Yes. RAD has been participating in this event for the past several years and we’ve demonstrated a number of firsts at the tests, for example, RAD was the first vendor to demonstrate at the interop event a cellular backhaul solution with ATM and TDM pseudowire over an MPLS network. We have also been one of the first to demonstrate Ethernet OAM including both connectivity fault management and performance measurements.
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We will be demonstrating interoperability of mobile backhauling capabilities with solutions from the world’s leading vendors
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We will also demonstrate accurate timing synchronization capabilities including the usage of the new IEEE standard 1588 which allows accurate clock synchronization across packet networks
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And we will demonstrate performance monitoring according to ITU’s Y.1731 standard, and
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E-Tree Ethernet service termination, using a wide variety of our EtherAccess product solutions, over fiber copper and DSL
Standardization is an important aspect of Ethernet's progress towards being a carrier class technology. Carrier networks are rarely built using a single vendor’s equipment. Multi-vendor interoperability, therefore, is essential to allow this technology to evolve. By proving that our equipment interoperates with other vendors, we offer our customers multiple vendor choice, encourage their confidence in relatively easy and reliable installations and help them avoid the constraints of single source, proprietary network designs.
Yacov, thank you for speaking with us.
