Verizon Completes Successful Test of Cisco’s Hybrid Information-Centric Networking in its Network
March 16 2018 - 2:30PM
In an industry first, Verizon and Cisco are collaborating on
accelerating adoption of Hybrid Information-Centric Networking
(ICN), an emerging and innovative approach to content-aware service
offerings. By focusing network communication around “named data”
rather than location identifiers such as IP addresses, Verizon and
Cisco believe they can dramatically simplify next-generation
network architecture; enhance user-to-content communication; and
improve mobility, storage and security in the network.
In collaboration with Cisco, Verizon successfully demonstrated
Cisco’s open-source ICN software and validated its benefits over
standard TCP/IP solutions for optimized mobile video delivery in a
lab at the Verizon Innovation Center in Waltham, MA.
The demonstrated benefits include key features of the ICN
communication model – including dynamic adaptive streaming
solutions and dynamic load balancing of media – which will lead to
a better user experience. In the network, forwarding/caching
strategies maximize traffic localization and bandwidth savings in
backhaul/core via enhanced multicast.
Subsequently, Verizon also successfully demonstrated key
features of Hybrid-ICN by simplifying the insertion of ICN
technology in existing IP infrastructure and enabling coexistence
with legacy IP traffic.
“The Hybrid-ICN solution delivers all the benefits of ICN
communication with minimal existing IP infrastructure upgrades
required,” said Srini Kalapala, vice president, Technology
Architecture and Strategy at Verizon. “By demonstrating the
benefits of a virtualized Hybrid-ICN network at scale, we showcased
how the technology can simplify the way users access content in a
mobile environment and lead to a better user experience. We’re
pleased with the results of our collaboration with Cisco and with
the promise of the technology.”
“Cisco’s Hybrid-ICN solution provides secure content-intelligent
transport for network service providers,” said Dave Ward, senior
vice president, CTO of Engineering and Chief Architect at Cisco.
“Through our co-development with Verizon, we found that H-ICN
empowers the network edge with low latency caching and computing
capabilities for the support of new revenue-generating applications
such as enterprise multi-radio access, augmented and virtual
reality, and IoT for 5G.”
About VerizonVerizon Communications Inc.
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$126 billion in 2017 revenues. The company operates America’s most
reliable wireless network and the nation’s premier all-fiber
network, and delivers integrated solutions to businesses worldwide.
Its Oath subsidiary reaches about one billion people around the
world with a dynamic house of media and technology brands.
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