[One more in the CAP Camp]
PHOENIX, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- AG Communication Systems announced today
it has signed a licensing agreement with GlobeSpan Technologies to include
GlobeSpan's carrierless amplitude/phase (CAP) modulation transceiver
technology in its ATIUM(TM) GateWay, an end-to-end digital subscriber line
(xDSL) solution.
"We chose CAP transceivers for four reasons: power, space, availability
and flexibility," says Mark Emery, ATIUM business director.
CAP is a proven technology available today. While other transceiver
technologies are in first-generation packaging, CAP has evolved to third-
generation packaging. As a result, it's smaller in size and has lower power
consumption than other transceiver technologies, such as discrete multitone
(DMT).
"Because CAP technology is inherently less complex in terms of algorithms,
it doesn't have as much work to do," explains Emery. "CAP saves service
providers from paying high electrical costs and from paying for additional
battery back-ups to maintain the DSL service if there's a power outage."
Notes Emery, "CAP technology also emits lower energy levels in the loop,
protecting services such as ISDN that could pick up some of the higher energy
interference and suffer distortions or signal loss."
As for space, CAP line cards and modems are about half the size of current
DMT versions. "Neither service providers nor consumers want more space-hogging
equipment -- space is already at a premium at the central office and
consumers' desktops," notes Emery.
The Globespan Technologies CAP transceiver solution also offers more
flexibility in terms of speed. AG Communication Systems will initially offer
the 1.5 Mbps version in the GateWay. The 1.5 Mbps rate can serve more
subscribers than higher rates because of its longer reach. It is perfectly
suited to high-speed Internet access and telecommuting applications.
"We wanted to start with a service that can serve everyone in the public
network," says Emery. "Because of the limits of today's network architecture,
only 1.5 makes it to the edges of the network and makes tariffing possible.
And it's also a speed that fits very well with the existing data networks of
PCs, routers, hubs and switches."
Throughout 1997, AG Communication Systems will provide rate adaptive
capabilities and increase the speed of the ATIUM GateWay using GlobeSpan CAP
transceiver chip sets as market applications evolve and network capabilities
increase.
The ATIUM GateWay is an end-to-end xDSL solution from AG Communication
Systems. The solution will officially roll out at Comnet in Washington, D.C.,
in February at booth 1932, where live demonstrations of the GateWay will be
shown. The GateWay will be offered as an integrated solution for AG
Communication Systems' GTD-5(R). EAX digital switching systems, a stand-alone
solution compatible with industry-standard central office switches, and a
remote solution for digital loop carrier applications. GlobeSpan Technologies
Inc. is the number one supplier of low-cost, high-performance chipsets for
digital subscriber line (xDSL) equipment, offering solutions for ADSL, RADSL,
SDSL and HDSL applications. More than 30 equipment manufacturers around the
world use GlobeSpan chipsets as the foundation for xDSL transmission systems
that provide high-speed access to the Internet, corporate intranets, video
conferencing, and other bandwidth intensive applications.
AG Communication Systems is a leading developer and manufacturer of
advanced telecommunication products and services, including access, wireless
and intelligent network products. AG Communication Systems' GTD-5 digital
switching systems serve more than 17 million customers worldwide in business,
industry and government, as well as subscribers serviced by the public
telephone network. The 100-year-old company had $310 million in sales in 1996.
Additional company information is available at agcs.com on the
World Wide Web. |
