Ixia collaborates with AT&T to demo live 100 Gigabit Ethernet link

CALABASAS, USA: Ixia, a leading, global provider of converged IP network test solutions, announced that its “K2” 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) test solution was implemented in AT&T’s testing of a standard-ready, single-flow, 100 GE field trial.

Ixia’s K2 100 GE Higher Speed Ethernet (HSE) load module provided IP traffic generation and BERT testing for the 100 GE connection, demonstrating AT&T’s ability to trial a 900-kilometer ultra long-haul transport link between Louisiana and Florida.

Ixia's K2 40 and 100 GE test modules are the world's first-to-market IP network traffic generation, layer 2-7, and physical coding sublayer (PCS) measurement and analysis test solution.

"Ixia is the only testing company with proven solutions to assist network equipment manufacturers and carriers with successful roll-outs of 100 GE devices and networks," said Errol Ginsberg, Chief Innovation Officer at Ixia. "AT&T's successful trial is proof positive that carrier 100 GE technology is quickly moving forward."

The K2 family is the only set of testing modules available today that can validate IEEE P802.3ba standard-based products, and is fully compatible with standard Ixia chassis and load modules. K2 modules generate and analyze full 40 GE and 100 GE layer 2-7 line rate traffic, with up to 1 million distinct flows per port.

The modules support unframed bit error ratio tests (BERT) as well as PCS compliance and performance testing, allowing individual PCS lane BERT testing using a wide range of PRBS patterns. K2 modules also include validation of the defined physical medium dependent (PMD) sublayers in the IEEE P802.3ba standard.