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Paper title "Challenges and Migration Toward Full IP Converged Network"
Author:
Niren Choudhury As the communication industry is itself in state of transformation, it is becoming increasingly important to critically analyze the challenges and benefits before any provider decides upon the IP transformation. The ultimate objective is how to implement the most cost effective transformation that will provide sustainable profitability and value to everyone. Challenges are to provide broadband access for the end to end triple/quadruple play application, multi service IP/MPLS and carrier Ethernet routers in both enterprise and residential segments within various constraints cost effectively. Considering that what we are seeing now and will be seeing in near future is just the beginning, in this paper, effort will be taken to review key variables that will influence the positive outcome of the complete IP Transformation. Successful transformation will require clear vision and strategy and commitment to follow through. Knowing customer and market well is essential to convert market information to a dynamic business case. Selecting strategic partners with similar vision and value chain to overcome challenges and rewards together will certainly enhance the possibility of success. The network design will be equally critical to build the network on a scalable architecture based on the existing network so that transformation will bring the benefits over long term to everyone in customer-supply chain. |