WanStaX

WanStaX is a portfolio of software components, developed by InfiniPHY engineers, to support a diverse range of protocols for legacy, Mobile Backhaul and Carrier Ethernet based network applications.

It enables telecommunications equipment manufacturers to bring products to market faster by providing a production-ready suite of network protocols optimized to take full advantage of network processor hardware acceleration. InfiniPHY continue to enhance and support the WanStaX product, under license from aconnic, to meet the needs of new and existing customers.

Benefits

  • Cost-effective and offering customers an accelerated route to market.Using the WanStaX Application Framework’s off the shelf the feature set, customers can have the key aspects of a software solution built and demonstrable in literally in days. ​
  • Provides a highly customisable Network processor layer that has been integrated to interface to Microchip’s WinPath processor’s WDDI software. ​
  • Allows customers to focus on the business logic of their solutions rather than the intricacies of configuring the network processor hardware acceleration.

System Architecture

  • Modular and layered design with CLI and Management Layer API. ​
  • Abstracted interfaces to the target OS with Linux support, hardware and network processor specific logic ​
  • Network Management provided using SNMP and NetConf
WanStaX Architecture

WanStaX Architecture

Features

MEF

  • Full set of MEF 6.1.1 and 10.2 features and services, including E-LINE, E-LAN, E-TREE. ​
  • MEF bandwidth traffic management requirements.
  • E-LMI and Service and Link Ethernet OAM.

​ Carrier Ethernet ​

  • VLAN bridging and switching, including advanced Provider Bridging with Ethernet G.8031 and MPLS-TP G.8131 sub-50ms protection switching. ​
  • Bandwidth traffic management requirements, Shaping, Scheduling and Policing.
  • Ethernet OAM, with integrated support for CFM (802.1ag), PM (Y.1731), Link OAM (802.3ah) ​
  • IGMP snooping

​ Legacy TDM/ATM support ​

  • Interworking of legacy TDM telecom technologies. ​
  • ATM, ATM-OAM, SDH/E1/T1/J1 TDM, CESoP, SAToP, IEEE 1588 PTP, allowing legacy support for existing and future applications. ​

​ Tunnelling - Ethernet, MPLS Legacy PWEs

  • VPLS, VPWS​
  • L2VPN and L3VPN deployments​
  • MPLS LER and LSR functionality – MPLS label push, pop, swap​​
  • Hierarchical QoS

Routing ​

  • IPv4/IPv6 routing with VRF support
  • Multicast routing
  • ECMP

Redundancy / High Availability​

  • EFM bonding
  • LAG (802.3ad)
  • Linear protection (G.8031)
  • Ring Protection (G.8032)
  • BFD / APS / PSC

PPPoE, PPPoA and Credit Extension (RFC 5578)​

DHCP Snooping and Relay - Options 82 and 77

Service activation testing (RFC 2544)

Services and Support

  • InfiniPHY’s expert services team can customise WanStaX to suit each customer’s unique requirements and have huge experience of debugging, optimising performance and developing new features right down at the Winpath micro code (DPS) level.
  • Our experienced engineers are ready to help with porting, BSP development and board bring-up for new designs.
  • We offer a flexible licensing and engagement model to suit each customer’s specific needs.