VectaStar network solutions

This includes:

• New packet network

• Mobile broadband network upgrade

• Ethernet enterprise network

• 2G - 3G IP backhaul migration

VectaStar can be used to build new networks quickly or upgrade older ones with no disruption to service or revenues.
 

New packet network

VectaStar can be used to build new all-IP networks quickly with the capacity and performance to scale to the backhaul demands of the future.

VectaStar is a native Ethernet platform that provides high capacity advanced IP protocol network support, packet synchronisation and other related features.

It’s LTE ready and can provide an all-IP backhaul strategy to mobile broadband network operators today that have an eye on the future.

VectaStar features and benefits

• VectaStar supports Ethernet as its default configuration
• Connections from site equipment can be made direct to VectaStar components via Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
• Power is supplied using Power over Ethernet
• New connections are sited within VectaStar sectors
• The superior sector aggregation characteristics of VectaStar mean that incremental traffic is merged with the other bursty, uncorrelated traffic that is prevalent in packet data networks
• The capacity in the sector is dynamically allocated amongst the sites in the sector meaning that the net traffic increase is much less than the peak or mean of the added site.

   

Mobile broadband network upgrade

Mobile operators are increasingly looking to efficient packet data offload strategies to lighten the load on their over-stretched backhaul networks.

VectaStar with its unique architecture is ideal for creating a separate ‘real-time offload’ network.

The existing backhaul network is left in place and the packet-data traffic from the nodeB’s is diverted to a VectaStar network that is placed as an overlay over the original network.

The benefits of the point to multipoint approach are superior aggregation and the ability to preserve the bursty nature of the packet data traffic efficiently while creating no disruption to the legacy voice network.

Many operators discover that this approach is more cost efficient than using leased fibre services.

VectaStar features and benefits

• Site VectaStar at the sites to be upgraded, co-located with the existing backhaul network
• VectaStar supports Ethernet as its default configuration
• Packet data traffic can be routed from existing backhaul connections direct to VectaStar components via Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
• If additional Ethernet or TDM services are required on site then a separate 1U VectaStar indoor interface is available which can provide aggregation of six Gigabit Ethernet interfaces and up to 8 E1s
• Once the VectaStar hubs and sites are in place, the VectaStar network acts as an ‘overlay’ lifting the packet data traffic onto the more efficient VectaStar platform, leaving the existing network to handle the voice traffic. Eventually, the voice traffic can be migrated onto the VectaStar network and the old backhaul network decommissioned.

   

Ethernet enterprise network

VectaStar is a carrier-class platform that meets all the requirements of fixed network service providers with outstanding value.

Networks can be designed to provide scalable Ethernet services or configured as hybrid networks to support legacy protocols.

VectaStar features and benefits

• VectaStar supports Ethernet as its default configuration
• Connections from site equipment can be made direct to VectaStar components via Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
• Power is supplied using Power over Ethernet
• If additional Ethernet or TDM services are required on site then a separate 1U VectaStar indoor interface is available which can provide aggregation of six Gigabit Ethernet interfaces and up to 8 E1s
• New connections are sited within VectaStar sectors
• The superior sector aggregation characteristics of VectaStar mean that incremental traffic is merged with the other bursty, uncorrelated traffic that is prevalent in packet data networks
• The capacity in the sector is dynamically allocated amongst the sites in the sector meaning that the net traffic increase is much less than the peak or mean of the added site.

   

2G - 3G IP backhaul migration

CBNL provides complete wireless solutions to minimize the risk and cost of migrating backhaul networks from today’s TDM technology to the all-IP infrastructure of the future.

VectaStar supports all forms of TDM, Hybrid, and all-IP backhaul.

The unique architecture of VectaStar means that you can leave your existing network in place, install VectaStar as an overlay, and then gradually migrate your services to VectaStar – in whole or in part – until your entire network is migrated.

Then, as all-IP services are switched-on, the hybrid portions of the network can be switched-off or redeployed to other parts of the network.

VectaStar enables a flexible and controlled approach

• The traffic that most benefits from IP migration is packet data traffic. VectaStar can off-load this traffic separate from voice traffic
• Once the IP-migration strategy for voice is decided, voice traffic can be migrated to VectaStar as well
• VectaStar supports all forms of network synchronisation so migration to voice over Ethernet can be aligned to the network synchronisation strategy.

VectaStar features and benefits

• Site VectaStar at the sites to be upgraded, co-located with the existing backhaul network
• VectaStar supports Ethernet as its default configuration
• Packet data traffic can be routed from existing backhaul connections direct to VectaStar components via Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. If additional Ethernet or TDM services are required on site then a separate 1U VectaStar indoor interface is available which can provide aggregation of six Gigabit Ethernet interfaces and up to 8 E1s. Once the site is ready to operate over IP only, these interfaces can be removed or redeployed
• Once the VectaStar hubs and sites are in place, the VectaStar network acts as an ‘overlay’ lifting the packet data traffic onto the more efficient VectaStar platform, leaving the existing network to handle the voice traffic. Eventually, the voice traffic can be migrated onto the VectaStar network and the old backhaul network decommissioned.
   

Contact our sales team to find out more about VectaStar and how it can help you.

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