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Kontron Completes Triple 10-Gigabit ATCA Portfolio for Triple Play IPTV-Based Broadband Network Solutions

20th June 2007

Kontron AG

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Using Intel Architecture, Kontron has Introduced 10-Gigabit Ethernet Fabric Connectivity at the Node, Hub and Carrier Board Level for Powerful Integrated Solutions Intended For High Speed I/O and Bandwidth Intensive Traffic-Bearing Applications. Unveiled at NXTcomm, its 10-Gigabit triumvirate AdvancedTCA product portfolio that enables telecom equipment manufacturers (TEMs) and network equipment providers (NEPs) to accelerate their IMS and IPTV-oriented application system designs. The three open modular platform elements consist of – the Kontron AT8030 AdvancedTCA processor node featuring three Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo CPUs and one AdvancedMC slot; the Kontron AT8904 AdvancedTCA 10 GbE Switch with two AdvancedMC slots, and the Kontron AT8404 AdvancedTCA 10 GbE Carrier with four AdvancedMC bays. All three are designed for Communications Platforms Trade Association (CP-TA) compliance.

Together they reflect the evolutionary demand in the industry for 10-Gigabit Ethernet-based open modular systems that are appropriately scaleable and versatile to master the increasing traffic demands for IPTV-based media content and broadband media servers that deliver Video on Demand (VoD) over FFTx, DSL, or cableTV networks. Particularly with all the promise behind IPTV subscriber services, and TEMs and their carrier and MSO (Multiple Service Operators) clients need to overcome a number of network challenges to be able to deliver the range of exciting new services over IP, such as HD television, Video on Demand (VoD), screen-on-screen viewing, web surfing, and voice mail. To maintain the QoS for “TV-Quality” streams without dropping any frames while multiple applications are being transmitted and received simultaneously – based on MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and traditional VoIP packages – today’s multi-core network processing functions are the most critical in a IPTV system design with 10GbE or multiple 1xGbE streams in mind.