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Accedian (Booth #82015K) introduces the Accedian EtherNID, a line-powered intelligent demarcation device for Ethernet services (patent pending). The EtherNID uses Power over Ethernet (PoE), thus extending the reliability of the carrier’s network all the way to the customer’s IT closet, avoiding dependency on end-customer’s UPS. The EtherNID intelligent Ethernet demarcation device sets a clear demarcation point between the customers’ and the carriers’ Ethernet network and implements standards-based Ethernet operations, administration, maintenance (OAM) and loopback functions.

Installed in-line on the Ethernet media, the EtherNID implements a transparent fail-safe bypass, meeting the reliability objectives that carriers have come to expect from telecom demarcation units.

The EtherNID’s unique FastThru architecture assures ultra-low through packet-jitter and latency, two parameters critical in high-performance applications such as voice and video over IP, especially when adding cascaded network devices.

The EtherNID comes equipped with two monitor ports where external test equipment can be connected to perform non-intrusive troubleshooting, thus offering independent monitoring access to each direction independently, a function that carriers are used-to with traditional demarcation devices but lacking from current Ethernet service delivery methods. Additionally, the EtherNID allows combining both signal directions on a single Monitor Access port by using a Port Mirroring function.

Designed cost effectively for volume deployment, the EtherNID allows for systematic installation on every customer Ethernet line and therefore obtaining OAM consistency across the network.

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