Multiservice Access and

Aggregation Platform
Total Access 5000
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Total Access 5000
At-a-Glance
■ Native Ethernet core
■ Ethernet, ATM, and TDM
network interfaces
■ TDM and Voice over IP (VoIP) POTS
■ Fiber optic and copper transport
built for future, current, and
legacy services
■ Fully redundant,
carrier-class design
■ Digital and metallic test access
■ Multiple network management
capabilities
■ Supported by ADTRAN
Total Access EMS
■ Industry-leading warranty
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The evolution of the network.
Service providers are faced with optimizing
their existing network infrastructure to support
advanced services, enabling not only voice and
simple broadband connections to the Internet, but
more advanced services such as IPTV and Ethernet.
Historically, wireline services have been delivered
across disparate networks, each with its own
infrastructure and expense. However, the matura-
tion of industry standards related to IP is enabling
the convergence of these disparate networks across
a unified network architecture. While enabling this
convergence can be difficult, it is clear that service
providers must drive toward increased
subscriber revenues through the delivery of
enhanced broadband services while simultaneously
driving operational cost out of the network. This
evolution requires a platform that has the capacity
and scalability for these advanced services while
providing a seamless migration path for existing
legacy services.
ADTRAN® Total Access® 5000 is designed to
help service providers bridge the gap between the
existing and the next-generation network. It is a
carrier-class multiservice access and aggregation
platform that supports both legacy and emerging
service interfaces over copper and fiber which can be
easily scaled to support even the most bandwidth-
intensive applications. Unlike traditional ATM- and
SONET-based platforms, which require enormous
overhead and expensive add-ons to deliver emerging
services, the Total Access 5000 is built around a pure
Ethernet core. All incoming services, regardless of
protocol, are handled as Ethernet, creating a native
service delivery model for advanced services without
stranding existing legacy services. This allows the
Total Access 5000 to economically address multiple
network applications with traditional network inter-
faces for TDM and ATM services as well as advanced
capabilities like Ethernet Ring Protection Switching,
Resilient Packet Ring, Gigabit Passive Optical
Network (GPON), and VDSL2.
Environmentally hardened, the Total Access 5000
is designed with the service provider in mind and
is equally capable of deployment in central office,
remote terminal or remote node locations. Instead
of a traditional fixed backplane architecture, the
Total Access 5000 provides a truly scalable architec-
ture that is designed to migrate with the network,
providing flexible copper and fiber termination
options based on network applications. With the
The ADTRAN Total Access 5000
• Increases Revenue
• Decreases Operational Cost
• Improves Efficiency
 ADTRAN Solutions for Broadband Access
ADTRAN is an established leader in broadband access. From our contributions in the development
of industry standards to our superior customer service and product quality, ADTRAN has always
delivered system solutions with flexibility and longevity. Whether it is consumer market Internet
access and HDTV or business-class Ethernet service delivery – there is an ADTRAN system to
support your network needs with the value you have come to expect.

simple change of a “I/O module,” equipment
obsolescence can be avoided and network invest-
ments protected with a platform physically capable
of scaling to meet the network evolution, not only
today but also tomorrow.
Broadband Access
The Total Access 5000 supports broadband service
delivery over both copper and fiber architectures.
As a copper access platform, the Total Access 5000
can be used for IP or ATM DSLAM applications as
well as for Broadband Loop Carrier applications,
facilitating the delivery of both POTS and DSL from
central office, remote terminal and remote node
locations. Its cost effective Ethernet architecture
allows service providers to deploy 100 percent voice
and broadband capable systems, helping to reduce
or eliminate operational expenses such as truckrolls
and circuit reprovisioning. In addition to copper
The Total Access 5000 IP/Ethernet core provides
carriers significant benefits related to network
convergence. All traffic between Total Access 5000
shelves is carried over Ethernet. As such, voice, data
and video services all dynamically share bandwidth,
providing converged packet transport between
Total Access 5000 nodes and allowing greater
Central Office
Total Access 5000
10G Ethernet Ring
DS1
Voice/Data GigE
Video
utilization of the physical transport infrastructure.
By enabling this convergence, the traditional bar-
riers associated with multiservice platforms (like
separate and dedicated bandwidth for POTS, video
and data) are eliminated, providing a more flexible
and scalable transport architecture for existing and
advanced services.
Remote Terminal
Total Access 5000
POTS & GPON
DSL

access solutions, the Total Access 5000 also supports

fiber to the premises with a GPON 2.5 Gbps Optical POTS & GPON
DSL
Line Terminal (OLT) solution, including a full line of
Total Access Series Optical Network Terminals
(ONTs). With integrated Ethernet transport options,
supported network architectures include linear
chain, tree and star architectures over both copper
and fiber as well as protected Ethernet rings
over fiber.

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Increasing Customer Bandwidth

Fiber To The Premises (FTTP)

ADTRAN Total Access 5000 multiservice access
and aggregation platform enables multiplay service
delivery over an all Ethernet access platform capable
of delivering FSAN-compliant GPON. OLT modules
can be installed in any access slot in the
Total Access 5000 enabling FTTP service delivery. Multi-dwelling Unit
MDU ONT
Services are delivered over a single fiber up to 20km RF Return
from a central office or remote terminal, providing own
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offers unprecedented bandwidth per subscriber. Splitter
HDTV
The Total Access Series ONTs work seamlessly SFU ONT
Softswitch
with ADTRAN Total Access 5000 Series multiservice (VoIP) N x GigE
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access and aggregation platform. With its Ethernet IP Core 2.4G dow
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architecture, the Total Access 5000 allows carriers SBU ONT
N x T1
to increase bandwidth while offering differentiated
GigE Small/Medium
capabilities. Coupled with Total Access Series ONTs, Internet Business
Remote Terminal SFU ONT
this provides an end-to-end GPON deployment TDM Voice Switch
Total Access 5006 Splitter
strategy that is supported by a common (GR-303, TR-008)

management solution.
■ Voice support for GR-303, TR-008, MGCP, and SIP

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■ N x GigE and 10GigE uplink options available
■ Several solutions are available for business,
multi-dwelling, and residential needs
■ Deploy copper and fiber access solutions from
a single platform

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Service Aggregation
In addition to delivering a wide range of copper
and fiber access solutions, the Total Access 5000 also
provides flexible copper and fiber aggregation
solutions. Legacy network interfaces like DS1s
can be aggregated by the Total Access 5000 and
transported over redundant Ethernet uplinks using
industry standard Pseudowire Emulation Edge-to-
Edge (PWE3). This allows service providers to deploy
advanced Ethernet-based platforms like the
Total Access 5000 for next-generation services
without stranding the legacy services deployed
throughout their existing networks.
Additionally, the Total Access 5000 is ideally suited
to support Gigabit Ethernet aggregation for Fiber to
the Node (FTTN) architectures from either central
office or remote terminal locations. As carriers work
to shorten copper loop lengths to deploy higher
bandwidth services, innovative platforms like the
ADTRAN Total Access 1100 Series OSP DSLAMs
and Total Access 1200 Series Mini-DSLAMs will
enable that deep fiber push. The Total Access 5000
integrated broadband access and Gigabit Ethernet
aggregation capabilities provide carriers with a single
platform that enables both service delivery and
service aggregation, reducing both capital and
operational expense.
Migration of the Voice Network
Perhaps as important as the need to drive new
revenues through enhanced broadband services,
carriers are also faced with having to optimize their
networks to drive out cost. The Total Access 5000
allows service providers to optimize their existing
voice networks by providing flexible voice options.
All voice traffic on the Total Access 5000 is packetized
directly on the line cards, allowing service providers
to tie into existing TDM voice networks via an
integrated packet voice gateway or tie into a
softswitch for VoIP-based POTS.
As providers look beyond wireline convergence
and begin to move toward a next-generation network
architecture, the Total Access 5000 will support a
native SIP interface. This allows carriers to deploy
the Total Access 5000 into their existing legacy voice
infrastructure today with a seamless migration path
to a future VoIP core. This SIP interface capabil-
ity will be critical as carriers move to support an IP
Multimedia Subsystems (IMS) network architecture.
In addition, the Total Access 5000 plays host to the
Total Access 1124P and Total Access 1124VP which
are small form factor outside-plant DSLAMs that can
be installed virtually anywhere, allowing the service
provider to shorten loops and increase broadband
speeds and services. The Total Access 5000 provides
the gateway for the Total Access 1124P and
Total Access 1124VP to communicate with a
TDM voice switch. The Total Access 1124P and
Total Access 1124VP may also be configured to use
native SIP and communicate directly to a softswitch.
Together, the Total Access 5000, Total Access 1124P
and Total Access 1124VP provide the ability to cost-
effectively migrate networks to next-generation
integrated broadband services, increase revenue,
and decrease overall service cost.
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Legacy and Next-generation Aggregation

Multiservice Aggregation
There are many legacy services that will not
instantly disappear including TDM, PPP, Frame
Relay, and ATM; however, new services like GPON,
xDSL, and Ethernet must be provided. To address
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this need, the Total Access 5000 provides the ability
Total Access 5000
to aggregate legacy services while providing next-
Central Office DS1
generation broadband services.
Total Access 5000
■ ATM interworking allows the service provider to
aggregate legacy DSLAMs and interwork the ATM traffic DS1 Ethernet DS1/HDSL
to Ethernet, saving costs and increasing efficiency Legacy
■ PWE3 or Psuedowire provides a method of transporting
GigE
TDM T1 service across Ethernet such that existing
GigE GigE
services will not have to be changed Voice/Data
■ GigE aggregation gives the service provider another Video GigE
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■ Aggregation of networked products like the
Total Access 1124P provides the ability to have an
integrated POTS and broadband solution that gets closer
to the customer to increase speed and service potential

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 The integrated broadband access and Gigabit Ethernet aggregation capabilities
of the Total Access 5000 provide carriers with a single platform that enables
both service delivery and service aggregation, reducing both capital and
operational expense.

Extending the Life of Existing
ATM DSL Networks
The Total Access 5000 has the ability to help
maximize the lifecycle of an existing carrier ATM
DSLAM base by providing a simplified migration
path to a next-generation IP/Ethernet core
infrastructure. In a traditional high-speed Internet
infrastructure, DSL services are provided via ATM-
based DSLAMs. This traditional network architecture
transports subscriber traffic around the network via
an ATM-switched infrastructure. One of the chal-
lenges to migrating to a next-generation IP/Ethernet
core is the large embedded base of ATM DSLAMs that
terminate subscriber traffic in the existing network.
The Total Access 5000 allows the ubiquitous
migration of existing ATM DSL traffic (regardless of
vendor) via integrated ATM line modules. Incoming
traffic from ATM DSLAMs can be groomed at the vir-
tual circuit level, allowing traffic to be interworked to
Ethernet for delivery to the new IP/Ethernet core or
simply switched upstream as intact ATM cells. This
ubiquitous migration to an Ethernet core network can
Legacy Business Service Migration to the edge of a network where they pull off PPP or
The Total Access 5000 provides Legacy Business Multi-Link PPP T1s and provide them directly to
Service Migration to increase the service provider’s business customers. TDM transport requires nailed
Return on Investment (ROI) and add service flex- up bandwidth, whether it is being used or not,
ibility when migrating from a TDM-based network which causes these transport networks to be ineffi-
to Ethernet-based networks. In a traditional TDM cient. In addition, TDM transport generally requires
network, service providers use TDM transport to get more capital than Ethernet networks. The
Total Access 5000 allows the service provider to
aggregate PPP, MLPPP, and Frame Relay services
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at the edge and interwork this traffic to Ethernet
to allow for efficient, cost-effective transport. In
Ethernet addition, Carrier Ethernet services can be delivered
from the same Total Access 5000, enabling
Total Access 5000
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Ubiquitous Migration of ATM DSL to Ethernet

Evolving the ATM Network

ADTRAN Total Access 5000/5006 is the key to solving
the puzzle of ATM to Ethernet Migration for residential
services. Along with the ability to aggregate ATM DS3, Total Access 5000
OC-3, and T1 IMA in a pure ATM application, the
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Total Access 5000 provides the ability to interwork
IP Carrier ISP
incoming ATM traffic from existing ATM DSLAMs and
Subscribers
switch it to an Ethernet network via N x GigE interfaces. Internet
DS3 ATM
■ Maximize product lifecycle of existing legacy ATM DSLAMs or ATM
3rd Party ISP ATM DSLAMs
u leverage already installed base Handoff ATM OC3 ATM ATM
u maximize return on investment
3rd Party ISP BPON OLTs
Subscribers
■ Provide ubiquitous migration strategy to
next-generation IP/Ethernet core
u same for all vendors — DSL or BPON
u low impact to existing network
■ Edge aggregation and interworking
u minimize impact on existing inter-office transport
u allow higher-speed service offerings

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 Ethernet Business Service Delivery
Business customers face newer, higher speed
applications, increasing their need for more
efficient and economical Ethernet services.
Historically, T1 circuits have been the solution for
symmetrical business service delivery, carrying
everything from traditional TDM voice and Frame
Relay to IP. In an ideal setting, carriers would run
fiber to every business and greatly simplify Ethernet
deployment. However, more than 85 percent of all
businesses are served by copper alone — it will take
time and money to change this. Total Access 5000
offers service providers a more cost-effective
Carrier Ethernet is not just
about adding flexible
bandwidth — it is about Total Access 5000
executing on new
IT strategies
solution for immediate migration of their existing
network infrastructure to support the delivery of
symmetrical Ethernet services.
ITU-T G.998.2 and IEEE 802.3ah, known as
Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) defines a universal
way to effectively bond together lower bandwidth
TDM circuits or dry copper loops (pairs of wires)
creating a Carrier Ethernet access connection. The
ADTRAN Ethernet solution suite fully leverages these
standards as well as other unique carrier-class
innovations to allow service providers to deliver
better services to more customers — sooner.
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A Better Ethernet Access Strategy

Universal Ethernet
Service Delivery
Single Platform, Common OAM&P, Full Coverage Metro Ethernet
Network
The Total Access 5000/5006 Carrier Ethernet Access N x GigE

Platforms and the NetVanta 800/8000 family of

Total Access 5000 Total Access 5006
intelligent Network Termination Units (NTU) allow
service providers the ability to address a larger
market by utilizing existing copper business ser-

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of Ethernet service by providing the same customer Central Office NetVanta 800/8000 Series NTU
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and operations look and feel regardless of whether
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or VDSL2
DS1/DS3
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Business Broadband
■ Reduced Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by using a single
Small/Medium
centralized service delivery platform Business

■ Streamlined sales cycles, faster time to launch 3G/4G Mobile Backhaul

Small/Medium
new services Business

■ Simplified Ethernet installation and upgrade via

common maintenance and trouble-shooting processes

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 This robust packet network architecture allows service providers to use the
Total Access 5000 to economically address both legacy and next-generation
services while providing a seamless migration path toward a converged
network architecture.

Summary
The multiservice architecture of the
Total Access 5000 allows the deployment of an
advanced packet network infrastructure that is
capable of delivering a host of services including
POTS, DSL, PON and Ethernet across a pure Ethernet
core. This robust packet network architecture allows
service providers to use the Total Access 5000 to
economically address both legacy and next-
generation services while providing a seamless
migration path toward a converged network
architecture. Its integrated packet capabilities and
highly scalable architecture provide flexible aggrega-
tion and transport options across multiple network
topologies. As service providers undertake the
network evolution required to deliver these next-
generation services, the Total Access 5000 is one
component of an industry-leading family of access
and transport solutions that universally supports
multiple network topologies, reduces unwanted
operational complexity and maximizes network
efficiency. With the Total Access Element
Management System (EMS) providing a common
management application that supports these tech-
nologies and topologies ubiquitously, the Total
Access 5000 helps carriers increase revenue,
decrease operational cost and improve efficiency.

Total Access EMS

■ Fault,
configuration, accounting, performance,
and security management functions
ADTRAN Total Access 5000
■ Single
management platform for Cabinet Solutions Available
ADTRAN systems

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