Carrier and Metro Ethernet Solutions
The advent of triple play services has enabled subscribers and businesses to
share data, voice and video over the Internet. As these applications have high
bandwidth requirements, this can lead to congestion in the network due to
bandwidth bottlenecks from too many corporate networks are connected to one
Metropolitan Area Network (MAN). Metro Ethernet has rapidly emerged as the
technology of choice to address these issues by providing powerful LAN
connectivity using the Ethernet protocol and optical fiber.
Aricent’s unique value proposition to manufacturers of Metro/Carrier
Ethernet network equipment is based on a combination of its industry-leading ISS
product and turnkey product lifecycle services that help reduce the product
development cycle while accelerating time to market.
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Customer Challenges
- Development of Ethernet switching equipment which can support carrier-grade
features such as five nines reliability and fifty milliseconds restoration
times
- Ensuring interoperability within individual carrier networks due to varying
degrees of implementation of Ethernet standards in network equipments from
different manufacturers
- Supporting Operations, Administration and Management (OAM) features similar
to those on networks such as SONET/SDH on Ethernet switches previously not
designed for these capabilities
Aricent Capabilities in Carrier and Metro Ethernet
- Industry-proven IP/Ethernet software solution – Aricent
provides a complete software development framework - Intelligent Switching
Solution (ISS), as well as individual protocol stacks tailored for equipment
manufacturers looking to build high performance Carrier and Metro Ethernet
solutions
- Advanced feature-set support – ISS-Metro provides advanced
Ethernet switching capabilities that span tree algorithms, Ethernet
Operations, Administration and Management (OAM) capabilities, Ethernet in
the First Mile (EFM), Provider Backbone Bridges (PBB), Provider Backbone
Bridge Traffic Engineering (PBB-TE), security, network protection, circuit
emulation including SAToP, CESoP, IEEE 1588, MEF transport such as GbE,
Ethernet over PDH, Ethernet over SONET/SDH, etc. MPLS is available as an
add-on to the ISS-Metro package
- Standards-compliant software – Aricent’s ISS-Metro is
compliant with 802.1ag, 802.3ah, 802.1ah and 802.1Qay standards from the
IEEE, as well as the Y.1731 and G.8031 standards from the ITU-T
- Strong ecosystem partnerships – Aricent solutions have
been optimized for performance on multiple network processors as well as
hardware boards. This has been ensured by building a complete ecosystem
cemented with strategic silicon partnerships
- Wide range of service offerings – Aricent’s comprehensive
services, delivered by professionals with deep domain expertise in Ethernet
technologies, include product strategy and design, product development,
testing and certification, and sustenance and support
Key Benefits
- Accelerated time to market and reduced costs – The Aricent
solution, with a ready to use software framework portfolio and a skilled
resource pool with deep domain expertise, offers
time-to-market advantage, reducing the product development cycle for
equipment manufacturers. Aricent’s global delivery models provide execution
flexibility and help reduce R&D expenses.
- End-to-End testing house – Aricent’s Testing Center of
Excellence provides end-to-end testing services, including protocol
conformance, interoperability, deployment scenarios, and feature/system
load, stability, performance and dimensioning capabilities. Aricent’s
Carrier Ethernet IOT lab enables equipment manufacturers to pre-certify
MEF-9 and MEF-14 conformance and multi-vendor interoperability.
- Flexible business model – Aricent offers flexible business
models based on its IPR portfolio and services. These include licensing
models, royalty-based payment models, and IPR buy-outs for products.
Services models such as T&M, Fixed price, Risk & Reward, etc. are also on
offer.