine install so fast, so simple, that even your customer can do it. With Plug & Go ™, your EtherNID ™ & MetroNID ™ units take care of it. They also configure their own management settings and let you know they’re online – so you can take control and finish the job from your desk.

No more staging. No more trained technicians on-site. Delivering the absolute minimum OpEx, Plug & Go makes installing our units as simple as a cable modem. Learn More.