EXFO Releases MCM Gigabit Ethernet Interface Series

EXFO (News - Alert) Electro-Optical Engineering has announced the release of the MCM Gigabit Ethernet Interface Series, a powerful test module.

 

According to the company, the new test module has been designed to meet performance and capacity requirements of network equipment manufacturers and service providers who are developing and deploying voice-over-Internet protocol and IP multimedia subsystem networks.

 

“NEMs and NSPs can now stress their networks using real-world network traffic in a lab environment and be confident that their networks will deliver the level of customer experience expected-even when subjected to high network load,” said Etienne Gagnon (News - Alert), vice president of product management and marketing at EXFO.

 

Thanks to its design, the new MCM Gigabit Ethernet Interface Series is capable of meeting testing challenges of today’s networks, said company officials. In addition to performing quality analysis on every stream in real time, a single module can emulate up to 256 000 unique IMS/VoIP subscribers and 64 000 voice/video streams.

 

Company officials said that the MCM Gigabit Ethernet Interface Series can be housed in EXFO’s InterWatch R14 and QualityAssurer QA-604 platforms. Also, it’s backward-compatible with existing software options.

 

A single 2U QA-604 platform can support 512 000 emulated IMS/VoIP subscribers and 128 000 voice/video streams with the MCM Gigabit Ethernet Interface Series. Plus, the 9U R14 platform can support 1.2 million emulated IMS/VoIP subscribers and 320 000 voice/video streams.

 

EXFO is a provider of test and service assurance solutions for network operators and equipment manufacturers in the global telecommunications industry. The Telecom Division, which accounts for almost 90 percent of the company’s revenues, offers a wide range of solutions to assess optical networks, from the core to access, as well as next-generation IP infrastructures and related triple-play services.

 

“With the release of the new MCM Gigabit Ethernet Interface Series, EXFO has once again raised the bar for high-performance and high-capacity testing in the lab, as it delivers four times more capacity per port than the closest competitor,” said Gagnon.