See also fiber networks
economic assessment of, 228??“230
evolution of, 197??“198
native format transparency of, 222
service management scenarios,
216??“219
shortcomings of, 222??“223
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EoWDM solutions, vendors of,
231??“232
EPL (Ethernet Private Line)
growth of, 109
specification of, 72
EPL (Ethernet Private Line)
services, overview
of, 216??“219
E-PLAN (Ethernet Private LAN),
explanation of, 73
EPLAN (Ethernet Private LAN
Services), overview of, 219??“220
EPON developments
mixed upgrade scenarios, 185
raw data-rate upgrades, 184??“185
wavelength upgrades, 181??“184
EPON MIB module, groups of,
171??“172
EPON-based bridges, table required
for, 172
EPONs (Ethernet PONs). See also
10G EPONs; PONs (Passive
Optical Networks)
availability of downstream
broadcast channel in, 187
cost model for, 191??“192
CPE cost for, 192
deployment of, 185
development of, 164??“165
DoS (denial-of-service) attacks
in, 189
downstream transmission in, 178
eavesdropping in, 188??“191
features of, 175??“176
limitations of, 176
masquerading in, 189??“190
number of lines in operation,
194??“195
OAM in, 165??“172
operational costs of, 194
versus other PON solutions,
192??“193
proposed security mechanisms for,
190??“191
security mechanisms for, 187??“188
ToS (theft of service) attacks in,
189??“190
upstream transmission in,
179??“180
versus xDSL and HFC networks,
193??“194
EPON-specific components
and hardware,
vendors of, 194??“195
ESM (Ethernet Service Model),
establishment by MEF, 57??“59
ETH layer, relationship to ESM
(Ethernet Service Model),
57??“58
Ethernet.
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