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Lucent Technologies - Transport for Wireless Operators Solution

Overview This paper examines how the need for higher capacity, more stringent QoS, and greater reliability is reshaping today's wireless backhaul and backbone networks as well as the cost considerations that are leading many service providers to deploy carrier Ethernet in their mobility networks. It also presents several migration strategies that service providers can use to drive down costs while positioning themselves to support current and future wireless services.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Alcatel-Lucent	File Format	PDF
Date Published	September 2006	Downloads	44
Format	White Papers
Topics	Ethernet, Quality of Service, Mobile - Wireless Communications

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