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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Product Highlight: MetroNID Demarcation Unit
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.
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) Learn More.
Welcome to the May 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’s feature video provides a complete overview of Ethernet Operations, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) standards
, including a detailed review of the connectivity fault management (CFM) & performance monitoring (PM) aspects of IEEE 802.1ag & ITU-T Y.1731. Take a 15 minute break and get up to date with the technology that’s helping Carrier Ethernet make the grade in demanding business services and wireless backhaul applications.
Ethernet services offer bandwidth and cost efficiency compared to the legacy offerings they replace, but vendor-specific implementations often prevent streamlined operations, administration and maintenance (OAM), driving up OpEx and placing significant demands on support and operations staff.
Accedian Networks hardware-based, high-performance EtherNID ™ and MetroNID ™ packet assurance demarcation units help operators regain control of their Ethernet services by enabling standards-based OAM over existing multi-vendor and multi-technology networks. The EtherNID and MetroNID units’ hardware-based packet processing engine deliver unrivalled OAM session density and microsecond-level measurement precision.
Accedian Networks™ is a leading provider of Packet Performance Assurance solutions that enable service providers to deliver carrier-grade, packet-based applications and LAN services over wireless and wireline networks.
The Ethernet Service Assurance Platform (ESAP™) and EtherNID demarcation units provide in-service monitoring, loopback testing and service management for wireless backhaul, business services and hand-off applications, and establish standards-based, end-to-end operations, administration & maintenance (OAM) and assured Service Level Agreements (SLAs) over converged, multi-provider networks.
Accedian recently added more than a dozen leading value added resellers (VARs) to its distribution network, augmenting sales and support efforts in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America in response to strong global demand. Accedian has also established local presence in France and Singapore to support and manage regional sales activity. Press Release.
Y.1731 performance monitoring is becoming a must have for service providers deploying critical Carrier Ethernet services – but deployments using network elements (NEs) often fall short. NEs lacking dedicated processing resources compromise measurement resolution, concurrent session density, and loopback capacity, while partial standards-compliance cause interoperability issues. Learn how cost-effective Network Interface Devices (NIDs) overcome these limitations with a parallel packet-processing engine capable of implementing the entire range of OAM capabilities the way it was intended. Learn more from our latest FAQ Sheet
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Ethernet Wholesale: Technology & Challenges
