UAE-based du has partnered with Huawei to jointly launch the world's first commercial Transport Software-Defined Network (T-SDN) to cater for the sharp increase in big data traffic that goes to its data centers. The Launch of T-SDN commercially marks the arrival of du into the SDN era, which provides reference for a future network-wide SDN network transformation.
According to du, the T-SDN network enables du to achieve accelerated service connections while fully utilizing network resources. The BoD (Bandwidth on Demand) service provided by the T-SDN network helps implement more flexible Data-Center service scheduling and greatly improves user experience while managing services through effective bandwidth optimization and interval of time. In addition, the T-SDN network provides functions such as intelligent optical-layer commissioning, fault simulation, and centralized route computation, which significantly streamline network operation and facilitate future automated network operation.
Jasim Al Awadi, Vice President, Network Infrastructure and Services, du
The introduction of T-SDN adds to many of our others firsts and accomplishments on the network front in the UAE. The T-SDN network jointly deployed with Huawei will effectively enable us to streamline network O&M and accelerate service provisioning.
Gao Ji, President of the Huawei transport network product line
The successful deployment of du's T-SDN network is an important milestone in host network evolution. It fully releases network potential and provides assurance for accelerating carrier service provisioning and improving user experience.
