EANTC proudly presents the results of the fifth annual Carrier Ethernet Interoperability Test Event at the Carrier Ethernet World Congress.  The results have been presented by EANTC and seven participating vendors at the Carrier Ethernet World APAC Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 3-4. 

In August EANTC hosted over 60 engineers from 24 vendors for two weeks of interoperability testing focusing on three major Carrier Ethernet topics: Mobile Backhaul, Global Interconnect, and Managed Ethernet Services.  Mobile Backhaul testing included synchronizing packet based solutions using IEEE 1588-2008 and Synchronous Ethernet while Managed Ethernet Services covered both interoperable management systems and Ethernet OAM protocols such as EFM and CFM.  Global Interconnect tests consisted of stitching MPLS networks using MPLS and Ethernet technologies, and adding end-to-end resiliency. Additionally MPLS, MPLS-TP, and PBB-TE were tested for both transport capabilities and advanced mechanisms.

The following seven vendors of the 24 involved in the testing presented the results with their equipment at the Carrier Ethernet World APAC in Kuala Lumpur:  Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Harris Stratex Networks, Ixia, Nokia Siemens Networks, Spirent Communications and Symmetricom