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FLASHWAVE 4170

Compact Multiservice Provisioning Platform

FLASHWAVE 4170

Fujitsu's FLASHWAVE 4x70 Multi-Service Provisioning Platform (MSPP) series provides telecommunication carriers and service providers with a powerful solution to survive their fiercely competitive industry.

Integrating reliable and intelligent SDH functionality and efficient Ethernet aggregation and switching into a compact body, the FLASHWAVE 4x70 MSPP enables both traditional voice-based services and increasingly diverse data services to be delivered over a unified optical network.

Enriched with next-generation SDH functionality, the FLASHWAVE 4x70 MSPP allows carriers to not only simplify their network, but also to efficiently, flexibly, and dynamically use network bandwidth with a simple management procedure. In this way, the FLASHWAVE 4x70 MSPP helps to satisfy the growing end-user's demand in an increasing variety of broadband services at a substantially reduced cost.


The FLASHWAVE 4170 is an STM-1/STM-4 MSPP optimized for Metro Aggregation and Access applications.
Typical node configurations are:

  • Single STM-4 ring with four STM-1 sub-rings and 63 (1:3) x E1 lines
  • Triple STM-1 rings with 3 (1+1) x E3/DS3 and 32 x FE (transparent or L2 switching) lines
  • Single STM-16 ring with an STM-4 sub-ring, two STM-1 sub-rings and four GE (transparent) lines

Key Benefits

  • Carrier-class STM-1/STM-4 based platform upgradable to STM-16.
  • Compact and high-capacity subrack with horizontally arranged universal slots to accommodate up to eight interface cards and four connector cards.
  • All-in-one-box solution to satisfy service demands from STM-16, STM-4, STM-1, STM-1E, E3, DS3, and E1, to Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet.
  • Reliable optical network supported by traffic protection schemes such as 1+1 MSP, SNCP, and 2-fiber MS-SPRing for SDH layer, as well as Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) for Ethernet layer.
  • Non-blocking switching matrix with HO/LO capacity options according to network requirement; 7.2 Gbps/2.5 Gbps for a small-sized node and 15 Gbps/5 Gbps for a middle-sized node.
  • Tributary protection to prevent service outage from single point of failure.
  • Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) interfaces to deliver optical rate and parameter flexibility on a per-port basis.
  • Common interface and cross-connect cards with FLASHWAVE 4370.
  • Next-generation SDH functionality such as General Framing Protocol (GFP), Virtual Concatenations (VCAT), and Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme (LCAS) functions for dynamic bandwidth allocation, adjustments, and protection.

Ethernet Transport Features

  • Data service applications including EPL (Ethernet Private Line), EVPL (Ethernet Virtual Private Line), EPLAN (Ethernet Private LAN), and EVPLAN (Ethernet Virtual Private LAN).
  • Layer 2 processing to reduce bandwidth requirements, and therefore enable cost-effective data transport over the SDH infrastructure.
  • VLANs or double-tagged VLANs to enable 802.1p QoS/CoS, as well as segregation of traffic flows, and thereby increase security without sacrificing bandwidth efficiency or network flexibility.

Management Features

  • Speedy operation and maintenance through local craft terminal FLEXR L.
  • Network element and sub-network-based management system FLEXR C, supporting all the FLASHWAVE 4x70 products, to enable seamless management of all SDH, PDH, and Ethernet layers.