UTStarcom, a global telecommunications infrastructure provider, announced on Thursday the completion of a successful proof of concept (PoC) test of its Software Defined Open Packet Optical Network (SOOTM) solution with a major Tier-1 operator in Tokyo.
The PoC demonstrated the ability of SOOTM to enable dynamic as well as pre-planned bandwidth on demand provisioning in addition to the provisioning of standard MEF Ethernet services and full Layer 3 IP-VPN service provision. The PoC solution which was initially unveiled and demonstrated at the Optical Fiber Conference in San Francisco earlier in the year, is expanded to include newly added SDN applications such as SDN provisioning of IPv4 and IPv6 Layer 3 IP-VPN services.
UTStarcom said that the SOOTM Network product line will help operators migrate existing network infrastructure based on its TN700 series packet optical network products to an SDN-based environment. The benefits arising from the SOOTM SDN upgrade include: lower capital and operating costs, automated service provisioning and the ability to deliver new bandwidth-on-demand and Layer 3 services that were not previously available on a deployed Layer 2 network, noted UTStarcom.
“The completion of the proof of concept is a clear demonstration of the fundamental and disruptive changes in network operations and service capabilities enabled through SDN technology. This technology allows network operators to better monetize their network assets by offering new value-add and dynamic services."
- William Wong, CEO, UTStarcom
“This is truly a major step toward bringing SDN into the wide area network. "the real breakthrough" is the ability to deliver full Layer 3 IP-VPN services for both IPv4 and IPv6, on an existing deployed Layer 2 packet optical platform through a software upgrade and introduction of an SDN controller.”
- Frank Rühl, Managing Director, Blue Ocean Networks
