Ethernet as carrier transport infrastructure

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 95-101

  Allan, David ^a   Bragg, Nigel ^a   McGuire, Alan ^b   Reid, Andy ^b  

^a NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

^b Efectis UK Ireland   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER COMMUNICATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

CAPABILITY; CARRIER TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE; ETHERNET; NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY; SCALABILITY;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 33244477451     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2006.1593556     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. IEEE 802.1ad, "IEEE Draft Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks, Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks, Amendment 4: Provider Bridges."
2. IEEE 802.1ah, "IEEE Draft Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks, Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks, Amendment 6: Provider Backbone Bridges."
3. IEEE Std. 802.1Q, "Local and Metropolitan Area Networks, Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks," 2003.
4. IETF Internet draft, "GMPLS Control of Ethernet IVL Switches," Oct. 2005 (work in progress), available at draft-fedyk-gmpls-ethernet-ivl-00.txt
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7. ITU-T Rec. Y.1711(2004), "Operation and Maintenance Mechanism for MPLS Networks."
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9. ITU-T Draft Rec. Y.17ethoam (Y.1731), "OAM Functions and Mechanisms for Ethernet Based Networks."
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11. J. Postel, "Internet Control Message Protocol," IETF RFC 792, Sept. 1981.
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