多业务支撑平台：赋予城域网边缘更大的能力分析报告(Multiservice Provisioning Platforms Empowering the Metro Edge)

I. INTRODUCTION TO THE PRODUCT SURVEY
　　1.1 Report Objectives
　　1.2 Worldwide MSPP Vendor Survey – Report Basis
　　1.3 Report Benefits

II. THE MSPP MARKET
　　2.1 Product Nodes Implemented to Date
　　2.2 Future Revenue Growth

III. WHAT'S IN A PLATFORM? THE BASICS
　　3.1 Defining the Range and Usage of MSPPs
　　3.2 The Basic Metro Model
　　3.3 Transport-Based and Data-Based MSPPs
　　3.4 Data-Based MSPP Sub-Categories
　　3.5 Packet Ring (RPR) and Multiservice WDM MSPPs
　　3.6 Commonalities Among MSPPs
　　3.7 The Migration Path to Convergence
　　3.8 MSPP Core Aggregation Systems

IV. ANALYSIS OF SURVEY FINDINGS
　　4.1 Software Versus Hardware
　　4.2 OSI Layers Handled
　　4.3 Basic Internal Architecture
　　4.4 Platform Metro Network Technologies
　　　　Optics: DWDM and CWDM
　　　　Gigabit Ethernet
　　　　10-Gigabit Ethernet
　　　　IP
　　　　MPLS
　　　　Packet Ring: RPR (802.17) /SRP /… other
　　　　Sonet/SDH
　　　　Sonet/SDH packet mapping: POS / X.86 / G.7041 (GFP) / ... other
　　　　Sonet/SDH contiguous concatenation: STS-1-nc, VC-4-nc, VC-12-nc
　　　　Sonet/SDH virtual concatenation: STS-1-nv, VC-4-nv, VC-12-nv
　　　　Sonet/SDH Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme (G.7042)
　　　　Full Sonet/SDH DCC on every port
　　　　Sonet/SDH ring closure on every port
　　4.5 Client-Service and Network Interfaces
　　　　PDH
　　　　Sonet/SDH
　　　　10/100 Ethernet
　　　　Gigabit Ethernet
　　　　10-Gigabit Ethernet
　　　　ATM
　　　　SAN protocols
　　　　Frame Relay
　　　　IP
　　　　Transparent channel
　　　　Other
　　4.6 Network Technologies Supported
　　　　Maximum number of nodes
　　4.7 Optical Capabilities
　　4.8 Sonet/SDH Switch Fabric
　　4.9 ATM Switch Fabric
　　4.10 Network Traffic Capabilities
　　4.11 End-Service Types and Capabilities Provisioned by Integrated Management System
　　　　Ethernet bandwidth granularity
　　　　Ethernet aggregation
　　　　Ethernet private circuit and point-to-point LAN transport
　　　　LAN interconnection
　　　　Virtual Ethernet LANs (VLANs)
　　　　Ethernet circuit emulation
　　　　IP VPNs and VOIP
　　　　QOS and customer- and application-specific SLAs
　　　　TDM private circuits and wavelength services
　　4.12 Physical Aspects
　　4.13 Network and Equipment Protection
　　　　Protection switching speed
　　　　Protection type
　　　　Equipment protection
　　4.14 Management System
　　　　Integrated end-to-end service provisioning
　　　　GUI point-and-click interfaces
　　　　Local-node access to management systems
　　　　Osmine certification
　　　　End-customer Web access for self provisioning and reporting
　　4.15 Testing and Fault Sectionalization
　　4.16 Engineering and Business Tools
　　4.17 Interoperability
　　4.18 Carrier-Class Reliability and Environmental Standard
　　4.19 Main Target Network Applications
　　4.20 Main Target Customer Types
　　　　4.21 Approximate Number of Product Nodes Implemented to Date

V. MSPP PRICING

VI. VENDOR VIEWS
　　6.1 What Are the Leading Product Capabilities That Carriers Now Need?
　　6.2 What Are the Must-Have Service Capabilities and Service Sets?
　　6.3 Have Standards Delivered on Vendor Interoperability?
　　6.4 Are Management Capabilities Keeping Up With Customer and Carrier Needs?
　　6.5 How Important Is the Underlying Transport Technology for Platform


VII. CONCLUSIONS
　　7.1 Market Direction
　　7.2 Pricing
　　7.3 Products to Meet Carriers' Buying Criteria
　　7.4 Conclusions

SURVEY RESULTS TABLE
　　Available in Excel and in a searchable online database

APPENDICES
　　A1 ABOUT THE LEAD AUTHOR
　　A2 METHODOLOGY
　　　　Survey Approach
　　　　Questionnaire Scope
　　　　Evaluating Our Findings
　　　　Products Listed in the Table
　　　　Table Conventions – How to Read the Results
　　　　Products Not Included in the Table
　　　　Knowledge Beyond the Product Survey's Scope
　　A3 GLOSSARY
　　A4 LEGAL DISCLAIMER

LIST OF FIGURES
　　SECTION I
　　　　Figure 1 Public and Private Companies in the Survey
　　SECTION II
　　　　Figure 2 MSPP Nodes Already Deployed
　　　　Figure 3 Metro Intelligent Sonet/SDH Switch Market Size
　　SECTION III
　　　　Figure 4 Where Do MSPPs Fit?
　　　　Figure 5 Simple Functional Model of Metro Multiservice Provisioning Platform
　　　　Figure 6 Two Basic MSPP Categories
　　　　Figure 7 How the Products Are Divided
　　　　Figure 8 When is the Ethernet Tipping Point?
　　　　Figure 9 Network Migration: Transport Network Today
　　　　Figure 10 Network Migration: Multiservice Evolution
　　　　Figure 11 Current MSPP Network Architecture
　　　　Figure 12 MSPP Core Aggregation System
　　SECTION IV
　　　　Figure 13 Software and Hardware Engineers as Percentage of Staff
　　　　Figure 14 Major Technologies Used
　　　　Figure 15 Comparison of Technologies Used
　　　　Figure 16 Client-service and Network Interfaces Supported
　　　　Figure 17 Comparison of Client-Service and Network Interfaces
　　　　Figure 18 Network Topologies Supported
　　　　Figure 19 Comparison of Network Topologies
　　　　Figure 20 Network Traffic Capabilities
　　　　Figure 21 Comparison of Network Traffic Capabilities
　　　　Figure 22 MSPPs and Integrated Management Systems
　　　　Figure 23 Comparison of Integrated Management Systems
　　　　Figure 24 Indications of Installed Port Densities and Size Ranges
　　　　Figure 25 Management Capabilities
　　　　Figure 26 Comparison of Management Capabilities
　　　　Figure 27 Testing Capabilities Supported
　　　　Figure 28 Comparison of Testing Capabilities
　　　　Figure 29 Applications of Interest for Platform Design
　　SECTION V
　　　　Figure 30 MSPP Pricing Examples
　　SECTION VII
　　　　Figure 31 Survey Findings at a Glance
　　　　Figure 32 Products to Support Carrier Goals
　　APPENDICES
　　　　Figure 33 Basic Transport Products Not Included in Table
　　　　Figure 34 Access Products Not Included in Table – Especially DSLAM / B-RAS Systems