Nortel demos Carrier Ethernet interop at CEWC
This week in Berlin, Germany, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) is hosting the Carrier Ethernet World Congress conference and expo.
One highlight at the event is what’s being called “the world’s largest and most advanced live, public Carrier Ethernet multi-vendor interoperability showcase,” where Nortel and dozens of other vendors around the world will show the broad interoperability of their Carrier Ethernet products.
As part of this interop network, Nortel will include its Provider Backbone Bridges (PBB) solution, as well as our implementation of the emerging Provider Backbone Bridge - Traffic Engineering (PBB-TE) standard. PBB was recently standardized as IEEE 802.1ah, while PBB-TE (which Nortel also calls PBT) is still in the standardization …
