ZHONE ARCA-DACS 100
COMPACT DIGITAL ACCESS CROSS CONNECT SYSTEM
Overview
The Arca-DACS 100 offers service providers the ability to economically enhance new and existing TDM access networks.
The Arca-DACS 100 is a small foot print Digital Access and Cross-connect System (DACS) that is ideally suited for grooming access networks. Its effectiveness, efficiency, and economy make the Arca-DACS 100 a vital addition to today's TDM-based networks.
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Features
- Efficient, effective, economical
- 3/1/0 digital cross connect at the network edge
- Integrated DSO level grooming
- Network management simplicity and metallic test access
- Carrier class reliability
- International digital cross-connect capability
- Domestic/International signaling conversion (E1 to/from DS3)
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Benefits
- Saving Service Providers Money
Service providers in today's telecommunications market are well aware of the high price of inefficient transport. Any improvement in efficiency, be it in bandwidth or manual effort, adds significant savings to the bottom line. By optimizing bandwidth where traffic begins, in the access network, the Arca-DACS 100 helps enhance efficiency to better improve the bottom line.
- 3 /1/ 0 Cross-Connect
Traditionally, each subscriber required a nailed-up DS0 across the network, i.e., a point-to-point connection. The introduction of digital cross-connects subsequently allowed service providers to switch traffic from trunk to trunk. These cross-connects were typically 3/1 or 1/0 devices. With the introduction of the Arca-DACS 100, providers can now choose switching granularity from DS3-based down to DS0-based all in one effective, efficient, and economical platform. E1 digital cross-connect is also supported for international TDM applications.
- Effective
In many existing telecommunications infrastructures, cost concerns mandate that DACS capabilities be located towards the central part of the network. But bandwidth at the edge is now readily available in today's changing communications network. With the Arca-DACS 100, traditional cross-connect functionality can now be cost-effectively deployed in a distributed manner.
- Efficient
The Arca-DACS 100 allows carriers to efficiently leverage existing infrastructure and personnel by providing a reliable, standards-based edge DACS for grooming voice and data traffic before it hits the transport network. Deploying the Arca-DACS 100 at the edge of the network ensures better facility utilization by permitting network providers to transport only valid traffic-bearing circuits. The Arca-DACS 100 grooms DS3s, DS1s, and DS0s to allow for more efficient use of backhaul SONET transport, multiplexers, 3/1/0 DACS ports, and switch ports for partially filled (fractional) T1 applications. It also grooms voice and data traffic for integrated T1 applications that combine voice and data on a single T1.
- Economical
By reducing both backhaul transport costs and port requirements on costly high-end switches, the Arca-DACS 100 provides an economical method for taking advantage of existing infrastructures with greater subscriber capacities.
- Reliable
The Arca-DACS 100 is completely NEBS level 3 compliant, meeting all of the requirements for installation in a central office, remote node, or subscriber site. Redundancy is built into all aspects of the Arca-DACS 100's hardware and software with no single point of failure. Additionally, metallic test capabilities provide carriers the opportunity to diagnose line problems without disrupting service. Combined with remote software configuration and centralized management tools, the Arca-DACS 100 plays an essential part in optimizing the burgeoning expanse of today's TDM networks.
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