  Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, showcased a number of SoftCOM solutions at the world's largest SDN forum, the SDN & OpenFlow World Congress 2013.
Jointly developed with the world’s leading carriers, these solutions mark the beginning of a new phase in the commercial exploration of software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV).
SoftCOM is a future-oriented end-to-end ICT network architecture based on technologies and concepts including cloud computing, SDN, NFV, and network openness. Huawei's SDN-based Gi service LAN and NFV-based Cloud IMS solutions were among the highlights of the congress. Based on the SDN concept and technology, Huawei developed a brand new Gi service LAN solution that can support a unified control platform to enable flexible configuration of service paths based on service type, user type and access network type, among other on-demand service paths in different dimensions.
In addition to saving approximately 40% of Gi service unit expansion cost as compared with the original serial structure, the solution will also greatly reduce maintenance cost and the cost of new service configuration, cutting the OPEX of Gi service LAN by 25%. Huawei's SDN-based Gi service LAN solution can be deployed quickly through a smooth upgrade on existing systems, creating commercial value in a short period of time. Huawei has cooperated with many major carriers and has achieved excellent performance during tests.
"As a leader and a key contributor to the SDN standards body, Huawei will continue to work with major carriers around the world to explore commercial values of SoftCOM and drive technological innovations, promoting the development of IT-based networks and standardization of the IT system in order to build an open ecosystem," said Jeffery Gao, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer of Huawei Western Europe Region. "SoftCOM solutions will help carriers explore new business fields and business models, securing a place for them at top of the value chain in the era of ICT". |