Summary

In this chapter we introduced and defined what MVPN is, providing a market perspective that includes the customer drivers and key players, along with their needs for using MVPN technologies. We then stressed the importance of standards in MVPN solutions and provided a brief outline of the key standards bodies, specifying protocols and systems involved in MVPN technologies. In Chapters 2, 3, and 4, we provide a complete overview of the wireless systems and networking technologies required to understand MVPN technology. Readers who are already comfortable with data networking VPN technologies and wireless systems may want to skip ahead to Chapter 5.