Edge routers are designed primarily for best-efforts-oriented traffic, as opposed to the real-time strict service-level agreement (SLA) requirements of the new services edge. By adapting edge routers ...

Service-edge routers must support both layer 2 traffic (which requires interoperability with frame relay and ATM devices) with the same level of service guarantees as layer 2 devices, as well as new, ...

Driving the edge router market are IP TV, carrier Ethernet and multiservice networking, and the market is expected to grow 21% this year, according to the Dell’Oro Group. Three trends are driving the ...

Cisco is expected to unveil a new service provider edge router on Nov. 11 that’s likely to succeed its aging 7600 series Ethernet platforms, according to an analyst’s report. Oppenheimer & Co. this ...

Cisco Systems Tuesday is taking the wraps off a new line of midrange routers that aim to bring high-performance services to the network edge. The new Aggregation Services Router (ASR) family comes ...

In recognition of edge's growing importance in the AI era, network equipment vendor Adtran released 400 gigabit per-second (Gb/s) Terabit-class edge routers. The new releases span the FSP 150 and SDX ...

Start-up Crescent Networks this week became the latest entrant into the edge-router field with a platform for delivery of routed network services to enterprises and service providers. The Chelmsford, ...

T-Mobile US added a Cradlepoint 5G router to its business lineup that provides edge access for enterprises and embedded cloud-based managed and security features. The E320 5G router includes access to ...