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APX 8000
Multiservice Access Switching Solution
The Lucent Technologies APX 8000 is the industrys leading carrier-class multiservice access
switch, designed to meet the challenges of todays intensely competitive access market. In this
fast-paced environment, service providers must minimize the costs of their infrastructure and
operations. At the same time, they need the ability to offer profitable new services quickly
and easily to take advantage of new market opportunities and satisfy customers rapidly
changing demands. The APX 8000 meets this service provider need with its universal port
capabilityoffering service providers a single platform from which to deploy a broad array
of emerging and profit-making services.
Based on a next-generation design, the APX 8000 universal port
capability enables all ports to support any combination of dial
(modem or ISDN), voice-over-IP (VoIP), fax-over-IP, and virtual
private network (VPN) services. The universal port allows
carriers and large Internet service providers (ISPs) to converge
their data and voice infrastructures and to decide when, where,
and how to engage the services that best meet customer
requirementsall from a single platform. Multiservice networks
provide the key to reduced costs, and the Lucent
APX 8000 access switch leads the industry in delivering powerful
multiservice capabilities.
Incorporating the strengths that have made Lucent a leader in
both the dial and VoIP markets, the APX 8000 is the companys
flagship access switch. It helps bridge the gap between traditional
voice and IP-based data networks and plays a key role in the
companys Next-Generation Network Solution, which includes
other vital products such as the Lucent Softswitch and 7R/E
Packet Driver.
PC
Modem
PRI, CT1/CE1 or
IMTs over DS3
or OC3/STM1
ATM or
Frame Relay
Public Switched
Telephone Network
(PSTN)
Port Wholesale Dial-up Customer
cvMAX-100 (LNS)
RADIUS
APX 8000
(LAC)
Internet
L2TP
PPP
Modem
RADIUS*
NavisAccess
Figure 1
Lucent Technologies is the worldwide dial-up market leader, with more than 20 million dial-up access ports deployedand the APX 8000 access platform promises
to extend Lucents Internet access leadership position. The diagram above highlights two popular methods for delivering Internet dial-up access. The first method, the
Traditional Dial-up Customer (top left), shows an end user connecting through a local Central Office switch directly into the Internet service providers (ISP) point ofpresence (POP). The ISP owns the POP, terminates the end users modem call in the APX 8000 switch, authenticates the user, and provides access to the Internet.
The second method, the Port Wholesale Dial-up Customer (bottom left), also provides the end user with dial-up Internet access, but with one major differencethe
ISP does not own the POP and the APX 8000 switch. Instead, the POP is owned by a port wholesale provider, which leases ports to the ISP. The ISP in turn resells these
ports to end users. The end user receives access, the port wholesaler provides the access network, and the ISP sells the service.
sharing hardware modules with the awardwinning Lucent MAX TNT access switch,
and by relying on the Internet-proven
Lucent True Access Operating System
(TAOS) and NavisAccess software for
seamless network and service management.
End Office
MultiVoice
H.323 Web
or PC Client
Standard Telephone
and Fax
Standard Telephone
and Fax
PBX
CO Switch
PBX
CO Switch
T1/E1/PRI/DS3
PRI, CT1/CE1 or
IMTs over DS3
or OC3/STM1
IP
APX 8000
with MultiVoice
APX 8000
with MultiVoice
MVAM Gatekeeper
or Lucent Softswitch
Billing/
Provisioning
NavisAccess
Figure 2
The MultiVoice VoIP solution gateway implementation is based on the MAX/MAX TNT/APX 8000 family of access concentrators, which have an installed base of
more than 20 million ports worldwide. The MultiVoice gateways support from one T1/E1 to four T3s (242,688 channels). The most recent addition to the MultiVoice
family of VoIP gateways, the APX 8000 access concentrator, gives service providers a carrier-class access platform from which they can deploy voice, fax, and data
services. Initially, the APX 8000 switch supports voice/fax port density of 1,3442,688 simultaneous calls and will support a single chassis port density of up to 8,064
simultaneous calls in the future. The APX 8000 access concentrator supports the G.711, G.723.1, G.728, G.729a, GSM, and RT-24 voice codecs. It can function as a
trunking gateway (SS7) or an access gateway (H.323).
MultiVoice gateways are high-performance, scalable, and standards-based platforms. They provide an interface between the PSTN and an IP-based network, enabling
voice calls to hop on and off the packet network. These gateways incorporate digital signal processing (DSP) modules to provide the high-quality signal compression
and low latencies required for voice and fax calling. In addition, the True Access Operating System (TAOS) used in Lucent access concentrator/VoIP products provides
reliable access routing and the worldwide circuit signaling support required for rapid deployment of global voice and data networks.
The MultiVoice Access Manager (MVAM) or a Softswitch/media gateway controller routes calls within the packet network, facilitating programmable call flows based on
calling number, called number, trunk group, or realm. The MVAM or Softswitch also provides the interface to enhanced services such as billing, authentication, and
other third-party IP telephony applications.
Access Lines
ISP "POP"
Ingress
CO Switch
Tandem
CO Switch
T
PC
Egress
CO Switch
T
Internet
Modem
APX 8000
Access Lines
SS7 Network
A-Link(s)
PC
Modem
TCP/IP
Softswitch
APX 8000
Figure 3
Lucent Technologies leads in Internet call diversion (ICD), a key service provider implementation that offloads data traffic from more costly, circuit-switched telephone
networks to more data-optimized IP, ATM, or frame relay networks. The diagram above demonstrates the benefits of ICD as compared with the more traditional circuitswitched network. In this example, an end user is connecting through an ISP to gain access to the Internet. To connect to the ISP through a circuit-switched network,
a dial-up session is initiated with the local Central Office phone switch (ingress CO switch). Thereafter, this dial-up traffic is forwarded to one or more additional phone
switches as it moves across the public switched telephone network (PSTN) and is finally terminated at the APX 8000 switch at the ISPs. Each Internet user connected
through the PSTN in this manner calls for a dedicated circuit throughout the PSTN, uses 56/64 kbps of constant bandwidth, and requires the valuable resources of
multiple Central Office switches throughout the circuit-switched network.
In contrast, ICD offloads the data traffic from the circuit-based PSTN onto a packet- or cell-based network. Packet/cell-based networks inherently handle data traffic
more efficiently because data traffic is bursty and intermittent by nature, and packet/cell-based networks receive and forward data only as required instead of
dedicating bandwidth. In the packet/cell-based portion of the diagram, the dial-up user still connects to the ingress CO switch, but once the call is identified as a
data call, the data is forward from the CO switch to the APX 8000 rather than the tandem CO switch. The APX 8000 switch terminates the dial-up modem session,
packetizes the data, and forwards it through a switched/routed IP, ATM, or frame relay network to the APX 8000 switch at the ISPs POP. In packet/cell-based networks,
data traffic uses bandwidth more efficiently and travels across more cost-effective equipment.
Port Density
High-performance switching
A parallel bus design that incorporates
both a high-speed (1.2 Gbps) ATM
switching fabric and a high-capacity time
division multiplexer (TDM) switch enables
the APX 8000 to maximize throughput for
both circuit and packet/cell-based traffic
with equal efficiency. This design provides
low-latency, high-performance delivery for
both PSTN and IP traffic. It also optimizes
the APX 8000 switch for IP telephony
integration in the future, because it
ensures compatibility with data and voice
network infrastructures.
APX 8000
Network Management
NavisAccess 5.0 software from Lucent
Technologies provides ground-breaking
management capabilities that enable service
providers to manage up to a million ports
at a service levelnot just at a physical
device level. This allows a service provider
to move well beyond the traditional
monitoring of port usage at the device
levelto the more advanced, discrete
monitoring of usage by specific customers
or usage by specific services rendered.
Going beyond the limited capabilities of
traditional network management solutions,
NavisAccess Network Management System
provides a next-generation management
platform designed for a
complete range of access services, including
analog, ISDN, VoIP, frame relay, and digital
subscriber line (DSL). The NavisAccess 5.0
platform also supports the Pipeline, MAX,
MAX TNT, and Stinger access products.
The sophisticated advances of the
NavisAccess NMS are based on a unique
call-mapping mechanism, which gives
service providers the tools they need to
more fully manage a complete range of
service offerings. With this new approach,
service providers have the management
support required for successful delivery of
many of todays leading services and
capabilities, including SLAs, high-priority
services, port wholesaling, and CNM.
NavisAccess is the only management
platform with the features and scalability
needed to handle todays large and diverse
networks.
MultiVoice VoIP
Features and Applications (Partial Listing):
Voice Codec Support:
G.711
64 Kbps**
G.728
16 Kbps
GSM
13.2 Kbps
G.729(a) 8 Kbps**
G.723.1 6.4 Kbps
G.723.1 5.3 Kbps
RT-24
2.4 Kbps
**Only G.711 and G.729(a) are available with the 96
Port MultiDSP Module. All above listed codecs are
available with the 48 Port MultiDSP Module.
QoS Features:
ToS Support (RFC 1349)
Simple Call Hair-Pin
Adaptive and Static Jitter Buffer
Adjustable Silence Detection and Comfort
Noise Generation
Primary and Secondary Gatekeeper Suport
Port Reporting to Gatekeeper Dynamic
Trunk Quiesce and Disable Support
PSTN True Connect
Automatic Codec Negotiation
Audio Frame Size Controlling
DTMF In-Band and Out-of-Band Support
CLID Pass Through
Feature Group D Signaling Support
Single and Dual Stage Dialing Support
Softswitch Trunking and Access Gateway Support
T.38 Based Real Time Fax
High Latency Network Fax Mode
Transparent Modem/Data and Fax over IP
Third Party Application Support using API for the
following applications:
Authentication
Billing
Store and Forward Fax Services
Advanced Services (i.e., Internet Call Waiting,
PC to phone, Unified Messaging)
Settlement/Clearinghouse
MultiVoice Settlement Engine OSP
(Open Settlement Protocol) Support Option