IPnett recognise the impending challenge facing network operators due to the growth of IP and Ethernet services and partner with Ciena to design and validate an approach to constructing a metro/regional service network that would result in OPEX growing at a fraction of the pace of these new revenue and bandwidth demands. At the same time, the solution would need to accommodate existing services, easily integrate legacy network equipment, and make use of existing operations systems and methods. A greenfield or overlay network approach might sound good in theory, but service providers do not have the resources to operate multiple networks.
The strengths of IP and Ethernet each should be leveraged where best applied—IP for application interface, global addressing, subnet interconnection and peering; and Ethernet for transport services and bandwidth management. This is the approach of the FlexSelect Ciena’s Ethernet solution. IPnett can demonstrate significant CAPEX and OPEX benefits in deploying a more practical converged network to not only provide the capacity and flexibility to offer new IP and Ethernet services but also to support legacy services.
Ciena’s approach integrates the embedded base, grows all services on next-generation platforms, protects new investments as services migrate to IP/Ethernet (allowing embedded systems to be retired gracefully), and optimises the multiservice transport architecture for both IP/Ethernet and “other” services.
