Posts Tagged ‘Ethernet’

June EtherNEWS – Y.1731 Backhaul Monitoring Deployment Challenges

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
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This Month’s Issue

Monitoring latency, jitter and availability is key in backhaul networks, but operators using Y.1731 to perform these measurements have run into
technical challenges with scalability and precision. This month we draw on
Accedian Networks’ First-hand experience working with leading carriers
during field trials and large scale backhaul network deployments. The top
sticking points, lessons learned and key requirements for successfully
deploying Y.1731 in a production environment are summarized in our video
feature.

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Application Highlights

Watch the full 40 minute training session in the first video player. The second video, below, features the Q&A session following the training, as moderated by Dan Meyer, Editor of RCR Wireless News.

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The feature application video in this EtherNEWS edition is also available as a free Video Podcast. Download Now.
MetroNODE 10GE™ Packet Performance Node

Based on service providers’ input, the MetroNODE 10GE features a critical mix of service assurance and service creation features – no-compromise functionality that delivers effective service performance with assurance™ at 10 Gig rates over existing networks.

With the ability to establish and maintain 1,000s of Y.1731 OAM connectivity fault management (CFM) and performance monitoring (PM) sessions, the MetroNODE 10GE is ideal for head-end service assurance functions for 3G & 4G mobile backhaul networks – allowing per-second, real-time visibility into SLAs and per-service QoS scaling to multiple service classes for hundreds of cell sites.

10GE

Learn all about the MetroNODE 10GE with our quick intro video:

Overview Video

For more information about Accedian Networks solutions, please visit our document library on Accedian.com.

Latest News

MEF Board Member, Marketing Chair and reputed Carrier Ethernet & OAM champion Craig Easley joins Accedian’s team as VP Marketing during the company’s continued wave of growth.
Read Press Release.

Paris, France, 1-3 June
Learn about “OSS and BSS Integration for Flow-through Provisioning, Billing and Network Monitoring (OpEx reduction)” from John McCann from Accedian Networks at this industry leading conference
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Singapore, 15-18 June
Visit us at stand 5K1-10 and see our new MetroNODE 10GE unit, featuring a hardware-based, ultra-low latency architecture and our full range of packet performance assurance solutions.
More info.

23 June, NYC
Accedian Networks will be speaking and exhibiting at this popular event. Join us for the session “Overcoming the Scale Challenge in Packet Backhaul Evolution
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Ethernet Gear Investments Will Grow Over Next 5 Years

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
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Globally, service providers invested $21.6 billion in carrier Ethernet products in 2009, and will increase spending over at least the next five years, according to Infonetics Research.
Service provider investment in carrier Ethernet is growing faster than overall telecom capital expenditures, so it is one of the areas that defied the economic downturn, says Michael Howard, Infonetics Research principal analyst.
Infonetics Research forecasts carrier Ethernet equipment revenue will grow to over $32 billion in 2014, up from $21.6 billion in 2009, driven chiefly by the move to IP next-generation network transformation projects and growing trafficm, particularly video traffic.
The largest segments of the carrier Ethernet equipment market are routers, carrier Ethernet switches and optical gear, with Ethernet microwave being the fastest growing segment of the market, driven by mobile backhaul requirements.
Revenue from specialized Ethernet access devices, typically not routers or switches, but designed with demarcation and OAM functions to deliver E-LINE and E-LAN services, is expected to more than triple from 2009 to 2014.
Cisco continues to be the worldwide revenue market share leader in the carrier Ethernet switch, Ethernet IP core router, and Ethernet IP edge router markets.

Globally, service providers invested $21.6 billion in carrier Ethernet products in 2009, and will increase spending over at least the next five years, according to Infonetics Research.

Service provider investment in carrier Ethernet is growing faster than overall telecom capital expenditures, so it is one of the areas that defied the economic downturn, says Michael Howard, Infonetics Research principal analyst.

Infonetics Research forecasts carrier Ethernet equipment revenue will grow to over $32 billion in 2014, up from $21.6 billion in 2009, driven chiefly by the move to IP next-generation network transformation projects and growing trafficm, particularly video traffic.

The largest segments of the carrier Ethernet equipment market are routers, carrier Ethernet switches and optical gear, with Ethernet microwave being the fastest growing segment of the market, driven by mobile backhaul requirements.

Revenue from specialized Ethernet access devices, typically not routers or switches, but designed with demarcation and OAM functions to deliver E-LINE and E-LAN services, is expected to more than triple from 2009 to 2014.

Cisco continues to be the worldwide revenue market share leader in the carrier Ethernet switch, Ethernet IP core router, and Ethernet IP edge router markets.

by Gary Kim


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Why LTE Requires Low Latency

Sunday, May 9th, 2010
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LTE bandwidth and latencyThere are two obvious reasons why LTE networks will require both lower latency and higher bandwidth backhaul: LTE simply is the lowest latency air interface and features bandwidth that cannot be supported by legacy backhaul protocols.

Edge and EVDO networks can handle average peak data rates using two or three T1 links, but need more than that to handle peak rates. But HSPA networks cannot do so, either efficiently or conveniently.  To support peak rates on an HSPA network, about 45 Mbps is required.

An LTE network using a 10-MHz channel requires nearly a DS-3 (45 Mbps) just to handle average load, and needs an Ethernet connection to handle peak loads.

Also, where older GPRS or EDGE data networks featured round-trip latencies in the 600 millisecond to 700 msec. range, LTE networks feature round-trip latencies in the 50 msec. range.

That means Ethernet speed backhaul and lower-latency performance is required.

By Gary Kim


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