Packet processors put TDM on Ethernet

A new class of communications chips promises to significantly redefine the economics of delivering TDM voice and data over standard IP and Ethernet packet networks.

A new class of communications chips will significantly redefine the economics of delivering TDM voice and data, the most widely deployed access services in the world, over standard IP and Ethernet packet networks.

Zarlink's MT90880/1/2/3 packet processors are the industry's first devices to achieve high-density CESoP (circuit emulation services over packet) for TDM.

With this capability, low-cost IP/Ethernet networks can - for the first time - transport high volumes of profitable TDM access services, such as T1/E1 leased lines, wi