Wireline Access Arrangement (WLNAA)
A Wireline Access Arrangement connects an Agency location with dedicated, reliable bandwidth to the contractor's network. The range of line speeds and reliability options provided within this access arrangement category allows Agency users to satisfy their diverse needs for accessing the contractor's networks. The WLNAA can be used for any application, such as voice, data, video, and multimedia.
WLNAA supports the full range of technical capabilities that are available in commercial offerings. Data rates supported by WLNAA include: Subrate-DS0 and DS0; Channelized or Unchannelized T1, Frac-T1, T3, Frac-T3, E1, and E3; SONET OC-1 and OC1 Virtual Tributary; Channelized or Concatenated SONET OC-3, OC-12, OC-48, and OC-192; and Analog circuits.
WLNAA provides transparency to any protocol used by Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) and to all bit sequences transmitted by GFP through the SDP. In addition, WLNAA supports integrated access of different services (e.g., VS, Internet Protocol Service (IPS), and CS).
The mandatory WLNAA features are detailed in Section C.2.16.2.1 of the Networx contract. The features are "Access Route or Path Diversity" and "Access Route or Path Avoidance."
Broadband Access Arrangement (BBAA)
Broadband Access Arrangement connects an Agency location with dedicated, reliable broadband bandwidth to the contractor's data network over communication facilities, such as Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), Ethernet Access, Cable High-Speed Service, and Fiber-To-The-Premises (FTTP) service. The range of broadband line speeds (e.g., 256 kbps up to 1Gbps) and reliability options provided within this access arrangement category allows Government users to satisfy their diverse needs for accessing the contractor's data networks. With this access arrangement, applications such as desktop video conferencing, distance learning, transferring of large files can be realized.
DSL supports Asymmetric DSL (ADSL), Symmetric DSL (SDSL), and Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) DSL (IDSL). ADSL supports 16 kbps to 768 kbps upstream and 1.5 Mbps to 9 Mbps downstream. SDSL supports up to 2.3 Mbps symmetric data rates upstream and downstream. IDSL supports 144 kbps symmetric data rates upstream and downstream.
Ethernet Access supports 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, 1 Gbps, and optional 10 Gbps Ethernet access.
Cable High-Speed Service (optional) supports data rates of 256 Kbps to 30 Mbps according to DOCSIS (Cable Labs) standards.
FTTP (optional) supports 5 Mbps (downstream) and 2 Mbps (upstream), 15 Mbps (downstream) and 2 Mbps (upstream), and 30 Mbps (downstream) and 5 Mbps (upstream). Please note that FTTP was on "optional to bid" service on the original Networx Request for Proposals (RFPs). At this time, there are no CLINs to provide this service.
There are no mandatory BBAA features.
Wireless Access Arrangement (WLSAA)
Wireless Access Arrangement connects Agency locations to the contractor's network through broadband wireless communication facilities/networks operating with licensed frequencies (e.g., Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS), Local Multipoint Distribution Service (LMDS), and Ultra High at 2 to 66 GHz and an optional upper limit of 90 GHz spectrum; and, National Guard Frequency at 1.755 to 1.850 GHz spectrum through a roof-top antenna). This access arrangement can be used for Networx services (e.g., VS, Network-based IP VPN Services (NBIP-VPNS), and Video Teleconferencing Services (VTS)).
WLSAA supports data rates of DS1, NxDS1 (where N=2 through 27), DS3, E1 for Non-domestic, NxE1 (where N=2 through 15) for Non-domestic, E3 for Non-domestic, and optional higher data rates (e.g., SONET).
There are no mandatory WLSAA features.
Satellite Access Arrangement (SatAA)
Satellite Access Arrangement connects Agency locations with dedicated and reliable satellite based transmission to the contractor's network. The connection from the satellite earth station to the SDP is also included in this access arrangement. This access arrangement could be used for voice, data, and video traffic. The access arrangement provides full-duplex and half-duplex transmissions using C-band, Ku-band, and Ka-band satellites.
SatAA supports the full range of technical capabilities that are available in commercial offerings. Data rates supported by SatAA include: Channelized or Unchannelized T1, Frac-T1, T3, Frac-T3, E1; and optional SONET data rates (e.g., SONET OC-3). SATAA provides transparency to any protocol used by GFP and to all bit sequences transmitted by GFP through the SDP.
In addition, SatAA supports full-duplex, half-duplex, and simplex (i.e., one way) for point-to-point transmission (i.e., SDP to POP) for voice, data, and video traffic and for simplex egress connection (i.e., POP to SDP).
There are no mandatory SatAA features.
For more information on the general AA specifications and requirements, please refer to Section C.2.16 of the Networx contract for technical specifications and Section B.3 for pricing.
