IP Infusion and Centec Networks has announced IP Infusion is providing the control and management plane software for Centec Networks’ new CTC6048 processor. Centec selected IP Infusion’s ZebOS Network Platform software based on the software’s ability to help speed time to market for the company’s high-performance networking solution with assured quality and reduced cost and risk.

Centec Networks’ CTC6048 processor combines the latest advanced capabilities, compact size and 100 Gbps performance in support of next-generation Carrier Ethernet networks. The CTC6048 is ideal for fixed and modular systems used in access, edge and aggregation IP/Ethernet routing switches, Packet Transport Network (PTN) platforms, Optical Line Termination (OLT) systems and Wireless Backhaul Gateways. The processor supports a combination of hardware-based IPv4 and IPv6 dual-stack routing, MPLS switching and various types of advanced multicast and IP/MPLS tunneling protocols.

“As the market demand for Carrier Ethernet continues to explode, we required a software partner capable of helping us deliver high-performance products on time and on budget,” said Tao Gu, chief technology officer (CTO) at Centec Networks. “IP Infusion has proven invaluable in helping us achieve these objectives.”

“Ethernet has become a leading networking technology for Carrier grade networks driven by a variety of its great attributes including open standards, ubiquity, bandwidth scalability, interoperability and low cost of deployment,” said Koichi Narasaki, president and CEO, IP Infusion. “Centec Networks is known throughout the industry as a leading innovator of carrier-grade IP/Ethernet switching silicon and advanced ODM/OEM system solutions and we are very excited that they have chosen ZebOS for their CTC6048 processor.”

With an abundance of standards-based communication protocols involved in the creation of scalable Carrier Ethernet networks, equipment vendors looking to decrease risk and speed time to market are increasingly adopting complete, off-the-shelf software platforms. To accelerate the introduction of Carrier Ethernet features, IP Infusion’s ZebOS Network Platform provides a comprehensive suite of IPv4 and IPv6 Layer 2/Layer 3 MPLS and Metro Ethernet protocols that supports full interworking between Ethernet and IP/MPLS networks. When combined with IP Infusion's Network Solutions Services, including consultation on network software architectures, design, technologies, protocols and product development, ZebOS delivers a complete, fully customized solution to market.

The Centec Networks’ solution will be on display at the IP Infusion booth, #17, at Carrier Ethernet World Congress Europe 2010, to be held in Warsaw, Poland, September 20-23. As part of the conference, Asif Hazarika, IP Infusion Senior Director of Product Management, will present on the “Role of Ethernet OAM for Mobile Backhaul” at 15:20 on Wednesday, September 22.