July 15, 2008

AscenLink tunnel-routing solution intelligently optimizes and accelerates bandwidth aggregation between NHK Fukushima Station and branch offices

Allen, Texas – July 15, 2008 – Xtera Communications, provider of world class solutions enabling communications companies to profitably deliver high-bandwidth services and leader in network management devices, has announced that NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) Fukushima station, has turned to Xtera to ensure critical applications achieve and maintain optimal performance between its station and branch offices in Fukushima, Japan.

The NHK Fukushima station was experiencing bandwidth and load balancing problems in their IP network. For example, branch offices needed connection speed up to 25mb/sec to transfer large files especially HDTV (MPEG2-TS) videos, but the round trip from local branch office to headquarters could only perform between 12-15mb/sec, causing data loss and unacceptable delays. This network strain has been one of the major issues that needed to be solved for NHK Fukushima station.

In order to solve the problem of WAN load balancing, NHK Fukushima turned to Xtera’s solution of using multiple WAN links to increase bandwidth. NHK Fukushima learned from industry insiders that Xtera AscenLink’s uniquely patented Tunnel-Routing technology provides the ultimate solution for their station’s needs. AscenLink combines load balancing and WAN fault tolerance and improves data transmission by breaking data down packets for unmatched security, speed and stability.

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