Vedicis, a leading vendor of a Software-based Deep Packet Inspection (DPI)-Policy Control platform, and 6WIND, a packet processing software vendor, this week launched the virtual Policy Control Enforcement (vPCEF) and virtual Traffic Detection Function (vTDF) appliances to support mobile operators in their move towards Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) architecture.
The new solution which runs on a standard Intel server includes Red Hat OS with KVM hypervisor, Open vSwitch, 6WINDGate NFV Infrastructure (NFVI) and Vedicis Content Smart Switch.
The 6WINDGate NFVI enables its vPCEF to provide the critical building block of DPI-based Policy and Charging Enforcement for a fully virtualized PDN-Gateway and IP core.
According to Vedices, the VNF deployment architecture delivers many advantages, including high performance required for MNO traffic, deployment beside other VNFs like firewalls, content delivery networks (CDNs) and video content optimizers, sharing the same hardware platform. Besides, it also enables multiple vPCEF instances deployment on various hardware platforms, with supports for the orchestration layer in NFV environments.
"Our vPCEF and vTDF appliances are a major step for the virtualization of the data plane for Telcos. It is positioned to rapidly become a critical component to control and monetize data traffic in the new NFV architecture for LTE networks.”
- Theodore Martin, Vedicis CEO
"We are proud to provide Vedicis with our 6WINDGate NFVI technology to ensure its vPCEF and vTDF appliances have the performance required for mobile operators to realize the promise of NFV.”
- Eric Carmès, Founder and CEO for 6WIND
