Routers & Gateways

The Cisco ASR 9000 Series is an operationally simple, future-optimized platform using next-generation hardware and software. The following are highlights of this next-generation platform.

• The Cisco ASR 9000 System brings increased power and simplicity to the edge, and the ASR 9000v sets the industry benchmark as a virtualized compact carrier-class converged access and aggregation platform. Leveraging Cisco's "network virtualization" or nV Technology, the Cisco ASR 9000 System offers exceptional pay as you grow scale, carrier-class reliability, and simplified service provisioning.
• Cisco IOS XR modular operating system: The Cisco ASR 9000 Series uses the Cisco IOS XR operating system, made famous by the highly successful Cisco CRS Carrier Routing System platform in core deployments. Cisco IOS XR operating system is purpose-built for distributed systems such as the Cisco ASR 9000 Series and uses a microkernel architecture to achieve true modularity. This modularity provides the path to nonstop operations during software image upgrades or module changes, without affecting normal platform operations.

The Cisco ASR 9000 Series is an operationally simple, future-optimized platform using next-generation hardware and software. The following are highlights of this next-generation platform.

• The Cisco ASR 9000 System brings increased power and simplicity to the edge, and the ASR 9000v sets the industry benchmark as a virtualized compact carrier-class converged access and aggregation platform. Leveraging Cisco's "network virtualization" or nV Technology, the Cisco ASR 9000 System offers exceptional pay as you grow scale, carrier-class reliability, and simplified service provisioning.

The Cisco ASR 902 Router is a full-featured aggregation platform designed for cost-effective delivery of converged mobile and business services. With shallow depth, low power consumption, and an extended temperature range, this compact 2-rack unit (RU) router provides high service scale and flexible hardware configuration.

The Cisco ASR 902 Router expands the Cisco service provider product portfolio by providing a rich and scalable feature set of Layer 2 VPN (L2VPN) and Layer 3 VPN (L3VPN) services in a compact package. It also supports a variety of software features, including Carrier Ethernet features, Timing over Packet, and pseudowire.

The Cisco ASR 902 Router is positioned as a preaggregation router in IP Radio Access Network (RAN) (Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), Image Maximum (iMAX), Code division multiple access (CDMA), and Long Term Evolution (LTE)) networks or an aggregation router in Carrier Ethernet networks.

The Cisco ASR 903 Router supports broadband aggregation for delivering "any-play" services (voice, video, data, and mobility). Designed to support thousands of subscribers, quality of service (QoS) on the Cisco ASR 903 Router is capable of scaling up to a large number of queues per device. This large number of queues, combined with a highly granular QoS algorithm (three-level hierarchical QoS), results in a greatly enhanced broadband user experience. This full-featured Layer 2 and Layer 3 switch router supports a variety of broadband applications including IPTV and video on demand (VoD), enhancing and extending the Cisco IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture.