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CANON'S
FREE SPACE OPTICS SOLUTION EXPANDS USES AT NYS UNIFIED
COURT SYSTEM
Originally Installed For NYC Disaster
Recovery, FSO System From Canon Emerges Statewide
As Highly Flexible Networking Solution
LAKE SUCCESS, NEW YORK -- The New York State
Unified Court System's introduction to the Canobeam
free space optics (FSO) solution came under tough
circumstances: The optical beam transceiver from Canon
U.S.A., Inc., a subsidiary of Canon Inc. (NYSE: CAJ),
was the emergency broadband data link in downtown
Manhattan just after September 11, 2001. Throughout
the disaster recovery process, Canobeam served the
courts as a flexible and secure wireless connection,
and it has emerged as its network connection in deployments
across New York State.
With the power to securely transmit Gigabit Ethernet
and more in a straight-line distance of up to 2km,
Canobeam has been used by court network administrators
to complete vital data links in situations where other
networks can't go. Established as a way to connect
courthouses at higher speeds with lower costs than
T1 and other traditional networks, Canobeam has been
installed in multiple New York State Unified Court
System locations.
Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse: Switched
data traffic to an alternative service provider using
the Canobeam DT-50, made exclusively for fiber transmission
of Gigabit Ethernet, when the telecommunication carrier
suddenly declared bankruptcy. Canobeam, which was
set up quickly, and does not require FCC allocation,
provided an instant source of stability in an uncertain
environment.
Queens and Bronx: The Canobeam DT-55, which
features Auto-Tracking to maintain alignment between
units with maximum reliability, will complete a communications
link among three buildings each in Queens and Bronx
court campuses where the cost of fiber optics proved
prohibitive. Canobeam completes the rings at a lower
cost to the courts and taxpayers than provided by
fiber optics.
Riverhead (Suffolk County on Long Island):
Two courthouses at the end of the Long Island Expressway
needed to ramp up communications performance. Canobeam
DT-55, which improved performance from 10 Mbps to
1000 Mbps, will end complaints about slow network
response time.
White Plains (Westchester County): A T1 line
will be installed but the court system has specified
Canobeam DT-50, with the versatility to interface
with multiple network types, for the primary data
connection. The T1 line will serve as a backup to
the FSO high-speed link.
For the courts, network carriers looking to bridge
the last mile and enterprise users connecting campus
LANs, Canobeam is available for each requirement and
budget. In addition to Canobeam DT-55 for Gigabit
Ethernet, the DT-50 can transmit data at speeds up
to 622 Mbps at a distance of up to 2 km and the Canobeam
DT-30 is a lower cost transceiver for applications
with shorter link distances (up to 500 m).
"As the New York State Unified Court System's communications
network evolves and expands, they're finding that
Canobeam and the flexibility of FSO give them much
more than they bargained for," said Ken Ito, assistant
director, Broadcast and Communications Division, Canon
U.S.A. "Every day, Canobeam is a major component in
creative networking solutions."
Canon free space optical products are available
from the Broadcast and Communications Division of
Canon U.S.A., Inc., a subsidiary of Canon Inc. (NYSE:
CAJ).
For more information, please call Canon Broadcast
and Communications Division at 1-800-321-4388.
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