Based on the Blueprint Architectural Design of the City of Weslaco's Multiprotocal Label Switching Fiber Network. A joint team effort between the Weslaco IT Department and SmartCom of McAllen.

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Major Points to Buildingan Enterprise Fiber Network for a Local Government
Based on the “Blueprint Architectural Design on MPLS Fiber”
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By E. Rey Garcia, MPA Candidate
September 21, 2015
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV)
College of Liberal Arts, Public Affairs & Behavioral Sciences
Public Affairs-Administration
PAFF 6315 Management of Government Information Systems
This document summarizes the four major key design, development, and operational points of
the Blueprint Architectural Design for the City of Weslaco’s Multiprotocol Label Switching
(MPLS) Fiber Network. This is a joint team effort between the City of Weslaco’s Information
Technology Department and SmartCom Internet of McAllen, Texas.
Four Major Key Design, Development, and Operational Points:
1. Background, SystemDefinitions, & Routing Processes – Identifies the purpose and
mission of the project, the users affected, the design and development team, the benefits of
the fiber network, the relationships between variables, and the characterization of the system,
and the routing processes used to transmit data flow to and from the fiber network.
2. Structure & Framework – Identifies the components of the project, the technical Literature
and Methodology requirements, the key stakeholders, and the technical responsibilities and
requirements of the design and development team. The correlation of the relationships
between the variables involved.
3. Four Layers of Enterprise Architecture – Identifies the (1) Access Layer, which allows
users at remote locations to access data from the primary servers at the central data center.
The fiber network allows the layer of (2) E-Government, the ability to provide a one-stop
for users to access public information. The (3) Business Layer identifies the IT tools to be

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used through the existing applications, and the integration of those applications with the fiber
network. Finally, the (4) Infrastructural Layer identifies the technologies used to operate
and manage the fiber network, and the established layout of the foundation for all layers to
function.
4. Five Elements of Enterprise Architecture – After the four key layers are established, the
five elements of design for the enterprise architecture must be met. These are (1) Defining
the Organizational Culture, by creating an awareness campaign and indenting the values
and attitudes of management and employees; (2) Evaluating the Competencies or the
assessment of aptitudes to create responsibilities of the key members involved (IT
Department and SmartCom Internet of McAllen, Texas); (3) Defining the Processes to
develop the scope of the fiber network, and the financial support of management, including
the operational aspects of the project; (4) Define the Technology to assess and measure the
layout of the plan and all facilities being affected, including equipment needed (software and
hardware); and (5) Defining the Framework, how it will affect the organization, the roles of
members, the support of management, the central “Authority” (the IT Department) as the
primary means of communications (both formal and informal) between user and vendor,
building a level of credibility and trust from the organization to the design and developments
team.
In conclusion, the benefits of a robust, state-of-the-art MPLS Fiber Network are evident when
one assess the cost of the project. At half the cost of the old legacy wireless connection, the new
fiber is a bargain. The fiber allows the streamline of interoperable data to a central cloud-based
virtual location, the redundancy of public records, the ease of management of the network by the

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IT staff, the experience of no down-time. Finally, the vendor allows for flexibility to adjust the
project specs as needed.

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References
MPLS IP VPN - SmartCom Telephone, LLC. (n.d.). Retrieved September 19, 2015, from
http://smartcomtelephone.com/business/networking-services/mpls-ip-vpn/
What is MPLS and GMPLS? (n.d.). Retrieved September 19, 2015, from
http://www.metaswitch.com/resources/what-is-mpls-and-gmpls
What is Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)? - Definition from WhatIs.com. (n.d.). Retrieved
September 19, 2015, from http://searchenterprisewan.techtarget.com/definition/Multiprotocol-
Label-Switching