This panel will afford core router vendors the opportunity to discuss their perception of service provider requirements for core network design, especially in view of recent changes in the economy.

While presentation topics will be scoped somewhat loosely to avoid large overlaps, monotony and snoring, the panel members will be required to focus on technical solutions, technical presentations, and general directions versus their specific solutions.

Some potential discussion topics include:

About the Presenters
Danny McPherson currently consults with a number of service providers and network equipment vendors. He has previously worked with the CTO at Amber Networks (acquired by Nokia), as well as with Qwest, Genuity, and iMCI. Danny currently chairs the IETF's Pseudo Wire Emulation Edge to Edge and RPSEC working groups, and has authored a number of RFCs, books and other technical publications.