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Service Provider Context
Service Provider
POP
Access
Transit PSN
Access
Service Provider
POP
PE1
Customer
location
Customer
location
PE2
CE1
CE2
Customer
equipment
Customer
equipment
PE1
PE2
CE1
CE2
Customer
equipment
Customer
equipment
Service Providers are looking at delivering End to End services (circuit, packet-based)




PWs are defined between PE1 and PE2 and ACs are defined over the access network, PWE3 documents focus on the PW part
Not only does the Service Provider use the Transit PSN but it also needs to rely on two Access/Metro networks to successfully deliver its services

This draft takes into consideration the specific problems encountered by SPs for the deployment and monitoring of E2E services
PPT Version