Drivers for This Solution
The growth of Mid-Band Ethernet is driven by multiple converging needs: the universal
adoption of the Internet Protocol (IP), the economics of Ethernet, and the cost and
complexity of real-world fiber deployments.
Ubiquity of IP
Enterprises continue to adopt more and more IP-based applications and dramatically
grow their consumption of packet network capacity. Business applications such as file
sharing, training, storage networks, and video conferencing are all growing in coverage
and bandwidth requirements. Voice over IP (VoIP) is just starting to replace analog
voice as the primary mechanism for telephony. All carriers are in the midst of rolling
out more and more VoIP applications and removing their dependence on traditional
voice services.
On the residential side, VoIP is also a driving application, as is IP television (IPTV).
With IPTV, consumers can watch digital high-definition video over their broadband
connection. This triple-play of services is the goal of every carrier.
All of these applications have similar requirements??”high bandwidth, high reliability,
and highly controlled QoS with low latency, loss, and jitter.
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