Ethernet Moving On Up in Metro Markets

October 23, 2006 - more than a decade, the S ONET / S DH has become the standard for first-class Metro access, and this is not going anywhere, any time soon.

But it is really only the displacement of a question of time when that market watchers Infonetics Research forecasts, which project will eventually dominate the Ethernet Metro space in the next 10 to 20.

For example, according to Infonetics, which includes the top 25 service providers in North North America, Europe and Asia - Pacific region, The proportion of access or collector ring / MeSH This is the Ethernet will be redirected from 32% in 2005 to 60% in 2007 and later. "The trend is clear: growth in the Ethernet access to space is damage and displacement of SONET / SDH, as service providers will continue to find ways to reduce operating costs, enable new revenue streams, "said , Infonetics principal analyst Michael Howard said in a statement. "And now said that the technical problems on the 1st, which is plagued service providers in offering Metro Ethernet last year - Service Quality - is being handled by the manufacturers, Ethernet adoption curve is accelerating. " Manufacturers adding a new QoS features and standards-based OAM, Howard pointed out that This could help improve the end-to-end QoS and carrier-class Ethernet products.

A result, this, Infonetics said, this is the quality of service - which more than last years on the list of metro Ethernet challenge - dropped to No. 7 this year.

In other places, Infonetics said all the defendants service provider, is currently offering Ethernet services, and most plan to provide all kinds of Ethernet technology, including fiber, copper, WiFi and WiMAX. What is more important is that 48% of the suppliers mixed ethernet-wdm-sonet/sdh plans to deploy the next generation equipment. Established suppliers in advance upstart competitors replace SONET / SDH and Ethernet services, according to Infonetics said: Europe is moving speed the fastest in this direction, Asia Pacific slow.

Today, the majority of service providers to offer Ethernet services through the VPN, therefore, Infonetics predicts that all types of VPN service will be increased to 2007 in the use of , led layer - 2 point-to-point MPLS Virtual Private Network (or false) and the VPLS.

Packet voice services, is the markets most popular metro Ethernet products, With Over Ethernet private line, and combine video, storage and related services and security-related services. Finally, over half of the service providers of the respondents said that they plan to deploy the entire Ethernet (or Ethernet / MPLS) networks combined residential / commercial traffic and triple play services.

- Stephen swoyer