SONET/SDH Network Service Turn-Up

Next-generation SONET/SDH technologies are key enablers in helping service providers deliver value-added end-to-end Ethernet transport services, and reconfigurable add/drop multiplexers (ROADM) are allowing service providers much greater flexibility in network provisioning and service turn-up. Consequently, this shift has created the need for quality-of-service (QoS) assurance to validate the reliability and caliber of the services. Today, service providers are facing a growing customer demand to assign different QoS levels to each type of service they offer and guarantee that level of quality based on service-level agreements (SLAs). Failure to respect the QoS requirements often results in damage compensation by the service provider.

Figure 1. Next-Generation service turn-up

Recommended Tests

The SONET/SDH Transport Blazer offers field technicians all the critical test functions required to turn up, maintain and troubleshoot SONET/SDH and next-generation networks.

Transport Blazer and Packet Blazer modules can be housed in two portable platforms:

FTB-200 Compact Platform	FTB-400 Universal Test System

Test Method	Description	Recommended Equipment
Performance Characterization	This test is for service providers to ensure that their end-to-end data services perform according to the signed SLAs.	Next-Generation SONET/SDH Test Modules FTB-8120NG/FTB-8130NG Transport Blazer Ethernet Test Modules FTB-8510B Packet Blazer FTB-8510G Packet Blazer
Quality of Service (QoS)	This test is to validate the Layer 2 and 3 QoS.
Bandwidth Usage and Mapping Efficiency	This test is validate that the Ethernet card on the MSPP/MSTP can deliver the provisioned service efficiently.