| Feature |
Benefit |
| Standard PC-based Computing Platform |
- Low cost
- Increase system capacity for same cost in the future due to
increased processing power
- Choice of hardwave vendors and processors
- Lowers inventory, maintenance and sparing costs
|
| Cost-effective Site Appliance |
- Low capital cost for terminating standard T1,E1 and J1 network
interfaces
- Purpose built hardware
- Two or four ports supporting up to 120 channels for high-density
media services
- Site components lower inventory, maintenance and sparing costs
|
| Ethernet Based Communication |
- High bandwidth at low cost
- Upgrade path to Gigabit and 10G Ethernet
- Site and PC host can be physically separated
- Much more scalable then PCV/cPCI based cards
- Easy upgrade for end users (no need to open or reconfigure
the PCI
|
| Administration and Configuration Support |
- Support for SiTE hardware auto-detection and configuration
- Health monitoring
- Reduced operational & Upgrade costs
|
| Example Flexible PC Host software |
- Flexible modular architecture enables quick enhancement of
capabilities
|
| Scalability |
- The SiTE hardware supports up to four T1/E1/J1 ports
- Multiple SiTE appliances can be connected to a single host
|
| Compliance |
- ITU, ANSI, and ETSI compliant
- Multiple country variants supported
- Worldwide deployment
- Protocol software widely tested
|
