TPX4000 series Carrier Packet Engine
The TPX4000 Carrier Packet Engines are designed for use in Carrier Ethernet and Packet Transport applications.
Product Documentation for TPX4000 series:
The key features of the TPX4004 are:
- 40-80 Gbps full duplex non-blocking L2 switch
- Fully deterministic packet processing performance at wire speed
- Advanced, programmable traffic scheduler and shaper
- True MEF-defined Carrier Class support with large packet buffer and L2-address space
- Extensive hardware based Ethernet and MPLS OAM support
- Multi-protocol support for MPLS-TP, T-MPLS, Ethernet Q-in-Q, PBB, PBB-TE
- Up to 4 x XAUI / 40 x GE
- Up to 2x SPI-4.2 ports for SONET/SDH/OTN virtual switching
- Up to 8 lanes of Interlaken
- Hardware-based OAM packet processing for several thousand packet tunnels/flows
Focusing on Carrier Ethernet and MPLS-TP support at Layer 2/2.5, the TPX4004 addresses the emerging need for packet intelligence in Transport Networks. In this regard, it includes a number of features not typically included in Enterprise Ethernet switches or router packet processor chips. For example, the TPX4004 includes support for all major metro protocols including MPLS-TP / T-MPLS, VPLS, Ethernet Q-in-Q, PBB and PBB-TE. It also includes hardware based OAM support for these protocols with extremely fast OAM transmission/reception (3.3ms period) allowing sub-50ms hardware-based Automatic Protection Switching. TPX4004 also includes configurable support hierarchical traffic management.
The TPX4004 is delivered as a SOFTSILICON product including:
- Altera 40nm technology
- FPGA image software implementing TPX4004 features and interfaces
- Associated driver software
As the products are based on re-programmable FPGA technology TPACK can optionally modify our standard product to meet your specific needs for additional features.
See also:
TPX3100 40 Gbps Carrier Packet Engine
TPX2000 6 Gbps Carrier Packet Engine