OREANDA-NEWS. October 11, 2011. NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) announced today at the Carrier Ethernet World Congress 2011 in Amsterdam that it has successfully tested its mobile backhaul transport solution iPASOLINK during the EANTC (European Advanced Network Test Center) Carrier Ethernet interoperability test event in Berlin.

This year's event tested from 18 participating vendors, including packet microwave solutions such as iPASOLINK. NEC, in cooperation with EANTC and the participating vendors, is showcasing the results at the Carrier Ethernet World Congress 2011 in Amsterdam, 10th - 13th October 2011.

The choice of tests to which iPASOLINK was subjected reflects NEC's focus on high-performance packet microwave technologies in conjunction with Carrier Ethernet transport features. Tests included ERPSv2 (*1) (ITU-T G.8032) function and Synchronous Ethernet over Microwave radio both of master and slave scenario, and Microwave QoS with continuous CES (*2) (between 512 QAM and QPSK range).

"Following our anniversary of the iPASOLINK platform, we are pleased to have been able to demonstrate the mature performance and implementation of Carrier Ethernet as a carrier transport technology. These results echo our customers' confidence in using iPASOLINK to transform their backhaul networks towards the full IP transport required by LTE, while at the same time experiencing the unique business benefits of a converged platform architecture support to hybrid TDM, packet, microwave and optical technologies", said Morio Ito, Chief Manager, Global Network Division.

The iPASOLINK is a key building block in the transformation of backhaul to an LTE all-IP network. It provides operators with an ultra-flexible mobile transport network agile enough to evolve to next-generation IP-based networks, including LTE backhaul, while meeting their current capacity and service demands.

NEC will continue interconnectivity tests with leading global vendors to provide iPASOLINK solutions for global operators quickly and smoothly.