Nokia brings assurance to carrier SDN, enabling successful large-scale commercial rollouts of SDN-based network services
October 11 2016 - 2:14AM
- Carrier SDN projects are progressing from lab trials to
commercial deployment, making assurance critical given
unpredictable demand and traffic patterns of SDN networks
- New solution applies assurance (KPIs/analytics) to drive
automated control of IP/optical networks, ensuring high-quality
network and service performance
- Leverages Nokia's broad IP & Optical Network service
assurance applications, extends them to multivendor SDN
networks
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Oct. 11, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)
--
Nokia is expanding its carrier SDN offering by adding
assurance capabilities to its Network Services Platform (NSP
). Combined with the NSP's automation and network control
features, assurance equips operators with the tools to establish
and maintain healthy SDN networks and services, even as the dynamic
consumption patterns of cloud applications makes demand and traffic
patterns less predictable. Assurance provides the missing link
operators need to start large-scale commercial SDN deployment,
spurred by the growth of cloud, video and Internet of Things
(IoT).
Operators today need to ensure the on-demand network services
they bring to market are delivered using automated provisioning
that makes the best use of available assets through real-time
network control. But, as SDN projects move from limited live
trials to broad deployment and commercialization, providers are
discovering they need assurance in addition to automation with
inline optimization.
Nokia SDN automation and control capabilities allow operators to
make assurance processes far more efficient and impactful than ever
before. With automated (or dynamic) assurance, KPIs and analytics
can be used to dynamically trigger changes at the SDN control layer
without the need for manual intervention.
The integrated KPIs and analytics capabilities of the NSP
will:
- Allow service providers to quickly gain visibility into
potential problems within their multi-vendor carrier SDN networks
and assess overall impact
- Trigger and guide automated corrective measures, so that
networks and services remain healthy
- Drive SDN control policies that can redirect paths, traffic and
bandwidth at any layer - flow, IP, Ethernet or optical - and across
both physical and virtual domains
The NSP dynamic assurance capability is part of Nokia's
comprehensive multi-domain Service Assurance program, and a key
component of the company's domain-specific closed-loop automation
architecture to drive greater network agility and optimization.
Dana Cooperson, Research Director, Network, Software and
Virtualization, Analysys Mason, said: "Service assurance is a
critical requirement for successful SDN-based automation and
optimization in the WAN (aka 'carrier SDN'). Without adequate
assurance capabilities, uptake of carrier SDN has been slow,
particularly for complex multi-domain, multi-vendor networking
applications. CSPs are recognizing the need for integrated
assurance and asking vendors for solutions. In this market context,
Nokia's announcement of NSP with assurance is both important and
timely."
Sasa Nijemcevic, general manager of the Network & Service
Management business at Nokia, said: "Nokia brings a wealth of
experience assuring IP and optical network services at the world's
largest service providers. The company is extending this expertise
to multivendor services and elements managed by our carrier SDN
offering. We are not only addressing the need for assurance, but
also providing additional value by leveraging our investment in
policy-based SDN control to automate assurance processes. As a
result, operators will maintain the highest levels of customer
satisfaction while optimizing their network assets to move
confidently into the next era of carrier SDN."
Nokia will be demonstrating its NSP in booth #97-99 at the SDN
World Congress Oct 11-14 at the World Forum in The Hague,
Netherlands. For more information visit:
https://networks.nokia.com/events/2016/sdn-openflow-world-congress
Key resources:
- Blog - "Assuring SDN for the real world":
https://blog.networks.nokia.com/mobile-networks/2016/10/11/assuring-sdn-real-world/
- Images:
- https://resources.nokia.com/asset/200600
- https://resources.nokia.com/asset/200598
- https://resources.nokia.com/asset/200599
- Network Services Platform website:
www.networks.nokia.com/NSP
- Heavy Reading Whitepaper - "Delivering on the Promise of
Multi-layer Integration With SDN":
https://pages.nokia.com/2016.HeavyReading.carrierSDNwhitepaper.html
- Video - "Nokia Network Services Platform: Carrier SDN for the
on-demand network":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a5_0_u3jIc&list=PLEQJsvk-0UgZ7vHZlL3E_HZmdvyJJGx-g
- Video - "Making carrier SDN happen with the Nokia Network
Services Platform": https://youtu.be/cmZ9VIjVL6M
- NSP assurance app note -
https://resources.alcatel-lucent.com/asset/187015
- SDxCentral Demo Friday on Oct 28th, 1pm EST: "Make Carrier SDN
Happen with the Nokia Network Services Platform":
https://www.sdxcentral.com/event/nokia-network-services-platform-demofriday/
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