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Multilink Frame Relay: FRF.15 FRF.16 Mike Walsh Chairman Market Development and Education Committee Frame Relay Forum Nortel Networks Passport Global Frame Relay Marketing mikew@ Presented by Where is the frame relay market going? The need for speed and how to answer it The Frame Relay Forum steps forward with FRF.15 and FRF.16 – multilink frame relay standards Summary Agenda Where is the Frame Relay Market at? The frame relay market is definitely still growing, as this chart shows - with a total worldwide market of almost $18 Billion (USD) in 2002! That’s a CAGR of 20%! Source: VSG GUARANTEED QUALITY OF SERVICE Excellent value (price/performance) Security Provides investment protection Supports multiple protocols Meets the speed requirements of most users Available where users do business Easy to implement, use manage Why does frame relay continue to be a major market? The Need for Speed The increases in speedwe talked about mean that the old standby of 56 kbps and T1 ports can’t always meet today’s needs – you see the demand reflected in trends and PRICE Source: IDC Not only are higher speedports becoming more popular, Service providers stand to makea LOT more money off them! So, just how fast can I go with frame relay? There is no inherent limitation in how fast you can run frame relay. Today, FRF.14 specifies standards with will let you run up to 155 Mbps over optical (OC-3, STM-1). The highest current speed in common use is DS-3 (45 Mbps). But customers need that much capacity? Probably not for right now. The sweet spot currently is in the 6-12 Mbps range with a lot of demand, especially for hub sites (above 12 Mbps it is probably cost effective to buy a T3). The problem is how to hit that sweet spot today. There are options. Say you are running a T-1 port and you’ve run out of room: You could just buy more T-1s and split your traffic via your access device Unfortunately this is complex. Configuring your routers to split traffic between t