Product category:
Networking Hardware
News Release from: Aculab | Subject: 1U GroomerII
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 14 February 2003
Compact switching engine to appear at
CeBIT
At CeBIT 2003, Aculab will release a 1U variant of its flexible switching engine GroomerII.
At CeBIT 2003, Aculab will release a 1U variant of its flexible switching engine GroomerII Offering up to eight ports of E1 and T1 connectivity, the new 1U variant complements Aculab's highly successful 6U model
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 28 Feb 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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It has been developed as a cost effective alternative for those who require all the functionality of GroomerII, but whose system capacity is unlikely to exceed eight ports.
Network operators, service providers, alternative carriers and switching equipment vendors, as well as systems integrators, all need to support protocol conversion and complex call routing between a variety of otherwise incompatible network interfaces.
GroomerII is a flexible switching engine that can be readily customised for a variety of such application requirements, helping to reduce costs and generate revenue.
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GroomerII is typically deployed between private networks/PBX/ACD switches and public networks with disparate interfaces as well as being a lower cost alternative to a bespoke PBX solution.
It may also be used within a telco network.
For example, GroomerII can be deployed as new mobile switching platforms are added, or by an application service provider (ASP) to bypass the congested local access network with direct SS7 connection.
Protocols supported include SS7 and a wide range of common channel signalling (CCS eg, ETS300, DPNSS and Q.SIG) and channel associated signalling (CAS) variants, including MF, DTMF and R2 derivatives.
Due to the flexibility of the routing and switching, GroomerII also provides solutions in a range of diverse applications including: flexible call routing with least cost and alternative route creation; number translation with number based routing creating a dynamic routing system; multiport concentration where multiple incoming channels can be fed to a consolidated onward route; billing features, which provide call data records (CDR) for network management systems and advice of charge (AOC) generation and mapping (extending the functionality of many PBXs); and connecting E1 and T1 networks with A-law/u-law encoding conversion.
Leading rack-mount server vendor, Crystal Group has provided the server.
"Crystal was very pleased to provide a custom server designed specifically to meet Aculab's performance and European racking requirements.
The entire Crystal team is very excited about the GroomerII opportunity", says Curtis Nelson, President of Crystal.
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