Table of Contents:

Definition and Overview

1. Introduction

2. Major Market Trends Affecting Carrier Network Architectures

3. Provisioning Integrated Services on Legacy Platforms

4. The New Converged Multilayer Switch Platform

5. Multilayer Switching Architecture

6. Conclusion

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The emergence of the new multilayer, multiservice switching technology presents the potential to revolutionize the way networks are built. Service providers who embrace this new technology and construct the new converged network have the opportunity to build unprecedented competitive advantage right into their networks and to rise to market leadership in the historic race for market-share in the deregulated telecommunications market.