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News Release from: Aculab | Subject: BT Ignite
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 13 June 2002
Technology cuts costs at Goonhilly
Protocol conversion and routing technology from Aculab is being used by BT Ignite to reduce operating costs and increase flexibility at the largest satellite earth receiving station in the world.
Protocol conversion and routing technology from Aculab is being used by BT Ignite to reduce operating costs and increase flexibility at the largest satellite earth receiving station in the world Sited in the western tip of the UK in Cornwall at Goonhilly, BT Ignite's international switching centre provides a focal point as a hub for undersea cable and satellite worldwide communications, simultaneously handling millions of international phone calls, fax and e-mail, while at the same time forming the cornerstone of the Internet
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 28 Feb 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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At Goonhilly, BT Ignite is using Aculab's GroomerII to perform protocol conversion and routing to interconnect a variety of equipment types with differing signalling systems, primarily R2 to CAS, primary rate ISDN and signalling system 7 (SS7) in a drive to cut costs and provide added flexibility for its customers.
Because GroomerII is able to support a wide range of protocols, operating independently and spread over a large number of trunks, it has proved to be the ideal solution for optimising the interconnection of disparate equipment.
"When we needed a totally reliable and mission critical connection device at Goonhilly that would also give us good visibility of any problems, Aculab's GroomerII was the natural choice", says Andy Dennis, Technical Expert/Team Leader for IP and Messaging Systems of BT Ignite, who provide 'value add' solutions for integrating IT and satellite technologies worldwide.
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"At Goonhilly, GroomerII not only provides a fully redundant, resilient switching platform, but through the use of simple network management protocol (SNMP) it allows us to have a highly visible and controllable interface to the unit for alarm reporting and general management", further explains Andy Dennis.
He continues: "It also provides a switching point and enables the integration of networks using legacy signalling protocols with backhaul networks using primary rate ISDN and SS7.
This gives us tremendous flexibility in routing incoming and outgoing traffic for our customers, such as Stratos, who are one of the largest providers of satellite-based services in the world".
BT Ignite at Goonhilly selected GroomerII not just because it was the most appropriate solution for its customers' needs but also because BT had been pleased with the high level and quality of the support that Aculab had provided and continues to provide.
"We'd previously developed a computer telephony integration (CTI) platform for Stratos using Aculab's Prosody DSP cards and we were particularly impressed with the support we received and the technical specifications of the hardware", concludes Andy Dennis.
Aculab's GroomerII is a highly flexible switching engine that allows network operators and service providers to support protocol conversions and complex routing and billing between a variety of otherwise incompatible network interfaces.
It utilises Aculab's highly successful E1/T1 PCI digital network access cards and an application program, making use of Aculab's extensive portfolio of protocol support to produce a world-class product.
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