BUSINESS ETHERNET ACCESS

DRIVERS AND CHALLENGES

Ethernet services have become a widely adopted element in the portfolio of most carriers. The attractive cost of Ethernet ports is significantly lower than traditional access technologies and enables carriers to substantially reduce capital expenditures. To leverage these cost advantages, carriers need to be able to combine Ethernet-based services with advanced operational capabilities around key functionalities, such as short service turn-up, real-time testing, SLA monitoring and delivery of sophisticated VLAN and QoS based services.

KEY APPLICATIONS

• Ubiquitous Ethernet access over any access media
• Wholesale Ethernet access services
• Retail Ethernet services
• Layer 2 VPN services

SOLUTION

The ADVA FSP 150 family offers a unique platform of Ethernet access and demarcation devices for carriers and their end-customers to provide cost-efficient intelligent Ethernet services both in-region and out-of-region. Advanced service definition capabilities enable the support for multiple customers and / or multiple services over a dedicated or shared connection based on copper or fiber infrastructure.

FEATURES + BENEFITS

• Differentiated Ethernet service offerings provide new
  revenue opportunities
• MEF certified User Network Interface (UNI) functionality
• Etherjack Connection Performance Analyzer (ECPA) technology
  - RFC-2544 based remote diagnosis for EVC SLA conformance
  - Standards compliant OAM mechanisms (IEEE 802.3ah, 802.3ag and ITU-T Y.1731)
• Low-touch provisioning
  - Rapid deployment on any given and existing physical infrastructure with no on-site configuration
  - Fast route to service delivery with discrete capital expenditure