Today’s connected world makes big demands on telecom infrastructure. Rapid growth in new age applications, social networks, and video applications is leading to an explosion in bandwidth. Telecom operators require solutions with unprecedented flexibility and scale, as they converge multiple networks into a one robust, intelligent infrastructure. A true multiservice core requires a reliable, high-performance, and flexible backbone architecture that can carry a wide breadth of revenue-generating services. This enables operators to deliver stringent service-level agreements (SLAs) while minimizing both capital and operational expenditures.