With the Alcatel-Lucent MBN solution, you can offer optional Ethernet-based managed business access services to help you increase service footprint and generate recur- ring incremental revenue. Ethernet is ideally suited for managed business access because it provides a universal handoff with clear service demarca- tion and greater service flexibility. Its easily scalable bandwidth can deliver multiple services over a single interface, while leveraging the most appropriate access technology avail- able for the last mile.
“Based on Alcatel-Lucent’s 1521 CLIP Ethernet First Mile solution, Unidata offers symmetrical 5 Mb/s or 10 Mb/s Ethernet services over bonded copper pairs to our SME and corporate accounts. It enables us to offer our Business Services (VoIP, broadband Internet, MPLS VPNs) to those accounts which cannot be reached with optical fiber.”
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With Ethernet-based managed business access, you can offer enterprise customers new bandwidth-intensive applications that were previously too costly to deploy using traditional access services. Enterprise servers and server virtualization can also be consolidated, presenting further opportunities for managed and hosted applications.
The Alcatel-Lucent managed business access solution offers a comprehensive portfolio of customer premises equipment (CPE). So you can extend managed business VPN services end-to-end, using Ethernet over a variety of last mile access technologies including: copper pairs, xDSL, SONET/SDH, TDM and PDH, as well as fiber and MPLS. As a result, services can reach multiple enter- prise sites, from small branch sites to large corporate sites, in any location — by leveraging existing infrastructure. For example, Ethernet virtual leased lines (VLLs) that use Ethernet in the first mile (EFM) and run over copper pairs can be used to access high-speed Internet services, as well as managed business VPN services.
The CPE portfolio supports OAM connectivity and performance capabili- ties provided by 802.3ah EFM and 802.1ag Connectivity Fault Management (CFM), helping to ensure end-to-end service management and assurance through the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM. This configuration and management support is provided directly — or through the Generic Network Element (GNE) manager, which allows cross launching of the device-specific Element Management System (EMS).
Where Ethernet business access cannot be provided, the MBN solution supports access to business VPN services over legacy access services such as T1/E1 leased lines, frame relay and ATM, or over secure broadband and Internet connections using IPSec. In addition, Ethernet/Frame Relay/ATM pseudowire interworking enables interworking with legacy services, supporting an orderly migration to converged business VPN services.
