See also LANs
(Local Area Networks)
backward/forward compatibility
of, 18??“20
commercialization of, 18
competition of, 18
interoperability of, 18
market-driven innovation of,
17??“19
standardization of, 18
enterprise network, definition of, 7
enterprises
benefits of Ethernet beyond LAN
to, 29??“35
management of Ethernet LANs
in, 165??“166
EoF (Ethernet over Fiber). See also
fiber networks
evolution of, 197??“198
service management scenarios,
216??“219
shortcomings of, 222??“223
EoF solutions, vendors of, 231??“232
EoMPLS (Ethernet over MPLS). See
also MPLS (Multiprotocol Label
Switching) protocol
application of, 452??“455
benefits of, 457??“458
deployment scenarios for, 459??“464
drivers for, 450??“451
economic assessment of, 466??“467
limitations of, 455??“456
ongoing developments in, 464??“466
QoS (Quality of Service), 449??“450
reliability, 449
scalability, 449
service management, 450
shortcomings of, 458??“459
standardized services, 449
using to offer Ethernet services,
463??“464
vendor solutions for, 466??“467
EoS (Ethernet over SONET). See
also MSPP (multi-service
provisioning platform); SONET
benefits of, 312??“313
capabilities of, 223
control plane enhancements to,
320??“321
deployment scenarios for, 313??“317
drivers for, 308??“310
economic assessment of, 213, 222,
224, 228??“230, 321??“323
increasing integration of, 317??“318
limitations of, 311
ongoing developments in, 317??“321
overview of, 302??“306
protocol enhancements to, 318??“320
relationship to ADM, 308
shortcomings of, 313
technology description of, 299??“300
vendor solutions for, 324??“325
EoS dedicated networks, deployment
scenario for, 316
EoWDM (Ethernet over WDM).
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