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Broadband Fibre Optic Network Connectivity
Metrofibre networxTM is building a certified Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) Carrier Class, fibre optic Open Access infrastructure, based on MEF9 and MEF14 that will provide managed broadband, bandwidth over the “Last Mile” connecting Service and Application Providers to their customers, specifically the Small, to Medium Enterprise (SME)
The Metrofibre networx infrastructure is fibre optic based and the Managed Bandwidth Services will comply to the MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum) Carrier Ethernet recommendations.
The Metrofibre networx solution will enable Managed Bandwidth Services of 2Mbps up to 1Gbps between the end customer, and their preferred service provider. The Metrofibre networx will interconnect all services be they, Internet Access, E-mail, hosting, voice or even disaster recovery type data, passing through all the major commercial areas.
As soon as a building is linked on to the Metrofibre networx infrastructure, any number of service providers may now deliver, high speed, services to the tenants. In each highly populated commercial area, “Access Rings” will saturate the area delivering fibre to the premises.
What this means for the Tenant.
The tenant can now choose services from any number of service providers and is not restricted in choice. Furthermore, the tenant can change from service provider to service provider until such time as they are happy with the quality of service delivered.
What this means for the Property Owner.
At no cost to the property owner, Metrofibre networx will implement a fibre connection into the premises. The tenant now has access to world class broadband. With this kind of service in place, the landlord can be assured of reduced tenant churn as tenants will only move to an area with similar or better service.
Furthermore, properties with world class broadband connectivity will attract high bandwidth usage clients, which are typically your larger business and as such be less prone to move on, once established.
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Fibre to the Premises
Features - Benefits
- Open Access Metro Ethernet Network
- Open to All Service Providers on Equal Terms
- Tenants have a Choice of Services from any number of Service Providers and is Not Restricted in Choice:
- Internet Access
- Voice Over IP (VoIP)
- Video Conferencing
- Priority Data Services
- Data Backup and Data Recovery Services
- Application Hosting
- Mobile Access and Backhaul Services
- Bundle VPN (VLANs)
- No Cost to the Property Owner.
- Free Fibre/Ducting Connection into the Premises
- Properties will have World class Broadband Fibre Connectivity:
- Bandwidth Options From 2Mbps -1Gbps
- End-to-End Service Level Agreements
- Performance Assurance Guarantees with Levels of Performance Reliability based on:
- Quality (QoS) and Class of Service (CoS)
- Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF)Compliant Network
- International accepted network, which guarantees service delivery across Multiple Operator/Provider Networks
Broadband Fibre Optic Service Provider Solutions
Concentrate on what you do best. Metrofibre networx deliver Carrier Class Ethernet Managed Bandwidth and Lambda Services over the “Last Mile” connecting Service and Application Providers to their customers. Our Network is Open Access Service, to all Service and Application Providers.
Times are challenging for all Service and Application Providers in South Africa. The dynamics of the industry are placing immense pressures on all organizations as they seek to meet the bandwidth, quality, technical and SLA requirements of end-customer networks.
Everyone is trying to reduce their cost base, and to make the most of business opportunities quickly and effectively. Metrofibre networx Wholesale Access Solutions will help you make the most of business opportunities.
As your Last Mile Network partner you benefit not only from a highly secure “Open Access” Carrier Class Ethernet Network that is designed to provide a high-level of Performance Assurance (SLA) based on the Metro Ethernet Form (MEF) Standard.
We help you build incremental revenues faster; and we extend your network capabilities further. And we can do all that whilst, at the same time, reducing your operational overheads.
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Features - Benefits
- Full range of Services, which allow Service & Application Providers to Provide:
- Internet Access
- Voice Over IP (VoIP)
- Video Conferencing
- Priority Data Services
- Data Backup and Data Recovery Services
- Application Hosting
- Mobile Access and Backhaul Services
- Bundle VPN (VLANs)
- End-to-End Service Level Agreements
- Our SLA’s have been specifically designed to ensure customers uptime of the network and the end-to-end service traffic performance
- Performance Assurance Guarantees Levels of Performance Reliability based on:
- Quality (QoS) and Class of Service (CoS)
- Granular Bandwidth Options:
- 10Mbps-100Gbps
- Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) Compliant Network:
- International accepted network, which guarantees service delivery across multiple operators
Mobile Backhaul 3G and 4G-LTE
Metrofibre networxTM is building a certified Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) Carrier Class, fibre optic Open Access infrastructure, based on MEF9 and MEF14 that will provide managed broadband, bandwidth over the “Last Mile” connecting Service and Application Providers to their customers, including Mobile Backhaul.
The Metrofibre networx infrastructure is fibre optic based and the Managed Bandwidth Services comply with the MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum) Carrier Ethernet recommendations.
Mobile Backhaul: With the introduction of 3G/4G-LTE technologies and smart-phones supporting higher bandwidth and faster download rates, the increase in data traffic and the number of mobile subscribers has dynamically changed usage patterns and variation in type of traffic transported across todays cellular mobile network.
Subsequently, this has fueled a demand for higher backhaul network capacity, intelligence and critical requirements to migrate mobile backhaul to Carrier Ethernet technologies that can support quality of service (QoS), User traffic prioritization and Class of Service (CoS) to separate traffic streams, lower packet loss and Performance Monitoring.
Mobile Backhaul over Carrier Ethernet has the advantage of being cost effective, easy to use and managed, while supporting various services and maintaining performance requirements.
Metrofibre networx Mobile Services: Metrofibre networx Carrier Ethernet highly manageable VPN-based Backhaul Services (E-Line, emulated LAN [E-LAN] and E-Tree services) can provide either unicast (Point-to-Point) or multicast (Point-to-Multipoint) services at Layer 2 or Layer 3, between the Radio Access Network Base Station (RAN-BS) and the Radio Access Network-Network Controller (RAN-NC).
How do we do it? Depending on the network’s design, Metrofibre networx backhaul Tagged (Q-in-Q) or/and Untagged frames between the RAN-BS and RAN-NC.
Frames coming in from the cell tower are tagged with both location and service information. The location tag is stripped from the frames at the cell site device. The frames are then sent with only the service tags that are recognized all through the network into the Mobile Core.
- Frames coming in from the cell tower that are only tagged with the location VLAN information. The service tags are added at the cell site.
- Frames coming from the cell site untagged. The appropriate location and service VLAN tags are added at the RAN-BC with the location VLAN tag information based on the port that the untagged frames were received.
Location VLAN tag is information based on the site from where they originated and is present all through the backhaul network and packets are handed off into the mobile core with the tag information.
A service VLAN tag identifies the service that is being provided on the particular VLAN. Each service can be offered on a separate VLAN or all the services can be bundled into a single pipe that uses one VLAN for all services versus VLAN per service. The traffic in the backhaul can thus be separated either based on services or location.
Performance Assurance
For best traffic performance assurance guarantees, we track and measure the performance of traffic transiting across the entire Metrofibre Backhaul Network, from RAN-BS interface (NID) to RAN-NC (NID) interface, with our Network Performance Management system that collects, monitors and measures end-to-end service performance for each Class of Service (CoS) priority.
Class of Service (CoS): Each of the traffic types/ applications; voice, video, network signaling management, and best-effort data can be assigned to a Class of Service and prioritized through the network accordingly type of CoS guarantees.
Class of Service (CoS) Mapped
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Features - Benefits
- Open Access Metro Ethernet Network
- Open to All Service Providers on Equal Terms
- Monitoring of Ethernet Services - Ethernet OAM:
- Verify connectivity
- Identify configuration faults
- Measure service performance
- Based on following standards
- IEEE 802.3ah: Link OAM
- IEEE 802.1ag: Connectivity Fault Management
- ITU-T Y.1731: Performance Monitoring
- Scalable, Flexible & Cost Effective Service types - Port-based and VLAN-based:
- E-Line-MetroLine
- E-LAN-MetroLAN
- E-Tree-MetroTree
- Performance Assurance Guarantees with Levels of Performance Reliability based on:
- Quality (QoS) and Class of Service (CoS)
- Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) Compliant Network
- International accepted network, which guarantees service delivery across Multiple Operator/Provider Networks
- MEF 22 - Mobile Backhaul Implementation Agreement
- MEF 9 & 14
“For 2G, 2.5G and 3G (Rel99) See MFN Mobile Backhaul Synchronized”
The Mobile Backhaul VPN Based Service offer the following availability and performance based service level agreements (SLAs).
- Mobile Backhaul Service Gold
- 4hrs response-time and 99.95% uptime guaranteed per year
- Mobile Backhaul Service Silver
- 8hrs response-time and 99.55% uptime guaranteed per year
- Mobile Backhaul Service Bronze
- 12hrs response-time and 98% uptime guaranteed per year
- Standard Service
- 24hrs response-time
Network-Uptime Assurance
For the best network-uptime assurance guarantees, we ensure that our network designs have sufficient resiliency built-in to meet the most stringent of Service Level Agreements.
Metrofibre networx, Backhaul Service Definitions
Point-to-Point (E-Line)
- Similar to leased lines
- Requires traffic separation per RAN BS at RAN NC
- Private and virtual private line EPL & EVPL
- Diagram shows a EVPL
Point-to-Multipoint (E-LAN)
- Similar to leased lines
- Requires traffic separation per RAN BS at RAN NC
- The specification cover private and virtual private line
- Diagram shows a EVPL
Routed Multipoint (E-Tree)
- Similar behavior as leased lines
- Supports simpler RAN BS and RAN NC solutions
- Multiplexing could be used for increased traffic separation
- The specification cover private and virtual private routed multipoint services Diagram shows a EVP-Tree
