Supporting VoIP over Ethernet over SONET/SDH (EOS)

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Abstract
This paper examines the QoS properties of EoS and the QoS requirements for VoIP. It examines the various network architectures for transporting VoIP in Residential and Enterprise environment. It then demonstrates that EoS easily meets the QoS requirements of VoIP and can be used in both residential and enterprise applications to provide superior VoIP quality.

About PMC
PMC-Sierra™ is a leading provider of high speed broadband communications and storage semiconductors and MIPS-Powered™ processors for Enterprise, Access, Metro Optical Transport, Storage Area Networking and Wireless network equipment. The company offers worldwide technical and sales support, including a network of offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. The company is publicly traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the PMCS symbol and is included in the S&P 500 Index.

About the Author
Shahram Davari, M.A.Sc. is a Senior Engineer in the Product Research Group and oversees ICs for Ethernet, IP, MPLS, and Ethernet over SONET/SDH, and Wireless LAN systems. He is a regular attendee and contributor to MEF, ITU-T SG13, IEEE 802.1, IEEE 802.11 and IETF. He is the co-author of a number of IETF RFCs, and the editor of MEF Ethernet UNI Type 1 and 2. He has acted as the head of Canadian delegation to ITU-T SG13 from 2000-2004. He is currently a senior IEEE member.

Steve Gorshe, Ph.D. is a Principal Engineer in the Product Research Group of PMC-Sierra and oversees ICs for SONET/SDH, optical transmission and access systems. Currently Steve is a senior member of the IEEE and co-editor for the IEEE Communications magazine's Broadband Access Series. He is the chief editor for the ANSI T1X1 Subcommittee, which is responsible for SONET/SDH and optical network interface standards. He is a recent recipient of the Committee T1 Alvin Lai Outstanding Achievement Award for his standards work and has been a technical editor for T1.105, T1.105.01, T1.105.02, and T1.105.07 within the SONET/SDH standard series as well as the ITU-T G.7041 (GFP) G.7043 (Virtual concatenation of PDH signals), G.8040 (GFP mapping into PDH signals), and G.8011.1 (Ethernet Private Line Service) recommendations. He has 28 patents issued or pending, over 20 published papers, and is coauthor of a telecommunications text book.

Duncan Bees is a Technical Advisor in PMC-Sierra's Carrier Products Division. Mr. Bees holds a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from McGill University, specializing in speech signal processing and statistical communications, and has 18 years of industry experience. He has worked at PMC-Sierra for the past six years, focusing on VoIP, access, high speed interconnect, and CPE product definition and standards. Prior to joining PMC-Sierra, Mr. Bees worked for ten years at Bell Northern Research and Nortel Networks, where he managed product development teams for CDMA wireless speech and data processing solutions and worked on voice recognition product design. Mr. Bees is PMC-Sierra's representative for several standards bodies including the Home Gateway Initiative, the DSL Forum, and RapidIO.

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