See CMs
(cable modems)
cable systems, bidirectional
communication in, 150
cannibalization, occurrence of,
41, 111
CAPEX (CAPital EXpenditure). See
also OPEX (operational costs)
effect on Ethernet adoption,
112??“114
for EoMPLS (Ethernet over
MPLS), 466??“467
lowering in RPR (Resilient
Packet Ring), 362
savings in, 37
Carrier Ethernet. See also Ethernet
adoption of, 54
application of, 522??“524
attributes of, 155??“156
and bandwidth demand curve, 95
as commercial service, 56
competition for, 527
competitiveness in delivery of,
516??“517
conclusions on current state of,
517??“518
definition of, 45??“49
delivery of, 123??“124, 126
deployment of, 115
design of, 98
drivers for, 522??“524
economics of, 95
enabling, 54
and enterprise end users, 98
and equipment vendors/
manufacturers, 99
evolution of solutions for, 528??“530
and fiber deployment, 526??“527
footprint problem of, 131
future demand for, 519??“522
and hard QoS/throughput
relative to circuit bonding,
276??“278
and intelligent Ethernet
demarcation, 96??“97
interoperability of, 95
justification for, 392??“393
OAM capability for, 87
plans for, 109??“112
and protection relative to circuit
bonding, 275??“276
providing in MANs, 275??“278
regulation of, 528
response to challenges related to,
95??“96
role of UNI (User-Network
Interface) in, 59
service architecture for, 56??“60
service provider economics
of, 526
and service providers, 99
solutions for, 126??“128
standardization efforts related
to, 95
standardization of, 527??“528
standards bodies related
to, 54??“56
substitutes for, 525??“526
switches and routers for, 116
Carrier Ethernet attributes
Economics, 510??“512
explanation of, 49??“50
QoS (Quality of Service), 507??“508
Quality of Service (QoS), 52??“53
Reliability, 51??“52, 507
Scalability, 50??“51, 505??“506
service management, 53
standardized management,
508??“509
Standardized Services, 50, 505
534 Index
Carrier Ethernet delivery solutions
diverse origins of, 503
network components of, 504??“505
OSI layer functions of, 503??“504
Carrier Ethernet enablers
QoS (Quality of Service), 85??“86
reliability, 84??“85
scalability, 82??“84
standardized management, 86??“92
Standardized services attribute,
76??“82
Carrier Ethernet equipment market,
114??“118
DSL in, 116??“117
switches and routers in, 116
technologies in, 115??“116
Carrier Ethernet requirements
for QoS (Quality of Service), 101
for reliability, 101
for scalability, 101
for standardized management, 102
for Standardized services, 101
Carrier Ethernet services
availability of, 93??“94
barriers to, 93
commercial applications of, 75??“76
dedicated Internet access, 74??“75
enabling with EoS, 312
growth of, 92??“93
lack of carrier attributes for,
94??“95
LAN extensions, 73??“74
and optical wireless mesh
networks, 257??“258
over WiMAX, 485??“486
overview of, 60??“61
Carrier Ethernet solutions,
scenarios for, 513??“516
carrier networks, protection and
restoration in, 355??“356,
357??“358
Carrier Sensing Multiple Access/
Collision Detection (CSMA/CD),
significance of, 10??“12
carrier-class Ethernet, using
with optical wireless
mesh, 251??“252
carrier-grade Ethernet services,
delivering, 220??“221
???carrier-grade??? OAM support,
solution for, 213
CATV networks, design of, 173
CBS (Committed Burst Size),
relationship to service
frames, 63
CCC (Circuit Cross Connect),
relationship to
pseudowires, 435
CCMs (continuity check messages),
troubleshooting Ethernets
with, 90
CE (customer equipment), role
in ESM (Ethernet Service
Model), 57
CE applications, exchange of
signaling in, 82
CES (Circuit Emulation Services),
role in Carrier Ethernet, 50
CESoE (Circuit Emulation Service
over Ethernet)
Customer-Operated CES, 81
overview of, 77??“80
and TALS (TDM Access Line
Service), 81
and T-Line (TDM Line Service), 80
CESR (Carrier Ethernet
Switches and Routers),
use of, 116
CE-VLAN
relationship to CoS (Class of
Service), 66
service attributes for tag
support, 68
CFI (Canonical Format Indicator)
field, relationship to
bridges, 384
CFM (Connectivity Fault
Management), status of, 409
channel bonding, use by DOCSIS 3.
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