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Valley Telephone uses DS8016 for microwave relay station network management

Previously, Valley Telephone had installed commodity-class AC-powered Ethernet hubs, used in LANs for managing 3GB wireless radios and other equipment in their wireless facilities.

In order to operate the commodity hubs, they had to be powered by an inverter, drawing power from the high-availability DC source in the building and converting it to AC. The usage of inverters required additional rack space, increasing the cost of the application and reducing reliability since the inverters themselves introduced additional points of failure. Valley Telephone needed a solution; they desired a Carrier Class hub that had a –48VDC power supply built-in to eliminate inverters and to increase network management reliability. In addition, based on the history of repair and maintenance costs, it was apparent that operating costs also needed to be significantly reduced.

GarrettCom’s product line offered many excellent solutions for Valley Telephone’s Ethernet network management application.

Download application note: Valley Telephone uses DS8016 for microwave relay station network management [PDF]