Ethernet in core networks: A technical and economical analysis

2006 Workshop on High Performance Switching and Routing, HPSR 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 135-140

  Schmid Egger, Arno ^a,b   Kirstädter, Andreas ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b Siemens Power Transmission and Distribution   (Germany)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CAPEX; Core networks; Ethernet; Next generation networks; OPEX

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

CORE NETWORKS; NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS;

ETHERNET;

EID: 41549100177     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/hpsr.2006.1709695     Document Type: Conference Paper

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