Welcome to the October 2009 issue of EtherNEWS, offered in video and Podcast versions. Each month’s edition covers a wide range of applications and solutions related to Ethernet service creation, service assurance, SLA & QoS monitoring and evolving industry standards.
This month we focus on the challenges providers face when deploying or using Ethernet wholesale to interconnect with other carriers and extend business services to off-net locations. Our video this month covers the requirements for effective service handoff (E-NNI), technology required to maintain QoS as traffic enters or leaves a wholesale segment, and continuous performance monitoring techniques for SLA assurance for unicast, multicast and full-mesh services.
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Wholesale applications need standards-based, low-latency hand-offs between networks. QoS needs to be established, maintained and monitored over to meet strict SLAs. And providers need on-net visibility for off-net locations to enable and assure end-to-end performance.
A practical way to introduce Ethernet wholesale into existing networks is to deploy Accedian Networks MetroNID™ units as Ethernet Network to Network Interface Units (E-NNIU) and customer-located Network Interface Devices (NIDs). These cost-efficient, hardware-based units provide continuous Ethernet & IP performance monitoring, Ethernet OAM, and high performance MEF service mapping and traffic shaping functionality at a fraction of the cost of a typical switch. With the ability to handle up to 100 flows per unit, you can deliver fully assured Ethernet services over existing networks, and even maintain performance of full mesh and multicast applications to off-net locations. Learn More.
For more information about Accedian Networks solutions, please visit our document library on Accedian.com.
Ethernet wholesale is the topic of the moment as Accedian joins XO Communications and Covad Communications to explore the growth opportunities and challenges of Ethernet interconnect. The session: Wholesale Ethernet Access Services: New Revenue Stream for Competitive Operators will take place at 3pm on October 12th. Learn More.
Accedian Networks’ VP Marketing Scott Sumner is an invited speaker on the Cable-Tec Expo conference session Moving up the Value Chain of OSS/BSS. This session looks at architectural approaches to enhancing the role of OSS and BSS in the evolving network. Learn More.
Join us at booth 118 for a live demo of our Packet Performance Assurance solutions, at the most important Ethernet event of the year. Accedian Networks will be presenting on the panel: Success Stories – Carrier Ethernet Access Technologies for the Fastest Return on Investment (Tuesday at 9:50 – 10:30am)
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