Optical Networking White Papers
Completel's National VPLS Service Deployment
Overview Completel Europe N.V. (ParisBourse: CPT) is one of France's most influential alternative carriers and a facilities-based provider of fibre optic local access telecommunications and Internet services to business, public sector, carrier and ISP customers. Completel found that using standard Ethernet switching and VLAN technology did not allow optimal use of the available backbone bandwidth. By upgrading their Riverstone RS metro routers to MPLS, Completel are able to offer a more reliable, scalable nationwide network based on VPLS that supports multipoint Ethernet VPNs and other new services.
| Publisher | RiverStone Networks | File Format | PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5 |
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| Date Published | October 2004 | Downloads | 11 |
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Breaking the Physical Barriers With Electronic Dynamically Compensating Optics (eDCO)
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A Comparison of Next-Generation 40-Gbps Technologies
There are many proposed optical transmission systems which offer 40-Gbps/ wavelength capacity. The unbridled adoption of these solutions may well depend on the degree to which they overlay on existing...
Evolution to Enhanced Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexers (eROADM)
The fast adoption of business and residential broadband services is certainly igniting service providers' and cable operators' momentum. However, their deployment requires the implementation of emerging technologies (such as broadband...



