Telecommunications service providers are seeing tremendous growth in demand for network bandwidth. This demand is driven by the rapidly growing use of smartphones and other Internet devices to access content rich Web 2.0 websites as well as the emergence of cloud computing. Projected wire-line revenue is expected to reach $1 Trillion by 2011*, but this projected growth in bandwidth capability is constrained by the willingness of consumers to pay large monthly fees, so Next Generation Networks must not only be efficient and resilient, they must also be cost effective.

In order to meet this challenge, telecommunications service providers are converting their networks to LTE (Long Term Evolution) networks that support end-to-end IP transport via Carrier Ethernet. But Carrier Ethernet faces many challenges in terms of matching the reliability traditionally seen in Sonet (Synchronous Optical Network) networks, which provide performance and availability ratings at 99.9999%. The biggest challenge is providing connection services that are resilient and which offer high availability while also lowering both CAPEX (Capital Expenditures) and OPEX (Operational Expenditures). The Ethernet OAM (Operations, Administration and Management) and MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) standards were established to help meet these challenges. The key is to have the capability to provide end-to-end OAM, OSS (Operations Support Systems) and provisioning with minimum truck rolls.

IP Infusion provides control plane software that addresses Ethernet OAM requirements as well as a full suite of MPLS software products that help telecommunications service providers seamlessly transition to LTE networks.

*Source: Ovum