Using Alcatel-Lucent's industry-leading IP/MPLS-based Terabit scale Carrier Ethernet architecture allows service providers to deliver high performance business critical enterprise applications, residential triple play, and mobile backhaul services over a single converged infrastructure.

Carrier Ethernet-MPLS Services Architecture

• Combines the economics, performance and simplicity of Carrier Ethernet, with the carrier reliability, scalability, traffic engineering and QoS capabilities of IP/MPLS
• Allows service providers to offer personalized, highly differentiated and expandable revenue generating Carrier Ethernet services
• Supports the industry's most comprehensive feature set for MPLS-enabled E-LAN and E-Line Carrier Ethernet services
• Delivers end-to-end Carrier Ethernet services over any transport, including ATM, Frame Relay, SONET/SDH, WDM, Connection-Oriented Ethernet, etc.
• Based on IETF standards that are actively authored and co-authored by Alcatel-Lucent experts

Effortless Control and Management

• End-to-end provisioning and assurance of Carrier Ethernet services via service-aware management system
• Full support of Alcatel-Lucent's Carrier Ethernet portfolio for end-to-end management and control of Carrier Ethernet services
• Consistent and effortless point-and-click management accelerates the deployment and growth of services while controlling operational expenses
• Comprehensive end-to-end Carrier Ethernet service OAM and diagnostic capabilities

High Availability and Scalability

• Terabit scale Carrier Ethernet services delivery architecture based on highly reliable, purpose-built platforms
• Market-leading service scalability through standards-based MPLS/VPLS and industry's first integrated PBB-VPLS implementation
• Resilient operating system and non-stop routing for “always on” services
• Unmatched end-to-end service assurance with rapid convergence across link, path, node and network
• Intelligent optimization of Carrier Ethernet services across network topology changes

Hierarchical QoS

• Traffic engineered Carrier Ethernet services for residential, business and wireless users
• Hierarchical scheduling, providing an aggregate SLA for each service and distinct SLAs for different applications within each service
• Enables Carrier Ethernet services with guaranteed SLAs for real-time applications
• MEF-14 compliant traffic management for virtual leased line (VLL) and virtual private LAN service (VPLS)