China Unicom Teams with Cisco to Enable Cloud + Network Synergy with Segment Routing
April 17 2018 - 02:00AM
BEIJING, April 17, 2018 (GLOBE
NEWSWIRE) -- Recently, China United Network Communications Group
Co., Ltd. (China Unicom) officially announced seven new products:
Cloud Network Connection, Cloud Networking, Cloud VPV, Cloud
Broadband, Unicom Cloud Shield, Intelligent Boutique Video Network,
and Boutique Financial Network. China Unicom has achieved a major
milestone in pursuing network transformation based on Industrial
Internet and has become one of the leading service providers in
building "cloud + network" synergy.
Cisco has been collaborating with
China Unicom for the past two years, to transform the existing
traditional nationwide MPLS VPN network into Industrial Internet
with the "cloud + network" synergy based on Segment Routing. This
project marks a series of firsts:
- China's first Segment Routing deployment in a
service provider's backbone network;
- the first case of interconnecting equipment from
multiple vendors supporting Segment Routing;
- the first case of achieving high availability
(HA) with controllers from multiple vendors
Industrial Internet is a concept
derived from Consumer Internet. It refers to the practice of
traditional industries leveraging the advantage of big data, cloud
computing, smart devices and networks to increase internal
efficiency and the ability to provide service for external
customers. It is one of the most important ways for traditional
industries to realize transformation and upgrade through
"Internet+".
China Unicom sharply discovered
the tremendous opportunity of Industrial Internet and worked on it
as a corporate strategy to build China's first on-demand network
that provides network routes with minimal latency for customers,
supporting minute-level service launch. However, China Unicom's
nationwide MPLS VPN backbone network covers 300 cities with more
than 1200 devices, and once it is connected with the IP RAN/SPDC
metro network in the future, there will be tens of thousands of
devices involved. In addition, "cloud + network" integration
requires the ability to provide traffic engineering service for
each tenant and each application. This presents an unprecedented
challenge to network scalability. None of these issues can be
solved by traditional RSVP-TE.
Segment Routing inherent benefits
of network simplification, massive scalability and cross-domain
operations support perfectly fit with China Unicom's needs.
Interoperability between vendors' devices and controllers was a
mandatory requirement.
Cisco used the ASR 9000 router
series as the Provider Edge router (PE router), and went beyond
traditional third-party equipment (using the static Segment Routing
solution) to realize the connection of SRTE. As part of the overall
solution, Cisco provided its Network Services Orchestrator (NSO)
and WAN Automation Engine (WAE), participated in activities such as
business modeling, equipment configuration, topology information
collection and route calculation for Cisco and third-party
equipment, and successfully delivered a multi-vendor Segment
Routing solution.
Cisco also worked with China
Unicom to drive and achieve high availability (HA) with multiple
vendors' SDN controllers. The system can monitor the condition of
the master controller. When the master controller fails, the backup
controller from a different vendor can smoothly take over all the
business models, business examples, as well as configuration and
route information, so as to complete the switching. This innovation
is of utmost importance for upcoming 5G/large-scale SDN
deployment.
Cisco's Advanced Services teams
played a major role in the implementation phase of the project. To
align with China Unicom's business strategy, Cisco did some "joint
development" and customized development through a "three-step"
strategy - consulting, implementation, and optimization. Cisco's
solution support team acted as the single Point of Contact (PoC)
coordinating with related suppliers to follow up and screen
problems, and the time needed to solve problems was reduced by
43%.
Ma Jichun, chief engineer from the
digital department of China Unicom's design institute CITC, said:
"In the context of the new era, China Unicom strives to work with
its partners to build a 'cloud + network' ecosystem by actively
adopting SDN, NFV, cloud computing, Ultra-broadband Network and
other technologies. There is a broad space for China Unicom and
Cisco to engage in close collaboration and work together to develop
leading technologies such as Segment Routing and SDN. China Unicom
will build future networks with an open attitude, to better meet
the new needs of customers."
Jonathan Davidson, Senior Vice
President and General Manager of Service Provider Networking at
Cisco said: "Cisco and China Unicom have worked to transform its
networking model and rebuild an intent-based next-generation
network. Our collaboration is Cisco's first Segment Routing
deployment case in China involving technology from multiple
vendors. We look forward to continuing our joint innovative
practices, working together to drive the strategic layout and
coordinated development of Industrial
Internet."
Cisco is leading the disruption in the industry with its technology
innovations in systems; silicon; software and security; and its
unrivalled expertise in mass-scale networking, automation,
optical, optics, cable access, video, and mobility. Combining these
capabilities with Cisco's portfolio of go-to-market security,
collaboration, IoT, and professional services, we enable service
providers, media and web companies to reduce cost and complexity,
help secure their networks, and grow revenue.
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About China
Unicom
China Unicom has branch organizations in 31 Chinese provinces
(autonomous regions and municipalities) as well as multiple
countries and regions outside of China. It is China's only telecom
service provider listed on New York City, Hong Kong and Shanghai at
the same time. China Unicom ranked No.241 on the 2017 Fortune
Global500 list.
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Cisco
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