- Lucent Acuity(TM) Network Architecture uses Ethernet/IP technology and
dynamic bandwidth control to support exceptional quality of service at low
cost
- Architecture benefits from Lucent network transformation services and new
optical and network resource management products to speed network
transformation
CHICAGO and MURRAY HILL, N.J., June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
GLOBALCOMM BOOTH #13015 -- Lucent Technologies today unveiled a new
end-to-end network architecture designed to deliver high-bandwidth Internet
protocol (IP)-based multimedia services -- voice, data and video -- to
business, residential and mobile subscribers more efficiently and at a
lower cost than is possible using traditional IP networks.
Lucent's Acuity(TM) Network Architecture offers service providers
"service aware" networks that dynamically adjust bandwidth and quality of
service (QoS) parameters simultaneously, and manage the availability of
required network resources, to support the optimum end user "Quality of
Experience" (QoE) for enterprise services such as VoIP, video conferencing
and Ethernet access, and consumer services such as high-definition
video/IPTV and multi-party video gaming on both fixed and wireless devices.
The Acuity(TM) Network Architecture also will enable service providers to
offer end-to-end service level agreements (SLAs) for particular services to
specific customers, enabling them to generate additional revenue by
ensuring consistently high QoS levels across their transport and metro
networks.
The Acuity(TM) architecture is designed to support the IP Multimedia
Subsystem (IMS) standard and delivers specific advantages when implementing
IMS to support blended lifestyle services that combine voice, data and
video capabilities to create innovative new services. This innovative new
architecture will also enable operators to control non-IMS applications,
giving operators comprehensive control over their entire network and
ensuring that the appropriate resources are available to support all
services, both IMS and non-IMS.
"The Acuity(TM) architecture extends the approach and benefits of the
IMS architecture to the data/transport and access portions of the network,
taking advantage of more efficient, IP/Ethernet-based platforms to reduce
the cost of providing multimedia services," said John Leonard, marketing
and offer management vice president, Lucent Technologies. "It takes a
variety of significant advances in IP, Ethernet and optical networking
technologies, as well as the open, standards-based approach that
characterizes IMS, and combines them into an elegant package that will help
service providers lower their cost structure and enable them to better
address subscriber demand for more and more bandwidth-intensive
applications."
According to a "cost of ownership" study conducted by Bell Labs, the
Acuity(TM) architecture can save service providers more than 30 percent in
capital and operating expenses by employing a streamlined architecture that
integrates network elements, reduces networking layers, and leverages new
resource management and network management capabilities.
At the same time, the Acuity(TM) architecture enables service providers
to control the entire set of network capabilities involved in giving
subscribers a QoE free of perceptible impairments - such as slow response
times, video artifacts, audible clicks and other disturbances -- caused by
uncontrolled latency, jitter and congestion. Network-based resource
management, combined with intelligent network elements, enable the
Acuity(TM) architecture to reduce bandwidth "bottlenecks" in the network
and to enforce policies for handling critical traffic, thus allowing
service providers to deliver multimedia services with the reliability and
QoE that end-users demand, and that content providers are willing to pay
for.
Network Transformation Services for Acuity Networks
In support of the Acuity(TM) architecture, the Lucent Worldwide
Services organization has developed a comprehensive suite of network
transformation services to help carriers plan and execute their migration
to next-generation networks. Professional Services range from consultation
on initial business strategies, assessing the existing network, defining,
planning, and designing for the secure migration of network transport
infrastructure, network databases, business and operations support systems,
applications, and actual service-bearing traffic.
These network transformation services feed into a holistic offering of
network integration services tuned to the unique challenges of today's
network transformations and migrations. Deployment Services cover actual
deployment and implementation of the Acuity(TM) network solution including
site construction and material sourcing if required. Managed Services
offers hosted and managed applications support as well as network security
management and network management support for a next-gen network such as an
Acuity(TM) network. A full suite of Maintenance Services; on-site,
off-site, spares exchange, and software support completes this
comprehensive services support offering for Acuity(TM) networks.
New Products Enhance Acuity Architecture
The architecture benefits from the capabilities of the Lucent Ethernet
Router family of products (recently acquired as part of a purchase of
Riverstone Network assets), the Lucent Base Station Router announced in
February 2006, and the Lucent Multimedia Access Platform, announced in
October 2005.
It also employs two new Lucent offerings -- the Universal Packet Mux
(UPM), a converged optical/packet transport platform for high-bandwidth
multimedia services, and the Lucent Resource Manager, a network element
that supports the dynamic control of network resources across
data/transport platforms and broadband access nodes.
The Lucent Resource Manager will work in combination with bearer
gateway functions distributed at the edges of the network. These two
elements will work in tandem to support the dynamic allocation of
bandwidth, with the resource manager making the policy decisions and the
bearer gateway function, much like a traffic cop, enforcing those decisions
by directly controlling the per service/session traffic, based on the
policy. (See separate news release.)
The Lucent Universal Packet Mux (UPM) is an integrated Optical/Ethernet
aggregation solution. It supports current and emerging data transport
standards, and integrates best-in-class wavelength division multiplexing
(WDM), re-configurable optical add/drop multiplexing (ROADM), Carrier
Ethernet/multiprotocol label switching (MPLS), and time division
multiplexing (TDM) capabilities -- all on a single frame, helping reduce
both capital and operational costs for operators. (See separate news
release.)
For further information about the Acuity(TM) architecture, visit:
http://www.lucent.com/acuity.
About Lucent Technologies
Lucent Technologies designs and delivers the systems, services and
software that drive next-generation communications networks. Backed by Bell
Labs research and development, Lucent uses its strengths in mobility,
optical, software, data and voice networking technologies, as well as
services, to create new revenue-generating opportunities for its customers,
while enabling them to quickly deploy and better manage their networks.
Lucent's customer base includes communications service providers,
governments and enterprises worldwide. For more information on Lucent
Technologies, which has headquarters in Murray Hill, N.J., USA, visit
http://www.lucent.com.
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issues, the acceptance of Lucent's products and services, the suitability
and performance of those products and services for its customers' networks,
the demand for the services that Lucent's customers offer and fluctuations
in the telecommunications market, along with those risks and uncertainties
detailed from time to time in Lucent's SEC reports, including the reports
on Forms 10-K and 10-Q. Except as required under the federal securities
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Related links:
http://www.lucent.com
http://www.lucent.com/acuity
CONTACT:
Dick Muldoon, +1-908-582-1616 office, +1-908
930-9391 mobile, rpmuldoon@lucent.com, or Kurt Steinert,
+1-973-386-8438 office, +1-908-285-1641 mobile,
ksteinert@lucent.com, both of Lucent Technologies
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