White Paper: Ericsson Builds Integrated Site Edge Router With Carriers In Mind
Sponsor: Ericsson
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Document Number: 205135
Publication Date: 10/3/2005
Page Count: 27
Abstract
Ericsson commissioned The Tolly Group in August 2005 to examine with a high degree of precision the key performance characteristics exhibited by its Integrated Site Edge Router (ISER), as well as verify the operation of key functions and features. Tolly Group engineers tested ISER over a two-week period over which engineers conducted more than 71 tests at Ericsson facilities in Raleigh, NC.
While this white paper does not delve into the results of all 71 tests in detail (Appendix A maps out the high-level results for readers), the report does offer a tour of ISER's architecture, as well as a summary of the key hands-on test results, focusing on such pivotal IP service areas as IP forwarding performance, Layer 3 resiliency, routing protocol interoperability with comparable devices from Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks, an examination of virtual routing and Layer 3 tunneling capabilities, a summary of Quality of Service offerings, and a spot check of the key security and IPSec functions resident on ISER.
The white paper offers clear evidence that ISER offers the standards, the network services, and the performance and feature sets necessary for network operators to deploy a rich set of IP services from within the Ericsson Integrated Site framework.