Switzerland’s largest transportation operator, Swiss national rail organization, SBB has selected Alcatel-Lucent IP and optical networking technologies for its next generation network - project ‘Datacom NG’. The new network will support all SBB’s information and communication systems including train control systems, customer information systems, sales systems for example ticketing machines, Internet services for passengers and IT systems for employees.
As traffic continues to rise, SBB needs to move all mission-critical applications - as well as passenger and business operations - onto a new networking infrastructure unified with the latest Optical DWDM and IP/MPLS communication technologies, said Alcatel-Lucent. Alcatel-Lucent will migrate SBB’s existing Syncronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH ) infrastructure – which carries mission-critical data traffic - and IP networks, carrying non-mission-critical data traffic, to an integrated IP/MPLS and optical network at over 1,300 sites near railway tracks and at approximately 500 offices using its 7750 Service Routers, 7705 Service Aggregation Routers and 1830 Photonic Service Switch, said the vendor.
Yves Zischek, Head of SBB Telecom
The new nationwide Next Generation Network build by Alcatel-Lucent will increase our network capacity significantly and at the same time provide an enhanced availability.
Patrick Langelaan, Country Senior Officer of Alcatel-Lucent Switzerland
Using our IP/MPLS and agile optical networking technologies we can deliver a network that meets all SBB’s needs efficiently and cost-effectively into the future as traffic continues to grow.
