The road to carrier-grade Ethernet

Authors:
Kerim Fouli;Martin Maier
Affiliations:
Optical Zeitgeist Laboratory, INRS;Optical Zeitgeist Laboratory, INRS
Venue:
IEEE Communications Magazine
Year:
2009

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Abstract

Carrier-grade Ethernet is the latest step in the three-decade development of Ethernet. This work describes the evolution of Ethernet technology from LAN toward a carrier-grade operation through an overview of recent enhancements. After reviewing native Ethernet and its transport shortcomings, we introduce the major carrier-grade upgrades. We first discuss the evolution of layer-2 architectures. Then, we detail the service specifications and their QoS and traffic engineering requirements. Finally, we describe the new OAM and resilience mechanisms.