Nokia 7750 Service Router (SR) vs. Sierra Wireless AirLink Cellular Routers and Gateways

Nokia 7750 Service Routers (SR) are good as a core switch and brings in value for money, with its high capacity switching and routing. It is suited as the best MPLS switch and has been a popular choice for L3 routing too by many SP. It is not good for distribution and access.

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If you only need 10 devices, there are other solutions that will fit and may be cheaper. For deployments of hundreds of devices, the management capabilities of the product are well worth the cost. In addition, for sites that run on low power (e.g. solar), the devices are fantastic, with idle power <1W for some devices.

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• MPLS switching
• VPRN
• VPLS

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• Cellular band coverage
• Managability
• Software updates

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• Buffer capacity
• Load balancing

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• Configuration changes require a reboot

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We have both Nokia 7750 and Cisco ASR 9000 in our network. The main advantage of the Nokia 7750 is its compatibility with the SAM element manager and users easily can configure using SAM. This feature is not found on ASR9k. Cisco is good for L3 routing especially BGP functionalities and peering.

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The manageability and power requirements of the Sierra Wireless modems is great. The cost of alternative solutions may be lower, but the Sierra Wireless solution has saved the company from many issues over the past 10 years.

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• Reliable switch with high uptime
• Good value compared to competition
• Versatile

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• These devices have allowed us to replace copper circuits without the high costs of a satellite solution
• The low operating costs have allowed us to deploy cell to improve resiliency at many sites
• The serial port allows us to replace modem access at sites where copper circuits have become very expensive.

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