Carrier Ethernet Certification for Technology Providers

The industry’s benchmark for reliable, automated, and high-performance transport, powering the foundation of the NaaS economy.

Certifying Carrier Ethernet Technology Products

Mplify’s Carrier Ethernet certification validates compliance with the latest Mplify standards and test requirements, confirming a technology product’s ability to deliver consistent, standards-based performance across global networks.

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Mplify’s Carrier Ethernet Service Portfolio

Mplify’s Carrier Ethernet standards define the technology-agnostic layer-2 services used by enterprises, or between access, transit, and retail service providers, for backhaul, cloud access, and multi-provider end-to-end services—for seamless on-net and off-net connectivity—supporting both traditional enterprise and AI-driven applications across multi-provider environments.

Carrier Ethernet Certification Service Profiles:

Mplify’s Carrier Ethernet certification covers services optimized for both AI-driven and business use cases:

  • AI-Driven Profiles: E-Line (Subscriber), Access E-Line and Transit E-Line (Operator)
  • Business Profiles: E-Line, E-LAN, and E-Tree (Subscriber), Access E-Line and Transit E-Line (Operator)

What Can I Achieve with Mplify Carrier Ethernet Certifications for Technologies?

Mplify’s Carrier Ethernet Certification for Technology validates performance excellence, provides competitive differentiation, and gives service providers the confidence they need using certified products—establishing a standards-compliant presence within a federation of automated networks.

All certified products and their providers are listed in the Technology Certification Registry

Advantages of Mplify Carrier Ethernet Certifications for Technologies:

  • Support AI-powered digital transformation.
  • Address service provider requirements for certified services.
  • Strengthen customer relations.
  • Increase revenue opportunities.
  • Improve operational efficiencies for retail and wholesale service providers.

Business & AI Profiles in Carrier Ethernet Certification

Mplify’s certification tests the functional attributes, bandwidth, and performance profiles, efficiency, and uptime—defining whether a Carrier Ethernet service is optimized for AI-driven workloads or traditional enterprise environments.

Business Profile Highlights​

Functional Attributes​

Maximum Frame Size: ≥ 1522 B, 1526 B​

Bandwidth Profile​

Bandwidth: Symmetrical, Asymmetrical​

Information Rate & Burst Size: Committed, Best Effort​

Tolerance: CIR & EIR: +/- 2%, CBS & EBS: +/- 5%​

Performance Profile​

Performance Tier: PT0.3, PT1, PT2, PT3, PT4, PT5​

CoS Label: High, Medium, Low​

Performance Objectives:

  • FD ≤ 3 ms (PT0.3) to ≤ 600 ms (PT5)​
  • IFDV ≤ 1 ms (PT0.3) to ≤ 75 ms or n/s (PT5)​
  • FLR ≤ 0.001 % (PT0.3) to ≤ 1.0 % or n/s (PT5)​
Efficiency​

Not tested​

Uptime​

Not tested​

AI Profile Highlights​

Functional Attributes​

Maximum Frame Size: ≥ 9400 B​

Bandwidth Profile​

Bandwidth: Symmetrical​

Information Rate & Burst Size: Committed​

Tolerance: CIR & EIR: +/- 1%, CBS & EBS: +/- 1%​

Performance Profile​

Performance Tier: PT0.3​

CoS Label: High​

Performance Objectives​:

  • FD ≤ 3 ms, percentile: ≥ 99.9th​
  • IFDV ≤ 1 ms, percentile: ≥ 99.9th​
  • FLR ≤ 0.001 %​
Efficiency​

Max Throughput Speed: ≥ 99 % of EI Speed​

Uptime​

Uptime Percentage: ≥ 99.999 %​

Carrier Ethernet for AI Use Cases

Supports data-intensive, latency-sensitive AI applications that require predictable, high-throughput transport across distributed environments.

Subscriber Premises to Edge​

Carrier Ethernet can guarantee the highest performance for connecting subscriber premises running AI applications to AI Edge Providers. ​

AI apps for industrial automation or high-frequency trading require the predictability and the performance delivered by Carrier Ethernet for inference and real-time control​.

E-Line, Access E-Line, Transit E-Line​

Edge to Data Center​

Carrier Ethernet provides the perfect balance between the high-performance demands of AI and the practical needs of a global, scalable network. ​

Carrier Ethernet is the optimal transport technology for interconnecting AI Edge to AI Data Centers.​

E-Line, Access E-Line, Transit E-Line​

Data Center to Data Center​

Carrier Ethernet is a high performance, cost-effective solution for AI Data Center to Data Center Interconnections.​

Large number of Data Centers already have Carrier Ethernet ENNIs in place with one another​.

E-Line, Access E-Line, Transit E-Line

E-Line, Access E-Line and Transit E-Line Services – CE for AI

Carrier Ethernet for Business Use Cases

Enables reliable, secure, and high-performance connectivity for enterprise applications, cloud access, and inter-provider services.

Business to Business

Carrier Ethernet is ideal to interconnect corporate sites like headquarters to branch offices, offering predictable, private, and scalable connectivity​.

E-Line, E-LAN, E-Tree, Access E-Line

Business & Wholesale Access​

Carrier Ethernet offers tremendous operational simplicity, predictability and ubiquity which makes it optimal for connecting enterprises to remote cloud resources or for service providers to extend their footprint​.

E-Line, E-LAN, Access E-Line​

Data Center to Data Center​

Carrier Ethernet connectivity delivers the perfect combination of high performance, and security that traditional Data Center inter-connections are demanding​.

E-Line, Transit E-Line​

E-Line, E-LAN & E-Tree Subscriber Services – CE for Business​

Access E-Line & Transit E-Line Operator Services – CE for Business​​

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