Abstract :
For most of the last decade, the prevailing industry assumption was that large public networks would migrate all services, transport, and switching to a single end-to-end IP/MPLS network - convergence. This assumption was validated by significant growth in IP/MPLS investment. Looking to the future, economic forces that affect suppliers, as much as operators, are challenging this assumption, and other scenarios now seem plausible.
Keywords :
IP networks; multiprotocol label switching; IP/MPLS network; Internet protocols; multiprotocol label switching; packet transport; Convergence; Costs; Economic forecasting; Ethernet networks; Investments; Multiprotocol label switching; Power generation economics; Power system management; Space cooling; Space technology;
