Business Access

Business services are quickly migrating to packet-based networks – transparent LAN, VPLS, VoIP, video conferencing, data center and storage networks all converge over Ethernet and IP/MPLS business access links. And businesses expect carrier-grade quality of service at OpEx squeezing rates.

 
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Accedian Networks’ Ethernet Service Assurance Platform (ESAP ™) helps service providers efficiently deploy, manage and maintain premium, SLA-backed services to their customers and enable new revenue streams that strengthen their competitive position.

EtherNID ®, MetroNID ® and MetroNODE 10GE ™ units establish end-to-end, standards-based OAM visibility, intelligent Layer 1-4 loopback, per-flow and per-service traffic statistics, and in-service performance testing without affecting customer traffic. It’s the industry’s only in-service SLA-Meter ™

End-to-End SLA-Meter with performance assurance
End-to-End SLA-Meter with performance assurance

Advanced networking features allow providers to offer Carrier Ethernet services featuring bandwidth on-demand, bandwidth policing, traffic filtering, service mapping and multi-port aggregation with no performance hit end-to-end - even over multi-vendor, multi-carrier, and multi-technology networks - without upgrading, configuring or replacing access platforms.


Establish end-to-end SLAs over any network: fully monitored & performance assured
Establish end-to-end SLAs over any network: fully monitored & performance assured

Business Park and Multi-Tenant Applications
Providers servicing multi-tenant buildings can extend their visibility directly to the customer’s wiring closet, permitting in-service remote troubleshooting, service deployment and SLA validation – all without expensive technician dispatch or waiting for maintenance windows. Wire-speed, multi-port aggregation provides the functionality of advanced switches and edge routers at a fraction of the cost.


Delivering OAM visibility directly to the customer using EtherNID demarcation units
Delivering OAM visibility directly to the customer using EtherNID demarcation units

Optical Extension & Media Conversion
EtherNIDs also act as high-performance optical-to-electrical, and optical-to-optical media converters with pluggable SFPs for all common interfaces. Easily extend and terminate business connections from your existing access platform while enabling service manageability directly to the customer site.


Ethernet-OAM-enabled optical port extension for metro Ethernet access platform
Ethernet-OAM-enabled optical port extension for metro Ethernet access platform


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