The Aricent PPP (Point to Point Protocol) software is a portable implementation of the industry standard RFCs. This software includes several additional features to support typical Multi-Protocol Routing applications over X.25, Frame Relay VCs, ISDN B-Channels, AAL5, Ethernet and HDLC links.

Figure 1 Aricent PPP Architecture

• Supports the Link Control Protocol (LCP) for establishing, configuring, testing and terminating the data link connection.
• Supports LCP option for internationalization.
• Encapsulates multi-protocol datagrams over a data link connection.
• Supports Network Control Protocols (NCPs) like the IPCP, MPLSCP, IPv6CP, MUXCP and the IPXCP.
  - Generic design of NCP reduces the effort involved in implementing additional NCPs.
• Supports Van Jacobson Header Compression as in RFC 1144.
• Supports Authentication Protocols - Password Authentication Protocol (PAP), Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP), and Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP).
• Supports Authentication, Authorization and Accounting using RADIUS.
• Supports Compression Control Protocol (CCP) and Encryption Control Protocol (ECP).
• Supports GZIP Compression algorithm in CCP.
• Supports DESE and Triple-DESE algorithms in ECP.
• Supports Link Quality Monitoring procedures.
• Supports Inverse multiplexing (or Aggregating) multiple PPP links over a single bundle to provide a larger bandwidth pipe.
• Provides dynamic bandwidth allocation/de-allocation for a multilink bundle managed by the BAP/BACP protocols.
• Supports interface with L2TP for tunneling of IP datagrams.
• Provides flexible and easy-to-adapt interfaces to higher and lower layers.
• Provides complete support for SNMP-based management by implementing the MIBs in RFCs 1471, 1472, 1473 and a proprietary MIB for MP/CCP/ECP/PPPoE/MPLSCP/IPv6CP/ MUXCP/IPHC/BCP/BAP-BACP.
• Conforms to Future Software Architecture for Portability (FSAP2), thus ensuring highly portable code that uses flexible buffer and timer management libraries.

Aricent PPP reduces the time to market for OEMs and VARs who wish to incorporate the PPP and MP functionalities into their routers.

Other Offerings ------------------------------------------- Protocol Stacks ------------------------------------------- .... IPV4 ---- IP ---- TCP ---- DNS Relay ------------------------------------------- .... IPv6 ---- IPv6 ---- IPv6 Compact Host ------------------------------------------- .... Unicast Routing ---- RIP ---- OSPF ---- BGP ---- ISIS ------------------------------------------- .... Multicast Routing ---- PIM ---- DVMRP ------------------------------------------- .... Label Switching ---- MPLS ------------------------------------------- .... Layer2 Switching ---- VLAN ---- Bridging ---- Link Aggregation ------------------------------------------- .... Security ---- NAT ---- FIREWALL ---- DHCP ---- IPSec ---- IKE ---- RADIUS ---- TACACS+ ---- 802.1x ------------------------------------------- .... Quality Of Service ---- RSVP ---- QOS ------------------------------------------- .... Fault Tolerance ---- VRRP ---- RM ------------------------------------------- .... Management ---- SNMP ---- ENM ---- HTTP ------------------------------------------- .... VPN ---- L2TP ---- PPP ---- IPSec ------------------------------------------- .... WAN Access ---- L2TP ---- PPP ---- FRPVC ---- FRATM ------------------------------------------- .... Narrowband ---- V5.2 ---- ISUP ---- MTP3 ------------------------------------------- .... Optical ---- RM ------------------------------------------- .... ATM ---- UNI3 ---- UNI4 ---- IPOA ---- PNNI ---- LANE2-C ---- LANE2-S ---- MPOA-C ---- MPOA-S ---- ILMI4 ------------------------------------------- ...MORE... ------------------------------------------- OEM Ready Solutions ------------------------------------------- .... Broadband Access ---- Naetra Home Gateway ------------------------------------------- .... Intelligent Switch ---- ISS Overview ---- ISS Enterprise ---- ISS Workgroup ------------------------------------------- .... WLAN Access Point ---- WLAN-AP-Lite ---- WLAN-AP-Standard ---- WLAN-AP-Pro ------------------------------------------- ...MORE...