PARIS, Sept. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/
-- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is to
introduce new features to its Velocix Content Delivery Network
(CDN) solution to enable pay-TV operators to better manage their
networks and set a new standard for the customer experience of IP
video services.
As operators cope with the ever-increasing amount of IP-based
video traffic, the Velocix CDN offers a number of improvements
which take advantage of innovations in virtualization, as well as
tighter integration with IP infrastructure to accelerate the
adoption of cloud networking for IP video services.
The Velocix Virtual CDN decouples the software that controls and
routes traffic on a network from the physical infrastructure that
provides compute and storage resources. This greatly reduces the
time needed to install or expand the CDN. Virtualization also gives
operators the agility to instantly create a new CDN cache in case
of a hardware failure, minimizing any potential disruption in
quality of service.
The Velocix Virtual CDN will use automatic resource allocation
to create an 'elastic CDN' capable of adjusting capacity to both
planned and unexpected changes in demand, for example during a
popular sporting event or due to a viral video. After the peak,
computing resource can be released for other applications.
The Velocix Virtual CDN joins the Alcatel-Lucent network
functions virtualization (NFV) portfolio announced earlier this
year to enable network automation and efficient use of resources
for rapid scaling up and down of services.
Additional features to the Velocix platform are also being
announced, and include:
- Coupled with a brand new user interface and even more flexible
reports, the world-class reporting capability of the Velocix CDN
has been extended to give operators greater visibility of the
traffic flowing through the network without increasing any
additional latency or load. Patented Bell
Labs techniques are used to measure the quality of video
streamed to customers without the need for network probes or for
installing software on customers' devices.
- Integration with the network routing control plane enables the
CDN to learn automatically from changes in the IP infrastructure
and optimize the cache selection accordingly. For example, when a
new IP address is assigned to a user, the CDN adapts dynamically to
make sure customers are always served from the optimal cache.
- The Velocix Universal Network Application Programming Interface
(UNAPI) also enables unprecedented integration with external
systems to develop customized applications for network
configuration, content management and reporting.
- Velocix Proxy Language provides a powerful way to dynamically
control how content is cached and processed. Using an industry
standard programming language (LUA), a pay TV provider can modify
how a request is treated depending, for example, on a user's
location or device. This opens up a wealth of personalization
opportunities to improve the customer experience or traffic
management on the network. It also allows a service provider to
bring the web traffic for their pay TV service onto the same CDN as
the video traffic.
According to the research analysts SNL Kagan MRG, Alcatel-Lucent
is the leading vendor of CDN equipment to pay TV operators and
other network operators who offer over-the-top and multiscreen
digital media content delivery services. The Velocix CDN solution
is used by some of the largest operators in the world, including
Telus, Oi and Time Warner Cable.
Quotes
Paul Larbey, head of
Alcatel-Lucent's IP Video business: "Video represents the most
traffic on a service provider's network. Applying the principles of
virtualization to content delivery networks is about giving service
providers greater control over that traffic and subsequently
providing a better experience to customers. The latest enhancements
to our Velocix CDN further extends Alcatel-Lucent's leading
position in IP video and in cloud networking."
About Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE:
ALU)
We are at the forefront of global communications,
providing products and innovations in IP and cloud networking, as
well as ultra-broadband fixed and wireless access to service
providers and their customers, and to enterprises and institutions
throughout the world. Underpinning us in driving the industrial
transformation from voice telephony to high-speed digital delivery
of data, video and information is Bell
Labs, an integral part of the Group and one of the world's
foremost technology research institutes, responsible for countless
breakthroughs that have shaped the networking and communications
industry. Our innovations have resulted in our Group being
recognized by Thomson Reuters as a Top 100 Global Innovator, as
well as being named by MIT Technology Review as amongst 2012's Top
50 "World's Most Innovative Companies". We have also been
recognized for innovation in sustainability, being named Industry
Group Leader in the Technology Hardware & Equipment sector in
the 2013 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices review, for making global
communications more sustainable, affordable and accessible, all in
pursuit of the Group's mission to realize the potential of a
connected world.
With revenues of Euro 14.4
billion in 2013, Alcatel-Lucent is listed on the
Paris and New York stock exchanges (Euronext and NYSE:
ALU). The company is incorporated in France and headquartered in Paris.
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