Ixia’s K2 100 GE Load Module Provides IP traffic Generation and BERT Testing for the 100 GE Connection
Ixia Collaborates with AT&T to Demonstrate Live 100 GE Link
Connection from Florida to Louisiana transports 100 GE traffic
CALABASAS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ixia (NASDAQ: XXIA), a leading, global provider of converged IP network test solutions, today announced that its “K2” 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) test solution was implemented in AT&T’s testing of a standard-ready, single-flow, 100 GE field trial. Ixia’s K2 100 GE Higher Speed Ethernet (HSE) load module provided IP traffic generation and BERT testing for the 100 GE connection, demonstrating AT&T’s ability to trial a 900-kilometer ultra long-haul transport link between Louisiana and Florida.
Ixia’s K2 40 and 100 GE test modules are the world’s first-to-market IP network traffic generation, layer 2-7, and physical coding sublayer (PCS) measurement and analysis test solution.
“Ixia is the only testing company with proven test solutions to assist network equipment manufacturers and carriers with successful roll-outs of 100 GE devices and networks,” said Errol Ginsberg, Chief Innovation Officer at Ixia. “AT&T’s successful trial is proof positive that carrier 100 GE technology is quickly moving forward.”
The K2 family is the only set of testing modules available today that can validate IEEE P802.3ba standard-based products, and is fully compatible with standard Ixia chassis and load modules. K2 modules generate and analyze full 40 GE and 100 GE layer 2-7 line rate traffic, with up to 1 million distinct flows per port. The modules support unframed bit error ratio tests (BERT) as well as PCS compliance and performance testing, allowing individual PCS lane BERT testing using a wide range of PRBS patterns. K2 modules also include validation of the defined physical medium dependent (PMD) sublayers in the IEEE802.3ba standard.
Ixia’s HSE module testing capabilities include other metrics such as real-time latency, inter-arrival time, packet loss, data integrity, sequence checking, and packet capture. For more information on Ixia and our HSE solutions, please visit www.ixiacom.com or view Ixia’s HSE solution page at http://www.ixiacom.com/solutions/higher_speed_ethernet_testing/index.php.
About Ixia
Ixia is a leading provider of converged IP performance test systems and service verification platforms for wireless and wired infrastructures and services. Ixia’s test systems are used by network and telephony equipment manufacturers, semiconductor manufacturers, service providers, governments and enterprises to validate the performance and reliability of complex networks, devices and applications. Ixia’s multiplay test systems address the growing need to test voice, video and data services and network capability under real-world conditions.
About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T – News) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates – AT&T operating companies – are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation’s fastest 3G network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet and voice services. AT&T offers the best wireless coverage worldwide, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verseSM and AT&T DIRECTVSM brands. The company’s suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world. In domestic markets, AT&T’s Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations are known for their leadership in directory publishing and advertising sales. In 2009, AT&T again ranked No. 1 in the telecommunications industry on FORTUNE® magazine’s list of the World’s Most Admired Companies.
