Engineering and Planning

The complexity of a modern Local, Metro or Carrier Ethernet network requires careful planning in the business case, network architecture and deployment phases of the project. Our organisation is able to provide experience and knowledge in these essential areas.

An Ethernet based network has three functional layers that are important to a regional or local area network owner;

•  A physical layer that consists of the passive distribution network
•  A transportation layer that moves the information between any two points in the network, and
•  A session layer who controls the routing and manages the logical circuits

These layers are often viewed separately but must be engineered as a system to work together seamlessly. The value of understanding the operational, administration and management impacts of each layer on the whole system can-not be understated and experienced engineering is required when attempting to plan or engineer a new network.

In terms of a regional network there are further areas where the topology needs to be considered in both individual and system terms. The Regional Network (Backhaul, Metro-loop) and Distribution Networks (sometimes called the Final Mile) need to work seamlessly with the network edge equipment of the major service providers. Our organisation has accomplished this already with a number of Open Access Networks running today.

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