Avici Systems to Show Industry's First 40+Gb/s --OC-768-- Packet Solution and 800G Router Configuration
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2001--Avici Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: AVCI), a leading provider of scalable core routing solutions for intelligent IP-over-optical networks, today announced it is demonstrating the industry's first 40+Gb/s (OC-768) packet solution at the SUPERCOMM 2001 trade show from June 5-7. In addition, Avici is showcasing its TSR(R) scalable core router in the world's largest router configuration and announcing new TSR software enhancements.
Avici's TSR(R) is designed to reduce a carrier's capital and operational costs by up to 40 percent, improve service provisioning times and increase revenue and profitability by up to three times more than competitive offerings. The demonstrations, which highlight the advanced features of the TSR, the world's only truly scalable router, are taking place at the Avici booth, # 4856, and will include:
The Industry's First 40G+(OC-768) Packet Solution
Avici is demonstrating the industry's first 40G+ trunk using its innovative Composite Links(TM) technology, which enables carriers to dynamically add bandwidth in-service to improve provisioning time from months to minutes. Composite Links(TM) allows aggregation of up to 64 physical connections to act as one logical tunnel, simplifying network topology with fewer connections to manage.
The World's Largest Capacity Router
Avici is showcasing two 40-slot fully populated TSR chassis acting as a single router with 800 Gb/s of bi-directional port capacity, highlighting the TSR's unique scaling capabilities. By enabling carriers to scale to 800 Gb/s and beyond in this manner, costs are lowered by eliminating forklift upgrades of obsolete routers. Competitive products force service providers to do forklift upgrades to support new capacity requirements or higher speed line cards such as OC-192c and OC-768c. The TSR supports non-disruptive growth from OC-48c to OC-768c and beyond in the same platform.
Release of IPriori(TM)4.0 for the TSR Scalable Core Router
With the IPriori (TM)4.0 software release, Avici is delivering the fourth major release of its software and adding Multi-protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Distribution Protocol (LDP), M -BGP and two-port Gigabit Ethernet interface support for the TSR. These features enable service providers to collapse multiple network layers onto a single core infrastructure to deliver new VPN services.
End-to-End IP/MPLS VPN Solution with Riverstone Networks
The demonstration validates the Avici TSR at the core of a backbone network with Riverstone's RS 8000 and RS 8600 routers at the edge of a metro network to create a unified IP/MPLS infrastructure. These products offer a replacement to inefficient legacy leased lines or frame relay services by enabling the migration to reliable secure VPNs to connect global enterprises.
Dynamic Backbone Provisioning Using Avici TSR and CIENA CoreDirector
Avici and CIENA are demonstrating the use of the OIF's UNI signaling protocol to dynamically provision backbone transmission capacity. By combining these network elements and Avici's Composite Links technology, carriers can realize the total capacity of the optical backbone. By automating capacity activation, carriers can reduce cost and time for capacity additions.
The Economics of Scalability
Avici is showing carriers how they can reduce their Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by 40-50 percent. This in-depth analysis of core routing networks highlights how deployment of its scalable TSR routing platform reduces service provider's capital expenditures, operations, network planning and environmental costs.
"All of our demonstrations at SUPERCOMM underscore our commitment to provide standards-based, best-of-breed core routing solutions for next-generation carrier networks," said Steve Kaufman, president and COO of Avici Systems. "Avici is the only vendor with a proven scalable core routing architecture that can fulfill carriers' needs as they create 21st century IP networks."
About Avici Systems
Avici Systems Inc., headquartered in North Billerica, Mass., is a developer of next-generation Internet backbone platforms that optimize and drive creation of all-optical "speed-of-light" networks. Designed to bring packet intelligence to the core of optical networks, Avici's technologies offer superior scalability, resiliency and port density enabling just-in-time bandwidth provisioning, high reliability and the quality of service needed for carriers and ISPs to support mission-critical applications of the future. Visit Avici's World Wide Website at avici.com.
Avici and TSR are registered trademarks of Avici Systems Inc. Composite Links is a trademark of Avici Systems Inc.
This release contains information about Avici's future expectations, plans, and prospects that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. When used in this press release, the words "will be" and other similar expressions are intended to identify such forward looking statements.
Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, market acceptance of Avici products, services and enhancements, customer purchasing patterns and commitments, development of the market place, product development and enhancement, intensity of competition of other vendors, technological changes and other risks set forth in Avici's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
CONTACT:
Esmeralda Swartz
Director of Strategic Marketing
Avici Systems
978-964-2000
eswartz@avici.com
or
Cathy Caldeira/Dylan Locsin
LNS Communications, Inc.
617-577-9777
ccaldeira@LNScom.com
dlocsin@LNScom.com
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