| Is there MPLS in your future? | |
| John Moore | |
| NC-ITEC |
| Describe potential L2/IP services that we’ve been experimenting with | |
| Get feedback from the GG group on level of interest in using these services |
| Layer 1 and Layer 2 native services are becoming available from RONs and NLR | |
| Will L2/IP services be needed as a complement or supplement to the native services ? | |
| Note: no commitment to provide these services exists: for discussion only |
| Backbone-provided | ||
| Point-to-point or multipoint | ||
| PE-CE interface at Abilene PoP | ||
| Overlay | ||
| Point-to-point, maybe multipoint | ||
| PE-CE interface in RON/GigaPoP space | ||
| Requires some MPLS in RON/GigaPoP | ||
| Multi-vendor? (more testing needed…) | ||
Backbone-provided
Service Interface
| Is there a need for these services? | |
| Which ones? | |
| When? |