Russia's Rostelecom, NEC and Netcracker announced that the first proof of concept (PoC) interoperability test for transport software-defined networking (SDN) in the Russia has been successfully completed.
In the PoC, optical networking equipment from Huawei, NEC and Nokia, as well as their corresponding domain SDN controllers, were managed by an umbrella transport SDN controller provided by NEC/Netcracker. This new hierarchical approach to transport SDN provided complete end-to-end control and visibility, automating operations across three separate optical multivendor domains, said NEC/Netcracker.
It is also driving the need to accelerate service creation, deployment and restoration times. Rostelecom recognized the opportunity to meet this need through transport SDN. It also used this opportunity to put to test the true multivendor promise of virtualization. The PoC was designed to test the scenarios mentioned above.
The umbrella transport SDN controller provided by NEC/Netcracker provided a unified multidomain view, thereby increasing network agility, end-to-end visibility as well as rapid provisioning and restoration capabilities.
With these elements in place, Rostelecom network users can self-select new, on-demand transport services that are provisioned automatically and optimized dynamically according to bandwidth and network performance requirements.
Alexey Sapunov, SVP for Technical Infrastructure, Rostelecom
Together with equipment vendors Huawei, NEC/Netcracker and Nokia, Rostelecom proves transport SDN's ability to reduce costs and improve network automation. By using NEC/Netcracker's multidomain transport SDN controller, which managed multiple underlying domain controllers, Rostelecom was able to eliminate vendor lock-in and lay the foundation for a true multivendor infrastructure.
Akihiro Sakurai, Managing Director, JSC, NEC Corp's subsidiary in Russia
NEC is proud to successfully complete the first multivendor transport SDN PoC in Russia. It proves the maximum performance to service providers across all transport layers with this multidomain, multilayer and multivendor transport SDN solution that optimizes network traffic and automates configuration.
