Carrier ethernet

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 96-103

  Reid, Andy ^a   Willis, Peter ^a   Hawkins, Ian ^a   Bilton, Chris ^a  

^a BT Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethernet networks; IP networks; Multiprotocol label switching; Optical switches; SONET; Switches; Synchronous digital hierarchy

Indexed keywords

CARRIER ETHERNET; CARRIER NETWORKS; ETHERNET NETWORKS; IP NETWORKS; IP/MPLS; MULTIPROTOCOL LABEL SWITCHING; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SONET; SONET/SDH; SWITCHES; SYNCHRONOUS DIGITAL HIERARCHY;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CIVIL AVIATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ETHERNET; STANDARDS;

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS;

EID: 52649098940     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2008.4623713     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. ITU-T Contrib. COM15-C.788, "Complexity, Scalability, Independency, and Transparency", Geneva, Switzherland, Jan. 2008.
2. ITU-T Rec. G.805, "Generic Functional Architecture of Transport Networks", Geneva, Switzerland. Mar. 2000.
3. ITU-T Rec. G.800, "Unified Functional Architecture of Transport Networks", ITU-T, Geneva, Switzherldnd, 2007.
4. IEEE P802.1ah-2008, "IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks - Virtual Bridged Local Area Network - Amendment 6: Provider Backbone Bridges."
5. IEEE P802.1Qay/D3.0, "IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks - Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks - Amendment: Provider Backbone Bridge Traffic Engineering", 18 Apr. 2008.
6. D. Allan et al., "Ethernet as Carrier Transport Infrastructure," IEEE Commun. Mag., vol. 44, no. 2, Feb. 2006, pp. 134-40.