Get the Advantage of Ethernet’s Flexibility
Ethernet technology provides tremendous flexibility for access servers, metropolitan area networks (MANs), and WANs to support new service offerings. Today’s intelligent Ethernet equipment delivers flexible high bandwidth, advanced network security, and superior quality-of-service (QoS) capabilities that help you offer a customized mix of services and data rates for both residential and business customers.
Ethernet can help you:
- reduce operating expenses
- make more efficient capital expenditures
- introduce profitable, high-margin services
By offering Ethernet-based services that can support more advanced applications, you can differentiate your offerings from competitors and improve both your profit margins and long-term revenue potential.
Working with service providers worldwide, Cisco has formulated a five-step service-driven approach to building a metro network that meets customers' present and future service requirements:
- Service definition
- SLA definition
- Architecture design
- Technology deployment
- Solution deployment
Benefits of the Cisco Metro Ethernet Solution include:
- Enables a portfolio of profitable, differentiated services
- Combines the benefits of optical, Ethernet, and IP technologies
- Provides proven carrier-class Ethernet products and solutions
- Effectively integrates services for new and existing revenue streams
- Uses industry-leading service deployment mechanisms—including Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), 10GbE, IPv6, and Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)—QoS capabilities, security protocols, and availability and management features
Featured Content
Business Case for Carrier Ethernet Services
This paper describes the architectures and Metro Ethernet Forum-certified Cisco products used to deploy a Carrier Ethernet/MPLS network on a national or international scale, and presents a business case that demonstrates the attractive cash flow that can be generated by such a project.
Optimizing Video Transport in Your IP Triple Play Network
This paper examines the requirements for optimized video transport in an IP triple play network and shows how Cisco's IP Next Generation Network (IP NGN) Architecture addresses the video challenges of today and tomorrow.
Telco Deploys Enhanced IPTV and Ethernet Services
This case study describes why Iceland Telecom chooses a Cisco aggregation network to be the first to bring full-fledged IPTV over IP to its market.
