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Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
This Month’s Issue
Continually measuring the Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) of the SLA’s being delivered in backhaul networks, is critical to the successful execution of the delivery of Ethernet mobile backhaul services. This month we’re excited to publish a case study of SureWest Communications experiences delivering their Wireless Carrier Backhaul Service to some of the top tier wireless operators. Performance assurance is a fundamental requirement for success in this growing market for Carrier Ethernet services and you’ll learn how SureWest evaluated the Accedian Networks Performance Assurance solution and hear about their experiences deploying it in their network to support both their Wireless Carrier Backhaul and business grade EtherMAN services.
Next up to help prepare for the migration to 4G LTE networks, Accedian has recently published our LTE Performance Assurance Handbook. The handbook provides a comprehensive look at the 4G network technology, architecture and components and examines the implications of each on the backhaul networks that will so critical to the successful migration to 4G. A short video will walk you through the contents and provide a preview of the technical content inside.
Finally, we’re proud to announce the General Availability of our much anticipated MetroNODE 10GE™ platform. Introduced several months ago, the MetroNode is the most powerful Performance Assurance Agent in the Accedian product family. This scalable, high performance NID is now available for deployment in a variety of demanding Performance Assurance applications.
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Accedian recently announced during the Light Reading Mobile Backhaul Convergence Conference that SureWest Communications is deploying Accedian Network’s Performance Assurance Platform to ensure high quality service delivery for its Wireless Carrier Backhaul Ethernet-based mobile backhaul service.
The explosive growth of smart phones and mobile broadband devices, coupled with the deployment of next generation mobile broadband applications, is creating a demand for bandwidth that simply cannot be met using the legacy mobile backhaul networks. Existing wireless backhaul networks originally designed for voice have a typical capacity of 1-3 Megabits per cell site and do not accommodate the onslaught of broadband data traffic, where mobile operators are seeing demand for 10-50 Megabits per cell site. SureWest’s fiber and Ethernet-based networks in both the greater Sacramento and Kansas City regions are more than sufficient to meet this demand.
SureWest’s Wireless Carrier Backhaul is an Ethernet-based service that provides the capacity and performance needed for wireless operators to effectively deliver mobile broadband services. Delivering Ethernet mobile backhaul services can be challenging as the mobile network demands precise service quality. Monitoring latency, packet delay variation, packet loss and availability of mobile backhaul services is critical to successfully meeting the wireless operators’ needs and requires robust performance assurance to ensure that the mobile backhaul network meets these needs around the clock.
Before deploying the MetroNIDs in the SureWest network, SureWest compared them against a number of alternatives. The decision criteria included not only performance assurance monitoring and reporting features, but SureWest also compared performance, interface density and power consumption. All aspects for deploying the most efficient service performance infrastructure were evaluated.
For more insight into the innovative deployment of Accedian Networks’ Performance Assurance solution in SureWest’s Carrier Ethernet network, click here to download a copy of the full report.
Watch an overview presentation of Accedian’s new LTE Performance Assurance Handbook which covers all aspects of LTE backhaul testing, monitoring, SLA reporting and maintenance. This comprehensive technical guide features detailed information on the performance requirements and objectives for successfully providing mobile backhaul services for LTE mobile platforms. It contains extensive references to ITU, IEEE and MEF standards along with in-depth explanations of key technologies are illustrated with extensive network and engineering diagrams.
Request your copy of the industry’s most comprehensive guide to LTE Backhaul testing – free to engineering & operations professionals while quantities last.
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MetroNODE 10GE™ Packet Performance Node
Based on our customers’ input based on years of successful Carrier Ethernet Performance Assurance experience, Accedian is proud to announce the General Availability of newest product in the Accedian family, the MetroNODE 10GE™ packet performance node. This scalable, high performance product features a comprehensive blend of service assurance and service creation capabilities. The MetroNODE 10GE™ provides the same wire-speed, zero-latency performance as our existing products only now at 10 Gig.
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.
This much anticipated product is now available for deployment to meet your most demanding performance assurance applications.
Learn all about the MetroNODE 10GE with our quick intro video:
For more information about Accedian Networks solutions, please visit our document library on Accedian.com.
Accedian Networks, the market-leading developer of Carrier Ethernet Performance Assurance Network Interface Devices (NIDs) and service management solutions, today announced that SureWest Communications (NASDAQ: SURW) is deploying Accedian Network’s Performance Assurance Platform to ensure high quality service delivery for its Wireless Carrier Backhaul Ethernet-based mobile backhaul service.
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Vancouver, BC, 19 July
Accedian Networks, Craig Easley, Accedian’s new VP of Marketing and Product Management will be speaking and Co-Chairing the Marketing Committee at the upcoming MEF members’ meeting. If you’re planning to attend please make plans to meet Craig. If you’re not a member of the MEF and would like to attend please contact the MEF and request an invitation to audit.
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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
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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We hope you enjoy the newsletter and other selected technology and insight articles on our blog, updated several times each week.
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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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.
Learn all about the MetroNODE 10GE with our quick intro video:
For more information about Accedian Networks solutions, please visit our document library on Accedian.com.
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.
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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.
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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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Tags: 10 ge, backhaul, Ethernet, gbe, gbps, gige, ip, jitter, latency, Metronode, mobile, msc, nni, OAM, performance, qos, scalability, Service Assurance, sla, wireless, y.1731
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Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
This Month’s Issue
This month we provide an overview of a new class of 10GbE networking gear: the MetroNODE 10GE™ packet performance node, an all-hardware ENNI, head-end OAM & service assurance node and 10Gbps network interface device for Ethernet & IP networks. Enjoy a five minute overview of this latest technology, fine-tuned for performance-critical Ethernet wireless backhaul, business services and wholesale hand-off applications.
The EtherNEWS Community:
We publish our online newsletter in an interactive blog format so you can discuss each issue with other telecom professionals. Get notified when EtherNEWS is updated by subscribing to our RSS feed or Twitter feeds, or join our fans at Accedian.com/Facebook.
We hope you enjoy the newsletter and other selected technology and insight articles on our blog, updated several times each week.
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.
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Backhaul Service Assurance & OAM with Accedian Solutions
Real-time 3G and 4G / WiMAX / LTE packetized services require inexpensive, wireless backhaul with the most strict performance requirements in telecom. Only a few milliseconds of jitter and latency can be tolerated, and committed throughput must be met. Making the grade means establishing managed Ethernet links with premium quality of service and high availability while keeping OpEx in check.
The world’s leading wireless operators turn to Accedian Networks’ MEF 22 compliant Ethernet Service Assurance Platform (ESAP ™) to monitor and assure their backhaul networks. Managing traffic from MSC to cell site, over wireline or microwave, ESAP enables end-to-end SLAs, OAM scalable to 1,000´s of sessions and in-service performance monitoring, troubleshooting and control that optimizes your network and services. Ethernet service creation, traffic filtering, shaping and policing define end-to-end links with guaranteed performance. Remote troubleshooting means no more blind truck-rolls, less downtime and more efficient operations.
Learn more on the Wireless Backhaul web page – with additional videos and white papers as reference.
For more information about Accedian Networks solutions, please visit our document library on Accedian.com.
Featuring a hardware-based, ultra-low latency architecture, the 10GE delivers highly-scalable performance monitoring for critical 10 gigabit Ethernet applications. Addressing a critical need in 3G & 4G (LTE & WiMAX) backhaul networks, the 10GE can establish and maintain thousands of Y.1731 sessions at the Mobile Switching Center (MSC), providing comprehensive Ethernet Operations, Administration & Maintenance (OAM) coverage unachievable using today’s switches or routers.
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Meet our team in NYC this April 26th at the A-Team Insight Exchange, focused on ultra-low latency networking tech for financial trading. We’ll be hosting the panel: “Monitoring & Reporting for Ultra-Low Latency Services” featuring RCN Metro, Optimum Lightpath, Equinix and industry analyst & blogger Gary Kim as moderator. Event Agenda.
Visit our events calendar on Accedian.com to learn where we’ll be exhibiting and participating in conferences in 2010. We’re going global with our events team, so we’re likely to be near you this spring or summer.
Tags: 10 ge, backhaul, business services, cell, enni, Ethernet, gbe, gbps, gige, ip, jitter, latency, Metronode, mobile, msc, nni, OAM, performance, qos, Service Assurance, sla, wholesale, wireless, y.1731
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LTE Handbook Overview