Vodafone and Huawei recently completed the second phase test of the cloud-based Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) solution in a fixed broadband scenario.
This proof of concept was deployed in Vodafone Portugal's premises, leveraging the Control & User Plane Separation (CUPS) architecture, which offers improved capabilities for scaling, resilience and efficient IP address use.
The phase I testing was performed in December 2017 and focused on 52 functional tests of the solution, while the phase II testing, completed in May 2018, focused on the Vodafone Portugal service architecture including internet access and VPN services. The scope of this proof of concept included access, authentication and accounting for home broadband users in various scenarios. It also included performance, reliability and security testing of cloud-based BNG systems.
Joao Nascimento, CTO, Vodafone Portugal
Cloud-based BNG is an effective way to improve network resource utilization and shorten time to market for new services. During this round of testing, we were able to verify the feasibility of evolving existing network devices to the cloud.
Jeffrey Gao, President of Huawei's Router & Carrier Ethernet Product Line
Cloud-based BNG is an innovative implementation of Huawei's Intent-Driven Network in the context of network service cloudification. The Intent-Driven Network decouples traditional networks into an elastic, reliable bearer layer and an agile service layer.
