See also Carrier Ethernet
in 1990s, 114
benefits of, 19
carrier plans for, 109??“112
comparing to ATM, Frame Relay,
and TDM, 26
components of, 3
definition by IEEE 802.3
standard, 4
definition of, 375
delivery over plain-old telephone
lines, 131
development of, 15??“17
economics of, 137
evolution beyond LANs, 21??“22
improvements in, 12??“13
international deployment of, 134
licensing, 19
limited deployment in TDM
networks, 265
managing in fiber networks,
213??“214
in MAN/WAN, 26??“28
origin of, 10
over DSL, 116
over DWDM, 115
reliability of, 22
role in MSPP (multi-service
provisioning platform), 308
as substitute for legacy
services, 41
technologies and trends for,
118??“119
universal appeal of, 118
Ethernet access problem,
addressing, 144
Ethernet adoption, effect of CAPEX
patterns on, 112??“114
Ethernet aggregation, EoMPLS as
solution for, 459??“460
Ethernet beyond LAN
bandwidth scalability and
flexibility of, 32??“33
benefits to end users and
enterprises, 28
benefits to service providers,
28??“29
economic barriers to, 40??“41
enterprises end customer benefits
of, 29??“35
familiarity with, 31??“32
OAM (Operations,
Administration, and
Maintenance) considerations,
42??“43
operational and technology
barriers to, 41??“43
overcoming barriers to, 43
QoS (Quality of Service)
considerations, 42
scalability considerations, 41??“42
service providers benefits of,
35??“39
service support considerations, 41
traffic management
considerations, 41
ubiquitousness of, 29??“30
Ethernet demarcation devices
(EDDs), use with Carrier
Ethernet, 96??“97, 213
Ethernet equipment, opportunities
for, 105??“106
Ethernet frames
behavior in loopback mode, 170
carrying of data in, 47
components of, 7
explanation of, 6
mapping into SONET, 303
maximum size of, 6
transporting over circuit-bonded
networks, 272??“275
use in Carrier Ethernet Services,
60??“61
use of security filters with, 69
VLAN (Virtual LAN) tagging
option in, 6??“7
Ethernet interfaces, evolution
of, 227
Ethernet LAN ports, popularity of,
15??“16
Ethernet LANs.
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