JUNE 18, 2008 -- With the explosion of video and wireless traffic, service providers must squeeze even more capacity out of their networks. The new high-density (HD) 384 port shelf on the Tellabs (search for Tellabs) 5500 digital crossconnect system can help service providers save money and floor space, while increasing capacity.
According to Tellabs, the port shelf enables service providers to obtain 32x the port densities of older Tellabs 5500 digital crossconnect systems. In the same amount of rack space, the HD384 port shelf reportedly delivers 400% more capacity than the current HD96 port shelf. Each circuit of the new port shelf uses power sparingly -- up to 80% less energy than previous circuits.
The shelf is easy to integrate into existing networks, connecting to all Tellabs 5500 systems, and can coexist with previous deployed versions of the shelf on the same rack. Modernizing existing networks can be done economically, especially when replacing the standard-density optical port shelves.
The company says the capacity-raising HD384 port shelf will be available in August.
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