Author Archives: Nir Halachmi
Transport Networks for Mobile Operators 2013 – Trends in Mobile Backhaul
It all started two weeks ago in a sudden phone call. On the line was an MEF marketing manager asking me if I wanted to represent MEF in the TNMO Conference in London, speaking about CE 2.0 initiatives related to mobile backhaul. Do I want to speak on mobile backhaul? And on behalf of MEF? What is there [...]
Posted in Mobile Backhaul
Tagged C-RAN, CE 2.0, CoS, MEF, mobile backhaul, small cells, SyncE, synchronization
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Designed to run… your mobile traffic
This last month was full of action, personally as well as professionally, as another peak has now arrived for Telco Systems with the launch of our new next generation mobile backhaul product, the T-Marc 3312SC, at Ethernet Expo Americas 2012 in the storm-recovering NYC. When we first discussed this product, we wanted to bring to [...]
Posted in Business Ethernet, Mobile Backhaul
Tagged carrier ethernet, demarcation, high-density, hqos, mobile backhaul, MPLS, SLA, small cells
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Self-Organizing Networks (SON) and MPLS to the Cell Site, How is it connected? (hint: small cells)
The mobile data crunch has created a real need for more and more bandwidth. Since there is a limit to what can be done to defeat physics, this increase in demand has created a need for a new paradigm in mobile networks’ architectures. One possible solution is the “small cell” – a smaller version of [...]
Posted in Business Ethernet, Mobile Backhaul
Tagged mobile backhaul, MPLS, RAN, small cells
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Technology trends at CommunuicAsia 2012
Now, when the suitcases have been unpacked, I have some time to share the emerging trends we saw at CommunicAsia 2012. The main focus at the show was the transition of the market from TDM to packet based networks. These are exciting times for Telco Systems, as a Carrier Ethernet and MPLS solution based company. [...]
Posted in Business Ethernet, Mobile Backhaul
Tagged 4G LTE, Ethernet OAM, IP/MPLS, mobile backhaul, MPLS, MPLS to the edge, packet-based Ethernet, SLA, small cells
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Better Backhaul With MPLS To The Cell Site
2011 has left the North American mobile operators breathless. A wide adoption of smart phone, exponential increase in smart devices (phones , tablets, game consoles), and rapid growth of Smartphone applications have compounded to make the mobile economy very dynamic. Mobile data usage and the LTE deployment trials have driven operators’ to address bandwidth shortages [...]
Posted in Business Ethernet, Mobile Backhaul
Tagged backhaul, cell site, Cloud RAN, HVPLS, LTE, mobile, MPLS, OAM, RAN, seamless migration
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State of the broadband market – fixed and mobile
An interesting market research published by Akamai and Ericsson shows the state of fixed and mobile broadband market worldwide. It was interesting to see in report that while it is hard to compare mobile and fixed broadband (different penetration level, different user mix), the bandwidth differences are interesting. In the second quarter of 2011 average [...]
Posted in Business Ethernet, Mobile Backhaul
Tagged Akamai, C-RAN, Ericsson, LTE, mobile backhaul, mobile broadband, mobile providers
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Carrier Ethernet OAM
Enterprise applications like telepresence, data center outsourcing, and cloud computing are pushing service providers to go beyond selling just connectivity or ‘dumb pipe’ to selling services. However in order to generate revenue, providers need cost effective solutions that support multiple services each having its own SLA. To meet the required level of service, the provider [...]
Posted in Business Ethernet
Tagged carrier ethernet, ethernet, Ethernet in the First Mile, IEEE802.1ag, OAM, Services OAM, VLAN
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HQoS Solution
Carrier Ethernet networks today are migrating from being uni-service network (i.e., best effort) to being a multi-service network (prioritized). In order to run a multi-service network the carrier needs a mechanism that allows him to enforce QoS policies per user per service. HQoS allows the carrier to make sure each service gets the network resources [...]
Posted in Business Ethernet
Tagged carrier ethernet, demarcation, hqos, multi-service network, qos
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Mobile Backhaul Revolution
The mobile data surge, together with the LTE and LTE-Advance standards, represent many changes both in technology and in the business models and opportunities for operators and providers in this domain. The need for higher bandwidth is driving mobile providers to look for solution that will allow them to support it. Femto and pico cells [...]
