Telecom equipment vendor Giga Stream says it uses IP Infusion's ZebOS Advanced Routing Suite (ARS) in a unique embedded Linux based “Universal Navigation Switch” (UNS) that integrates voice, data, and radio access to support seamless subscriber roaming between Radio Access Networks (RANs) and Wireless LANs.

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Giga Stream's “Universal Navigation Switch” provides connectivity, network control, and interworking between converged voice/data networks and GPRS/3G/WLAN wireless networks, according to Giga Stream. It targets mobile and fixed operators wishing to support 3G, WLAN, and high-performance IP packet transmission capabilities in a single device, and to migrate from today's TDM / ATM transport towards an all-IP environment.

IP Infusion describes its ZebOS Advanced Routing Suite (ARS) as a sophisticated, robust, and standards-based Layer 2 and Layer 3 carrier-class routing and switching software package supporting IPv4, IPv6, Multicast, and MPLS/Traffic Engineering protocols.

IP Fusion first demonstrated the interoperability of ARS with MontaVista Linux — on which the UNS is based — in October of 2002. The UNS will use a number of the routing and switching protocol modules available in ARS, including BGP-4+, OSFPv2 with Traffic Engineering, IS-IS with Traffic Engineering, RSVP-TE, and an MPLS Forwarder.

"IP Infusion enabled us to enhance the delivery of value-added IP Services. The separation of forwarding and routing elements substantially changes the architecture of Next Generation Networks and reduces operational expenditures -- a clear benefit for our customers,” said Thomas Maul, Giga Stream founder and CEO.

 
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