Engineering Availability in a Carrier Ethernet Network

Author

Babbitt, Jeff ; Pollock, Scott

Author_Institution

Fujitsu Network Commun., Richardson, TX, USA

fYear

2008

fDate

24-28 Feb. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

This paper presents a method for calculating the availability of a carrier Ethernet network, and describes how to control and design network availability. It evaluates the availability of various carrier Ethernet network architectures with increasing protection, using actual reliability data, to understand the effects of redundancy at different places in the network. The paper explores these concepts and develops a relationship between cost and availability, numerically presenting the cost-versus-protection dynamic. This relationship can be concisely expressed as dollars per nine of availability and subsequently used in the development and deployment of cost-efficient Ethernet networks.

Keywords

local area networks; carrier Ethernet network; cost-versus-protection dynamics; engineering availability; network availability design; Availability; Communication system control; Design engineering; Equations; Ethernet networks; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Telecommunication control; Telecommunication network topology; Time measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-856-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2008.4528319

Filename

4528319