Alvarion Announces the BreezeACCESS 
TM Traffic Management Product Family

Manages and monitors bandwidth, usage, and billing for greater Quality of Service

    Tel-Aviv, Israel, December 2, 2002 – Alvarion, Ltd., a leading provider of Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) solutions, today announced the commercial launch of its BreezeACCESS TM traffic management solution, which offers wireless service providers a complete set of tools for the precise management of their network services. An independent, stand-alone network appliance that is an extension of the BreezeACCESS product line, the TM is designed to facilitate subscription control, measure customer usage of resources, and ensure adequate bandwidth support in wireless networks. It allows service providers to monitor their broadband wireless access networks by identifying bottlenecks or excessive bandwidth usage, enabling the implementation of timely corrective actions. By managing their network bandwidth, including bandwidth-hungry multimedia games and applications, service providers can more easily fulfill their Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Quality of Service (QoS) commitments to their customers.

    The TM builds on Alvarion's BreezeACCESS QoS/SLA capabilities, which are based on Committed Information Rates and Maximum Information Rates at the subscriber unit level. In a typical BreezeACCESS BWA network, the TM is located at base station, and adds QoS and SLA parameters for ten levels of traffic priorities, minimum/maximum bandwidth, guaranteed bandwidth, and Committed Burst Rate (CBR). The TM matches a traffic session with a subscriber and then forwards data packets according to the parameters of the subscriber's SLA. As a result, bi-directional wireless network traffic for every subscriber and application can be monitored, managed, and shaped. Traffic supervision is accomplished through a user-friendly web browser interface.

    The TM also features an accounting services module and CCB integration, which aid the measurement of customer resource usage for accurate billing. A two-level pipe policy hierarchy defines pipe bandwidth according to the user's SLA and then defines lower-level policies to control traffic per application or IP address. The hierarchy also enables the dynamic allocation of bandwidth and the automatic application of appropriate QoS policies. Time-of-Day policies alter bandwidth according to the overall network usage patterns, ensuring peak-time functionality for business-critical applications. An additional software package integrates per usage accounting and external customer care and billing systems.

    "The BreezeACCESS TM marks a significant development in Alvarion's product line and it's commitment to its customer's customer," said Amir Rosenzweig, President of Alvarion, Inc. "By offering a network management component in the BreezeACCESS family, we can further ensure the success of our service provider's business and the satisfaction of their residential and business subscribers."

    The TM is available in four versions, each of which is optimized for a variety of service provider needs, requirements, and subscriber counts. The TM-502 is designed for network speeds up to 2Mbps and supports up to 12,000 simultaneous connections, 256 pipes, and 2,048 QoS policies. The TM-510 is designed for network speeds up to 10Mbps and supports up to 20,000 simultaneous connections, 512 pipes, and 2,048 QoS policies. The TM-1045 is designed for network speeds up to 45 Mbps and supports up to 64,000 simultaneous users, 1,024 pipes, and 4,096 QoS policies. The TM-1100 is designed for network speeds up to 100 Mbps and supports up to 96,000 simultaneous users, 1,024 pipes, and 4,096 QoS policies. All four versions feature three 10/100BaseT ports, including shaping, monitoring, and hardware bypass.

    About Alvarion
    Alvarion is a premier provider of solutions based on Point-to-Multipoint (PMP) Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) used by telecom carriers, service providers, and enterprises worldwide. Alvarion systems provide Internet access and voice and data services in the last mile, cellular network feeding, building-to-building and wireless local area network (LAN) connectivity.

    Alvarion offers the broadest range of BWA solutions by market segment and frequency band, designed to address all carrier's and service provider's business models. With its combined market experience, strong customer base, diversified distribution channels and field-proven deployments, Alvarion is a leading BWA pure play provider for every end user profile, from residential subscribers to business customers.

    For more information, visit Alvarion's World Wide Web site at http://www.alvarion.com 

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