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Fujitsu Announces Connection-Oriented Ethernet
Transport for their Packet Optical Networking Platforms
Optical Networking Leader Supports IEEE Standard
PBB-TE for Scalable Ethernet Infrastructure
RICHARDSON, Texas – June 11, 2008 – Fujitsu Network Communications, a leading supplier of
innovative optical and wireless networking solutions, recognizes the critical need that service providers
have for building a scalable Ethernet aggregation and transport infrastructure. To help their many
service provider customers achieve this goal, Fujitsu is announcing today IEEE standard Provider
Backbone Bridging with Traffic Engineering (PBB-TE) support for their newly announced
FLASHWAVE® CDS and award-winning FLASHWAVE 9500 packet optical networking platforms.
“Service providers are looking for a mix of standards-based technologies that can accelerate their
transition to a flexible Ethernet-based aggregation and transport infrastructure,” said Stan Hubbard,
senior analyst at Heavy Reading. “Connection-oriented Ethernet using PBB-TE allows the deployment
of an Ethernet infrastructure that bears all the classic optical infrastructure characteristics – like 50ms
protecting switching, protocol transparency, private-line quality of service, and robust fault management
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on software-simple elements – that have allowed service providers to build profitable, scalable network
businesses. The end result is an efficient solution that aggregates and transports Ethernet connections to
core IP/MPLS/VPLS networks while simultaneously supporting native E-Line services.”
Fujitsu sees circuit-based PBB-TE technology as a complement to routed IP/MPLS technology rather
than as a replacement. PBB-TE fits into the metro aggregation network where it serves the critical need
of collecting and backhauling Ethernet circuits from access locations back to the multi-service edge,
which is the gateway to the backbone IP/MPLS network. PBB-TE is well-suited for this backhaul
application because it matches the circuit-based operational approach of the metro network, supports the
hub-and-spoke nature of the traffic demand, and enables the remote deployment of software-simple
elements to funnel Ethernet traffic back to the more complex IP/MPLS routed core.
The Fujitsu packet optical networking platforms allow service providers to create a distributed,
connection-oriented Ethernet aggregation and transport infrastructure that natively delivers Ethernet
private line and virtual private line services, and backhauls Ethernet traffic to the IP service edge. By
integrating PBB-TE, also known as IEEE standard 802.1Qay, into the Fujitsu packet optical networking
portfolio, service providers can construct a single universal optical infrastructure that aggregates both
traditional TDM traffic and Ethernet traffic over a tightly integrated ROADM transport layer. Networks
designed around packet optical networking platforms and PBB-TE make efficient use of metro
wavelengths, conserve costly router ports when providing Ethernet-based access to IP services, and
eliminate redundant network elements and associated cost.
“PBB-TE is an ideal technology for building Ethernet infrastructure because it delivers not only the
connection performance levels that have been missing in service provider networks, but it does so in a
way that is completely consistent with the simple, circuit-centric operational approach used in metro
aggregation and transport networks,” said Rod Naphan, vice president of product and strategic planning
at Fujitsu Network Communications. “PBB-TE provides the option to push sophistication to a
centralized management system while allowing network element software on distributed elements to
remain simple and easy to operate.”
The patented universal switching fabric in the FLASHWAVE 9500 platform switches PBB-TE transport
tunnels as easily as it switches SONET connections, allowing for full grooming of all Ethernet transport
tunnels across the full bandwidth of the system to maximize efficiency. This switching flexibility
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eliminates the need for stacking a subtended Ethernet service element for aggregation functionality,
which creates significant capital and operational cost savings at hub locations. The tight integration
between the universal switch fabric and the pluggable ROADM cards on the FLASHWAVE 9500
platform bring Ethernet aggregation to a WDM network within a single network element. The
FLASHWAVE CDS two-slot chassis approach provides optional PBB-TE tunnel origination at
customer locations and economical homing to the packet optical network.
“The PBB-TE capabilities of these FLASHWAVE platforms can be used to provide a new class of
connection-oriented Ethernet private line services (EPL and EVPL) with 50ms protection switching and
private-line-equivalent loss, latency, and jitter performance,” continued Naphan. “These private line
services can be provided directly by the optical network without requiring backhaul to a complex service
element. In the future, the aggregation network could evolve to use a unified GMPLS-based control
plane for WDM, TDM and PBB-TE – offering carriers a consistent control plane approach across all
aggregation and transport network layers.”
The FLASHWAVE CDS and FLASHWAVE 9500 packet optical networking platforms will be on
display along with other innovative optical and wireless solutions at the upcoming NXTcomm
conference and exhibition in Fujitsu booth #SU3104 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
About Fujitsu Network Communications Inc.
Fujitsu Network Communications Inc. is an innovator and strategic partner with over 20 years of
experience as a leading provider of wireline and wireless networking solutions that solve critical
business issues and enable new services. With the support of Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702), a $53B
company with approximately 160,000 professionals in 70 countries, Fujitsu enables their customers to
build or seamlessly migrate to fully converged networks that improve network performance and
profitability. Over 400,000 Fujitsu network elements have been deployed by all major carriers across
North America. Fujitsu maintains a well-established and highly-regarded position as a market leader by
providing the best-in-breed data networking solutions that drive next-generation access, core, and
wireless networks. For more information, please visit http://us.fujitsu.com/telecom.
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