Spirent(R) Communications Advances Carrier Ethe...

SUNNYVALE, California, September 29 /PRNewswire/ --

    - Spirent TestCente(TM) Enables Interoperability Testing of Carrier 
Ethernet in Real-World Network Environments



    Spirent Communications plc (LSE: SPT), a global provider of performance
analysis and service management solutions, advances Carrier Ethernet networks
and services by supporting the European Advanced Networking Test Center
(EANTC) Interoperability Showcase at Carrier Ethernet World Congress 2008 in
Berlin, Germany. Spirent, with its award-winning Spirent TestCenter(TM)
platform collaborated with EANTC and over 2 dozen vendors to reliably test
and analyze interoperability of complex Carrier Ethernet services and
technologies.



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    "For this event EANTC aimed to bring together best in class companies to
demonstrate the future of Carrier Ethernet networks and services," said
Carsten Rossenhoevel, managing director of EANTC. "Spirent played an
important role in testing and emulating significant aspects of this 'real
world' subscriber-centric Carrier Ethernet network showcase."



    Spirent provided engineering expertise to support testing of MEF Ethernet
services over MPLS, PBB-TE and T-MPLS metro/aggregation networks. Spirent
TestCenter, used at the event, validated the interoperability of a number of
technologies including Link Aggregation, Service OAM and Link OAM.
Furthermore, Spirent TestCenter tested the latest addition to Carrier
Ethernet - Provider Link State Bridge (PLSB) - a pre-standard implementation
of the IEEE 802.1aq (Shortest Path Bridging). Other test areas included
Ethernet OAM, Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) and 802.3ah Ethernet in the
First Mile (EFM).



    "Spirent TestCenter offers an unmatched combination of the latest Carrier
Ethernet protocols such as PLSB with out of the box usability that gives our
customers a competitive advantage by enabling them to bring products to
market more quickly and with higher quality," said Ken Van Orman, Senior
Product Marketing Manager at Spirent Communications. "The EANTC CEWC
Interoperability event compresses a very complex test cycle into two weeks
and by doing so, really highlights Spirent TestCenter's capabilities."



    This EANTC Interoperability Showcase is the most advanced public Carrier
Ethernet multi-vendor showcase ever staged with 28 leading international
vendors participating in a test event representing more than 90% of the
Carrier Ethernet switch and router market share worldwide according to Heavy
Reading. Leading router, switch, Multi-service CPE, and mobile backhaul
vendors as well as provisioning, fault management, and emulator/analyzer
vendors highlighted their interoperable solutions for the future of Carrier
Ethernet services, transport and aggregation. The white paper detailing the
particulars of this interoperability event is available at
http://www.eantc.com/cewc2008.



    Spirent TestCenter will also be on demonstration at the Interoperability
Event Showcase at Carrier Ethernet World Congress in Singapore, November
12-14. For more information visit
http://www.spirent.com/portal/technology.cfm?media=8&ws=356&ss=346&stype=47&a
=1



About EANTC

    The European Advanced Networking Test Center (EANTC) offers
vendor-neutral consultancy and test facilities for network equipment
manufacturers, service providers and enterprise customers. Primary business
areas include interoperability, conformance and performance testing for
Carrier Ethernet, IP/MPLS and Triple Play technologies and applications. For
more information, contact Carsten Rossenhoevel, Managing Director, at
[phone] or via email at [e-mail]. http://www.eantc.com



About Spirent Communications plc

    Spirent Communications (www.spirentcom.com) is a global provider of
integrated performance analysis and service assurance systems that enable the
development and deployment of next-generation networking technology such as
Internet telephony, broadband services, 3G wireless, global navigation
satellite systems, and network security equipment. Spirent Communications'
solutions are used by more than 1,700 customers in 30 countries, including
the world's largest equipment manufacturers, service providers, enterprises
and governments. Based in Sunnyvale, CA, Spirent Communications has 1,300
employees worldwide.



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through Spirent Federal Systems Inc. www.spirentfederal.com



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