The MPLS Forum and EANTC Complete MPLS Scalability Test

The MPLS Forum and the European Advanced Networking Test Center (EANTC) completed a multi-vendor MPLS scalability and resiliency interoperability test event that involved 13 vendors. The one-week interoperability program tested MPLS VPN scalability and also verified MPLS Fast Reroute techniques. One of the services tested was TDM over IP over MPLS, which requires SONET/SDH-grade carrier class recovery characteristics. Participating vendors were Agilent Technologies, Alcatel, Avici Systems, Cisco Systems, Data Connection, IXIA, NetPlane, Nortel Networks, Quallaby, RAD Data Communications, Redback Networks, Riverstone Networks and Spirent Communications. The test, which will be showcased at the MPLS World Congress in Paris, February 5-7, 2003, was conducted with the cooperation of the ETSI Interoperability Service and hosted by Upper Side.
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