Ribbon Communications Inc. has made an announcement regarding its selection by Texas A&M University (TAMU). TAMU has chosen Ribbon’s NPT IP routing for wireless backhaul to support its private 5G research network.
Designed for the TAMU research community, the network connects the labs at the Internet2 Technology Evaluation Centre (ITEC) with engineering and computer science labs on TAMU’s main campus, public safety training area at disaster city, and the labs and testbeds at the RELLIS Campus.
“As one of the world’s most advanced research centres, we require a state-of-the-art network to conduct testing in areas such as autonomous vehicles, robotics, advanced manufacturing, smart grids, software-defined networking, next generation wireless networks, and more,” says Michael Fox, interim executive director, ITEC, TAMU. “Working with Ribbon ensures that we benefit from the highest guaranteed performance for these mission critical communications.”
The network leverages Ribbon’s advanced NPT 1800 multi service aggregation router and NPT 2100 access edge and pre aggregation router, part of Ribbon’s IP Wave portfolio, for increased performance and availability. Architected to help providers build and operate multi-layer data and optical networks, IP Wave solutions fuse optimised hardware and automation software with an open architecture, and deliver the agility required to create and implement new services.
“TAMU is a world-class university with unparalleled research capabilities, and we’re proud to support them with solutions that enable continued innovation across an extensive range of disciplines,” says Branon Kane, N. American enterprise sales lead, Ribbon. “Our state of the art offers are designed to provide higher education institutions with the capacity, security, and agility they require in today’s connected learning environment. We look forward to a fruitful relationship.”
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