December 20th, 2011
We live in the midst of the Internet video revolution. Video is the major source of traffic on the Internet. This pattern is increasing exponentially! The two primary drivers of the video revolution are increasing penetration of broadband access technologies and development of easy-to-use video content creation. The demand for more bandwidth is clearly driven by IP-based applications and consequently service providers are looking at an infrastructure that best supports such applications. It has become clear that a packet-centric infrastructure is preferred and such technologies are displacing technologies like SONET, ATM and Frame Relay in new buildouts, this is due to the high cost and lack of flexibility associated with legacy technologies. Thus, there is no doubt that future video services will be delivered over packet based (dominantly IP/Ethernet) networks. However, the requirements of video services are distinctly different from the requirements of data Internet services and this posses major challenges on the architecture, design, and provisioning of video services. From the development of its earliest video transport products over 20 years ago, to the newest products now available, IPITEK has provided the video transport industry with many solutions. Today, IPITEK leads the market by introducing a new solution that allows broadcasters as well as carriers to carry DVB-ASI video over IP networks, a step toward complete migration to packet-based transport networks.
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September 20th, 2011
In today’s world, when networks are very complex and carry many types of traffic, there is no time to wait for the phone to ring. System problems not only affect basic traffic services but also interrupt revenue producing Internet, video, and voice services. Customers are no longer willing to wait for more than microseconds before they flood the provider with complaints. Thus, network management is a critical aspect of our networks. Network management refers to the activities, methods, procedures, and tools that pertain to the operation, administration, maintenance, and provisioning of networked systems.
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August 8th, 2011
We live in the midst of the Internet video revolution. Video is the major source of traffic in the Internet. This pattern is increasing exponentially! There are two primary drivers of the video revolution: increasing penetration of broadband access technologies and the development of easy-to-use video content creation. The need to deliver IPTV as part of a triple-play bundle is no longer in question for service providers around the world.
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June 29th, 2011
The demand for more bandwidth is clearly driven by IP-based applications and consequently service providers are looking at infrastructure that best supports such applications. It has become clear that a packet-centric infrastructure is preferred, and such technologies are therefore displacing technologies like SONET/SDH, ATM and Frame Relay in new build-outs due to the high cost and lack of flexibility associated with these legacy technologies. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 25th, 2011
Disorder at the Network Edge!
Today, network edge (or access) is the driving source of data. With the extreme heterogeneity of network access methods and network services, service providers are having to deal with chaotic networks where customers are demanding all types of services over all types of access media while meeting stringent requirements. Providers are in a tough situation – it is a network in chaos! Read the rest of this entry »
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May 13th, 2011
As network service providers begin deploying metro Ethernet networks, it’s critical that they continue to offer legacy T1/E1 services to customers that still utilize T1/E1 and T3/E3 for telephone and data services. Service providers must realize that many customers are content with their legacy systems and they cannot simply be forced to upgrade to newer Ethernet technologies. Read the rest of this entry »
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April 20th, 2011
IPITEK, a leading designer, developer, manufacturer, and supplier of advanced carrier-grade network equipment, is announcing the introduction of its telecom-grade MSP-1588 platform: the industry-leading solution for packet-based based timing protocol (PTP) using IEEE1588v2. With its 1/3 RU footprint, the MSP-1588 is the industry's most integrated and cost-effective PTP solution available. Read the rest of this entry »
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April 6th, 2011
IPITEK’s DNA and passion for integration have been major motive for developing easy-to-use, highly integrated, scalable, feature-rich, and cost-efficient solutions, which goes into all of its product lines. An example of a problem-solving solution that IPITEK has been pioneering for the telecommunication industry at large (including enterprise networks, access/metro networks, etc) is its carrier-grade Ethernet product line. Realizing the benefits of carrier-grade Ethernet for network operators, IPITEK has been a pioneer in developing and manufacturing carrier-grade Ethernet solutions that not only leverage the capabilities of Ethernet, but also integrate additional features and capabilities to ensure optimization in meeting evolving network requirements: from exponentially-increasing bandwidth demands to extremely low latency to carrier-grade Quality of Service (QoS) to carrier-grade network control and management.
To explain these capabilities, we are introducing a case study for a sophisticated US carrier who had several challenges in its network and for which IPITEK has provided the solutions. Let us see how IPITEK achieved that. Read the rest of this entry »
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March 23rd, 2011
TDM Circuit Emulation Services over Ethernet (CESoETH) were developed so that carriers can offer premium priced legacy transport transparently over low cost modern networks. Carrier Ethernet is rapidly displacing high-priced, inflexible, old TDM technologies like SONET/SDH, ATM and Frame Relay in new access and metro network build-outs, because Read the rest of this entry »
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March 11th, 2011
The majority of end-to-end traffic flow on the Internet is being generated as Ethernet at one end, and consumed as Ethernet at the other end. Carrier Ethernet is a ubiquitous carrier-class service with five distinguishing attributes: standardized services, scalability, reliability, quality of service (QoS) and service management. An important aspect of carrier-grade Ethernet is that it can support MPLS tunnels over the Carrier Ethernet network.
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