Telco Systems Offers WiFi Hotspot VDSL Backhaul

Telco Systems introduced a secure WiFi VDSL Internet access solution that provides Ethernet backhaul connectivity from a WiFi hotspot to a service provider’s backbone network over existing copper-pair infrastructure. The design uses VDSL backhaul rather than T1 circuit provisioning, fiber or Category 5 cable. The Telco Systems secure WiFi VDSL backhaul solution integrates the company’s EdgeLink VTU10 VDSL termination unit, which is at the WiFi access point; the EdgeLink V24S, which concentrates up to 24 VDSL lines from up to 24 wireless access points and provides uplink connectivity to the service provider’s Internet backbone. Telco Systems’ T5 Compact IP routing switch handles user authentication as well as traffic aggregation. The complete solution complies with the IEEE 802.1x standard and, when used in conjunction with a RADIUS server, controls access in a central location on a user or device basis with a certificate or user name and password combination. http://www.telco.com