Ciena- Mobile Network Operators are evolving their wireless infrastructure to the Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard that offers low latency and high bandwidth to deliver rich content to smart mobile devices.

This paper articulates the challenges and complexities in LTE design with the recommendation to use Carrier Ethernet-based solutions for backhaul from cell sites to reduce TCO. Backhaul providers can use this approach to scale their networks cost-effectively. Finally, this paper describes Ciena’s solution, which combines True Carrier Ethernet-based cell site demarcation with converged optical Ethernet aggregation to build scalable cost-effective networks.

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