OTTAWA, Canada - October 29, 2007 - Galazar Networks® Inc., today announced a new product line to satisfy the growing demand for Ethernet access. The PicoNode™ family supports single cost-effective channel mapping of Ethernet to multi-channel PDH or to single-channel SONET/SDH via industry standard GFP, VCAT and LCAS protocols.  Packaged in an 11x11 mm, 204 pin BGA and with measured power dissipation below 500 milliwatts, PicoNode and PicoNodePDH™ are targeted at small-form-factor protocol conversion applications.

PicoNodePDH is a miniaturized, ultra low power framer capable of mapping Ethernet traffic into bonded PDH payloads for transport in copper-based telecom access networks.  It supports a 10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN port and multiple DS3/E3 or DS1/E1 WAN ports.  Using standardized Virtual Concatenation, individual transport links can be bonded together into higher capacity virtual links.  The integrated Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme (LCAS) protects against member link failures and also provides a mechanism for increasing or decreasing the bandwidth of any virtual link by changing the number of members.  PicoNodePDH supports both Frame Mapped GFP and HDLC-based packet encapsulation to provide compatibility with existing and emerging network equipment from multiple vendors.

PicoNode is a miniaturized, ultra low power framer capable of mapping Ethernet traffic into SONET/SDH payloads for transport across fibre-based telecom access networks.  It supports a 10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN port and a multi-rate OC-3/STM-1 or OC-12/STM-4 WAN port.  Using standardized Virtual Concatenation, Groups (VCGs) may be provisioned within the SONET/SDH payload.  The integrated Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme (LCAS) protects against member link failures and also provides a mechanism for increasing or decreasing the network bandwidth allocated to any virtual link by changing the number of members.  PicoNode supports both Frame Mapped GFP and HDLC-based packet encapsulation to provide compatibility with existing and emerging network equipment from multiple vendors.

PicoNode and PicoNodePDH enable single-channel EoS and EoPDH protocol converters for connecting Ethernet equipment to legacy networks without the need for legacy networking equipment.  This dramatically reduces the network costs, power and space requirements of carrier grade Ethernet applications such as terrestrial distribution for mobile WiMAX (IEEE 802.16e) and Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM, IEEE 802.ah) where integrated Ethernet Operation, Administration and Maintenance (EOAM) support is important for remote management as outlined by the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF).

More traditional applications, where standards compliance and reliability are important, will also benefit from the power, size and cost advantages offered by PicoNode and PicoNodePDH.  Examples include; Optical Supervisory Channel (OSC) for Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) networks, Ethernet mapping to SONET/SDH microwave radio networks and Ethernet mapping to PDH for mobile cell-site backhaul. 

Supporting the entire family is Galazar’s Manager Software Product Suite, covering a wide range of applications.   Everything from single-channel protocol converters to chassis-based systems may be quickly implemented with field-proven DeviceManager™ and ServiceManager™ software.  This dramatically reduces new product development effort and risk, enabling rapid response to network RFQs.

Availability
PicoNode, PicoNodePDH as well as the associated DeviceManager and ServiceManager software are available now and delivered by Galazar’s exceptional support organization.

About Galazar Networks Inc.
Galazar Networks Inc. is a leading semiconductor vendor focused on Ethernet, DS1/E1, DS3/E3 and SONET/SDH access solutions for carrier grade Ethernet and Multi-Service line cards. Our products support SONET/SDH, PDH (DS3/E3, DS1/E1), data (Ethernet, packet, private line) and SAN services (Fibre Channel, FICON, ESCON, Gigabit Ethernet). Galazar is a technology leader in Generic Framing Protocol (GFP), Virtual Concatenation (VCAT) of both High and Low Order paths, and Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme (LCAS). Galazar’s products are ideal for Ethernet, SAN and Multi-Service CPE/CLE platforms as well as EoS, PoS, EoPDH, EoX and SAN line cards for ADMs, routers, MSTPs, DSLAMs, wireless cellular backhaul, media converters and metro core switches. For more information, visit www.galazar.com.

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