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C O N V E R T E R S A N D C O N N E C T I V I T Y
Many IT users still work in an environment using
legacy equipment typically characterized by lower
speed data rates and specialized data
communications protocols. RAD is one of the few
vendors in the market today offering connectivity
products for these devices.
Data solutions for Frame Relay and X.25 networks
RAD’s packet switching family includes packet assemblers/
disassemblers (PADs) and multiprotocol packet switches.
All are designed to the latest ITU specifications and ANSI
recommendations. They support various protocols,
including HDLC, async, SLIP, PPP, IP, and ISDN. The
products can be used to transport Frame Relay and X.25
over IP or to construct high performance, private X.25/
Frame Relay networks or efficient extensions of public
X.25/Frame Relay networks. In addition, RAD offers a wide
range of interchangeable interfaces, such as built-in CSU/
DSUs and ISDN BRI terminal adapters.
GPRS connectivity
For backup and special access purposes, the async
channel can connect to a GPRS modem to transmit data
where wire line is not available, or for backup purposes.
Remote Ethernet connectivity
RAD’s remote connectivity solutions offer a range of
products that provide users with the desired transparent
connectivity and their corporate network managers with
the flexibility to choose the WAN services, port quantities
and security features that best suit their applications.
Campus/factory connectivity
With the explosive growth of Internet/intranet
applications, corporations are looking for simpler, more
cost-effective ways of extending Ethernet LANs and point-
to-point connectivity in the corporate workplace. This is
especially true for campus/factory environments. The wide
portfolio of products with versatile WAN interfaces, LAN
features and capabilities provides unique solutions for
extending the corporate network to the entire workplace
over both private and public infrastructures.
Management over extended Ethernet and IP
networks
Management of networking devices over increasingly
complex, heterogeneous environments has created
challenges for carriers and corporate network managers,
as well as for vendors of communications equipment.
RAD’s unique combination of routing technology and
modem and E1/T1 technologies provides comprehensive
support of Ethernet and IP to answer customers’ remote
management needs. Plugging devices such as the
TinyBridge into the Ethernet management port of any
network device, for example, allows immediate remote
management access over any available WAN service. This
enables transparent management of the remote
networking device, as if it were connected locally to the
local network.
Rate and interface converters
RAD’s wide range of converters provides conversion
between different interfaces. Depending on the
application, the conversion may involve one or more of
the following:
• Electrical: converting the signal levels
• Physical: providing a different connector type
• Functional: converting the functional operation of
the signals
• Speed: converting from one data rate to another
Fiber optic distance and bandwidth
Distance and bandwidth are determined by fiber type and
light source.
Fiber type – There are two types of fiber optic strands:
multimode and single mode. Multimode fiber allows
propagation of light along various paths, resulting in high
attenuation, while single mode fiber allows a single
transmission path, which results in lower attenuation and
higher speeds.
Light source – Signal attenuation in fiber optics also
depends on wavelength. Low attenuation occurs at three
different wavelengths: 850 nm, 1310 nm and 1550 nm.
RAD's fiber converters support connectivity over these
different fiber types and light sources.
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