Reduce Access Charges Through Facilities Optimization

Intensive competition for wireless subscribers has forced many providers to not only lower rate plans, but to also expand their coverage area in an effort to support increasing customers and maintain a competitive advantage. Although many wireless base stations in highly populated areas are struggling to meet subscriber demand, cell sites in rural and fringe areas have not reached their maximum capacity. The further away these sites are from population centers, the more costly it is to connect them using copper or microwave facilities. Verilink’s WANsuite 7105 solves this problem by integrating the functionality of a mini-DACs with that of a CSU/DSU that can receive T1s and pass on unused channels to cell sites further away. By doing this, the WANsuite 7105 allows a wireless provider to “daisy chain” several low usage coverage sites onto shorter length fractional T1 facilities, thereby greatly reducing facility costs while optimizing the transport network.

Features and Benefits

• DSU functionality with integrated mini-DACs can support multiple daisy chains of cell sites until all DS0s have been used, providing for complete utilization of access facilities
• Reduces need for additional leased facilities, providing a payback in as little as three to five months on invested capital
• Integrated bantam jacks eliminate the need for test equipment by detecting line errors and allowing for looping and BERT injection
• Chassis-based solution with redundant power offers density terminations that exceed Bellcore lightning standards to protect your infrastructure investments
• Each unit supports up to five equipment terminations to support today’s current voice and data technologies as well as tomorrow’s IP-based network applications