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    A l c a t e l - L u c e n t 7 4 5 0 E t h e r n e t S e r v i c e S w i t c h Enabling Profitable Carrier Ethernet Services[...]

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    T he Alcatel-Lucent 7450 Ethernet Service Switch (ESS) sets a new mark et standard for enabling the delivery of profitable Ethernet business services in metro , nation al and international network environments . It also provides high density service-aware Ethernet aggregation for consumer triple-play services over IP/MPLS-based networks . T he Alca[...]

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    Customer Site B QoS Guaranteed End-to-End Customer Site A 7450 ESS 7450 ESS V oice Video Critical Priority Normal Applications contend for priority and bandwidth on a best-effort basis with nothing working effectively . Applications have assigned priority and bandwidth allocated across the WAN and access circuits. Conventional Networks MPLS-Enabled[...]

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    Ethernet virtual private networks (VPNs) complete the service provider service mix — ensuring that they can confidently mix and match Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN services based on what their customers want. VPLS expands the nex t-gen eration VPN se rvice market and enables service providers to offer their customers a Layer 2 multipoint service that [...]

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    T riple Play Residential Services A burgeoning new market exists for Ethernet in the aggregation of consumer triple -play services (see Figure 3). The aggregation network needs to be optimized to meet the demands of voice, video and high- speed Internet services, and above all it must be extremely scalable to support the kinds of subscriber numbers[...]

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    The Service Pr ovider Challenge The se two di stinc t marke ts — Ethe rnet b usi ne ss se rvice s and tri ple pla y resid entia l services — generate a challenging list of requirements for service providers: • High scalability in terms of number of subscribers and services • High reliability — only carrier-class (99.999 percent) reliabili[...]

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    In contrast to traditional Ethernet switches, the Alcatel-Lucent 7450 ESS was specifically designed for the delivery of business and triple -play services, with MPLS as an integral component of its service-oriented architecture. This next-generation design enables service providers to roll out more services, more quickly — services tha t are bac[...]

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    The Alcatel-Lucent 7450 ESS is the industry’ s first Ethernet service switch with carrier high availability . More than ever , high availability is at the forefront of the service provider’ s criteria for consumer and business Ethernet services. The demand for high availability has be en mo st p ron ou nce d at t he se rvic e pro vid er edg e [...]

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    T able 1. 7450 ESS Features Address Service Providers’ Requirements R e q u i r e m e n t Increased revenue Reduced capital requirements Lower operating expenses Investment protection Ability to offer service guarantees Improved scalability Carrier-class reliability Time to market F e a t u r e Service-oriented architecture supports Ethernet serv[...]

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    S e r v i c e s Y o u C a n B a n k O n As we’ve seen, the Alcatel-Lucent 7450 ESS pro vides the k ind of te chnol ogica l advan ces required to operate in a service prov ide r env iron men t. T abl e 2 desc rib es ho w th e Al ca te l- Lu ce nt 7 45 0 ES S en ab le s Et he rn et s er vi ce s th at ad dr ess t he s erv ice provider’ s inter-reg[...]

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    by the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 Service A ware Manager . These tools allow the service provider to isolate faults and provision services quickly , with an end-to-end perspective, rather than time-consuming connection- by-connection, element-by-element fault tracing and provisioning, which are prone to error . Ethernet also has the potential to provide h[...]

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