High density narrowband controller offers industry?s highest link density

Cannes, 25 February 2004 -/Wi-Fi Technology News/- Adax has announced a high density signalling controller for Next Generation Networks that offers the industry?s highest possible link density of 128 channels per card.

The new HDCII card, which is specifically designed for the high demands of wireless, wireline and converging PSTN/IP network platforms, is available in both PMC and PCI versions and can run multiple protocols including SS7 and SIGTRAN on the same card. Its superior density and high performance makes it particularly suitable for narrowband and SS7 over IP telecommunications applications that require high capacity and throughput.

The HDCII card features a 733 MHz RISC processor that offers a three-fold increase in performance, compared to the current Adax HDC product, while maintaining minimal load on the host CPU. This maximises the performance of network applications for customers without compromising reliability. With the ability to install multiple boards in one system, the card provides a totally scalable, flexible and cost-effective solution.

The high density of the HDCII and its ability to run large volumes of network traffic makes it perfect for narrowband signalling between 3G SGSN, HLR/VLR and Mobile Switching Centres in the core network. The card?s excellent performance with large numbers of small transactions means that it is particularly appropriate for HLRs that need to support an increasing number of subscribers.

The board is dynamically configurable, per port and per channel, and supports multiple protocols including SS7 MTP2 (64k and 2Mbit), SCTP, LAPB/D/V5, Frame Relay X.25 and HDLC on all 128 channels over four T1/E1 ports. The HDCII-PCI version also includes two 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports, while up to two HDCII-PMC card can be mounted on a Single Board Computer (SBC) and configured as a compactPCI signalling blade. These different features make both versions ideal for Signalling Gateways and Media Gateway Controllers.

The HDCII card is an entirely future-proof solution due to the commonality of the APIs between Adax software products and customer applications. This protects the customer?s signalling infrastructure investment as SS7 only solutions can be quickly and easily IP enabled or migrated to a broadband SS7 or SS7/IP solution with minimal changes to the higher software stack layers.

About Adax Europe Ltd.
Adax is the industry leader in signalling infrastructure for next generation networks. It provides high performance end-to-end signalling solutions across SS7, IP and ATM networks. Adax has an extensive product set which includes signalling communications controllers and protocol software; integrated signalling protocol stack solutions with partners; and complete signalling gateways.

The company's products are standards-based, flexible and portable to meet diverse customer requirements and provide interoperability. This enables OEMs and integrators to deploy their signalling application, node or system as quickly and efficiently as possible irrespective of the underlying network interface or architecture.

Adax provides signalling solutions for the world's leading communications companies, including Lucent, Nortel, Ericsson, Alcatel, Hughes Software Systems and CCPU. Typical application areas include Signalling, Voice over IP (VoIP), Media Gateways; Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN) and Serving GPRS Support Nodes (SGSN) nodes for GPRS and 3G; Intelligent Networks; Base Station Control; Billing Mediation.


For further information please contact:
Harriet Aiton
Adax Europe Ltd, Reada Court, Vachel Road, Reading, RG1 1NY.
+44 (0)118 952 2803, harriet@adax.co.uk
http://www.adax.com

Gerald Cross, Mary Elvin
EML, The Albany Boathouse, Lower Ham Road, Kingston, Surrey, KT2 5BB.
+44 (0)20 8408 8000, adax@eml.com