…Paper New Backhaul Networks For Mobile Broadband Prepared by Patrick Donegan Senior Analyst, Heavy Reading www.heavyreading.com On behalf of www.ciena.com November 2007 © HEAVY READING | NOVEMBER 2007 | WHITE PAPER | NEW BACKHAUL NETWORKS FOR MOBILE BROADBAND 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. MOBILE BROADBAND…

…3G Mobile Operator Market in Europe Positions strength in improving operators' backhaul aggregation and transmission needs for 3G evolution London, UK - 05/04/2005 Ciena Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN), the network specialist, today announced its strategy for the 3G market in Europe to help mobile operators…

White Paper New Backhaul Networks For Mobile Broadband Prepared by Patrick Donegan Senior Analyst, Heavy Reading www.heavyreading.com On behalf of www.ciena.com November 2007 © HEAVY READING | NOVEMBER 2007 | WHITE PAPER | BACKHAUL FOR MOBILE BROADBAND 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. MOBILE BROADBAND: THE CATALYST…

…Wireless Backhaul (pdf) Wireless carriers are scrambling to keep pace with a growing demand for mobile Internet services, and wireless equipment vendors are developing fourth generation (4G) technologies that can provide IP-based, high-speed broadband services for fixed, nomadic, and mobile users. *…

…savings and up to 44% OPEX savings over competing IP/MPLS solutions. Ciena's offerings Ciena offers a connection-oriented Ethernet solution for mobile backhaul that leverages PBB-TE to provide traffic engineering and protection. Utilizing the traffic engineering features, sub-50ms protection can be achieved…

…Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Radio Access Network (RAN) to aggregate voice and data traffic and transport it from the wireless base stations to the mobile switching centers. The 2G/3G wireless backhaul application represents a growth opportunity for multiservice edge switches as mobile operators…

…Originally, mobile networks were designed to carry voice traffic over Time Division Multiplexed (TDM) networks with E1 and T1 circuits to provide backhaul transport from the base station to the network controller, and over SONET/SDH networks for voice traffic from the controller to a Mobile Switching Center…

…started out in the WAN as a cheap alternative for point-to-point metro circuits is now a critical component of copper- and fiber-based access, mobile backhaul, metro optical transport, intercarrier peering and many other network environments. www.yankeegroup.com © Copyright 1997-2007. Yankee Group Research…

…started out in the WAN as a cheap alternative for point-to-point metro circuits is now a critical component of copper- and fiber-based access, mobile backhaul, metro optical transport, intercarrier peering and many other network environments. www.yankeegroup.com © Copyright 1997-2007. Yankee Group Research…

Application Note Flexible Multiservice Ethernet for 3G Mobile Backhaul Growing Profitable 3G Services While Reducing OPEX INTRODUCTION The growth of third-generation (3G) wireless services and network bandwidth places significant strain on mobile operators' capital and operational budgets. Achieving profit…