Metro Ethernet Business Service
What is metro ethernet?
Metro Ethernet is an Ethernet transport network (shown in Figure 1) that provides point-to-point or multipoint connectivity services over a metropolitan area network (MAN). Ethernet originated as a LAN technology, and became a replacement for low-speed WAN technologies.
Business, residential, and mobile subscribers select Ethernet services from service providers because of its cost effectiveness, flexibility, and simplicity. Service providers use Metro Ethernet to:
- Interconnect business offices or data centres. Metro Ethernet can connect two sites or hundreds of sites.
- Connect residential subscribers or businesses to the Internet.
- Provide connectivity to public or private cloud data canters.
- Provide wholesale mobile backhaul services.
- Provide multicast delivery used by business customers for video conferencing, and used by residential subscribers for IPTV and video applications.
Use Security, Timing , And Sync To Differentiate Wholesale Ethernet Business Services
Ethernet business services and direct public cloud access have been growing at double-digit rates for the past several years, and there’s no end in sight.
Offering a lower cost per bit and bandwidth scalability, Ethernet’s popularity is also being fueled by unprecedented network traffic growth. Video usage, mobility, the shift from TDM to IP networking, cloud services, smart cities, and the Internet of Things (IoT) are the primary generators of that growth.
Ethernet services have been able to proliferate to meet these needs in part thanks to the MEF Forum’s CE 2.0 specifications. These standards enable providers to grow their businesses by interconnecting their performance-assured services across local, regional, national, and international networks.
In turn, Ethernet business services in the metro are expected to grow the fastest of all the network market segments in both the number of connection endpoints and network traffic volumes supported. Revenues are expected to reach $65 billion globally by 2020 and account for the proliferation of data centers within metro areas for IP video caching, Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) deployments, and cloud services.
Cloud Exchange Networks
With cloud exchange networks , you can augment Ethernet resources by sharing them with multiple customers. Instead of committing bandwidth to each customer, you can dynamically allocate bandwidth as needed enabling you to maximize network utilization and reduce infrastructure costs.
Benefits
We can help you address these challenges with our MEF CE 2.0-certified business and direct public cloud access Ethernet solutions. Deliver your services with:
- Scalability—Decoupling physical topology for transport and service layers enables you to scale your networks to tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of nodes.
- Resiliency—Enabling MPLS on your network significantly decreases the risk of Layer 2 loops and broadcast storms. Multihomed connectivity between CPE and access nodes and between access nodes and aggregation nodes creates a loop-free, resilient network.
- Flexibility—Support for Layer 2 and Layer 3 services such as MEF E-Line, E-LAN, E-Tree, E-Access, VPLS, IP, traditional IP VPNs, and emerging IP EVPNs means you can use a single converged infrastructure to profitably serve multiple customer use cases. Among them: L2/L3 business access; direct Internet access (DIA); direct public cloud access; last-mile fiber access (FTTx); aggregation; and mobile haul (front, mid, and back).
- Operational efficiency—Junos OS includes embedded scripting tools and APIs for automating routine and repetitive tasks. Easy integration with any OSS/BSS and zero touch deployment (ZTD) dramatically reduce the complexity of extending MPLS in the access layer to lower OpEx.
Features:
Metro Ethernet over Seamless MPLS
You can run Ethernet services over your MPLS network from the core to the access segment. It provides service flexibility and scaling of the MAN where you can terminate Metro Ethernet services at any point in the network.
Metro Ethernet over Optical Transport Networks
Juniper Networks offers many single-platform, packet-based solutions that include either fixed (built-in) or modular (line card) options to deploy optical (DWDM) services from the same platform. This enables longer reach transport between network elements, or traffic hand-off to an optical network (e.g., reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM)).
ACX Series Universal Access Routers
These compact, power-efficient, and MEF CE 2.0–certified Carrier Ethernet access and aggregation routers offer rich Layer 2, Layer 3, and MPLS features, programmability, and Ethernet OAM support.
MX Series Universal 3D Routers
These routers offer high performance for converged residential, mobile, and Metro Ethernet services on a single platform.
Enhanced Mobile Broadband Metro Use Cases-IP FABRIC
Challenge: Legacy Mobile & Fixed Access Network
Juniper Solution: End to End IP Transport Supporting Fixed Mobile Convergence
Juniper Solution: End to End IP Transport Supporting Fixed Mobile Convergence
- Providing both fixed and wireless services require separate equipment deployment & provisioning.
- Lack of seamless switching between cellular & local networks negatively impacts customer experience.
- Proprietary(closed) & stitched-together, segregated transport architectures complicate & prohibit rapid service deployment.
Juniper Solution: End to End IP Transport Supporting Fixed Mobile Convergence
Juniper Solution: End to End IP Transport Supporting Fixed Mobile Convergence
Juniper Solution: End to End IP Transport Supporting Fixed Mobile Convergence
- Partnering to deliver integrated solutions from leaders in wireless & wireless solutions.
- Converged fixed and mobile IP transport architecture design to scale for 5G & beyond.
- Open multivendor architecture facilities best-of-breads standards based ecosystem
Enhanced Mobile Broadband Metro Use Cases-IP FABRIC
Challenge: Segregated Service Networks
- Diverse operator service TAM is constrained & complicated by segregated service networks & key resources may become isolated.
- High CapEx & OpEx required to deploy & manage multiple segregated service networks.
- Slow time to market for new services.
Juniper Solution: Converged Metro Edge & Cloud Architecture
- Converging all services onto a single network simplifies & optimizes operations & performance.
- Leverage common protocols for all service reducing complexity.
- CUPS facilitates enhanced level of service delivery, placement & performance.
- Leverage network slicing technologies to optimize service performance(e.g. segment routing/EVPN).
- Facilitates & simplifies automation.
Juniper Solution: Converged Metro Edge & Cloud Architecture
- Partner with Juniper networks to achieve Telco Cloud Operational Transformation
- Automate Basic Tasks, reduce time to detection ,remediation and monetization.
- Multi-layer analytics & machine learning for proactive defense & enforcement.
- Leverage the entire network to accelerate time to action & service delivery.
Enhanced Mobile Broadband Metro Use Cases-IP FABRIC
Challenge: Increasing Demand on Current Network Capacity
Juniper Solution: Efficient High Performance & Massive Scale Fully Converged Network.
Juniper Solution: Efficient High Performance & Massive Scale Fully Converged Network.
- Massive capacity & connectivity demand increasing.
- Traffic in the Metro growing fastest in the network.
- Changing traffic patterns and access types.
- Need for seamless multi-service delivery to any point in the network
Juniper Solution: Efficient High Performance & Massive Scale Fully Converged Network.
Juniper Solution: Efficient High Performance & Massive Scale Fully Converged Network.
Juniper Solution: Efficient High Performance & Massive Scale Fully Converged Network.
- High performance silicon provides 50% power savings with 300% performance increase.
- Investment protection with multi-generational line card support.
- Best-in-class compliance to stringent 5G Timing requirements.
Enhanced Mobile Broadband Packet Optical Use Cases:IP FABRIC
Challenge: LEGACY PACKET & OPTICAL NETWORKS
- Closed & proprietary Optical Network and costly two box optical solution(Transponder + ROADM).
- Large form factor & lack of high-speed interface support.
- Higher CapEx and not future proof.
Juniper Solution: OPEN OPTICAL NETWORK +PACKET
- Leverage Optical platforms that support Open standards & disaggregated control vs proprietary solutions.
- Standards-based solutions facilitate: Centralized control, Programmability & Automation across all layers.
- Packet Optical Convergence facilitates an easier & less costly on/off ramp between packet & optical layers.
Juniper Solution: PACKET OPTICAL CONVERGENCE
- Full featured Metro-E & IP/MPLS VP capabilities plus multiple port of tunable DWDM
- Ideal for metro access/aggregation from 1/10GE to100GE to colored 100/200G optical wavelength.
- Combines routing and transponder function within a single platform- available in 1RU version.
- Simplifies on/off ramp between Packet & Router layers.