AdvancedTCA: The Complete Solution for Communications, Computer & Consumer Electronics

AdvancedTCA (Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture) is an open industry standard developed by PICMG 3.0. It provides a new blade and chassis form factor designed to meet the evolving needs of the communications network infrastructure and next-generation communication applications. This architecture prioritizes cost-effectiveness while supporting a variety of future technologies. It is extensible to applications requiring highly available, highly scalable, cost-effective, and open architecture modular solutions. ATCA offers a scalable backplane environment supporting various standard and proprietary fabric interfaces, robust system management, and superior power and cooling capabilities. Each board in ATCA can support up to 200 W in a single slot, with power supplied via redundant connections.

Product Attributes

• Brand: Tyco Electronics
• Standard: AdvancedTCA (PICMG 3.0)
• Catalog: 1654260-1
• Issued: 10-05

Technical Specifications

Related Applications & Systems

Telecom & Network Equipment:

• Wireless Infrastructure Equipment: Base Stations (3G, WCDMA, CDMA2000, TD-SCDMA), Radio Network Controllers (RNC), Serving Gateway Support Node (SGSN), Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN), Home Location Register (HLR), IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) Servers, Media and Application Servers, Media Gateways and Soft Switches.
• Wireline Networking Equipment: DSLAMs, Multi-service switches, Media servers, Blade servers, VOIP Session Controllers.
• Fiber Optic Networking Equipment.

Key Concepts

AdvancedTCA300: An ATCA-based equipment platform compliant with ANSI and ETSI equipment practices, requiring 300 mm total depth and front access.

AdvancedMC (AMC): A PICMG-developed standard defining base-level requirements for high-speed mezzanine cards, optimized for AdvancedTCA and MicroTCA carrier blades. AMC modules extend the functionality of an ATCA carrier board.

MicroTCA: Complementary to ATCA, optimized for smaller-scale and price-sensitive applications. It supports AMC standard mezzanine boards connected directly to the backplane.

Technical Support Information

Tyco Electronics offers comprehensive technical support, including catalogs, technical documents, product samples, and authorized distributor locations. Contact numbers are provided for USA, Canada, Mexico, C. America, South America, Hong Kong, Japan, and Germany.

Disclaimer: All specifications subject to change. Consult Tyco Electronics for latest specifications. Dimensions are in millimeters and inches unless otherwise specified. Values in brackets are U.S. equivalents.