Cisco Cisco IP Solution Center 6.0 Leaflet

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Key Challenges in Traffic Engineering 
of MPLS Networks
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Traffic management on IP/MPLS Core 
networks
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Predictable routing for Ethernet 
business services
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Bandwidth protection for data collection 
and signaling traffic in mobile IP core
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Fast restoration of L2VPN services
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Matching of business services to 
available QoS resources in converged 
NG networks
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Delivery of hard bandwidth guarantees
Business Challenges
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Comprehensive user interface for reducing 
the complexity of TE technology
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Error-free provisioning of TE tunnels and 
traffic admission
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TE planning based on actual network 
topology
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Fast restoration in the event of element 
failure (sub-50 ms for VoIP)
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Optimization of network utilization
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Large-scale TE resource management and 
bulk TE tunnel provisioning
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Transparency over ongoing network 
changes… new features and new IOS
or IOS XR releases 
Management Needs