Carrier Ethernet – Driving True Convergence in Metro Networks Speaker Andrea Spaccapietra, Head of Sales, IP and Broadband, Ericsson Presentation from the Broadband World Forum, Amsterdam 2012. For more information on 4th Generation IP for mobility and the cloud: http://www.ericsson.com/yourbusiness/telecom_operators/fixed-broadband-convergence

1. Driving true
convergence
in the metro
network
Andrea Spaccapietra
Head of IP & Broadband Sales

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Changing CONSUMER
BEHAVIOR
Devices:
Proliferation&
Convergence
Cloud
Storage
Social
Media Sharing
Personalized
Service
Preferences
4th Gen
IP

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True convergence in
the metro network
Infrastructure
Convergence
Service
Convergence
Operational
Convergence
Enhancing The User Experience

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INFRASTRUCTURE
convergence
Efficient Packet Layer
Flexible Transport Layer
Common Platforms
Converged Feature Set
Optimized For Cloud Connectivity
4th Gen
IP
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SERVICE convergence
Common Service Packages
Common Service
Delivery Platforms
Common Applications
Distributed Implementation
Common Policy Control
Enables Innovative Service Offers
BNG
P-GW
CONTENT CACHING &
ACCELERATION
DATA
BNG
P-GW
PCRF
BACKHAUL & METRO
BACKHAUL &
METRO
4th Gen
IP
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operational
convergence
Common NMS / OSS / BSS
Multi – Layer
Management
Access Agnostic
Service Assurance
Aligned Organization
Drives Sustainable TTM Advantages
SERVICE ASSURANCE
NETWORK PERFORMANCE
CONFIGURATION
FAULTMANAGEMENT
PERFORMANCE
COREACCESS AGGREGATION IP EDGE
4th Gen
IP
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EVOLVING technologies
12.5/50GHz
Transport Router Edge
Data
Center
Control
Network & Cloud Management
Common Control Plane & Protocols
Control Control Control
SDNIN THE METRO
Network & Topology
Abstraction
Innovations In Optical
Transmission

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THE REDEFINED METRO
CLOUD
CONNECTIVITY
SMART
SERVICES
A Foundation For Fast, On
Demand, Smart Service
Delivery
4th Generation IP
Metro
TIME TO
MARKET
ADVANTAGE
4th Gen
IP