Nokia redefines fixed access virtualization with cloud-native and software-defined products Altiplano and Lightspan
October 09 2017 - 9:01AM
- Nokia automates the fixed access network and unlocks new
capabilities with virtualized access platform Altiplano to support
widest range of software-defined use cases
- Nokia Lightspan programmable access nodes drive new deployment
practices for central office, data center and copper/fiber outside
plant to build open and scalable access networks
- Nokia takes lead in industry specifications and open-source
initiatives to accelerate adoption of software-defined access
networks
09 October 2017
Espoo, Finland - Nokia today launched its new
Software-Defined Access Network (SDAN) solution, a comprehensive
set of cloud-native software, open programmable hardware, scalable
deployment practices, automated operations and integration
services. Leveraging Nokia's work with industry bodies,
open source initiatives and extensive collaboration with
leading service providers, SDAN enables operators to
build pragmatic solutions and avoid vendor lock-in as they
tackle surging customer demand.
This end-user and policy maker demand for broadband is driving
operators to add more bandwidth, more connections and more
technologies, meaning increasing complexity in the network. SDAN is
the key to making the access network smarter, so operators can
manage cost and complexity and renew their ability to scale. Rather
than apply virtualization for virtualization's sake, SDAN harnesses
cloud intelligence and programmability to support concrete use
cases that bring the most value to operators - such as network
slicing, virtual access networks, data center practices, wavelength
mobility, cloud-based provisioning, automated operations and edge
cloud architectures to enable 5G and IoT applications.
Nokia's cloud-native software platform, Altiplano, is uniquely
designed for the SDN/NFV space, renewing operators' ability to
scale by centralizing and virtualizing network functionality that
was traditionally embedded in the access equipment. Altiplano
offers intuitive business logic to cut across traditional network
management silos and auto-align the network. Leveraging open
interfaces, open data models and open industry initiatives such as
Open Broadband, ON.LAB, Open Networking Foundation (ONF), CORD,
ONAP and BBF, Altiplano allows operators to integrate Nokia SDAN
easily in a multivendor environment.
The Nokia Lightspan family delivers programmable access nodes,
specifically designed for SDAN use cases, which bring data center
practices to the central office and introduce cloud and operational
agility to the copper/fiber outside plant. The innovative and
compact Lightspan hardware comes with powerful processing,
increased throughput and power-efficient design. It features the
Lightspan SX-16F, the world's first 16-port reverse-powered G.fast
micro-node which can be safely reverse-powered from the home. It
also includes the Lightspan CF-24W, a stackable software-defined
optical line terminal (OLT) that delivers the industry's highest
next-generation PON (NG-PON) capacity in a single one-rack
unit.
SDAN is driven by real world use-cases defined by cooperation
with leading operators from around the world like du, nbn, and SK
Telecom, to name just a few of the more than 30 trials and demos
Nokia has been conducting. SDAN is an essential part of Nokia's
Intelligent Access vision, a new generation of broadband where
networks are not only faster but also better and smarter.
Teresa Mastrangelo, Principal Analyst at Broadband Trends,
said:"While fixed access operators across the globe are raising
the bar on ultra-broadband coverage, it's no longer enough to
just make networks faster. Nokia SDAN lays the foundation for
fixed operators to change the economics of their business with
cloud agility and software-driven automation. Nokia SDAN is putting
virtualization to work, focusing on real-world benefits for
operators and end users, addressing investment protection and
improving scalability with industry-leading powerful access
nodes. With this announcement, Nokia has the opportunity to
lead operators into this new era of software-defined access
networks."
Federico Guillén, president of Nokia Fixed Networks,
said: "Nokia focuses on areas where virtualization provides
concrete benefits to operators. We deliberately go for an open,
standardized, vendor-agnostic approach that smoothly integrates
legacy as well as new cloud services. Our fixed access
virtualization portfolio now covers copper, fiber, coax networks
and professional services, which makes us ideally placed to
transform the operator's network, operations, and business just as
the opportunities of 5G begin to accelerate."
Nokia will showcase its Intelligent Access portfolio at the
Nokia Booth E104 at the Broadband World Forum in Berlin, October
24-26.
Interesting links
- Nokia first to contribute open source software to accelerate
adoption of software-defined fixed access networks
- SK Telecom and Nokia take concrete steps with virtual access
networks
- Nokia Intelligent Access website
- Nokia Software Defined Access Network website
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