Wireline Equipment Solutions

Carrier Class Reliability to Meet Explosive Bandwidth Demands of Next Gen Networks
  • Multi-protocol support including SONET/SDH, Ethernet, HDLC and ATM
  • Traffic rates from DS0 through OC-192 / 10 GigE / OC-768
  • Standards-based interfaces such as TelecomBus, GMII, SMII, PL2, PL3, PL4 and Any-PHY
  • Comprehensive portfolio including SONET/SDH framing, MAPS®, GFP, VCAT and LCAS
  • Ready for triple-play applications in Routing, Metro Transport, Metro Core, and Multi-service Access Network Equipment

Ethernet (Framer, Mapper, MAC)

ARROW EoS Family 10/100 Mb and Gb Ethernet over SONET mappers supporting GFP, VCAT, LCAS
Xenon Family 10G Ethernet/POS: OC-192c, 4xOC-48c & 10GE WAN/LAN Framers

SONET/SDH Framers

SPECTRA Family SONET/SDH payload extractors/aligners with speeds up-to OC-192/STM-64
ARROW Family SONET/SDH framers/aggregators with speeds up to OC-192/STM-64 with integrated STS-1/AU-3 cross-connect
S/UNI PL2/3 FamilyUnchannelized PDH and SONET/SDH ATM/POS devices
ADM 622Single chip add/drop multiplexer MSPP with integrated Ethernet and PDH client interfaces and dual SONET/SDH OC-3/12 or STM-1/4 network interface

Cross Connects

TSE FamilyScalable, non-blocking SONET/SDH STS-1/AU-3 cross connects
WSE FamilyScalable, non-blocking SONET/SDH VT/TU cross connects
NSE and SBS Family Scalable DS0/DS1 TDM Switch up to 20 Gbps
TUPP FamilyMulti-channel VT/TU Payload Processors/Aligners
TBS FamilyMulti-rate Telecom Backplane Serializers

Mappers / Framers (T1/E1, DS-3/E3)

TEMUX Family High Density T1/E1 Framers, VT/TU Mappers and M13 Multiplexers
TEMAP Family High Density PDH Framers with integrated VT/TU Mappers for transport applications
ARROW Family High Density E3/DS3/STS-1E Framer SONET/SDH Mapper/Demapper
COMET FamilyCombined T1/E1/J1 Framers and LIUs
LIU Family Multi-channel T1/E1 Line Interface Unit for short or long haul applications  
ADM 622 Single Chip access MSPP with integrated Ethernet and PDH client interfaces and dual SONET/SDH OC-3/12 or STM-1/4 network interface

HDLC Controllers

FREEDM Family HDLC Packet Processors that scale from T1/E1 up to OC-48/STM-16 and provide integrated support for ML-PPP and ML-FR

ATM

IMA Family IMA / ATM TC processors for applications that scale from T1/E1 up to OC-12 / STM-4
AAL1 Family Highly integrated single chip solutions for ATM AAL1 based circuit emulation applications that scale from DS0 up to DS3
S/UNI PL2/3 FamilyUnchannelized PDH and SONET/SDH ATM/POS
ATLAS Family ATM Layer solutions for OC-3/12/48
VORTEX FamilyATM Backplane Multiplexing, Traffic Management and Switching solutions
 

Technical Articles

  • ROADMs evolve to meet metro needs
    The metro core must be scalable and flexible, underpinned by a reliable and economical build-out. This article discusses the use of Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexers (ROADMs) in the metro core, their limitations and evolution
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White Papers

  • ROADMs and the Evolution of the Metro Optical Core
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  • New Ethernet Capabilities Enable Low-cost Triple-Play Services
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  • In-Service T1/E1 Performance Monitoring
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  • Ethernet over Transport
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Technology Webinars

  • Evolution of Metro Core ROADM Architectures Tutorial
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  • TDM and Packet-Based Multi-Service Provisioning Platform Tutorial
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  • Automatic Protection Switching (APS) Tutorial
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News

  • PMC-Sierra Announces 336-Channel T1/E1/DS3/E3 Framer Enabling Wireline and Wireless Network Evolution
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  • PMC-Sierra Introduces Industry's Highest Capacity Single-Chip Solution for Optical Access Aggregation
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  • NEC Selects PMC-Sierra's Metro Transport Semiconductor Solutions for SpectralWave Series
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