Carrier Class Routing for the Profitable Real-Time IP Network
Today's IP networks are required to deliver more than simply best-effort traffic. The growth of real-time applications such as VoIP, video, online gaming, other consumer and business applications and the need to support converged ATM and Frame Relay traffic demand a higher level of IP network reliability, scalability and performance.
The Avici TSR®, SSR™, and QSR™ routing platforms were purpose built to deliver carrier-class reliability, scalability and performance. Sharing a common distributed architecture and patented scalable Velociti™ switch fabric, Avici routers provide carriers the flexibility to use common software and modules across all three routing platforms and expand in-service to a multi-chassis system with terabits of capacity. Investing in an Avici platform eliminates the costly cycle of upgrades and network re-designs common with legacy routing platforms. Avici's modular architecture offers unrivalled investment protection that extends the longevity of the network.
Avici's routing platforms are uniquely qualified to enable the graceful migration of legacy services to IP by combining industry leading IP performance and scaling with the powerful MSC™ Multi-Service Connect line card platform. The revolutionary MSC platform leverages Intel network processors to deliver ATM-like quality of service over a reliable IP infrastructure. The MSC linecards feature ASAP™ Any-Service Any Port flexibility to configure a range of services (ATM, Frame Relay, PPP, channelized)and interface speeds utilizing the same platform. The result is unrivalled flexibility to support current and future service requirements over a cost-effective backbone.
As IP networks begin to support more than best-effort traffic, customers are demanding higher levels of reliability and stability. Avici's NSR® Non-Stop Routing delivers best-in-class 99.999% availability, minimizing planned and unplanned downtime and enabling in-service software upgrades. Avici's RAPID™ Reliable Alternative Paths for Internet Destinations delivers a 10x improvement in protocol performance times, improving the recovery speed or "convergence time" resulting from a network disruption. NSR® and RAPID use carrier proven principles of redundancy and quality to bring the necessary stability and reliability to IP networks.
Smooth network integration is ensured by Avici's industry-standard CLI and open system interfaces. Through leadership in standards bodies and independent testing organizations, Avici has demonstrated a commitment to full interoperability with leading routing, optical, and switching platforms.
The ultimate test of a platform and company is real-world performance in carrier networks. Avici routers have been powering the largest IP networks in the world for over three years, have achieved industry leading levels of reliability, and have scaled to multi-chassis systems in operational environments, supporting more traffic than any other router in the world.
Avici gives carriers a powerful competitive advantage by transforming costly and complex best-effort networks into a scalable, stable and profitable IP network.