Trend News Issue 9

3G ¦ xDSL ¦ SONET ¦ ISDN ¦ GbE ¦ SDH ¦ T-Carrier ¦ ATM ¦ SHDSL ¦ IP ¦ Wander ¦ V5 ¦ Wireless

hina, Shanghai, Hall 1, Stand D33. Trend Communications increases its presence in Asia and particularly in China.

Trend and IDEAL Industries have joined forces and are presenting a unified presence at CeBIT Asia that will allow us to create new opportunities, within a large and complementary business.

As one of the biggest test equipment manufacturers, Trend Communications wants to forge a good partnership with CeBIT Asia and looks forward to providing exceptional value for our customers, helping them to achieve their business objectives and increase their profitability.

Aurora Tango Gigabit Ethernet

HIGH WYCOMBE (UK) January 10th. Aurora Tango provides an exceptional range of features for ensuring reliable delivery of Ethernet Services.

The convergence of Core, Metro and Access networks is driving the migration from packet and circuit networks to Ethernet.

Aurora Tango Gigabit Ethernet has a comprehensive set of functions to verify that Ethernet installations can provide a similar level of Quality of Service to technologies such as Frame Relay, ATM or E1/T1.

Aurora Tango Gigabit Ethernet is a very competitive tester which has been specifically designed to verify the SLA at levels that guarantee customer satisfaction. What's more it does this quickly, easily and efficiently.

It has been designed for quick verification of metropolitan networks, ensuring the operation of Ethernet links, end-to-end applications and the provision of Gigabit Ethernet Service Level Agreements. To do this it uses a comprehensive range of features:

Cable testing

Network Device Benchmarking

Network Commissioning

Just connect Aurora Tango Gigabit Ethernet to the line to find and diagnose problems; use it to help you provide the service your customers expect.

More Information.

Victoria Combo

BARCELONA (Spain) March 18th. New additions to Victoria Combo make it a high performance tool for testing Next Generation Networks.

There are new additions to the Victoria Combo family. Besides the original, modular, stackable tester, there are now new dedicated testers for STM-16, OC-48, STM-64 and OC-192 networks.
The new testers have the same power and sophistication as the original Victoria Combo, but they are dedicated to testing on one type of technology. This way you have a high-level, dedicated tester at a very affordable price.

Each new Victoria Combo STM-N/OC-M is supplied as a complete tester for the transmission technology you want to test.

Competitively priced and with the opportunity to upgrade and add more modules as and when required, this not only offers state of the art testing but also secures your investment.

These new models have the advanced, powerful testing capabilities of the existing modular Victoria Combo. Each individual tester comes with a large colour touchscreen and the ability to be used remotely using wireless or physical connections.

More information:

Victoria Combo (modular) Announcement Letter

Victoria Combo (stand-alone models) Announcement Letter

SDH quick reference

3G/UMTS poster

Aurora Presto delivers top performance

HIGH WYCOMBE (UK) January 10th. Aurora Presto, the world number one for ADSL and SHDSL just got even better.

Identifying the causes of low download rates on Broadband xDSL links for arbitration or maintenance purposes can be both time consuming and frustrating.

Aurora Presto, the DSL tester of choice for the world's leading operators, provides full multi-layer test capability. Developed to provide all the necessary functionality to install, maintain and troubleshoot xDSL services.

It enables quick and effective testing of Internet connectivity and download performance in addition to the comprehensive range of xDSL, ATM, PPP and IP test functionality.

The Internet download test
allows quick and effective testing of Internet website connectivity and download performance.

Comprehensive SHDSL testing is the key to cutting the time spent deploying and maintaining SHDSL services. Aurora Presto is the powerful and effective problem troubleshooter.

Its Full Router Replacement Mode
allows the use to completely replace the customer premise router and monitor its throughput statistics.

More information:

Brochure

Presentation

Announcement Letter

Victoria Jitter/Wander

BARCELONA (Spain) April 8th. Synchronization enables the frequency and phase of the equipment clocks in a network to remain constrained within the specified limits.

The first digital networks were asynchronous, and therefore did not call for properly working external synchronization. It was the arrival of SDH and SONET networks that started to make synchronization essential to maintain transmission quality and efficiency of supported teleservices.

Some isochronous services, like telephony, can tolerate deficient synchronization rather well, and have little or no effect on the end-user. Others, like digital TV transmission, fax, or compressed voice and video services, are more sensitive to synchronization problems.

In HDLC, FRL, or TCP/IP types of data service, slips that do occur, force the retransmission of packets resulting in a less efficient service.

"Bad synchronization causes regeneration errors and slips.
The effects of these impairments may vary in different systems and services"

Victoria Jitter/Wander is a handheld tester for detailed analysis of synchronization faults in SDH, SONET, PDH and T-Carrier networks. General purpose tests (BERT, Overhead analysis, etc.) are also possible.

Its features, small size and light weight make it the ideal solution for field work:

Automated one-button tests

Real-Time TIE, MTIE and TDEV

Preprogrammed masks

Graphical results and tables

Jitter measurement from 0.1 Hz

O.171 and O.172 full compliance

Arbitrary modulation

MRTIE, Offset and Drift

Jitter tolerance and transfer

G.783 Pointer Sequences

All ANSI and ITU-T mappings

More Information

Announcement Letter

Web page

> Media News

Latest Press Releases

IDEAL Future for Trend

New stand alone Victoria Combo

Metropolitan Aurora Tango

Aurora Presto all over the UK

New IMA interface for Aurora Forte

New Features for APS testing

Latest Announcements

Aurora Tango Gigabit Ethernet

Victoria Combo STM-N / OC-N

Flexanet xDSL

> We have appeared in:

		White papers
		Aurora Tango GbE
		Flexanet xDSL
		Aurora Forte STM-4
		Victoria Combo stand-alone

> Success Story

For installing pilot equipment and Node-B it is essential to have a tester that supports the physical interfaces, and comprehensive ATM functions. Major German manufacturers have carried out comprehensive analysis of the test products available, including operation on live network equipment.

Aurora Forte was evaluated against its competitors, and Trend’s solution was a clear winner. Now Aurora Forte has a place in the Approved List as the recommended product for the installation, support and maintenance of 3G networks.

Full story...

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> Quick Reference Guides

Visit us in Shanghai and ask for a printed version of the most popular collection of reference guides on the Internet, Google and Yahoo.

Ask for a high quality copy when you visit the IDEAL stand in Shanghai.

> Recommended book

Installation and Maintenance of SDH/SONET, ATM, xDSL, and Synchronisation Networks (Aug 2003). It will tell you how to properly set up a network, test its performance, and troubleshoot any systems glitches. This book is an on-the-job companion that you can turn to time after time to ensure quality network services.

This is the implementation, maintenance and troubleshooting manual to give you the technical insight and hands-on knowledge you need to know to deploy today’s networks and keep them running 24/7.

> CeBIT Hannover

HANNOVER March 04. Trend was present again this year, again with remarkable success.

Trend presented new products for metropolitan networks and new Combo models and it was also the first time we prepared a common strategy with IDEAL Industries.