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APX 8000
Multiservice Access Switching Solution
The Lucent Technologies APX 8000 is the industrys leading carrier-class multiservice access
switch, designed to meet the challenges of todays intensely competitive access market. In this
fast-paced environment, service providers must minimize the costs of their infrastructure and
operations. At the same time, they need the ability to offer profitable new services quickly
and easily to take advantage of new market opportunities and satisfy customers rapidly
changing demands. The APX 8000 meets this service provider need with its universal port
capabilityoffering service providers a single platform from which to deploy a broad array
of emerging and profit-making services.
Based on a next-generation design, the APX 8000 universal port
capability enables all ports to support any combination of dial
(modem or ISDN), voice-over-IP (VoIP), fax-over-IP, and virtual
private network (VPN) services. The universal port allows
carriers and large Internet service providers (ISPs) to converge
their data and voice infrastructures and to decide when, where,
and how to engage the services that best meet customer
requirementsall from a single platform. Multiservice networks
provide the key to reduced costs, and the Lucent
APX 8000 access switch leads the industry in delivering powerful
multiservice capabilities.
Incorporating the strengths that have made Lucent a leader in
both the dial and VoIP markets, the APX 8000 is the companys
flagship access switch. It helps bridge the gap between traditional
voice and IP-based data networks and plays a key role in the
companys Next-Generation Network Solution, which includes
other vital products such as the Lucent Softswitch and 7R/E
Packet Driver.

A Carrier-Class Switch Designed for

High-Capacity POPs
The APX 8000 is a carrier-class access switch optimized for seamless
integration of dial, voice, fax, VPN, and other IP services. Designed
specifically for deployment in high-capacity Central Office points of
presence (POPs), the APX 8000 access switch is an ideal solution
to meet the needs of carriers and large ISPs deploying high-density
multiservice networks. Offering a high-performance, fully redundant
and scalable hardware architecture with a market-proven operating
system software, the APX 8000 is the most advanced switch available
for the access market, and the first to deliver on all carrier-class
requirements. Yet it also protects investments in existing systems by

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Internet Access/Port Wholesaling

Traditional Dial-up Customer

PC

Modem

Port Wholesale ISP Customer

PRI, CT1/CE1 or
IMTs over DS3
or OC3/STM1

ATM or
Frame Relay

Public Switched
Telephone Network
(PSTN)
Port Wholesale Dial-up Customer

cvMAX-100 (LNS)
RADIUS
APX 8000
(LAC)

Internet
L2TP
PPP

Network Operations Center

PC

Modem

RADIUS*

NavisAccess

*Returns tunnel endpoint based upon DNIS or FQDN

Figure 1
Lucent Technologies is the worldwide dial-up market leader, with more than 20 million dial-up access ports deployedand the APX 8000 access platform promises
to extend Lucents Internet access leadership position. The diagram above highlights two popular methods for delivering Internet dial-up access. The first method, the
Traditional Dial-up Customer (top left), shows an end user connecting through a local Central Office switch directly into the Internet service providers (ISP) point ofpresence (POP). The ISP owns the POP, terminates the end users modem call in the APX 8000 switch, authenticates the user, and provides access to the Internet.
The second method, the Port Wholesale Dial-up Customer (bottom left), also provides the end user with dial-up Internet access, but with one major differencethe
ISP does not own the POP and the APX 8000 switch. Instead, the POP is owned by a port wholesale provider, which leases ports to the ISP. The ISP in turn resells these
ports to end users. The end user receives access, the port wholesaler provides the access network, and the ISP sells the service.

sharing hardware modules with the awardwinning Lucent MAX TNT access switch,
and by relying on the Internet-proven
Lucent True Access Operating System
(TAOS) and NavisAccess software for
seamless network and service management.

APX 8000 Applications

The versatility of the APX 8000 switch
makes it suitable for a variety of diverse
service applications, including ultra-high
density Internet access (dial modem or
ISDN), port wholesaling, VoIP and faxover-IP, VPN tunnel aggregation, Internet
call diversion, or any combination of these
access services.

With the exploding demand for Internet

access, telecommuting, VoIP service, and
the growth of business outsourcing, service
providers are facing increased requirements
for high-capacity, remote access equipment.
The APX 8000 has been designed specifically
to meet the capacity and performance
challenges of large-scale service providers
working in this dynamic market. It offers
the maximum levels of redundancy and
fault tolerance needed for high-density
megaPOPs and multiservice versatility that
speeds and streamlines service provisioning.

Large-scale service management can also be

enhanced with the Lucent NavisAccess 5.0
Network Management System (NMS), which
offers groundbreaking capabilities for managing
at a service-level, not just a device level.
With this advanced functionality, including
Customer Network Management (CNM)
options, the APX 8000 is the ideal solution
for port wholesaling applications, including
VoIP and fax-over-IP, as well as traditional
dial modem and ISDN services. NavisAccess
is the only management system with the
features and scalability needed to support
large port wholesaling networks and
Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
(See Figure 1.)

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The APX 8000 is a key component in the

MultiVoice VoIP access solutions, which
enable a service provider to serve the
interexchange carrier and Internet
telephony service provider markets. The
set of services available, for both the
residential and business markets, includes:

Single-stage presubscribed 1+ longdistance dialing

Single-stage 1010 dial-around

long distance

Dual-stage dialing for long distance

Prepaid calling cards

Postpaid calling cards

Wholesale toll-tandem services to

other carriers

Clearinghouse and settlement services

to other VoIP service providers
(See Figure 2.)

The APX 8000 also provides a robust and

flexible VPN solution operating at the edge of
a service provider data/IP network. Supporting
VPN encapsulation functionality using
standard, market-proven protocols such
as L2TP, PPTP, ATMP, and IPSec, the
APX 8000 switch provides increased
security, control, and cost-effectiveness.
In addition, the APX 8000 supports a popular,
emerging application called Internet call
diversion (ICD). ICD offloads data traffic
from costly, circuit-switched networks to
more efficient and economical IP, ATM, or
frame relay data networks. (See Figure 3.)

VoIP Services Enabled with MultiVoice

End Office

End Office

MultiVoice
H.323 Web
or PC Client

Standard Telephone
and Fax

Standard Telephone
and Fax

PBX

CO Switch

PBX

CO Switch

T1/E1/PRI/DS3
PRI, CT1/CE1 or
IMTs over DS3
or OC3/STM1

IP

APX 8000
with MultiVoice

APX 8000
with MultiVoice

Network Operations Center

MVAM Gatekeeper
or Lucent Softswitch

Billing/
Provisioning

NavisAccess

Figure 2
The MultiVoice VoIP solution gateway implementation is based on the MAX/MAX TNT/APX 8000 family of access concentrators, which have an installed base of
more than 20 million ports worldwide. The MultiVoice gateways support from one T1/E1 to four T3s (242,688 channels). The most recent addition to the MultiVoice
family of VoIP gateways, the APX 8000 access concentrator, gives service providers a carrier-class access platform from which they can deploy voice, fax, and data
services. Initially, the APX 8000 switch supports voice/fax port density of 1,3442,688 simultaneous calls and will support a single chassis port density of up to 8,064
simultaneous calls in the future. The APX 8000 access concentrator supports the G.711, G.723.1, G.728, G.729a, GSM, and RT-24 voice codecs. It can function as a
trunking gateway (SS7) or an access gateway (H.323).
MultiVoice gateways are high-performance, scalable, and standards-based platforms. They provide an interface between the PSTN and an IP-based network, enabling
voice calls to hop on and off the packet network. These gateways incorporate digital signal processing (DSP) modules to provide the high-quality signal compression
and low latencies required for voice and fax calling. In addition, the True Access Operating System (TAOS) used in Lucent access concentrator/VoIP products provides
reliable access routing and the worldwide circuit signaling support required for rapid deployment of global voice and data networks.
The MultiVoice Access Manager (MVAM) or a Softswitch/media gateway controller routes calls within the packet network, facilitating programmable call flows based on
calling number, called number, trunk group, or realm. The MVAM or Softswitch also provides the interface to enhanced services such as billing, authentication, and
other third-party IP telephony applications.

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Internet Call Diversion

Access Lines

ISP "POP"
Ingress
CO Switch

Tandem
CO Switch
T

PC

Egress
CO Switch
T

Internet

Modem
APX 8000

Access Lines
SS7 Network

A-Link(s)
PC

Modem
TCP/IP

Softswitch

IP, ATM and

Frame Relay

APX 8000

Figure 3
Lucent Technologies leads in Internet call diversion (ICD), a key service provider implementation that offloads data traffic from more costly, circuit-switched telephone
networks to more data-optimized IP, ATM, or frame relay networks. The diagram above demonstrates the benefits of ICD as compared with the more traditional circuitswitched network. In this example, an end user is connecting through an ISP to gain access to the Internet. To connect to the ISP through a circuit-switched network,
a dial-up session is initiated with the local Central Office phone switch (ingress CO switch). Thereafter, this dial-up traffic is forwarded to one or more additional phone
switches as it moves across the public switched telephone network (PSTN) and is finally terminated at the APX 8000 switch at the ISPs. Each Internet user connected
through the PSTN in this manner calls for a dedicated circuit throughout the PSTN, uses 56/64 kbps of constant bandwidth, and requires the valuable resources of
multiple Central Office switches throughout the circuit-switched network.
In contrast, ICD offloads the data traffic from the circuit-based PSTN onto a packet- or cell-based network. Packet/cell-based networks inherently handle data traffic
more efficiently because data traffic is bursty and intermittent by nature, and packet/cell-based networks receive and forward data only as required instead of
dedicating bandwidth. In the packet/cell-based portion of the diagram, the dial-up user still connects to the ingress CO switch, but once the call is identified as a
data call, the data is forward from the CO switch to the APX 8000 rather than the tandem CO switch. The APX 8000 switch terminates the dial-up modem session,
packetizes the data, and forwards it through a switched/routed IP, ATM, or frame relay network to the APX 8000 switch at the ISPs POP. In packet/cell-based networks,
data traffic uses bandwidth more efficiently and travels across more cost-effective equipment.

APX 8000 Hardware:

An Overview

Industrys highest port

density cuts costs

The hardware design of the APX 8000

meets the stringent requirements of carriers,
port wholesalers, Internet telephony service
providers, and other large ISPs by providing
high-performance switching, easy scalability,
maximum reliability, the versatility of
broad interface support, and the savings
produced by industry-leading port densities
and investment protection.

The APX 8000 supports the highest port

density in the industry, conserving
valuable rack space and costs. In its initial
release, a single chassis aggregates up to
2,688 ports (4 DS3s) or more than 8,000
ports per 7-foot equipment rack. In the
future, the APX 8000 will scale to support
three times that call volume.

Port Density

Up to 2,688 ports (4 DS3s) per shelf

with new 96-port processor module
and 8,064 ports (12 DS3s) per 7-foot
equipment rack

Future hardware and software upgrades

will provide a threefold increase in
capacity to more than 8,064 ports per
chassis and 24,192 ports per rack

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Carrier-class reliability and

redundancy
The APX 8000 design offers the highest
levels of redundancy available, along
with the flexibility to configure the
system for a variety of redundancy
levels. Eliminating any single point
of failure in the APX 8000 subsystems
is key to supporting high-density
carrier-class deployments. All system
components are hot-swappable, fieldreplaceable units (FRUs), providing
improved serviceability and system
uptime. Standby processor modules
can also provide backup for specific
functions such as modem, ISDN, and
VoIP operation.

Redundancy With No Single

Point of Failure

Redundant shelf controllers and ingress

WAN connection options

Egress WAN connection and power

supply redundancy

All modules are hot-swappable

Standby processor modules

Reliable, Internet-proven TAOS

software

NEBS level 3 compliant

High-performance switching
A parallel bus design that incorporates
both a high-speed (1.2 Gbps) ATM
switching fabric and a high-capacity time
division multiplexer (TDM) switch enables
the APX 8000 to maximize throughput for
both circuit and packet/cell-based traffic
with equal efficiency. This design provides
low-latency, high-performance delivery for
both PSTN and IP traffic. It also optimizes
the APX 8000 switch for IP telephony
integration in the future, because it
ensures compatibility with data and voice
network infrastructures.

Parallel ATM and TDM switching buses

provide nonblocking circuit or packet
throughput

Broad interface support

provides the flexibility
needed for market
responsiveness
The APX 8000 access switch enables fast,
flexible service provisioning by supporting
the industrys broadest range of circuitswitching and packet-switching modules.
On the ingress, the APX 8000 supports
channelized T3/DS3, as well as T1 and E1
rates. On the egress, it supports IP, ATM,
frame relay, and 10/100 Ethernet interfaces,
providing optimal interoperability with a
variety of core network switching equipment.
The APX 8000 also offers a variety of
processing modules that support easy
scalability, enabling rapid service
expansion. Using a distributed processing
approach, each module incorporates its
own high-performance processing
capability, ensuring that the APX 8000
delivers consistent performance as the
network expands.

Channelized T1/E1 and T3 options for

ingress PSTN connection

ATM and DS3/E3, ATM OC3/STM-1,

10/100 Ethernet, and Serial for egress
WAN/LAN connectivity

48- and 96-port processor modules

APX 8000 Software:

Reliable and Versatile
With the intense growth and change now
occurring in the access market, service
providers need highly reliable, flexible
methods of delivering new services and
expanding into new markets. The APX 8000
software has been designed to meet
these needs.

The APX 8000 utilizes

Lucents TAOS software
TAOS has proven its reliability through
years of testing, research, and service
provider use. This industry-leading
operating system currently powers nearly
half of all service provider-deployed
remote access and VoIP ports worldwide.

TAOS also offers the broadest range of

access services and protocols available in
the industry. Fully integrated capabilities
allow the APX 8000 to seamlessly integrate
with multiple diverse networks and
technology types, including voice, IP, VoIP,
ATM, SS7, frame relay, and ISDN.

TAOS used throughout Lucent access

products, including MAX, MAX TNT,
and APX 8000

The industrys most feature-rich

and Internet-proven software
implementation

TAOS is powering more than 20 million

dial-up ports worldwide

APX 8000
Network Management
NavisAccess 5.0 software from Lucent
Technologies provides ground-breaking
management capabilities that enable service
providers to manage up to a million ports
at a service levelnot just at a physical
device level. This allows a service provider
to move well beyond the traditional
monitoring of port usage at the device
levelto the more advanced, discrete
monitoring of usage by specific customers
or usage by specific services rendered.
Going beyond the limited capabilities of
traditional network management solutions,
NavisAccess Network Management System
provides a next-generation management
platform designed for a
complete range of access services, including
analog, ISDN, VoIP, frame relay, and digital
subscriber line (DSL). The NavisAccess 5.0
platform also supports the Pipeline, MAX,
MAX TNT, and Stinger access products.
The sophisticated advances of the
NavisAccess NMS are based on a unique
call-mapping mechanism, which gives
service providers the tools they need to
more fully manage a complete range of
service offerings. With this new approach,
service providers have the management
support required for successful delivery of
many of todays leading services and
capabilities, including SLAs, high-priority
services, port wholesaling, and CNM.
NavisAccess is the only management
platform with the features and scalability
needed to handle todays large and diverse
networks.

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APX 8000 Specifications

Physical
Dimensions:
26.5"(H) x 19"(W) x 16.65"(D)
Weight:
265 lbs. approx. (loaded chassis)
Chassis Slots:
40 slots for access (circuit or packet) switching
modules and processing modules, 2 slots for shelf
control modules
Environmental
Power:
Each power supply is rated at 960 Watts of
output power with a 70% efficiency. Each power
supply is rated at 35 Amps. The current draw is
74 Amps at 48 Volts minimum and 89 Amps at
40 Volts minimum, or 33 Amps at 117 VAC. The
worst case heat dissipation of a fully loaded
chassis is 12,137 BTU/hour.
Ambient Operating Temperature:
0C to +55C
Ambient Storage Temperature:
40C to +65C, 95% relative humidity
Relative Humidity:
10% to 95% (noncondensing)
Operating Altitude:
To 10,000 ft (3,050 m)
Cooling:
Six independent, temperature-sensitive fans.
Removable fan tray performs load sharing and
redundant operation. Speed automatically adjusts
to temperature of environment. Heat dissipates at
rate of more than 5,000 BTU/hour.
Regulatory Compliance:
FCC 15, Class A
EMC Directive (EN 55022, EN 50082-1), Class A
AS/NZS 3548, Class A
VCCI, Class A
CISPR 22, Class A
CSA NRTL (UL 1950)
CSA C22.2, No. 950
LVD Directive (EN 60950)
NOM-019-SCFI
AS/NZS 3260
GOST-R
IEC 950
FCC 68
IC CS 03
R&TTE Directive
JATE

Interfaces & Module Options

Channelized Circuit Switching Modules:
1-port T3, 8-port T1/PRI, 8-port E1/PRI, STM-0
Unchannelized Packet Switching Modules:
1-port ATM DS3, 4-port auto-sensing 10/100
Ethernet
Processing Modules:
96-port MultiDSP Module, 48-port MultiDSP
Module, Digital Modem (Series56 II/III)
Module, HDLC Module
Software
Upgrade:
Via built-in flash RAM, remote downloadable
WAN/LAN Protocols:
TCP/IP, PPP, ARAP, SLIP, C-SLIP, Async PPP,
Sync PPP
Routing:
RIP, RIP2, OSPF, Virtual Routing
VPN (Tunneling) Protocols:
L2TP, ATMP, IPSec, IP in IP
SS7 Signaling:
IPDC, ASGCP (Q.931+), H.248*
Bandwidth Management:
MPPP, MP+, TCP Header compression
Modem:
(PSTN) ITU-T V.92*, V.90, K56Flex, V.34bis, V.34,
V.32bis, V.32, V.22bis, V.22A/B, V.23, V.21, Bell
212A, and 103
(ISDN) 64/56 Kbps BRI B-channel
Security and Authentication:
RADIUS, TACACS, TACACS+, PAP, CHAP, CLID,
Callback, Token Card
Management:
NavisAccess Network Management, Telnet,
Console
*Future support planned.

MultiVoice VoIP
Features and Applications (Partial Listing):
Voice Codec Support:
G.711
64 Kbps**
G.728
16 Kbps
GSM
13.2 Kbps
G.729(a) 8 Kbps**
G.723.1 6.4 Kbps
G.723.1 5.3 Kbps
RT-24
2.4 Kbps
**Only G.711 and G.729(a) are available with the 96
Port MultiDSP Module. All above listed codecs are
available with the 48 Port MultiDSP Module.

QoS Features:
ToS Support (RFC 1349)
Simple Call Hair-Pin
Adaptive and Static Jitter Buffer
Adjustable Silence Detection and Comfort
Noise Generation
Primary and Secondary Gatekeeper Suport
Port Reporting to Gatekeeper Dynamic
Trunk Quiesce and Disable Support
PSTN True Connect
Automatic Codec Negotiation
Audio Frame Size Controlling
DTMF In-Band and Out-of-Band Support
CLID Pass Through
Feature Group D Signaling Support
Single and Dual Stage Dialing Support
Softswitch Trunking and Access Gateway Support
T.38 Based Real Time Fax
High Latency Network Fax Mode
Transparent Modem/Data and Fax over IP
Third Party Application Support using API for the
following applications:
Authentication
Billing
Store and Forward Fax Services
Advanced Services (i.e., Internet Call Waiting,
PC to phone, Unified Messaging)
Settlement/Clearinghouse
MultiVoice Settlement Engine OSP
(Open Settlement Protocol) Support Option

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