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AFORE’s highly skilled engineering team, with extensive networking product development, domain expertise and InterPort technologies, provides the flexibility, responsiveness and expertise to accelerate your networking and telecommunication product development and time to market.

Afore Networking Development Expertise

Carrier Ethernet

Domain Expertise

  • Bridging, VLAN, Q-in-Q, PBB, PBB-TE
  • Ethernet OAM: Link OAM and Service OAM
  • Ethernet APS and Ethernet Ring Protection
  • STP, RSTP, MSTP
  • MEF Ethernet UNI, Ethernet Services, Traffic Management
  • TDM over Ethernet
  • Ethernet over SONET/SDH
  • Ethernet VPN
  • Ethernet Encryption and Authentication

Past Project Examples

  • Ethernet Line Card development, both hardware and software, for a MSPP platform
  • Ethernet ring protection software development for an Ethernet aggregation product
  • Ethernet OAM software development for an Ethernet NID device

Adobe Acrobat Download Carrier Ethernet Custom Development Solutions bulletin.

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IP/MPLS Networking

Domain Expertise

  • IP v4, IP v6 and routing protocols
  • Security: IPSec, SSH
  • MPLS, MPLS-TP, PWE3
  • IP/MPLS OAM: BFD, VCCV
  • IGMP, IGMP snooping, MLD, DHCP
  • IP VPN, VPLS

Past Project Examples

  • IP v6 software development for a multi-service switching and routing platform
  • IPSec and SSH secure management software for an enterprise networking appliance
  • IP/MPLS OAM software development for a Metro MPLS/PWE platform
  • IGMP and IGMP snooping protocol software development for a common routing software framework
  • System verification for an IP VPN gateway

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Wireless Backhaul

Domain Expertise

  • 2G, 3G, WiMax and LTE wireless backhaul over IP/Ethernet, MEF 22
  • ATM, ATM IMA and ATM Pseudowire
  • SAToP, CESoPSN, MEF 8 and TDMoIP
  • Microwave Ethernet
  • Synchronization and clock recovery: IEEE 1588 and synchronous Ethernet

Past Project Examples

  • Wireless backhaul system software development (PowerQuicc + Wintegra)
  • Channelized OC3/STM1 line card software development for a Microwave Ethernet backhaul platform
  • Any Service Any Port PWE3 AMC card (hardware and software) for a wireless backhaul transport product

Adobe Acrobat Download Wireless Backhaul Solutions bulletin.

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Broadband Access

Domain Expertise

  • FTTx, GPON, EFM, Mid-band Ethernet, xDSL, DSLAM
  • Advanced traffic management, QoS, TR-58, TR-59, TR-69 and TR-101

Past Project Examples

  • Ring protection software development for a broadband aggregation platform
  • IGMP snooping software development for a GPON ONT product
  • Multiservice interworking software development for a broadband loop access platform

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Enterprise Networking

Domain Expertise

  • Network Virtualization, Storage Virtualization
  • SAN extension, Fibre Channel
  • WAN optimization, compression, FEC
  • Encryption

Past Project Examples

  • Accelerated Secure Edge (ASE) technologies: VirtualWire, EthernetPACK, EtherSECURE, SAN-XTEND, EtherCORRECT

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EMS and NMS

Domain Expertise

  • SLAs, Performance Monitoring
  • Policy Management: e.g. time of day
  • SNMP v2/v3, MIBs, NetConf
  • Web based management: HTTP, XML, Java
  • CLI
  • 3rd party management framework: Tail-F ConfD, HP Openview, Net-SNMP

Past Project Examples

  • EMS software development for a MSPP product line
  • Storage cluster management software development
  • NMS software development for a multiservice switching and routing product line

Adobe Acrobat Download EMS/NMS Design Solutions bulletin.

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ATCA/Micro-TCA/AMC

Domain Expertise

  • ATCA, Micro-TCA, AMC hardware design
  • IPMI
  • COTS middleware for ATCA/AMC platform

Past Project Examples

  • DSP AMC card development
  • TDM over Packet AMC card development
  • ATCA GPON OLT card system design

Adobe Acrobat Download ATCA Design Solutions bulletin.

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