ATCA/AMC Overview

Where ATCA/AMC fits in Teledatacom

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Where ATCA/AMC fits
in Teledatacom

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ATCA AMC
  • BSC/RNC
    • Shortened time to market with off-the shelf building blocks
    • Lowered OPEX due to reduced sparing and Mean-Time-to-Repair
    • Flexibility through choice of backhaul interfaces and choice of protocols
    • Natural migration from options from 2.5G to 3G to 4G wireless
  • SGSN
    • Shortened time to market with off-the shelf building blocks
    • Lowered OPEX due to reduced sparing and Mean-Time-to-Repair
    • Flexibility through choice of processing blades
  • GGSN
    • Shortened time to market with off-the shelf building blocks
    • Lowered OPEX due to reduced sparing and Mean-Time-to-Repair
    • Flexibility through choice of processing blades
  • MSC
    • IP-centric protocol options provide a natural fit for next generation, all IP networks
    • Modularity provides easy expansion as capacity requirements increase
    • Shortened time to market with off-the shelf building blocks
    • Lowered OPEX due to reduced sparing and Mean-Time-to-Repair
  • HLR / VLR
    • Lowered cost with the ability to implement large databases in a small footprint
    • Modularity provides easy expansion as capacity requirements increase
    • Shortened time to market with off-the shelf building blocks
    • Lowered OPEX due to reduced sparing and Mean-Time-to-Repair
  • Transport systems (WDM & Optical Networking)
    • Modularity provides easy expansion as capacity requirements increase
    • Shortened time to market with off-the shelf building blocks
    • High-speed fabric options provide bandwidth headroom as capacity needs increase
  • STP
    • Modularity provides easy expansion as capacity requirements increase
    • Shortened time to market with off-the shelf building blocks
    • Easy migration to IP-centric signaling such as SIGTRAN and SIP
  • Media Gateway
    • Formfactor and power budget allows for large farms of DSPs
    • Modularity provides easy expansion as capacity requirements increase
    • Shortened time to market with off-the shelf building blocks
    • Lowered OPEX due to reduced sparing and Mean-Time-to-Repair
  • Signaling Gateway
    • Natural link between traditional SS7 signaling and IP-centric signaling such as SIGTRAN and SIP
    • Modularity provides easy expansion as capacity requirements increase
    • Shortened time to market with off-the shelf building blocks
    • Lowered OPEX due to reduced sparing and Mean-Time-to-Repair
  • Media Server
    • Formfactor and power budget allows for large farms of DSPs
    • Modularity provides easy expansion as capacity requirements increase
    • Shortened time to market with off-the shelf building blocks
    • Lowered OPEX due to reduced sparing and Mean-Time-to-Repair
  • Softswitch & Media Gateway Controller
    • IP-centric protocol options provide a natural fit for next generation, all IP networks
    • Modularity provides easy expansion as capacity requirements increase
    • Shortened time to market with off-the shelf building blocks
    • Lowered OPEX due to reduced sparing and Mean-Time-to-Repair
  • Router
    • Formfactor and power budget allows for large compute capacity
    • Modularity provides easy expansion as capacity requirements increase
    • Shortened time to market with off-the shelf building blocks
    • Lowered OPEX due to reduced sparing and Mean-Time-to-Repair
  • BTS / Node B
    • Low-cost standard-off-the-shelf solutions reduce system costs
    • Hot swap shortens Mean-Time-To-Repair and lowers OPEX
    • System management allows remote monitoring and alarming
    • Small FRU reduces or eliminates service outages
    • Shortened time to market with off-the shelf building blocks
  • DLC
    • Wide range of interface types allows flexibility and growth
    • Low-cost standard-off-the-shelf solutions reduce system costs
    • Hot swap shortens Mean-Time-To-Repair and lowers OPEX
    • System management allows remote monitoring and alarming
    • Small FRU reduces or eliminates service outages
    • Shortened time to market with off-the shelf building blocks
  • DSLAM
    • Low-cost standard-off-the-shelf solutions reduce system costs
    • Hot swap shortens Mean-Time-To-Repair and lowers OPEX
    • System management allows remote monitoring and alarming
    • Small FRU reduces or eliminates service outages
    • Shortened time to market with off-the shelf building blocks
  • Cable Headend
    • Small FRU reduces or eliminates service outages
    • Hot swap shortens Mean-Time-To-Repair and lowers OPEX
    • Low-cost standard-off-the-shelf solutions reduce system costs
    • System management allows remote monitoring and alarming
    • Shortened time to market with off-the shelf building blocks
  • IP PBX
    • Small FRU provides easy maintenance and upgrades for IT staff
    • Hot swap shortens Mean-Time-To-Repair and isolates downtime
    • Low-cost standard-off-the-shelf solutions reduce system costs
    • System management allows for sophisticated monitoring and alarming
    • Shortened time to market with off-the shelf building blocks