Airport Telecom operators have been running some of the most advanced complex networks in the world. The airport network must support a variety of systems for many types of customers, including aviation and non-aviation-related systems as well as providing services to stores and other facilities at the passenger terminal and surrounding the airport.
In the last few years, airport networks have been evolving to support the increased demand for bandwidth and new Ethernet services from many applications.
ECI has a long, successful track-record of designing networks with the complexities and challenges that airport network operators have been facing. ECI takes full end-to-end responsibility, including consultancy and business assessment, communication network design, network deployment, system integration and managed services.
The ECI transport solution is tailored to each airport’s requirements. XDM and BroadGate provide airport operators with one of the most comprehensive multiservice transport solutions in the market today. It integrates PCM/Sub-E1, PDH, SDH/Sonet, Ethernet/MPLS switching as well as WDM capabilities into a single carrier-class platform, eliminating the need for multiple equipment-types and management systems in the network.
When the last-mile connection is based on copper-based or FTTH technology, ECI’s Hi-Focus MSAN aggregates the traffic and introduces it to the network. The 9000 Carrier Ethernet Family is added to the network when the data traffic exceeds capacity to justify standalone Carrier Ethernet Switch deployment. WiMax, Wi-Fi and Microwave radio integrated into the ECI solution provides a full end-to-end transmission solution covering the different technologies.
ECI's product lines are managed by LightSoft, an end-to-end management system that manages all network layers and protocols, reducing operating and maintenance costs.