TPACK’s TPX series of Packet Transport Switches are Carrier Ethernet/MPLS-TP Switches and Traffic Managers in a single chip solution. The switches are purpose built for the carrier requirements in Packet Transport Networks. As such, they provide extensive HW based support for OAM and synchronization, simultaneous and deterministic support of MEF E(V)PL, E(VP)-LAN and E(VP)-Tree services based on packet transport protocols such as MPLS-TP/T-MPLS and Ethernet Q-in-Q and MAC-in-MAC including advanced traffic management with deep packet buffer.

TPACK’s TPX switches are SOFTSILICON devices which removes business and technical risk associated with changing standards and customer requirements. The risk minimization goes beyond work-around options in programmable devices like NPUs as SOFTSILICON allows new HW structures to be built in at a later point in time. Still, the devices are standard devices, tested and prequalified in target environment and delivered with extensive support material allowing customers to keep focus on development at application level. Some of the technical advantages offered are:

Guaranteed throughput  

TPACK’s TPX switches are based on a pipelined architecture designed for the worst case. The throughput is guaranteed no matter how different types of switching and tunneling are combined.

Hardware-based OAM support 

Extensive Operation, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) support is fundamental for Packet Transport Networks. To effectively support OAM and allow rapid response to defect situations, TPACK has implemented OAM support in hardware allowing simultaneous performance and continuity monitoring and 50msec protection switching on thousands of packet tunnels and flows so as to give SONET style OAM&P to the Packet Transport Network.

Scalability

The TPX switches can be offered in different Si technologies and in various speed-grades to align with all target applications. They are also delivered with TPACK’s unique Chip-To-Chip (C2C) interface that allows two devices to be interconnected to provide monolitic switching with twice the capacity and twice the number of interfaces.

The following is a list of featured TPX products:

TPX4000 series 40-80 Gbps Carrier Packet Engine

• 40-80 Gbps full duplex, non-blocking Ethernet/MPLS switch
• TPX4000 supports:
• MPLS-TP, T-MPLS, Ethernet Q-in-Q, PBB, PBB-TE
• Carrier Ethernet Services (E(V)PL, E(VP)-LAN, E(VP)-Tree)
• IETF Services (VPWS/PWE3, VPLS)
• Up to 2x SPI-4.2 ports for SONET/SDH/OTN virtual switching
• Up to 8 lanes of Interlaken
• Hardware-based OAM packet processing
• <50msec protection switching
• Programmable advanced traffic scheduler and shaper
• High-level driver API software for ease of integration
•  TPX4004 Product Brief

TPX3103 series 26-52 Gbps Carrier Packet Engine 

• 26-52 Gbps full duplex, non-blocking Ethernet/MPLS switch
• TPX3100 supports:
• T-MPLS, Ethernet Q-in-Q, PBB, PBB-TE
• Carrier Ethernet Services (E(V)PL, E(VP)-LAN, E(VP)-Tree)
• IETF Services (VPWS/PWE3, VPLS)
• SPI-4.2 ports for SONET/SDH/OTN virtual switching
• Hardware-based OAM packet processing
• <50msec protection switching
• Programmable advanced traffic scheduler and shaper
• High-level driver API software for ease of integration
•  TPX3103 Product Brief

TPWX3192 Carrier Packet Mapper Engine

• 20 Gbps full-duplex, non-blocking Ethernet/MPLS switch
• TPWX3192 supports:
  • Ethernet, T-MPLS switching
  • Programmable advanced traffic scheduler and shaper
  • GFP-F packet mapping to STS-192/STM-64 SONET/SDH with VCAT/LCAS as well as CCAT support, up to 64 VCGs
  • High-level driver API software for ease of integration
•  TPWX3192 Product Brief

TPOX3203 Packet Optical Engine

• Complete 20 Gbps full-duplex, non-blocking Ethernet/MPLS switch with integrated OTN interface
• Scalable to 40 Gbps P-OTN ADM  in dual chip operation
• Complete G.709 OTU-2 mapping with enhanced FEC support
•  TPOX3203 Product Brief

TPX2000 6 Gbps Carrier Packet Engine  

• Full duplex, non-blocking 6 Gbps switching solution with integrated traffic management
• TPX2000 supports:
• Ethernet Q-in-Q, T-MPLS
• SPI-3 ports for SONET/SDH/OTN virtual switching
• High-level driver API software for ease of integration
•  TPX2000 Product Brief

More detailed product data sheets are available upon request. Conctact TPACK