Nokia redefines fixed access virtualization with cloud-native and software-defined products Altiplano and Lightspan
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
* Nokia automates the fixed access network and unlocks new capabilities with
virtualized access platform Altiplano to support widest range of software-
defined use cases
* Nokia Lightspan programmable access nodes drive new deployment practices for
central office, data center and copper/fiber outside plant to build open and
scalable access networks
* Nokia takes lead in industry specifications and open-source initiatives to
accelerate adoption of software-defined access networks
09 October 2017
Espoo, Finland - Nokia today launched its new Software-Defined Access Network
(SDAN) solution, a comprehensive set of cloud-native software, open programmable
hardware, scalable deployment practices, automated operations and integration
services. Leveraging Nokia's work with industry bodies, open source initiatives
and extensive collaboration with leading service providers, SDAN enables
operators to build pragmatic solutions and avoid vendor lock-in as they tackle
surging customer demand.
This end-user and policy maker demand for broadband is driving operators to add
more bandwidth, more connections and more technologies, meaning increasing
complexity in the network. SDAN is the key to making the access network smarter,
so operators can manage cost and complexity and renew their ability to scale.
Rather than apply virtualization for virtualization's sake, SDAN harnesses cloud
intelligence and programmability to support concrete use cases that bring the
most value to operators - such as network slicing, virtual access networks, data
center practices, wavelength mobility, cloud-based provisioning, automated
operations and edge cloud architectures to enable 5G and IoT applications.
Nokia's cloud-native software platform, Altiplano, is uniquely designed for the
SDN/NFV space, renewing operators' ability to scale by centralizing and
virtualizing network functionality that was traditionally embedded in the access
equipment. Altiplano offers intuitive business logic to cut across traditional
network management silos and auto-align the network. Leveraging open interfaces,
open data models and open industry initiatives such as Open Broadband, ON.LAB,
Open Networking Foundation (ONF), CORD, ONAP and BBF, Altiplano allows operators
to integrate Nokia SDAN easily in a multivendor environment.
The Nokia Lightspan family delivers programmable access nodes, specifically
designed for SDAN use cases, which bring data center practices to the central
office and introduce cloud and operational agility to the copper/fiber outside
plant. The innovative and compact Lightspan hardware comes with powerful
processing, increased throughput and power-efficient design. It features the
Lightspan SX-16F, the world's first 16-port reverse-powered G.fast micro-node
which can be safely reverse-powered from the home. It also includes the
Lightspan CF-24W, a stackable software-defined optical line terminal (OLT) that
delivers the industry's highest next-generation PON (NG-PON) capacity in a
single one-rack unit.
SDAN is driven by real world use-cases defined by cooperation with leading
operators from around the world like du, nbn, and SK Telecom, to name just a few
of the more than 30 trials and demos Nokia has been conducting. SDAN is an
essential part of Nokia's Intelligent Access vision, a new generation of
broadband where networks are not only faster but also better and smarter.
Teresa Mastrangelo, Principal Analyst at Broadband Trends, said:"While fixed
access operators across the globe are raising the bar on ultra-broadband
coverage, it's no longer enough to just make networks faster. Nokia SDAN lays
the foundation for fixed operators to change the economics of their business
with cloud agility and software-driven automation. Nokia SDAN is putting
virtualization to work, focusing on real-world benefits for operators and end
users, addressing investment protection and improving scalability with industry-
leading powerful access nodes. With this announcement, Nokia has the opportunity
to lead operators into this new era of software-defined access networks."
Federico Guillén, president of Nokia Fixed Networks, said: "Nokia focuses on
areas where virtualization provides concrete benefits to operators. We
deliberately go for an open, standardized, vendor-agnostic approach that
smoothly integrates legacy as well as new cloud services. Our fixed access
virtualization portfolio now covers copper, fiber, coax networks and
professional services, which makes us ideally placed to transform the operator's
network, operations, and business just as the opportunities of 5G begin to
accelerate."
Nokia will showcase its Intelligent Access portfolio at the Nokia Booth E104 at
the Broadband World Forum in Berlin, October 24-26.
Interesting links
* Nokia first to contribute open source software to accelerate adoption of
software-defined fixed access networks
* SK Telecom and Nokia take concrete steps with virtual access networks
* Nokia Intelligent Access website
* Nokia Software Defined Access Network website
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