Mobile broadband backhaul network migration from TDM to carrier ethernet

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 102-109

  Ghebretensaé, Zere ^a   Harmatos, Janos ^b   Gustafsson, Kare ^a  

^a ERICSSON RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^b ERICSSON RESEARCH   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKHAUL NETWORKS; CARRIER ETHERNET; GIGABITS PER SECOND; LONG TERM EVOLUTION; MOBILE BROADBAND; MOBILE NETWORKS; NET WORK UTILIZATION; OPERATING EXPENSE; PACKET-BASED NETWORKS; RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS; TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP; TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE;

ETHERNET; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 77957760365     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2010.5594684     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. 3GPP TR 36.913 900, "Requirements for Further Advancement for E-UTRA LTE Advanced", 2009.
2. S. Chia et al., "The Next Challenge for Cellular Networks: Backhaul", IEEE Microwave, Aug. 2009.
3. K. Fouli et al., "The Road to Carrier-Grade Ethernet", IEEE Commun. Mag., Mar. 2009.
4. IETF RFC 3985, "Pseudowire Emulation Edge to Edge (PWE3)."
5. IETF RFC 4717, "Encapsulation Methods for Transport of ATM over MPLS."
6. IETF RFC 5086, "Circuit Emulation Services over Packet-Switched Networks (CESoPSN)."
7. X. Li et al., "Carrier Ethernet for Transport in UMTS Radio Access Network: Ethernet Backhaul Evolution", IEEE VTC-Spring, 2008.
8. S. Sherif, et al., "On the Merit of Migrating to a Fully Packet-Based Mobile Backhaul RAN Infrastructure", Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM, 2009.