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SDN-based Automated Peering Optimization, Challenges and Solutions

SDN-based Automated Peering Optimization, Challenges and Solutions

February 11, 2020

With rapid increase in internet traffic, uptake in demand for strict per application latency and jitter SLA, network operators are more and more challenged to meet …
Transforming Lab Automation with Layer-1 switching fabrics based on SDN and whitebox switches

Transforming Lab Automation with Layer-1 switching fabrics based on SDN and whitebox switches

February 11, 2020

Modern test environments increasingly rely on automation of compute and network resources. The Continuous Integration/Continuous Development paradigm puts even mor …
Project Loon: LTE and Mesh Networks in the Stratosphere

Project Loon: LTE and Mesh Networks in the Stratosphere

February 5, 2020

Project Loon is a network of balloons traveling on the edge of space, designed to extend Internet connectivity to people in rural and remote areas worldwide. High …
SDN Controllers in the WAN: protocols and applications

SDN Controllers in the WAN: protocols and applications

February 5, 2020

Some operators have recently been deploying SDN Controllers in the WAN for the first time. This presentation discusses the protocols needed to underpin a quasi-rea …
Docker LibNetwork Drivers: Explorer's Tale

Docker LibNetwork Drivers: Explorer's Tale

February 4, 2020

When dealing with microservices, such as Docker containers, inevitably, there comes a time when you will troubleshoot issues in a software-defined networking (SDN) …
OpenDaylight as a Platform for Network Programmability

OpenDaylight as a Platform for Network Programmability

February 2, 2020

Software Defined Networking (SDN) may have started as the separation of the control plane and the data plane, but the true power lies in the ability to communicate …
Current and Future Use Cases of OpenDaylight

Current and Future Use Cases of OpenDaylight

January 22, 2020

OpenDaylight is the leading open source SDN controller and an Integrated Framework for NFV Management. It is a modular open platform for customizing and automating networks of any size and scale and p …
Software Defined Networking for CDNs and Tier 2 Service Providers

Software Defined Networking for CDNs and Tier 2 Service Providers

January 22, 2020

The ongoing shift from hardware-based, dedicated network functionality to software-based networking built on virtualized infrastructure appears to be in full swing. Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), w …
Disaggregating the Control Plane

Disaggregating the Control Plane

January 21, 2020

While the industry has come to a consensus around disaggregating the data plane, the control plane remains monolithic and proprietary, manifested by control plane applications written for a specific c …
LFN Dev Forum: Building Container

LFN Dev Forum: Building Container

January 21, 2020

Containers are becoming popular choices for NFV solutions due to the benefits provided: easier to deploy, better scalability and lower overhead. Kubernetes has become another choice for Virtual Infras …
Lightning Talk: An OpenDayLight Story - One Customer's Transformation Journey

Lightning Talk: An OpenDayLight Story - One Customer's Transformation Journey

January 21, 2020

At Lumina Networks, we believe the future is open network programmability, driven by innovation born from community centric development, used to control the most demanding network services. Join us a …
Tutorial: P4 and P4Runtime Technical Introduction and Use Cases for Service Providers

Tutorial: P4 and P4Runtime Technical Introduction and Use Cases for Service Providers

January 21, 2020

P4 has gained industry momentum in the last year. New language features allow describing more forwarding devices, not only programmable ones but also fixed-function conventional ones. P4Runtime was in …
OpenDaylight Project Breakout: Introduction and Demo of the Infrautils. Metrics API and Its Implementations, Incl. Support for Prometheus.io From the CNCF

OpenDaylight Project Breakout: Introduction and Demo of the Infrautils. Metrics API and Its Implementations, Incl. Support for Prometheus.io From the CNCF

January 20, 2020

The ODL infrautils project proposes a new API to expose metrics from ODL SDN applications. This API is currently in the process of being adopted accross the genius and netvirt projects, and could be o …
Platform Approach for SDN Predictive Management Using AI and ML

Platform Approach for SDN Predictive Management Using AI and ML

January 19, 2020

AI and ML are the latest hot buzz words not only from the top technology companies but also from businesses large or small around the world. AT&T has promoted the cause of AI/ML over the last 20 years …
Multi-Cloud Practices with NFV and ONAP

Multi-Cloud Practices with NFV and ONAP

January 18, 2020

Virtual Infrastructure Manager (VIM) is a very critical component in NFV architecture. The service providers always look for flexibility in its choice of VIM implementations and avoid vendor lock-in w …
Multi-Cloud Practices with NFV and ONAP

Multi-Cloud Practices with NFV and ONAP

January 18, 2020

Virtual Infrastructure Manager (VIM) is a very critical component in NFV architecture. The service providers always look for flexibility in its choice of VIM implementations and avoid vendor lock-in w …
Open Network API Development

Open Network API Development

January 18, 2020

Service providers need Analytics and Intelligence, Software Control and Automation, and Programmable Infrastructure to manage the transition to the Adaptive Network.A common requirement will be the u …
SDN/Cloud Cybersecurity - Defending the Industrial Cloud

SDN/Cloud Cybersecurity - Defending the Industrial Cloud

January 17, 2020

Process control networks run our industrial delivery systems including power plants, refineries, and manufacturing. These systems are increasingly reliant on SDN and cloud elements, which exposes them …
Shift to White Box & dNOS

Shift to White Box & dNOS

January 17, 2020

Historically, the barrier to entry to creating a Network Operating System has been high due to the magnitude and complexity of the functional requirements for both hardware and software. Hardware is o …
Future Broadband Network Virtualization Cloud Central Office

Future Broadband Network Virtualization Cloud Central Office

January 16, 2020

In this Cloud-centric, 5G and IoT era, operators are facing challenges of current network and transformation towards the Cloud-centric network. The Cloud CO architecture is the cornerstone of NG broad …
SDN Certified User: Maximize the Value of SDN in Your Organization

SDN Certified User: Maximize the Value of SDN in Your Organization

January 16, 2020

SDN is strict with its user. Traditional technology aligned organization structures are ineffective at supporting the dynamics of an SDN approach of enabling a digital business. Organizations are goin …
Creating a Safer, Smart Ride: NFV for Automotive

Creating a Safer, Smart Ride: NFV for Automotive

January 15, 2020

While NFV and SDN have showcases their potential in cloud Data centers, experts are looking to bring its expertise for creating a secured safer smart ride through the integration of vehicle-vehicle an …
Panel: Open Networking Driving Data Center and Cloud Innovation

Panel: Open Networking Driving Data Center and Cloud Innovation

January 14, 2020

Open networking encourages innovation through collaboration. Open specifications and the reference code also allow vendors to leverage external networking competencies to formulate and commercialize n …
Lab as a Service: Compose Your Cloud Automatically with Few Clicks

Lab as a Service: Compose Your Cloud Automatically with Few Clicks

January 13, 2020

Getting NFV Platform and numerous networking features up and running can tie you in knots, you need to make a number of decisions where each decision leads you down a path where options you may want c …
SDN Practice for Cloud Overlay Network: From Infrastructure to Products

SDN Practice for Cloud Overlay Network: From Infrastructure to Products

January 13, 2020

With the development of cloud computing, cloud service providers build more and more services such as cloud virtual machine and database on top of overlay networks. Compared with running the services …