RAD equipment delivers VoD Olympic coverage

Aug. 11, 2008
AUGUST 11, 2008 -- China Radio International (CRI) has selected RAD's RIC-155GE Gigabit Ethernet over STM-1 network termination unit to transmit video-on-demand from the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

AUGUST 11, 2008 -- China Radio International (CRI) has selected access equipment from RAD Data Communications (search for RAD Data Communications) to enable it to transmit video-on-demand (VoD) from the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

CRI, which maintains a video server at the Olympics, says it recommended RAD's RIC-155GE Gigabit Ethernet over STM-1 network termination unit (NTU) to China Telecom as a reliable gateway for transmitting its Ethernet-based video feed over existing SDH lines to various provincial capitals, including Chengdu (in Sichuan), Xian (in Shaanxi), and Changsha (in Hunan).

Using virtual concatenation technology, the RIC-155GE maps the video streams into VC-4 containers for transport across long-haul fiber connections. CRI first deployed RAD's RIC-155GE in 2006 to run Ethernet-based video over traditional STM-1 circuits. 

"CRI's previous deployment of the RIC-155GE to carry Ethernet-based services over both wired and wireless SDH transport networks gave them the confidence to propose this solution to China Telecom for their mission-critical IPTV based Olympics coverage," reports Jeremy Zimman, director of operations in Greater China at RAD Data Communications. "The RIC-155GE is guaranteed to be a big winner at the Beijing Olympics."

RAD's RIC-155GE NTU provides carriers and service providers with a migration path for connecting IP devices with Gigabit Ethernet interfaces to existing SDH or SONET networks at an access rate of 155 Mbits/sec. It is part of RAD's suite of EtherAccess family of Ethernet access equipment. EtherAccess enables quality of service over low- and high-speed SDH/SONET and PDH circuits from fractional and full E1/T1, E3/T3, and STM-1/OC-3 circuits to Gigabit Ethernet.


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