SYNCHRONYŽ TX-3 System

Product HighlightsTX-3

  • Advanced networking system used to construct and manage super transport networks over OC-3 (SONET), T-3/E-3, and T-1/E-1
  • Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) interface in either an add-drop multiplexer configuration or as a terminal multiplexer to a SONET ring node
  • Multimegabit channel provisioning up to 50 Mbps (in 1 khz increments) for high-speed applications support, with a nodal throughput of 720 mbps
  • Transport and cross connection for up to 10 T-3 circuits or any mix of T-3 and T-1 circuits up to a maximum equivalent of 390 T-1s per node
  • Compact, modular design with universal card slots, allowing easy configuration, maintenance, and expansion
  • Automatic T-1 circuit re-routing around failed trunk facilities within 50 milliseconds
  • Fault-tolerant hardware architecture and redundancy
  • Compatible with public network transmission standards for multivendor connectivity
  • Compliant with Telco central office form and fit specifications
  • TIME/VIEW™ Network Management System for comprehensive, centralized network management, and integral test access and monitoring
  • SNMP Proxy for TRAP forwarding to standards-based Network Management System

Overview

The SYNCHRONY TX-3 architecture features very high bandwidth, resilience to hardware failures and network outages, physically compact design, and remote controllability. Because of its modular and flexible design, a TX-3 System can be configured to perform a wide range of functions, including:

  • Terminate up to 10 T-3 circuits or any mix of T-3 and T-1 circuits up to a maximum equivalent of 390 T-1 circuits including inverse multiplexing of high speed serial data;
  • Provide support for SONET ring networks in add-drop or terminal multiplexer configurations. As a terminal device, the TX-3 can interface to foreign vendor equipment as a CPE interface, providing a T-3 internal network with a SONET gateway;
  • Establish nonblocking T-1 cross connections among any of the 390 T-1 circuits;
  • Add or drop T-1 services from any T-3 terminated by the system for provisioning of T-1s to high-speed devices or for connection to T-1 subnetworks;
  • Provide intrusive testing or nonintrusive monitoring of any T-1 transported through the system to ensure that network problems can be identified, isolated, and corrected quickly.

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