AXXEDGE AXXEDGE - A Highly Versatile Consolidation Unit AXXEDGE is a remarkably compact and versatile consolidation unit (CU), part of the AXXESSIT building block solution. A CU fits into an operator's network between the customer and the backbone network. The AXXEDGE may also be used as a high-end, integrated access device (IAD) - that is, a service-integrated CPE (Customer Premises Equipment). Both TDM (Time-Division Multiplexing) and IP/packet traffic are accommodated in a single link and equipment unit. The two kinds of traffic can be jointly carried either in a TDM data stream or an IP/packet data stream. A variety of TDM and packet interfaces can be used on the customer side. As backbone, both TDM and IP/packet networks can be used. At the physical layer, fiber, radio and copper can be used as transmission medium. The AXXEDGE can be used as a terminal multiplexer (TM), add-drop multiplexer (ADM), non-blocking cross-connect, layer two packet switch, IP wire-speed router, or any combinations of these. Differentiating services like IP VPN (Virtual Private Network), SLA (Service Level Agreement) handling, firewall and traffic engineering, may also be executed. Any physical network topologies are supported: ring, mesh, bus, star, chain and combinations.

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