Aktino Launches MIMO on Copper

IRVINE, Calif. -- Aktino, the first company to implement MIMO techniques on DMT-based copper access platforms, today announced its AK3000 product family for long-reach DS3 (45 Mbps) over copper. Aktino also announced that it has been shipping the AK3000 to select customers since October 2004, and the platform is currently deployed and generating revenue with multiple service providers throughout North America.

Based on the most widely deployed standard DSL technology, DMT (Discrete Multi Tone), and the first products to utilize MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) techniques in the wireline domain, Aktino’s new AK3000 product family allows service providers to deliver business-class broadband services over embedded copper loops. By applying MIMO techniques developed and implemented on wireless networks over the last decade, Aktino’s technology solves the crosstalk problem in copper binders. This enables its platforms to transport more bandwidth to longer distances on fewer pairs than any other currently available technology.

Offering unparalleled performance, the AK3000 platforms transport business-class services using only one-third to one-half as many copper loops as other bonded solutions, such as G.SHDSL and HDSLx. Aktino has also developed the industry’s first multi-pair transceiver which allows the AK3000 platform to dynamically load balance traffic across all the loops being used. This advancement in technology achieves unprecedented levels of quality and reliability. Additionally, the AK3000 platform is T1.417 compliant and does not interfere with existing services such as ADSL and HDSL in the same binder group even at long distances and high bandwidth levels. The platform is environmentally hardened for any deployment scenario, and can be line powered on the same pairs that transport the voice/video/data traffic.

“Multi-pair copper solutions are a natural step-up from the current ubiquitous DS1s on HDSL in the business connectivity market. As the demand for bandwidth continues to grow, service providers are turning to bonded copper solutions to help them meet this demand. However, all previous bonding solutions have only shown marginal improvements in performance because of crosstalk within the pairs and the binder groups,” said Michael Kennedy, president of Network Strategy Partners. “Aktino is the first company to employ a fundamentally different technology that leverages MIMO techniques on a standards-based DMT platform to overcome this crosstalk problem. This breakthrough technology now provides a new benchmark for business class broadband over copper.”

Aktino Inc.