Orion Product

The Orion Family of Intelligent Access Processors is a highly integrated Ethernet over next-generation SONET/SDH access processor solution for the Intelligent Access Market. It provides flexible interface options including Gigabit Ethernet, 10/100 Ethernet, protected SONET/SDH (optical or MSPP fabric), a PDH expansion bus, and up to STS-48 bandwidth, with full SONET/SDH and packet processing. It optimizes the transport of Ethernet Services over the existing SONET/SDH infrastructure utilizing GFP, Virtual Concatenation and LCAS.

The Orion family provides a carrier class solution for the delivery of Ethernet services over Ethernet carrier networks.

Orion enables the delivery of high-bandwidth Ethernet Virtual Private Line (E-Line), Virtual Private LAN (E-LAN and VPLS), and Pseudowire (PWE) services, allowing a broad range of service profiles. It enables Virtual Switching, wherein many virtual switches service multiple revenue generating E-LANs, each of whose bandwidth, port, and statistics resources are functionally and managerially isolated. In combination with the Pegasus PDH Product Family, Orion also enables legacy T/E as well as Ethernet over DS-3 solutions.

KEY APPLICATIONS

• Highly integrated voice/data-capable low-cost fixed form factor next-generation SONET/SDH-enabled Customer Premise (CPE) systems
• Highly integrated advanced Ethernet service delivery solution for next-generation SONET/SDH-enabled MSPP line cards
• Network elements supporting Ethernet-Over-SONET (EOS), Packet-Over-SONET (POS), and TDM services
• Service card/Line card for intelligent (re)aggregation of data traffic into SONET/SDH circuits
• Data and/or Circuit Grooming systems
• Supports enhanced Ethernet E-line, E-LAN/VPLS, PWE data services, and legacy TDM services

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