Infinera and Telefonica demonstrated Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) in a multi-layer environment using software defined networking (SDN) approach.
SDN demonstration allowed end users to define MPLS services from a single screen, resulting in the dynamic allocation and configuration of associated networking resources at both the IP/MPLS layer and the transport layer.
With the speed and automation NaaS delivers, service providers can deploy services faster, more efficiently, and at lower cost.
The demonstration illustrated how SDN can allow Telefonica to develop new multi-layer services rapidly and free from the constraints of proprietary operating systems and traditional element management systems.
Infinera says the demo also showed an SDN control framework based on IETF’s ABNO proposal and its ability to be implemented to support the orchestration and provisioning of services across a multi-vendor, multi-layer IP/MPLS and optical transport network.
This apart, a working prototype controller developed by Telefónica using multi-layer PCE for networking Layers 1 and 3, demonstrating how SDN technologies and a logically centralized control plane approach can help realize dynamic NaaS capabilities on carrier backbones.
Infinera’s Open Transport Switch, a Web 2.0 software construct that abstracts and virtualizes the underlying transport network resources so they can be easily programmed via a controller. The purpose-built design of OTS for SDN solutions is to enable rapid innovation, in contrast to other transport solutions that repurpose large and heavyweight Element Management Systems (EMS) in their SDN implementations.
“This demonstration with Infinera is the type of research and development that puts us on the forefront of testing new technologies that continually reduce deployment time, the number of manual operations, and deliver more dynamic connections on our network,” said Victor Lopez, responsible for SDN transport innovation activities in Telefónica I+D/GCTO.
