20 februari 2001
CISCO SYSTEMS INTRODUCEERT LONG-REACH ETHERNET (LRE)
Cisco Systems introduceert vandaag Long-Reach Ethernet (LRE). Deze nieuwe
breedband-technologie voor een schaalbaar ethernet op hoge snelheid maakt
gebruik van bestaande koperen telefoondraden. Met Cisco LRE is het mogelijk
gelijktijdig spraak, data en video te versturen met een snelheid van 5 tot
15 Megabits per seconde (Mbps) over een bestaande telefoonkabel en over
afstanden tot circa 1.500 meter. Dat maakt het mogelijk te voldoen aan de
groeiende vraag naar breedbandige netwerkverbindingen tegen een redelijke
prijs. Door LRE kan gebruik gemaakt worden van de voordelen van ethernet op
plaatsen waar dat voorheen niet mogelijk was vanwege afstandslimieten of
oude kabelinfrastructuren, zoals in oudbouw in de Nederlandse binnensteden
en hotel- of kantoorcomplexen.
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P R E S S R E L E A S E
CISCO SYSTEMS INTRODUCES NEW HIGH PERFORMANCE BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM -
LONG-REACH ETHERNET - FOR MULTI-UNIT BUILDING DEPLOYMENTS
SAN JOSE, Calif. - February 20, 2001 - Cisco Systems, Inc., the worldwide
leader in networking for the Internet, today announced Long-Reach Ethernet
(LRE), an innovative broadband access and service delivery technology for
scalable deployment of high speed Ethernet services on existing voice grade
copper plants. Cisco LRE technology enables the simultaneous delivery of
voice, video and data services at 5-15 Megabits per second (Mbps) over
existing telephone wire at distances up to 5,000 feet. This allows customers
to utilize the benefits of Ethernet in places where they previously could
not due to distance limitations or older wiring infrastructures such as
those found in multi-unit buildings (MxUs) that consist of apartment and
office buildings and enterprise environments that include education,
healthcare and industrial campuses.
In addition, LRE provides the performance, simplicity and ease-of-deployment
associated with Ethernet As a result, LRE is a "last mile" access solution
that enables enterprises, building operators and service providers to deploy
high speed data services. LRE eliminates the need for costly infrastructure
upgrades by enabling high speed access using existing telephone wire.
"With the increasing bandwidth requirements of communications services
including - integrated voice/video/data offerings, IP telephony, and
video-on-demand - there is a clear need for technology that can scale to
satisfy bandwidth needs at a reasonable cost," said Meredith Rosenberg,
Director at the Yankee Group, a Boston, Mass.-based market analysis firm.
"Cisco, with its portfolio of building-focused broadband infrastructure
products and services, has put together a solution that addresses these
challenges."
Designed for High Performance and Ease-of-deployment
The Cisco LRE technology delivers 5-15 Megabits per second (Mbps) symmetric
performance over existing, single-pair copper wiring at distances up to
5,000 feet. Cisco LRE delivers broadband service on the same wire pair as
Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS), digital telephone traffic and ISDN. In
addition, Cisco LRE is compatible with asymmetric digital subscriber line
(ADSL), allowing service providers to provision LRE to buildings where
broadband services already exist. These features dramatically reduce the
capital and deployment costs for service providers and system integrators,
creating a low cost, easy to deploy solution.
Cisco LRE technology components include:
- The Cisco Catalyst 2900 Series LRE XL Switches are offered in either 12-
or 24-port versions and also feature four 10/100 Ethernet ports in one rack
unit. Based on Cisco's leading Catalyst 2900 Series XL, the Cisco LRE
switches feature integrated LRE technology and do not require an external
modem pool.
- The Cisco 575 LRE Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) Device is a low-cost,
compact device that includes a standard RJ-11 port that connects to the
existing telephone wire infrastructure, and standard RJ-45 and RJ-11 ports
that serve, respectively, Ethernet equipment and telephones. The Cisco 575
LRE CPE supports the co-existence of POTS, digital phone and ISDN traffic on
the same telephone line by splitting LRE and voice traffic at the CPE
device.
- The Cisco LRE 48 Plain Old Telephone System (POTS) Splitter is a 48-port
device ideal for installations where the PBX system is onsite and POTS
traffic must co-exist over the same telephone line. The Cisco LRE 48 POTS
Splitter allows the co-existence of LRE and voice traffic (POTS, digital
phone and ISDN) on the same telephone line. Each splitter is one rack unit
and has six RJ-21 connectors - two each for connectivity to the patch panel,
the Cisco Catalyst 2900 Series LRE XL switches and an onsite PBX system.
The Cisco Catalyst 2900 Series LRE XL switches, based on the industry
leading Cisco Catalyst 2900 Series XL desktop switch family, are designed
for ease-of-management and feature Cisco's advanced Switch Clustering
technology and Cluster Management Suite (CMS) Web-based management software.
Cisco Switch Clustering technology delivers single IP address management of
up to 16 devices, from a single management interface. The embedded, Cisco
Web-based CMS allows remote, intuitive management of clustered switches and
the Cisco 575 LRE in-room CPE device. The Cisco Catalyst 2900 Series LRE XL
switches also feature IOS Software and Command Line Interface (CLI),
delivering common software support and CLI across both Cisco router and
switch platforms.
Collectively, these LRE technology components deliver the performance
required to support simultaneous voice, video and data services, high speed
Internet access, video-on-demand and IP telephony; affording new revenue
opportunities to service providers and MxU owners. In addition, for service
providers entering the MxU market, the ease-of-deployment attributes of LRE
technology assist in the early stages of penetrating the market when the
focus is on quickly establishing an in-building presence with existing
tenants and guests.
Cisco Offers Complete Technology Portfolio for MxU Buildings
Together with today's announced LRE products, Cisco Aironet 340 and 350
Series of wireless local area network (LAN) products and Cisco Catalyst 2900
and 3500 Series XL of 10/100 Ethernet switches, further strengthen Cisco's
ability to deliver Ethernet to all in-building facilities, regardless of
building wiring or infrastructure.
As the richness of such solutions increases, service providers require
attendant improvements in network management, variable bandwidth
provisioning and billing management. To address these requirements, Cisco
also offers the Building Broadband Service Manager (BBSM), a software
platform previously named IPORT that was acquired through Cisco's
acquisition of the broadband subscriber management business of CAIS Software
Solutions, that enables central management and reduced support costs. Its
capabilities include plug-and-play access, authentication, tiered bandwidth
configuration, end-user self-provisioning and automated billing. Combined,
Building Broadband Service Manager (BBSM), Cisco Aironet wireless LAN and
LRE products form a complete solution to enable MxU environments to
experience high-speed Internet access as well as more advanced connectivity
services.
"Through our strength in innovative engineering, Cisco LRE technology brings
a crucial new capability to the delivery of best-in-class, provisioned
services that will be critical to the large, emerging MxU market," said
Larry Birenbaum, Vice President and Group General Manager of Cisco's
Ethernet Access Group. "Cisco is the only company with the breadth of
technologies to provide an end-to-end broadband access solution that meets
the challenge of any and all building wiring infrastructures. It also
provides service providers with the opportunity to reduce their cost of
doing business while increasing profitability."
For more information on the Cisco building broadband LRE technology, please
visit
www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/pd/si/casi/ca2900lr/.
Pricing and Availability
The new Cisco Long-Reach Ethernet technology components will be available in
April 2001.
U.S. List Pricing is as follows:
· Cisco Catalyst 2924 LRE XL: $6,495
· Cisco Catalyst 2912 LRE XL: $3,295
· Cisco 575 LRE CPE Device: $280
· Cisco LRE 48 Plain Old Telephone System (POTS) Splitter: $1,395
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