Juniper Networks, NSN Team on Carrier Ethernet

Juniper Networks Inc. and Nokia Siemens Networks Thursday announced their partnership now includes plans to deliver an interoperable Carrier Ethernet solution. The new solution is expected to be available in the second half of 2009.

The Carrier Ethernet solution is planned to provide an end-to-end portfolio consisting of the Juniper Networks MX-series Ethernet Services Router, Nokia Siemens Networks A-series Carrier Ethernet Switch and the ASPEN “single click” network management system.

Juniper Networks MX-series is a family of Ethernet Services Routers consisting of the MX960, MX480 and MX240. They feature high port-density routing and switching in a range of hardware platforms, enabling service providers to reduce power, space and cooling costs by as much as 50 percent. The MX-series leverages JUNOS software, a single operating system running routing, switching and security platforms from Juniper Networks.

The Nokia Siemens Networks A-series is a Carrier-Ethernet switching portfolio providing a migration path from TDM networks to next-generation Ethernet Transport networks. The A-series provides the SDH carrier-class characteristics over a modern Carrier Ethernet network. The A-series can serve as an access solution located at the customer premises or as an aggregation unit that gathers traffic from different customer networks.

Nokia Siemens Networks’ ASPEN network management system simplifies network management, eliminating the need to configure individual nodes and perform traffic engineering. Instead, end-to-end connections are set up in a point-and-click fashion.

Juniper and Nokia Siemens Networks have a long standing partnership that now encompasses IP aggregation, edge and core products and have deployed solutions in more than 200 service providers around the world.

Nokia Siemens Networks will demonstrate a live application at Mobile World Congress, February 16-19, 2009.

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