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News Release from: Interphase Corp | Subject: iSpan 3676
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 29 January 2007
Module provides bridge to ATM networks
AdvancedMC module offers ATM OC-3/STM-1 connectivity for high availability, high bandwidth access applications.
Interphase Corp has announced the availability of the iSpan 3676 AdvancedMC OC-3/STM-1 communications controller The new AdvancedMC offers ATM OC-3/STM-1 connectivity for high availability, high bandwidth access applications, including serving GPRS service nodes (SGSN), media servers, video conferencing applications, ATM signalling monitors, and other applications that require the quality of service (QoS) guarantees provided by ATM
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 19 Jan 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Designed for use in AdvancedTCA and MicroTCA platforms, the iSpan 3676 features dual OC-3/STM-1 interfaces via multimode or single mode SFP optics for operation in a dual active or 1+1 with automatic protection switching (APS) in hardware.
The automatic protection switching (APS) feature is hardware supported, enabling maximum uptime reliability and network resiliency with software notification and PHY modification support.
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The iSpan 3676 comes available with the iSAR application programming interface (API) to provide a seamless, consistent interface between the 3676 and supported operating systems and eases application development.
The iSAR API is supported for Linux and Solaris environments and supports up to 32K simultaneous full duplex virtual connections.
The iSAR API is backwards compatible with current Interphase iSpan 4576 and iSpan 5576 products.
"Interphase continues to deliver on its promise of providing a smooth transition for our customers as network and platform architectures evolve to meet the needs of high speed broadband connectivity", said Prasad Kallur, Vice President of Strategic Marketing at Interphase Corp.
"The iSpan 3676 is a natural addition to the Interphase AdvancedMC and AdvancedTCA portfolio and provides a cost effective high performance ATM connectivity building block for bridging diverse networks and enabling the delivery of demanding next generation telecomms applications".
The iSpan 3676, along with other Interphase AdvancedTCA, AdvancedMC and PMC products, will be featured at the 2007 3GSM World Congress in the Interphase booth (1E67 Hall 1) and the Interphase hospitality suite (Hall 4 Level 8 Suite 4.8HS57).
The 2007 3GSM World Congress will be in Barcelona, Spain, from 12th to 15th February 2007.
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