Alcatel-Lucent to enable all IP transformation

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Alcatel-Lucent enhanced its mobile backhaul solution to enable mobile network operators to support ‘AnyG to LTE’ (2G, 3G and LTE) radio access network technologies.

The Alcatel-Lucent mobile backhaul solution is part of the company’s High Leverage Network (HLN) architecture.

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Alcatel-Lucent is introduced 7705 Service Aggregation Router (SAR)-18 to its mobile backhaul portfolio, along with end-to-end, unified network and policy management from Radio Access Network (RAN) to the packet core.

Basil Alwan, head of carrier strategy, Alcatel-Lucent, said: “By levearaging the breadth of the Alcatel-Lucent Ethernet, IP and MPLS, access, optical and microwave portfolios under unified management, we offer an integrated portfolio approach and a clear message to the market about our thought leadership and product offerings which unleash the power of IP and MPLS for wireless IP network transformation.”

The new Alcatel-Lucent 7705 (SAR)-18 is optimized for large aggregation sites or smaller central hub sites requiring multiservice support for 2G and 3G as well as Ethernet/IP support for LTE.

The Alcatel-Lucent 7705 SAR-18 is a 10-rack unit (RU) version of the Alcatel-Lucent 7705 SAR with scalability of 140Gb/s.

The Alcatel-Lucent 5620 Service Aware Manager (SAM) now provides seamless end-to-end IP/MPLS-based management for the entire wireless network domain. With the 5620 SAM, Alcatel-Lucent brings the strength of its industry-leading IP/MPLS management expertise to significantly simplify provisioning and operations and accelerate faulty detection and rectification.

The Alcatel-Lucent SAR family of products is now integrated with the Alcatel-Lucent 9500 Microwave Packet Radio (MPR) family, for microwave-based backhaul.