Oscilloquartz Enhances OSA 5420 Series to Deliver Industry's Most Agile Network Synchronization Toolkit

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Several Major Upgrades Enable Delivery of Packet-Based PTP in Key New Industries and Applications

Neuchâtel, Switzerland. September 6, 2017. Oscilloquartz, an ADVA Optical Networking company, today announced several major upgrades to its OSA 5420 Series that now make it the industry's most agile synchronization toolkit. The new features combine the delivery of synchronization over IPv6, support of ITU-T G.8275.2, expanded use of all major global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) and increased security. Collectively, these new capabilities mean that the OSA 5420 can now be used across an even wider range of industries to deliver robust, secure and packet-based IEEE 1588 PTP synchronization. As with all Oscilloquartz products, the key focus is on helping service providers to leverage their existing networks to meet increasingly advanced and progressively stringent synchronization demands in an operationally efficient and cost-effective way.

"What we're announcing here isn't simply a product upgrade; it's a path, a light for service providers to follow. Our OSA 5420 Series has been specifically enhanced to help our customers cost-effectively drive highly precise synchronization throughout their existing networks without the need for major upgrade cycles," said Gil Biran, general manager, Oscilloquartz. "We're the only vendor in the marketplace who is working hand-in-hand with the industry to find unique ways to maximize the potential of current build-outs. Unlike other vendors, we're advocating that service providers avoid time-consuming, costly and disruptive forklift upgrades and focus on fully utilizing their deployed infrastructures. Our OSA 5420 Series is unique in this respect. It removes roadblocks, expands possibilities and ensures we're delivering timing and synchronization technology wherever it's needed."       

The key to helping service providers derive greater value from their existing networks comes with the support of ITU-T G.8275.2. With this, the OSA 5420 Series can deliver time and phase synchronization over partially aware and even unaware networks. The OSA 5420 Series goes even further though and can now also deliver phase synchronization over IPv6. This capability comes as a direct response to service providers who are experiencing scalability challenges with small cell deployments and Remote PHY devices in cable networks. What's more, in order to protect against DoS attacks, the OSA 5420 Series now includes new security and prevention features that deliver enhanced protection directly on the hardware.