April 30, 2008, By Jayashree Adkoli, TMCnet Contributing Editor

Sunrise Telecom announced the company’s Scalable Test Toolkit (STT) platform has been selected by Cologne-based QSC AG to speedup deployment of differentiated Ethernet services in Germany.

The innovative modular test platform, STT, supports technologies such as 10G Ethernet, next-generation SONET, SDH and DWDM - in a portable, feature-rich package. It satisfies the significant requirements to test carrier-class Ethernet up to 10G, in the backbone. The solution also provides consistent high Quality of Service (QoS).

Sunrise Telecom is a company that develops and delivers high-quality communications test and measurement solutions for telecom, cable and wireless networks. The company's easy-to-use products enables service providers to deliver premium voice, video, data and next-generation digital multimedia services quickly, reliably, and cost-effectively.

Cologne-based telecommunications and DSL Internet service provider, QSC AG, offers businesses of all sizes and premium residential customers with complete next-generation Enterprise Networks (VPNs) and managed voice and data services.

"We selected Sunrise Telecom's STT platform because of its flexibility, scalability and the unique combination of high functionality, modularity, ease-of-use and technology coverage beyond Ethernet," said Stefan Mohr, head of Service Solutions for QSC, in a statement.

"Since we started working with the STT Metro Ethernet in our real operating environment, we have been very satisfied with its performance and the high level of support we received from Sunrise Telecom," said Mohr.

The STT platform is specifically designed to test carrier class Ethernet services and in addition also maintains Ethernet network elements such as switches, routers, DWDM, and the next-generation transport networks including SONET and SDH. It features fully automated one-button acceptance test that increases productivity, efficiency, and reliability when rolling out service. Technicians are most benefited with this arrangement as they may not be Ethernet experts, yet are responsible for turning up and verifying complex Ethernet networks.

STT Metro Ethernet's efficient pass/fail, go/no-go test methodology increases the productivity of field technicians and special services teams when upgrading the network and speeding up the business services.

The STT platform features multi-stream, independent traffic generation and measurement that enables field technicians to verify up to 64 simultaneous services and traffic types (data, voice and video) based on bandwidth, priority, and ToS - quickly and reliably.

The field portable tool features a highly efficient application-based user interface that enhances the speed of testing and economically utilizes the time spent on test configuration and training.

The platform is configurable with multiple ports, dual media, 10/100/1000BASE-T, 1000BASE-X and 10GbE rates which facilitates for reduced testing time and allows multi-port load testing of network elements.

"We are very pleased that QSC has placed its confidence in Sunrise Telecom's STT platform as a key enabler for facilitating the upgrade of their networks and as a critical tool for turning up business services to their customers," said Bahaa Moukadam, vice president of marketing for Sunrise Telecom's Telecom Products Group, in a statement.

The platform also features packet capture and decode that facilitate diagnosing network issues. With this technicians can confirm and diagnose network issues by identifying application layer protocols.