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MPLS
2003 International Conference and Exhibits Opens in
Washington, DC
BUSINESS
WIRE
October 27, 2003;
McLean, Virginia
Isocore
today announced the opening of the MPLS 2003 International
Conference which will provide a forum for leading MPLS
vendors, test equipment manufacturers, and premier ISPs
to showcase next generation MPLS products and services.
"MPLS
is fast becoming the pivotal networking standard for
an increasingly IP-driven world," said Dave McDysan,
engineering fellow at MCI. "As a leader in MPLS deployment
and original sponsor of the MPLS conference series, MCI
looks forward to this year's world-class agenda of vendors
and speakers moving the industry forward."
MPLS
2003 is sponsored by a large number of MPLS equipment
vendors including Alcatel, Avici Systems, Cisco Systems,
Extreme Networks, Ixia, Juniper Networks, Laurel Networks,
Lucent Technologies, Movaz Networks, Navtel Communications,
Nortel Networks, Quarry Technologies, Redback Networks,
Spirent Communications, Sycamore Networks, and Tellabs.
In addition to exhibits from these companies, the conference
includes the Nippon Pavilion consisting of Fujitsu, Furukawa,
Hitachi, Mitsubishi, NEC, NTT, OKI, and PIL. The conference
is also supported by major service providers including
AT&T, BellSouth, Cable and Wireless, Deutsche Telekom,
France Telecom, Level 3, MCI, and Masergy.
MPLS
2003 includes two full days of technical sessions covering
topics such as convergence, OAM, Layer 2 and Layer 3
VPNs, reliability, IP-Optical integration, traffic engineering,
service and provisioning, and new MPLS features. This
year, the conference is also showcasing a live VPLS network
whereby conference attendees will personally become part
of a VPLS instance and experience applications such as
Internet access, video streaming, and access to conference
proceedings as well as recorded sessions over a VPLS
network supporting multiple classes of service. MPLS
2003 attendees will access these services by their laptop
computers that are connected to PE routers via wireless
access points. The VPLS network consists of equipment
from Alcatel, Cisco Systems, and Extreme Networks where
the connectivity between the PE routers at the conference
site and the PE routers at Isocore headquarters is provided
by Masergy.
MPLS
2003 will be followed by the 4th Public Interoperability
Demonstration which will take place at Isocore's state-of-the-art
Internetworking Lab facility in McLean, Virginia. The
demo will illustrate MPLS VPN (L2/L3) services running
over an intelligent optical domain where connections
are established using GMPLS-TE in a multi vendor environment.
A
sampling of sponsors' products exhibited at MPLS 2003
includes the Avici QSR, Quarter-rack Scalable Router
enabling carriers to converge multiple services such
as ATM, frame relay, voice, and IP over their IP/MPLS
network.
Cisco
Systems will showcase their newly announced "Bandwidth
Assured Layer 2 Services" enabling innovative services
over IP/MPLS networks and providing a flexible architecture
and a smooth migration of voice, video and data for network
convergence.
Lucent
Technologies will be highlighting the new developments
in the Lucent Technologies - Juniper Networks Unified
Solutions including the Enhanced IP/MPLS VPN and MPLS
Core Solutions.
Alcatel
will showcase the Alcatel 7750 Service Router, the industry's
first IP/MPLS router designed and optimized for the delivery
of advanced Internet and virtual private network (VPN)
services.
Extreme
Networks will demonstrate interoperability of its H-VPLS
implementation with its Black Diamond Ethernet switching
platform and showcase its recently announced Extreme
Networks Summit 300 WLAN switch that will provide wireless
access at the conference.
Juniper
Networks will be highlighting its multiservice routing
platforms for IP/MPLS networks as well as the Lucent
Technologies - Juniper Networks Unified Solutions including
the Enhanced IP/MPLS VPN and MPLS core solutions.
Quarry
Technologies will be demonstrating the iQ-SMS service
creation and management system that enables service providers
to easily configure and manage thousands of virtual security
services for VPN customers.
Nortel
Networks will showcase how it is enabling and delivering
revenue-generating services at the edge of an MPLS core
network with its Shasta 5000 Broadband Service Node,
and how its Passport portfolio of multiservice switches
delivers profitable L2/L3 services, while expanding IP
and MPLS service capabilities for future growth.
Redback
Networks will demonstrate the power of its SmartEdge
400 Router and SmartEdge 800 Router for MPLS and other
Layer 2 and 3 VPNs as well as providing and managing
dedicated access services and adding other value-added
services.
Tellabs
will highlight the Tellabs 8800 series Multi-service
switch router that can help carriers consolidate different
traffic protocols and services onto a single network
to simplify operations, cost-effectively migrate frame
relay and ATM networks to IP/MPLS, and enabling new data
services.
Laurel
Networks will showcase the ST200 Service Edge Router
that enables service providers to offer any type of data
service (including MPLS Layer 2 and IP VPNs, Internet
access, broadband, ATM, Frame Relay and Ethernet) over
a range of interface speeds and access networks from
a single platform.
Movaz
Networks will be showcasing the RAYexpress optical add/drop
multiplexer (DWDM/OADM), scalable metro/regional platform
that provides a multitude of service interfaces for small
central offices.
Also
participating at the exhibits is NTT Network Systems
Laboratories demonstrating world's first Multicast MPLS
protocol jointly developed with Motorola. The demo will
shows various data distributing scenarios over traffic
engineered multipoint LSPs. Additionally, NTT, NEC Corporation,
Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., and Mitsubishi Electric
Corporation will highlight PIL's activities.
On
the test equipment side, Spirent Communications will
showcase advanced MPLS and MPLS VPN conformance, performance
and functional test technology on the SmartBits and AX/4000
product lines. Navtel Communications Inc. will be showing
MPLS VPNs, (Martini and BGP-based 2547bis) as well as
GMPLS UNI and NNI test capabilities. Ixia will be demonstrating
their 1600T MPLS emulation system capable of simulating
up to 10000s of MPLS routes over a variety of network
Interfaces, and support for testing services such VPLS,
layer 2 Martini VPNs and layer 3 IP VPNs.
For
more information about Isocore's Internetworking Lab,
MPLS 2003, and next year's MPLS 2004 conference please
visit http://www.isocore.com.
About
Isocore
The goal of Isocore's Internetworking Lab is to advance internetworking through
technology validation and product verification and to promote development and
rapid deployment of innovative networking technologies. For more information
about the Isocore's Internetworking Lab visit the web site at http://www.isocore.com. |