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Metro Ethernet WAN Services and Architectures

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Overview To provide a common framework for metropolitan-area (or metro) and wide area Ethernet, this paper presents a service-centric approach to Ethernet WAN services and defines four canonical services. Service-related attributes that enable and enhance Ethernet WAN services are also described in detail. Reference network architectures, including those being discussed in standards groups are also included for completeness.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Cisco Systems	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	March 2003	Downloads	39
Format	White Papers
Topics	Ethernet, Wide Area Networks (WAN), Telecom Services

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