Bob Metcalfe, the inventor of Ethernet and MEF advisory director, has unveiled Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0).
The MEF is a global industry alliance comprising more than 190 organisations including telecommunications service providers, network equipment manufacturers, semiconductors, vendors and testing organisations.
“It's been more than a decade since Ethernet ventured out into the wide area network, and seven years since we defined the first carrier-class networks and services known as Carrier Ethernet,” according to Metcalfe.
“Just as the Web browser revolutionised the efficiency and usability of the Internet, CE 2.0 is positioned to revolutionise the efficiency and usability of Ethernet service delivery.”
Metcalfe says in a release that CE 2.0 is characterised by three powerful features: multiple classes of service, interconnect, and manageability, enabling the delivery of differentiated applications over managed and interconnected networks globally.
Nan Chen, MEF founder and president, says: “The approval of key MEF specifications and implementation agreements in 2012 marks the tipping point that this new generation of services and networks can be confidently implemented and deployed as a new industry standard.
“Future-generation networks and services will be geared towards ever more simple and automated service delivery. However, for now and the foreseeable future, CE 2.0, advanced networks and services with multi-CoS, interconnect and manageability, delivering over eight Ethernet services, is positioned to produce unmatched values to all stakeholders, and to change this industry, again.”
CE 2.0 brings benefits across the business sector. For the enterprise, it will mean more consistent performance levels regardless of office location. “It will also enable enterprises to reach all their offices more efficiently on a global basis,” according to Mike Volgende, chairman of the MEF board, and director of business process management at Verizon.
For SMEs, Volgende says it will provide additional capabilities such as Internet and hosted services on a single Carrier Ethernet connection.
“For network equipment manufacturers, it means additional new markets and opportunities, augmenting already hot-selling Carrier Ethernet equipment,” notes Phil Tilley, MEF Global Marketing Committee co-chair, and Alcatel-Lucent director of portfolio strategy.
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