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Seminar - An Overview of Communications Technologies

Module 7 - LAN, WAN, VPN, WLAN, MAN, FDDI and Optical MANS                                                      Slide 32 of 45 _________________                                                                                  __________

                                      MAN Applications and Services

                                   Large bandwidth for LAN, WAN, Inter-MAN and
                                     Residential Customers

                                   Interface to Full range of Last-mile and Backbone
                                     Transport Technologies

                                   Supporting IP Service Offerings (MPLS, VPN etc.)

                                   Bandwidth Management and Security

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A Metropolitan Area Network provides large bandwidths and services to enterprises and residential customers in a metropolitan area.

Applications: Delivering services via direct fiber access to corporate and small business customers
                    residing in Multi-Tenant Units and Industrial Parks.

Services:   - IP services (VPN and MPLS)
                - Interface with full range of last-mile and backbone transport technologies
                - Large bandwidth for WAN, LAN, residential, and inter-MAN traffic
                - Bandwidth management, security and encryption functions
                - Network scalability