The Alcatel-Lucent 1850 Transport Service Switch (TSS-3) is a carrier-grade network termination unit (NTU)
that provides intelligent Ethernet service demarcation between the end customer and the service provider.
It is part of the 1850 TSS family of packet transport products, which offers service differentiation, transport-
grade resiliency, and operations, administration and maintenance (OAM) support.
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The 1850 TSS-3 provides a mix of
connectivity and network services,
offering diagnostics, service monitor-
ing, protection, quality of service
(QoS), rate limiting, and virtual LAN
(VLAN) stacking for Metro Ethernet
Forum (MEF) compliant Ethernet
services.
Available in six configurations, the
1850 TSS-3 provides a mix of copper
and optical Ethernet on the customer
side, and optical Ethernet and Ethernet
over Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy
(PDH) on the network side.
Features
• FastEthernet/GigabitEthernet
(FE/GigE)customerandnetwork
interfaces
• EthernetoverPDHnetworkinter-
faces(E1/DS1,E3/DS3)
• QoS:Trafcclassication,rate
control and prioritization
• VLANtaggingandstacking
• Uplinkredundancy
• LinkOAM
• Compact,standaloneorrack-mounted
• Standardcongurationsforsimpli-
fied deployment
Benefits
• IntelligentEthernetservice
demarcation
• MediaconversionforEthernetover
any physical uplink
¬ Ethernet over fiber
¬ Ethernet over PDH, enabling reuse
ofexistingE1/DS1orE3/DS3links
for sites without fiber
• QuickrolloutofcarrierEthernet
services
• RichfeaturesforQoSandservice
differentiation
• Manageableservicesend-to-end
• Leading-edgeservicesoverEthernet,
suchasvoiceoverIP(VoIP)and
mobility backhaul