Ubiquitous Ethernet
for legacy networks
High-bandwidth applications in both business and residential markets are
creating enormous data demands in carriers’ access networks. To ensure effective
data transport across the last-mile and avoid data bottlenecks, carriers are
faced with an important decision. Should they implement fiber build-outs to the
customer premise or leverage their existing network? To many, the latter is the
most practical and economical solution, enabling carriers to provide broader and
faster service-area coverage without significant cost or delay.
To ensure ubiquitous delivery of services across legacy technology, carriers
are choosing Ethernet as the preferred data-link protocol. Almost all data
sourcing equipment in the network generates local Ethernet frames, regardless of
the service or content that has to be carried in higher layers. To maintain
speed and simplicity, it is far easier to use one data protocol from the network
core to the customer premise, removing the need for data conversion.
Download our new application note to understand why Ethernet in the access
presents a compelling case to both end users and service providers.
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