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Ethernet and MPLS OAM: Operations, Administration and Maintenance

This paper describes the Ethernet and Multi-Protocol Label Switching MPLS tools and procedures used to accomplish Operations, Administration, and Maintenance OAM. This functionality addresses the fault management aspects of the Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, Security FCAPS model as defined by the ITU-T Telecommunication Management Network TMN. Recent enhancements to Ethernet...

Tags: MPLS, Administration, CIENA Communications, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2009-02-01

Practical TDM Service Migration to a Converged Ethernet Infrastructure

For the last several decades, most businesses have used Time Division Multiplexing TDM private lines to support point-to-point, dedicated inter-office voice and data connectivity. In the mid-1990s, the shared or virtual and lower-cost nature of Frame Relay altered this model. Over time, Metro Ethernet Forum MEF-based Carrier Ethernet E-Line and...

Tags: Migration, CIENA Communications, Frame Relay, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2008-04-01

The Foundation for the Evolution of Enterprise Networks: Ciena's Approach to Optical Networking

The competitive environment in commercial markets is driving rapid change among large enterprises. New initiatives and market changes require organizational agility and competitive superiority through shortened time-to-market for new and innovative offerings, including new IT initiatives and applications and ongoing improvements in IT performance. These changes require networks to serve...

Tags: Optical Networking, Network, Enterprise Network, CIENA Communications, Ethernet, Data Centers, Networking, Performance Management, Storage, Network Technology, Hardware, Data Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

White papers 2007-11-01

High-Quality Carrier Ethernet Services Using Metro Packet Optical Transport

Carrier Ethernet business services are gaining in popularity worldwide, and are forecast to grow from over $3 billion in 2006 to at least $10 billion by 2010. This healthy outlook is sure to create heavy competition among service providers and necessitate a transformation of best-effort services into more sophisticated offerings,...

Tags: Business Service, Service, CIENA Communications, Carrier, Ethernet, Network Technology, Frame Relay, Service Level Management, Networking, It Operations, It service Management

White papers 2007-11-01

Delivering on the Promise of Ethernet: MEF Services Using Ciena's FlexSelect Architecture

Today's medium and large businesses are faced with seemingly never-ending requirements for greater and more economical bandwidth and more IP-friendly Metropolitan and Wide Area Networks (MANs/WANs). As a result, enterprises increasingly are turning to service providers for Carrier Ethernet solutions. The Metro Ethernet Forum MEF, an influential industry organization, has...

Tags: Ethernet, Metro Ethernet, Service Provider, CIENA Communications, Business Services, WANs, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2007-05-01

Intelligent Optical Switching and Dynamic Lightpath Provisioning for Research Networks

Optical switching is becoming a critical component of research and other networks that demand real-time provisioning of Gb/s and 10G bandwidth. Intelligent optical switching technology powers dynamic bandwidth provisioning, optimizes bandwidth utilization, and ensures network survivability. Intelligent optical switches provide a switching layer for aggregation and grooming of circuits at...

Tags: Network, Provisioning, CIENA Communications, Ethernet, Networking

White papers 2006-12-01