MPLS IP VPN

Prices on application

Benefits

Voice and Data convergence is finally here. Many large enterprises and smaller organisations alike are planning to migrate, or are already deploying Voice over IP services.

MPLS IP VPN services (Multi-protocol Label Switching – Internet Protocol – Virtual Private Network) from THUS is the ideal platform to carry IP voice, video and data traffic across a converged infrastructure. Organisations can potentially enjoy lower infrastructure costs, added flexibility and functionality.

THUS's MPLS IP VPN  is a data networking service with four classes of service to enable converged communications (e.g. Voice and Data).

It is a cost-effective and scalable multi-service platform with access speeds from 64kbps to 1000Mbps.

MPLS IP VPN services are a direct follow-on from Frame Relay and ATM services and the ubiquity of IP as a networking protocol. MPLS merges the benefits of ATM's Quality of Service classes and reliability with IP's flexibility for any-to-any connectivity.

Features

Customer benefits

• Four classes of service allows control over performance of multiple applications
• Mix and match access bandwidths to suit organisations' needs
• 'Fill' the access bandwidth as those needs increase (subject to minimum bandwidths)
• Potential cost savings on infrastructure, management and support costs
• Standard Service Level Agreement covering metrics such as availability, packet loss, latency and jitter
• 24 x 7 support
• THUS's MPLS IP VPN has Cisco's 'Cisco Powered Network' (CPN) designation, which not only lends comfort and confidence to customers who have a Cisco preference, but also reinforces THUS's position as a quality provider
• Voice, Video and Data convergence
• Future proofing (e.g. future convergence of services rather than imminent requirements)

Technical info

Connectivity

Cisco Powered Network

Access Circuits ranging from 64Kbps to Gigabit Ethernet

4 Classes of service to enable multiple services across a single network

Mix & match classes of service on a single access circuit

Ability to 'part fill' access circuits for quick and easy future upgrades up to circuit capacity

Dynamic or static routing

IP Multicast enabled

Inherently secure

Can carry voice, video and data traffic

Managed Router option

Applications

MPLS IP VPNs offer the benefits of true convergence, allowing multiple applications to share a single network infrastructure.

One of the main drivers for MPLS IP VPN implementation today is the imminent or future roll-out of IP telephony. Voice telephony usually has a true any-to-any requirement, IP telephony is an ideal application for raising a business case for an MPLS IP VPN migration or implementation.

Other applications which can run across MPLS IP VPNs:

• Intranet connectivity
  
• E-mail
  
• File sharing
  
• Internet access (usually across a corporate gateway at the main site)
  
• Access to other web based applications
  
• Access to legacy applications (may require legacy protocols to be encapsulated in IP)
  
• Online learning
  
• Backup / Disaster Recovery connectivity
  
• Broadcast / Multicast
  
• MPLS can support connecting very to a large number of sites.