摘要
Challenges related to the complexity and scaling of the service edge are occurring at a time when new technological approaches to combining performance and flexibility are emerging. If these approaches are successful, they could represent a significant transition in the service edge equipment market.
目录及图表
- Mass adoption of packet services drives change
- Analysis
- Towards general-purpose processing
- IP/MPLS convergence complexity
- Multi-layer management
- From value-added to mainstream
- Scalability, flexibility, and manageability
- Policy management
- Connecting business rules with network rules
- Subscriber management
- Sessions become the new currency
- Application processing
- Not just about routing any more
- From specific to general
- General purpose processing improves agility
- Conclusion
- Nirvana — flexibility without compromise
- Table of figures
- Figure 1 IP/MPLS service architecture
- Table 1 OAM capabilities on a leading IP/MPLS implementation
- Figure 2 Subscriber management revenue trend, 4Q06-1Q08
