Paper title

"Considering the value of PBT as a connection oriented Carrier Ethernet solution"

Author: Mr. Mervyn Kelly
Affiliation: Killark Specifications Engineer and IEC Product Manager, Hubbell Canada LP, CanadaDirector, Metro Ethernet Product Management, Nortel EMEA, Nortel Networks, Europe

§         Explaining the key benefits and features that PBB-TE enabled Ethernet offers service providers:

    - operational simplicity for reduced OPEX

    - full set of Ethernet connectivity types

    - guaranteed Commited Data Rate

    - hard QoS

    - 50ms protection

§         Assessing the range of services and applications that can be supported on a PBT-enabled Ethernet network:

    - business services from ELINE to ELAN

    - wireless backhaul with guaranteed performance for synchronization

    - residential services to deliver quadruple play

    - multicast support for IPTV scalability