IP NGN Carrier Ethernet design: Powering the connected life in the Zettabyte era

Service providers worldwide agree that the Carrier Ethernet and IP/Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) technology will pave the way to next-generation networks; however, there are multiple approaches to designing Carrier Ethernet networks.

This paper provides an overview of recommendations from Cisco for designing an IP Next-Generation Network (NGN) Carrier Ethernet infrastructure.

• Enabling a bigger and smarter network with Ciena's WaveLogic 3
• The fast approaching 100G era
• Finding your right path for optimized packet-based backhaul
• Use of MPLS in LTE
• Next generation broadband access