The BLC is a new class of broadband access system,
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superior to traditional DSLAM and NGDLC alternatives, featuring:
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» Integrated, splitterless, software-provisionable POTS and DSL on every line, enabling profitable, high volume broadband deployment to all subscribers
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» Flexible transport capabilities, with the ability to add and drop payload at various nodes and perform multicast of broadband data
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» A packet-ready architecture, providing Lifeline Packet Voice and full media gateway functionally, enabling line-by-line voice packetization
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transparent to the end user
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» Support for both TDM network protocols (including TR-08, GR-303 and V5.2) and packet call control protocols (including MGCP and
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H.248) to enable migration of voice services to a packet infrastructure
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» A single management interface, enabling automated flow-through provisioning and management of voice and data services
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» An optimized, high density platform for both environmentally hardened outside-plant and central office applications
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