IP Infusion Adds MPLS-TP to ZebOS(r), Broadens Transport Networks Offering

July 29, 2010 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IP Infusion, an ACCESS company and a leading global provider of networking protocol stacks for Next Generation Network (NGN) equipment manufacturers and converged IP services providers, today announced the company is adding MPLS-TP (MPLS-Transport Profile) to the company’s ZebOS® Network Platform software. IP Infusion’s ZebOS with MPLS-TP will provide carriers with a low-cost, highly scalable solution that extends the value of their transport network products.

“Our MPLS-TP solution is built on the same advanced IP/MPLS technology which is deployed in hundreds of products in carrier networks around the world.”

Most carriers have chosen IP/MPLS for the network core, and rely on circuit-switched SONET/SDH for transport requirements in mobile backhaul, metro aggregation, broadband access and core networks. As both wireline and wireless network traffic continues to explode, carriers are seeking to upgrade transport networks to next-generation packet-based optical technology. Automated maintenance, administration, provisioning and bandwidth management functions, which are standard in circuit-switched transport technologies, will be critical for this transition and is a requirement for reducing OPEX and delivering services at the lowest cost per bit.

ZebOS MPLS-TP will preserve the operation, administration and maintenance (OAM) and management characteristics allowing a full end-to-end integration with existing and future IP/MPLS infrastructures. By using IP/MPLS and MPLS-TP from ZebOS, OEMs will be able to provide a consistent way of provisioning, troubleshooting and managing the networks from edge to edge.

MPLS-TP has been engineered specifically for transport networks. It is a reliable connection-oriented, packet-switched transport layer technology that is aligned with existing circuit-switched transport networking. MPLS-TP overlays on existing MPLS networks to provide:

Standardized control plane functionality

Advanced Quality of Service (QoS)

End-to-end Operation, Administration and Maintenance (OAM)

Reduced network equipment footprint

OAM monitors and drives protection switching

Support for existing management processes and work procedures

IP Infusion has also added support for GMPLS to ZebOS, which can be used as a dynamic control plane with MPLS-TP so that the network sets up Label Switching Paths (LSPs) and PseudoWires (PWEs). GMPLS is based on the TE extensions to MPLS (MPLS-TE). It may also be used to set up the OAM function and define recovery mechanisms.

“By extending our industry-leading ZebOS Network Platform to include MPLS-TP support, we will help OEMs deploy next generation transport products, delivering significant CAPEX and OPEX savings,” said Koichi Narasaki, president and CEO, IP Infusion. “Our MPLS-TP solution is built on the same advanced IP/MPLS technology which is deployed in hundreds of products in carrier networks around the world.”

About IP Infusion

IP Infusion delivers advanced software solutions that power communications equipment for packet-based Next Generation Networks (NGN). With a unique modular architecture and the industry’s broadest suite of communication protocols, IP Infusion enhances product differentiation and market agility for many of the world's leading network equipment vendors. Incorporated in Delaware in October 1999, IP Infusion is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and is a wholly owned and independently-operated subsidiary of ACCESS Systems Americas, Inc., a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of ACCESS CO., LTD., of Tokyo, Japan. For more information about IP Infusion, please visit www.ipinfusion.com.