Xilinx And Paxonet Communications Announce Industry's First Programmable G.709-Based Optical Transport Network (OTN) Solutions
STS-48/192 FEC And OTN/Digital Wrapper Cores For Xilinx Platform FPGAs Offer Flexible Alternative To ASICs
SAN JOSE, CA--(INTERNET WIRE)--Jul 9, 2002 -- Xilinx, Inc., (XLNX) and Paxonet Communications, a Xilinx®
AllianceCORE(TM) partner and a leading telecommunications
IP provider, today announced the immediate availability
of the industry's first programmable G.709-based Optical
Transport Network (OTN) cores, optimized for Xilinx Virtex-II(TM)
Platform FPGAs. The offering includes three new IP cores
that provide complete support of OTN technology including
a G.709-compliant Forward Error Correction (FEC) codec,
and two Digital Wrapper/OTN Framers that support STS48/2.5G
and STS192/10G data rates. Target applications at the metropolitan
edges of the network include multi-service routers and switches,
access concentrators, and T1/E1 aggregation equipment.
The new cores are compliant with ITU-T G.709 standards and
are available for use in Xilinx Virtex-II devices. This
combination offers the industry's first non-ASIC solution
for supporting full 2.5Gb/s and 10Gb/s SONET/SDH speeds
on programmable logic devices.
"The multi-gigabit serial I/O capability of Xilinx Virtex-II
Pro devices makes them an ideal implementation technology
for our 10 Gigabit IP Cores," said Kevin Wayne Williams,
vice president of Marketing at Paxonet. "With the OTN market
evolving, these metro equipment vendors require flexible,
customizable solutions."
"Paxonet's ability to demonstrate a complete G.709 compliant
STS-48/192 FEC and OTN/Digital Wrapper Framing solution
on FPGAs answers the market's need for flexible and customizable
solutions for the emerging OTN market," said Robert Bielby,
senior director of Strategic Solutions Marketing at Xilinx.
"We expect this solution to further our penetration into
leading-edge MAN applications"
OTN systems increase the efficiency of fiber networks by
combining Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) with out-of-band
FEC and framing technologies that enable the ability to
manage each of multiple wavelengths, reduce errors, and
increase support of multiple protocols including SONET,
SDH, 1- and 10-Gigabit Ethernet, and Fibre Channel.
Availability
The OTN Kit, consisting of the G.709 compliant FEC encode/decoder,
OTN Framer for STS192/10G, and OTN Framer for STS48/2.5G,
readily available now. For more information, visit the Xilinx
IP Center at www.xilinx.com/ipcenter
or www.paxonet.com.
These products are available directly from Paxonet Communications
under the terms of the SignOnce IP License, the industry's
first multi-vendor common license for FPGA-based IP (www.xilinx.com/ipcenter/signonce.htm).
The new solutions will be showcased in the Paxonet booth
at the Metro-Optical Networking Forum on July 25, 2002 in
Santa Clara, Calif.
About the Metro-Optical Networking Forum
On July 25, 2002 in Santa Clara, Calif., Xilinx, along with
other industry leaders, will host a free one-day event to
address the challenges of designing and developing products
for the metro area and edge access networks. Attendees will
hear from industry leaders and visionaries on where this
dynamic market is headed and the technologies driving success
in the MAN space. Complete location and agenda information
can be found at www.xilinx.com/metro.
About Paxonet
Paxonet Communications, Inc., designs, develops and markets
silicon solutions for interworking metro networking technologies
to SONET. Paxonet Communications offers the MetroConnect
line of integrated circuits and the CoreEl line of specialized
IP cores focused on the metro market. By offering a full
range of interoperable ICs and IP cores, Paxonet enables
customers to offer highly differentiated, low cost solutions
with a quicker time to market. The company is privately
held and employs 115 people. For more information about
Paxonet Communications and its line of products, visit www.Paxonet.com.
About Xilinx
Xilinx is the worldwide leader of programmable logic solutions.
Additional information about Xilinx can be found at www.xilinx.com.
