What is GMPLS? 
A Unified Vision for Carrier Networks (continued)

In a G-MPLS enabled network, however, the communication barrier between services and transport can be eliminated, and the required protection established with minimum resources. Resources can thus be allocated to other uses, and the savings passed on to customers.

New services, new revenue

New service offerings enabled by G-MPLS mean new revenue opportunities for service providers.

Bandwidth on demand

Services with QoS constraints and the large bandwidth increments they need are extremely difficult to provision in real-time on a layered network. The layer consolidation offered by G-MPLS enabled architecture allows any combination of fine grain packet LSPs to coarse grain OC-192 LSPs. Thus, service providers deploying G-MPLS networks in a consolidated network will be able to offer a customer, for example, an OC-12 from New York to London in the morning and an OC-192 from New York to San Francisco the same afternoon, while making optimal use of all network resources.

Differentiated services

A G-MPLS network enables service providers to manage traffic across all layers. They can view all the network layers and efficiently allocate resources to the most appropriate layer, thereby tailoring Differentiated Services to their customers’ varied and changing needs, while reducing costs through optimal resource usage.

Comprehensive and flexible SLAs

G-MPLS enables service providers to reap greater benefits through more comprehensive and flexible Service Level Agreement (SLA) offerings to customers. With resource allocation not longer restricted to a specific network layer, service providers have greater flexibility in designing and enforcing SLAs, which can be used to generate new revenues.

Simplification, savings and services

G-MPLS offers service providers a vehicle to help them migrate their networks from the current complex and costly architectures to simpler, more efficient models. Service providers who deploy G-MPLS will not only see significant savings through improved network efficiencies, but will be able to offer advanced, revenue rich services to existing and new customers.

Dr. Alberto Leon-Garcia is Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder of AcceLight Networks.  He was the first holder of the Nortel Institute Chair in Network Architecture and Services at the University of Toronto and has led several major research projects at the Canadian Institute of Telecommunications Research and at the Ontario Information Technology Research Centre.

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