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Resilient Packet Ring Implementations for Advanced IP and Ethernet Service Delivery

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Overview As businesses deploy more sophisticated network applications, their need for customized, high-bandwidth services is increasing. To deliver the value-added services these customers demand, service providers are rapidly integrating packet-based technologies into their metropolitan-area networks. Packet-based forwarding and multiplexing allow providers to use their infrastructure bandwidth much more efficiently. At the same time, packet technologies make it easier for providers to provision and support profitable differentiated services.

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Publisher	Cisco Systems	File Format	PDF
Date Published	October 2004
Format	White Papers
Topics	Ethernet, MAN

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