Nortel has developed a new technology to be the foundation of service provider metropolitan networks. Now available in its Metro Ethernet Networks portfolio, the new technology - called Provider Backbone Transport (PBT) - is designed to allow service providers to deliver the communication and entertainment services of the future to consumers and companies across cities and countries. Provider Backbone Transport transforms Ethernet technology, traditionally restricted to small-scale, local networks, into a more reliable, scaleable and deterministic technology making it suitable as the basis for fixed and mobile carrier networks to deliver live video and broadcast, multimedia, broadband data and voice services. Nortel is working with the support of some of the world's largest service providers and standards bodies to facilitate broad adoption of PBT as a metro technology. A first-to-market version of PBT is already available in the Nortel Metro Ethernet Routing Switch (MERS) 8600, with development also underway to integrate the technology into the Nortel Optical Multiservice Edge (OME) 6500 and other Ethernet-ready platforms.
www.nortel.com