TEMPE, Ariz.-Motorola Inc.’s Computer Group, which provides embedded equipment for telecommunications original equipment manufacturers, announced its 2001 telecommunications strategy, including plans to position the company into every telecom system running wireless, enterprise, networking and transmission applications in the world.
The group said it expects sales to grow significantly next year as it continues to hone its infrastructure solutions for telecom computers and launch two product initiatives, including complete solutions for carrier-grade, high-availability applications bolstered by a new software strategy; and a packet-based, application-enabled system platform.
The plans for advanced high-availability software offerings are designed to give its telecom customers an “out-of-the-box” software solution supporting the features and functions of Motorola’s carrier-grade, Intel and PowerPC processor-based platforms, according to the Computer Group.
Motorola said it would offer its high-availability configuration and event manager software for Microsoft Corp.’s Windows 2000, Wind River’s VxWorks AE RTOS and LynxOS operating systems, in addition to Linux operating systems announced earlier this year.
The company pointed out advantages to its high-availability software including its ability to host central processor unit multi-stage switch over; the ability to hot swap all components; network management; and management of telecom alarms and in/out of service of LED’s.
The switched IP-based architecture is designed to provide an open system infrastructure for telecom OEMs needing to maximize IP throughput to near wire speed for next-generation networks.
“This is a challenge with multimedia now being mixed into single IP streams,” explained Jeff Rhodes, business manager of the Computer Group’s telecommunications business. “Our IP platform creates a foundation that addresses these issues by separating the high-speed data transport and system control functions.”
The IP architecture is comprised of three subcomponents that have been added to Motorola’s CPX8000 high-availability, carrier-grade system, including a meshed IP backplans providing redundant point-to-point connections between every slot; redundant/dual-zoned IP switchboards supporting up to Layer 4 routing; and intelligent resource boards that can be configured to provide individual I/O functions.
Development systems are expected to be available to participants in Motorola’s partner program and early adopter OEMs by November. Production release of the switched IP-based architecture with extensive advanced high availability software for Linux, Windows 2000, VxWorks AERTOS and LynxOS is scheduled for the second quarter of 2001.
