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DAS, the Simple and Elegant 3G/Convergence Solution from ADAX

CT EXPO – To facilitate a fast development process and time to market, Adax offers its advanced signaling solutions in a portable, integrated, cPCI-based format – the Development Acceleration System (DAS). With the use of DAS, customers can build a convergence solution that provides a simple migration path from circuit switched to packet switched and 3G wireless networks.

DAS is a field-tested boxed solution consisting of a 850 MHz – 1 GHz Pentium III CPU, 256 MB RAM, 20 GB Hard Disk, twin fast Ethernet connections, and up to 5 Adax cPCI Protocol Controller cards and Adax Protocol Software. DAS is a highly flexible product and can be configured either as a Front End or a Back End Processor (FEP/BEP). As a FEP, the inclusion of an Adax HDC controller(s) provides a powerful narrowband SS7 and IP signaling solution, while the use of an ATM controller(s) provides the broadband counterpart.

With both the HDC and the ATM controller cards, customers can build a convergence solution that handles PSTN, IP and 3G Wireless networks simultaneously. The ingenuity of such a solution lies in its Simplicity – 2 boards and 6 software in a fully integrated and ready for plug-and-play box measuring 12” x 12.5” x 8”. This solution can migrate OEMs and Integrators through 2.xG to 3G Wireless. The Adax signaling solutions also protect customers’ investment in network infrastructure through software scalability and the use of distributed APIs.

OEMs and Integrators can deploy DAS in different configurations. A single DAS can be used as a BEP, or as a FEP wired to the customer’s existing BEP. Two Adax DASs can be linked with one used as a BEP, and the other, a FEP. To provide for additional traffic and/or redundancy, four DASs can be deployed with two of them as BEPs and the other two as FEPs.

“DAS offers customers a simple, elegant solution that is flexible and future-proof,” says Barry Zuckerman, Ph. D., President of Adax. “As a convergence signaling development solution, it represents simplicity at its utmost.”