Carriers have offered connectivity services based on traditional TDM, Frame Relay and ATM for many years. However customers now use Ethernet as the interface of choice for virtually all services and applications. The cost of operating separate networks to provide each service, as well as the need to sell higher bandwidth services than can be offered with traditional networks, is forcing carriers to move to newer, more cost effective technologies, namely Ethernet, Backbone Bridging, IP and MPLS.
Ethernet and IP have allowed networks to deliver high bandwidth and new services with greater flexibility, while MPLS has allowed these new services to become more "carrier-class", offering the connection-oriented behaviour, quality of service, and reliability normally associated with traditional technologies. However the signaling and routing costs of MPLS and layer 3 solutions have still been significant, which has lead to the development of other layer 2 Provider Backbone Transports (PBT) and Provider Backbone Bridging (PBB) solutions for small to medium scale carrier metro services.
The Metro Ethernet Forum has evolved a set of standard service definitions for the kinds of Ethernet services customers now require. These can deliver services between sites that look to customers like end to end Ethernet. For carriers they can emulate other traditional TDM services over the same infrastructure and deliver all services over a common unified network by adding Pseudo Wire Emulation edge to edge (PWE3).
This course provides carrier network designers with the understanding and tools needed to design and build carrier class solutions that deliver Metro Ethernet Services. It will identify how to put together loading and sizing data and then select the correct technologies to match the requirements for delivering customer services.
This course is designed for strategic or telecom managers, Datacom managers with responsibility for telecom, designers, engineers, consultants, communications professionals, software engineers, system engineers, network professionals, implementers, Network integrators, Product and service developers, Industry analysts, marketing and sales professional, IT professionals, and anyone who plans on using, evaluating or working with MetroE, applications and services as well as wholesale markets carriers and CLECsICPsISPs
Attendees should have a good understanding of IP and WAN principles. They should also understand the basics of Next Generation Networks.
Instructor-Led with numerous case-studies and exercises.
BTS always provides equipment to have a very successful Hands-On course. BTS also encourages all attendees to bring their own equipment to the course. This will provide attendees the opportunity to incorporate their own gear into the labs and gain valuable training using their specific equipment.
