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To: Secret_Agent_Man who wrote (18)	8/30/1999 10:30:00 PM
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MAKR, needs more news like this by: CRUSADER4TRUTH 272 of 272 Maker/5/10/99 Communications, Inc. – the leading supplier of High-Intensity Communications ProcessorsTM – today announced PortMaker AAL2, the first merchant AAL2 (ATM Adaptation Layer 2) solution which provides a standards-based technology for building communications equipment that can transmit compressed voice and video over ATM networks. The PortMaker AAL2 software, which runs on the Maker MXT4000 family of programmable Traffic Stream Processors (TSP), enables bandwidth-efficient transmission of delay-sensitive services including voice calls. Using a combination of the MXT4400 TSP and PortMaker AAL2 software, a typical ATM access system can transmit up to eight times more calls over a single communications link. This technology is being heralded by enterprise telecom managers and service providers for its ability to significantly reduce the costs of voice services and maximize the traffic-carrying capacity of existing service provider networks. The AAL2 protocol conserves network bandwidth by allowing variable-bandwidth, compressed voice traffic to be transmitted over ATM links with low latency to ensure high quality voice calls. In the wireless communications industry, service providers are using AAL2 to efficiently integrate voice and data transmissions across land-based networks. PortMaker AAL2, which runs on the programmable MXT4400 TSP, is a Communications Processor-based solution. This technology allows vendors to rapidly build network equipment that meets new or evolving standards and functional requirements. General DataComm (GDC) has implemented a custom AAL2 application for its APEX Voice Service Module using Maker's first generation Communications Processor the MXT3010. The APEX VSM has been shipping to customers for over a year. "The power and flexibility of Maker's software-programmable MXT3010 processor allowed GDC to significantly reduce the development time for our current APEX Voice Service Module and be first to market with this highly anticipated, cost-saving technology," said Keith Mumford, Vice President and General Manager for the Broadband Systems Division, General DataComm. "The Maker platform's ability to accommodate evolving standards with a simple firmware upgrade provides critical investment protection for our system designs while allowing our customers to confidently deploy new voice over ATM technology today." PortMaker AAL2, which supports the I.363.2 ITU specification, is a Segmentation and Reassembly (SAR) application that can pack up to 248 voice channels into a single AAL2 Virtual Circuit. Systems using silence suppression and standard audio compression algorithms can deliver more than an 8:1 bandwidth savings. For low-latency voice transmissions, PortMaker AAL2 controls and maintains programmable latency timers. To simplify system designs and optimize performance, PortMaker AAL2 supports voice channels to and from the MXT4400 processor via a standard PCI interface. "PortMaker AAL2, coupled with the MXT4400, provides the core technology for building AAL2-enabled products and frees systems vendors' internal engineering resources to focus on system-level design issues." About the MXT4400 and PortMaker The MXT4000 TSP family will provide advanced traffic management and internetworking services from OC-48 to aggregated T1 network speeds. It features industry standard PCI and UTOPIA Level 2 interfaces that enable seamless integration with packet or cell switch fabrics and SONET, T1, E1, DS3 or xDSL framers.