EANTC And 16 Vendors Prepare for Carrier Ethernet World Congress 2006 Interoperability Showcase; More Than 50 Carrier Ethernet Systems to Demonstrate Interoperability of Latest Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) Specifications.BERLIN -- The European Advanced Networking Test Center (EANTC EANTC European Advanced Networking Test Center ) began hot-stage testing for a multi-vendor Carrier Ethernet interoperability showcase. The results will be presented live at the second Carrier Ethernet World Congress 2006 (CEWC CEWC Council for Education in World Citizenship (Wales) CEWC Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center (Georgia) CEWc chicken egg white cystatin CEWC Committee for the Equality of Women in Canada ); the official conference of the Metro Ethernet Forum The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) was founded in 2002. It is a non-profit international industry consortium, dedicated to worldwide adoption of Carrier Ethernet networks and services. (MEF MEF Marine Expeditionary Force MEF Metro Ethernet Forum MEF Ministerio de EconomÃa y Finanzas (Spanish) MEF Mobile Entertainment Forum MEF Middle East Forum (think tank) ) organized by IIR IIR - Infinite Impulse Response in Madrid, Spain, September 26-29, 2006. (http://www.carrierethernetworld.com) Participants include: Actelis Networks, ADVA ADVA American Deaf Volleyball Association ADVA Advanced Soviet Optical Networking, Alcatel, Ciena, Circadiant Systems, Corrigent Systems, Huawei Technologies, Ixia, Juniper Networks, Lucent Technologies, Nortel, RAD Data Communications RAD Data Communications (also known as "RAD") is a privately held corporation, based in Tel Aviv, Israel, that designs and manufacturers specialized networking equipment. It was founded in 1981 by Zohar Zisapel and his brother, Yehuda. , Redback Networks, Stratex Networks, Telco Systems a BATM BATM Bark At the Moon (Ozzy Osbourne album) BATM Belgian Association of Travel Managers company, Tellabs, and T-Systems. The CEWC 2006 interoperability event is designed to serve as a blueprint for multi-vendor infrastructures offering Carrier Ethernet business services, Triple Play IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. and Voice over IP residential services. The test event will bring together equipment suppliers and European service providers to demonstrate practical implementations of Carrier Ethernet and to address key interoperability issues before actual network implementations. "Interoperability is key to Carrier Ethernet services", said Carsten Rossenhoevel, Managing Director of EANTC. "Almost all service provider Triple Play and business Ethernet infrastructures are heterogeneous today. This event ensures that the MEF specifications are implemented consistently worldwide, for all participating vendors. Service providers will be more confident to deploy Carrier Ethernet once they can trust that multiple components will actually work together in realistic environments." T-Systems are supporting this event by reviewing the interoperability test plan and network design, and will carry out service performance tests in the interop network. The purpose of CEWC2006 is to demonstrate multi-vendor interoperability of MEF specifications for Carrier Ethernet services. Specifically, EANTC is focusing on: --User-Network Interface (UNI) Type 1 services - E-Line (point-to-point) and E-LAN (multipoint) business applications. The event will provide a massive test bed of the MEF 10 architecture. --Interoperability of Carrier Ethernet Transport Technologies: Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS (1) (MultiProtocol Lambda Switching) The earlier name for GMPLS. See GMPLS. (2) (MultiProtocol Label Switching) A standard from the IETF for including routing information in the packets of an IP network. ), Ethernet Provider Bridges, Ethernet Provider Backbone Bridges, Ethernet over SDH/PDH, Ethernet over Microwave Radio. --Strict Quality of Service (QoS) - specifically including MPLS Differentiated Services Traffic Engineering (DiffServ-TE) --Fault Management using Ethernet Operation, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM (Operations Administration Maintenance) Refers to managing and maintaining a network or network device. The P in "OAM&P" adds "provisioning" to the list, which is a telephone company term for setting up a service. ) --Service Performance Monitoring and Bandwidth Profile Definition The hot-stage event takes place at EANTC's test lab in Berlin, Germany until September 15. The test network will be transported to Madrid, Spain, and publicly demonstrated at Carrier Ethernet World Congress from September 26-29. See http://www.eantc.com/cewc2006 for more details, and for a live webcam of the hot-stage event. About EANTC The European Advanced Networking Test Center (EANTC) offers vendor-neutral network test facilities for manufacturers, service providers, and enterprise customers. Primary business areas include interoperability, conformance, and performance testing for Ethernet in enterprise and service provider environments, Triple Play, MPLS / IP network technologies and applications. EANTC provides network-related services, consulting and seminars. For more information contact Carsten Rossenhoevel, Managing Director, at +49.30.3180595-0 or via e-mail at cross@eantc.com. http://www.eantc.com About IIR IIR is the world's leading knowledge and skills transfer company with a global network of 47 companies and 112 operating units. Every year, IIR works with 650,000+ business executives providing them with knowledge and skills through training, conferences, seminars, e-Learning, blended solutions, exhibitions, consulting and mentoring. IIR's market leading Optical Transmission industry conference portfolio is undoubtedly the leading portfolio of technical forums and networking opportunities for the industry in EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. , collectively attracting over 1000 attendees globally. 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