Powering the Zettabyte Era

Exponential growth of IP traffic for voice, video, data, and mobile services has led us to the "zettabyte era." To support high-volume IP traffic, next-generation networks use Carrier Ethernet and IP/Multiprotocol Label Switching (IP/MPLS) technology. To profitably deliver consumer, business, and mobile services, while retaining a durable competitive advantage, your network must combine the reliability of time-division multiplexing (TDM) networks with the intelligence, scalability, and convergence of packet-based networks. Cisco is a leader in Ethernet and IP/MPLS technology and offers a comprehensive Carrier Ethernet solution. The Cisco IP NGN Carrier Ethernet Design delivers the following strategic benefits:

• Converged: Residential, business, mobile, wholesale, and TDM/ATM services over a converged packet-based infrastructure
• Resilient: 50 millisecond core-to-premise service and infrastructure resiliency through MPLS, Traffic Engineering-Fast R-route (TE-FRR) and Resilient Ethernet Protocol (REP) technologies
• Intelligent: Integrated visual quality of experience (VQE) technology and video call admission control (VCAC) for loss-, delay-, and jitter-sensitive broadcast and unicast video
• Scalable: Independently certified scalability for services aggregating more than 1 million residential and business subscribers in a single metropolitan area

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