Berlin Munich Ethernet
Spirent supports the EANTC interoperability showcase at the carrier Ethernet World Congress 2008 in Berlin Munich (26 September 2008) Spirent Communications (LSE: SPT), a leading provider of performance testing and service assurance systems for the IT and telecommunications sectors, made an important contribution to the further development of carrier Ethernet technologies with its participation in the interoperability showcase at the carrier Ethernet World Congress 2008 and the deployment of the Spirent TestCenter. The interoperability showcase, organized by the European advanced networking Test Center (EANTC), took place from 23rd to September 25, 2008 in the Maritim ProArte in Berlin instead. The EANTC interoperability showcase the most comprehensive and thus leading event of its kind was with 28 leading international providers of carrier Ethernet solutions. The EANTC interoperability showcase participants represent more than 90 percent of the worldwide market for carrier Ethernet routers and switches. The EANTC interoperability showcase offered the participants of this year’s carrier Ethernet World Congress a comprehensive overview of the latest developments of available carrier Ethernet technologies.
Developers of routers, switches, Ethernet/IP DSLAM, multi-service CPE, and mobile Backhaule have presented together with providers of provisioning, fault management, emulation and analysis systems, including the interoperability of their highly compatible solutions for providing future-enabled carrier Ethernet services, reliable transport mechanisms and efficient aggregation processes Spirent Communications with the proven Spirent TestCenter. The test areas of the EANTC interoperability showcase included Ethernet OAM based on ITU-t Y. 1731, IEEE tools such as connectivity management (CFM) and Ethernet in the first fault mile (EFM), as well as the MEF-defined Ethernet local management interface (E-LMI). All segments of the network were tested on their strength. Also were provided deployment, mobile Backhaule, and triple play services to the test. The Spirent TestCenter made an important contribution to the EANTC Interoperability Showcase: The best test and analysis solution from Spirent is a tailor-made test and measurement platform with network operators and service providers can optimize the productivity and time-to-market of complex networks and services. Spirent TestCenter allows a high number of special settings with its diverse capabilities, and providing all necessary resources to key criteria such as interoperability, reliable test for QoS or performance in complex network environments.