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MPLS PLug-and-PLay for Metro Ethernet Networks

This paper will focus on an opportunity to revolutionize the way Metro Ethernet networks are built by applying the concept of MPLS Plug-and-Play, a technology developed by Juniper Networks. MPLS Plug-and-Play offers carriers a way to reduce the operating expense associated with deploying and managing MPLS-based Metro Ethernet networks while...

Tags: MPLS, Network, Juniper Networks Inc., Metro Ethernet, Network Technology, Ethernet, Networking

White papers 2009-02-01

Selecting the Best Spanning Tree in Metro Ethernet Networks Using Genetic Algorithm

IEEE Spanning Tree Protocol STP is a layer-2 protocol which ensures a loop free topology in Metro Ethernet networks. It is based on Minimum Spanning Tree solution that involves determining the links which can join all the nodes of a network together such that the sum of the costs of...

Tags: Algorithm, Network, Metro Ethernet, Iran, IEEE Spanning Tree Protocol, Ethernet, Networking, Network Technology

White papers 2008-06-01

MPLS Plug-and-Play for Metro Ethernet Networks: Deploying a Carrier-Class MPLS Metropolitan Ethernet Network to Reduce Operating Expense and Network Complexity

This paper will focus on an opportunity to revolutionize the way Metro Ethernet networks are built by applying the concept of MPLS Plug-and-Play, a technology developed by Juniper Networks. MPLS Plug-and-Play offers carriers a way to reduce the operating expense associated with deploying and managing MPLS-based Metro Ethernet networks while...

Tags: MPLS, Network, Juniper Networks Inc., Metro Ethernet, Network Technology, Ethernet, Networking

White papers 2008-04-01

Metro Ethernet Services Business Overview for Service Providers

Demand for bandwidth in the Metropolitan-Area Network MAN or metro is expanding exponentially, the result of myriad factors, including data-intensive applications, new business models that rely on the Internet, the growth of broadband services, distributed applications, Web services, IP convergence, streaming content, multimedia, new computing models, networked storage, and business...

Tags: Metro Ethernet, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2008-01-01

Metro Ethernet Technology on Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch

Ethernet technology has experienced several changes, evolving from a shared-media half-duplex 10 Mbps LAN technology to a full-duplex switched 10/100/1000/10000 Mbps LAN technology, as the demand for higher networking speeds has grown. Ethernet switches, too, have evolved with advanced capabilities; notably, advanced Quality of Service QoS and security, which previously...

Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Ethernet, Ethernet Technology, Metro Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2007-12-26

Metro Ethernet Service Delivers Higher Capacity, Controlled Costs, and Easier Upgrades

The Cisco headquarters campus in San Jose, California, was served by four separate OC-3 links for Internet connectivity. When one of these links needed to be replaced, Cisco IT implemented a Metro Ethernet circuit with a Cisco 12404 Router as the gateway - yielding the company higher capacity and traffic...

Tags: Metro Ethernet, Cisco Systems Inc., Metro Ethernet Service, Ethernet, Networking

Case studies 2007-12-18

Metro Ethernet Gives Danish Service Provider the Power to Deliver Triple Play

To enable EnergiMidt to offer broadband, TV and telephony services for both residential and business customers. A carrier-grade Ethernet infrastructure covering the whole of the region, based on Nortel Optical Metro 5200 in the core and Nortel Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600s in all core and aggregation sites. The Nortel...

Tags: Nortel Networks Corp., Metro Ethernet, Ethernet, VOIP, Network Technology, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking

Case studies 2007-09-19

Keeping Carrier-Grade Ethernet Simple and Cost Effective

Metro Ethernet can support a range of next-generation applications, including Ethernet business services, residential triple play and wireless backhaul. By acting as a single converged transport layer for all of these, Metro Ethernet allows Service Providers to simplify their network infrastructures, just as Hyperconnectivity threatens to swamp them in complexity....

Tags: Metro Ethernet, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2007-07-31

Service Delivery Technologies for Metro Ethernet Networks

Ethernet had its origins in providing network connectivity for a single organization. With the introduction of metropolitan and wide area Ethernet services, providers started using this Ethernet "Connectivity" technology to provide Ethernet "Services." While the standard IEEE 802.3 Ethernet LAN protocol is still used, service delivery technologies needed to be...

Tags: Network, Metro Ethernet, Service Delivery Technology, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2007-07-23

An Introduction to Resilient Packet Rings

Metro Ethernet networks extend the boundaries of the LAN environment to encompass the metropolitan and even wide area network. Metro Ethernet solutions allow service providers to seamlessly address the burgeoning increase in demand for bandwidth and strict performance resulting from the proliferation of video-centric applications and services, while maintaining the...

Tags: Optical Networking, Metro Ethernet, Ethernet, Networking, Network Technology, Fiber Optics, Telecommunications

White papers 2007-06-07

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

Carrier Grade Metro Ethernet Networks

This paper gives an overview on actual trends and deployments of carrier-grade Ethernet in metro, access, and core networks. This includes the related motivation, concepts, and technologies as well as open issues regarding research, development, and standardization. Ethernet as a packet-based, connection-oriented technology is deployed for metro networks worldwide today....

Tags: Alcatel, Alcatel-Lucent, Carrier, Ethernet, Metro Ethernet, Network, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2007-03-19

Ethernet and India - Growing Together

The telecommunications needs of the rapidly growing BFSI, IT, ITeS and the SME segments are bound to put a lot a strain on existing infrastructure, and Service providers will have to rapidly scale their operations to service these sectors. While Metro Ethernet services are the ideal solution to meet the...

Tags: Ethernet, Metro Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking, Tejas Networks

White papers 2007-03-12

Nortel Network Case Study: TeleCable

TeleCable wanted to empower a leading regional service provider to deliver flexible, resilient, high-bandwidth connectivity to an important regional savings bank. Nortel's Metro Ethernet Networking portfolio, comprising the Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 and the Metro Ethernet Services Units 1800 and 1850. Provider Backbone Bridges (IEEE 802.1ah) deliver massive scalability,...

Tags: Network, Nortel Networks Corp., Metro Ethernet, Networking

Case studies 2007-03-07

Metro Ethernet Provision

Many reasons have made Ethernet today's dominant technology, and it is now making a challenge for the Access and Metro areas. Ethernet has been used for short-range and high-bandwidth networking. Remote site connections have been based on leased lines, FR and ATM; all of them relying on SDH. The challenge...

Tags: Metro Ethernet, Trend Communications, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2006-11-01

SURPASS Carrier Ethernet: Best Practices in Designing a Carrier Grade Metro Ethernet Network for Triple Play Services

Carrier Ethernet has established itself as the preferred basic technology in metropolitan networks designed to deliver IPTV and the entire triple-play package to residential customers. This is due to the low capital expense per bandwidth, high capacity platforms, and the low operating expenses resulting from the ubiquity of Ethernet. This...

Tags: Network, IP Television, Siemens AG, Metro Ethernet, Best Practice, Carrier, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2006-10-16

Performance Management of Metro Ethernet Services

As more and more forms of communication are migrated to Enterprise and consumer networks (voice, video, database access, data storage, imagery, real-time applications) the demand for bandwidth is accelerating. Metro Ethernet offers the highest speed and lowest price-per-bit to date, making it a great opportunity to service providers and their...

Tags: Performance, Metro Ethernet, InfoVista, Performance Management, Ethernet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Networking

White papers 2006-07-06

Metro Ethernet as a Wide Area Technology and Why It Must Be Secured

Metropolitan Area Networks MANs have emerged as a key network infrastructure among enterprises looking to connect their users across vast networking topologies. A MAN sits between a Local Area Network LAN and a Wide Area Network WAN to enable sharing of resources across a region. As networks expand, both geographically...

Tags: Metropolitan Area Network, Network, Metro Ethernet, Metro Ethernet Network, Ethernet, Networking, Network Technology

White papers 2006-04-20

Global metro Ethernet market to reach $26 bln in 2008

Worldwide metro Ethernet equipment revenue more than doubles between 2004 and 2008, from $3.1 bln to $7.6 bln, totaling almost $26 bln during the five-year period, and ports shipments will more than quadruple, according to Infonetics Research. All this equipment buying is driving the Ethernet services market, which will jump...

Tags: Ethernet

Blog posts 2005-12-06

Why QoS Will Be Needed in Metro Ethernets

Emerging Metro Ethernets create new opportunities to converge data and telephony services. However, to connect legacy telephony equipment, networks have to meet customary QoS requirements even at the presence of bursty data cross traffic. This paper shows with analytical evaluation and simulation results that without appropriate mechanisms the QoS requirements...

Tags: ETH Zurich, QoS, Telephony, Metro Ethernet, Ethernet, VOIP, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking

White papers 2005-10-30