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Use of MPLS in Mobile Backhaul Networks - Broadband Forum

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<strong>Backhaul</strong> Infrastructure Requirements<br />

� The new backhaul <strong>in</strong>frastructure must therefore meet<br />

three ma<strong>in</strong> criteria; it must be-<br />

– Flexible<br />

� To support both legacy and IP services<br />

– Scalable<br />

� To support emerg<strong>in</strong>g future technologies<br />

– Cost-effective<br />

� To compensate for ris<strong>in</strong>g levels <strong>of</strong> backhaul traffic<br />

� It also needs to be a converged network, which<br />

means the operator does not need to run two<br />

separate networks (leased l<strong>in</strong>es and IP).

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