Product/Service

Distributed Fault-Tolerant /High-Availability Software Solution

Source: Trillium Digital Systems, Inc.
The new Distributed Fault-Tolerant/High-Availability (DFT/HA) software solution enhances the performance and scalability of communications networks...
The new Distributed Fault-Tolerant/High-Availability (DFT/HA) software solution enhances the performance and scalability of communications networks. The DFT/HA software, coupled with the company's suite of communications software solutions, will empower communications equipment manufacturers to build products meeting today's stringent carrier-grade telecommunications requirements, for the next-generation convergence infrastructure.

The product architecture inherently supports distribution of protocol layers in a stack, across processors in a single system or multiple systems. The software solution layers on the base architecture and enables high performance and scalability in a system by allowing distribution, or spreading, of an individual protocol layer across multiple processors and providing fault-tolerance support. The solution distributes the load across multiple processors enabling incremental scaling of the system with the load. It also provides distribution of the active and standby functionality across multiple processors to enhance processor utilization and system availability. In contrast, typical high-availability systems employ an active-standby system configuration (one active platform and one standby platform) to achieve fault tolerance.

Currently available with the company's SS7 software solution, DFT/HA support will be extended to encompass high-performance solutions for Voice Over IP (VoIP) and Wireless technologies. The software solution is built on the company's Fault Tolerant/High-Availability architecture, a widely deployed framework. The solution allows the co-existence of both distributed and non-distributed software layers within a protocol stack. Equipment manufacturers can use the company's architecture with communications software solutions for wireline, wireless, VoIP, and broadband network equipment, including network elements such as SSP, STP, SCP, IP, SG, MGC, MSC, SGSN, GGSN, and 3G RNC.

Trillium Digital Systems, Inc., 12100 Wilshire Blvd., Sutie 1800, Los Angeles, CA 90025-7118. Tel: (310) 442-9222; Fax: (310) 442-1162.