Cortx Service Orchestrator Provides a Single Pane of Glass
into Next-Gen Network Operations
OTTAWA, Feb. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/
- CENX, a global leader of Service Orchestration solutions for
software-defined networks, today announced that, together with
Spirent, it has successfully demonstrated orchestration of Voice
over Long Term Evolution (VoLTE) services over virtualized network
infrastructure. With CENX's Cortx Service Orchestrator,
service providers have a single pane of glass for visualization of
their service topology, network utilization and performance
metrics, so they can assure a high quality of service. Spirent
Landslide™ enables end-to-end testing of the mobile network,
including sophisticated voice Perceptual Objective Listening
Quality Assessment (POLQA) measurements.
VoLTE deployments are still in their infancy, with only 14
operators in 7 countries worldwide having launched commercial
service. Service providers are also leveraging Network Functions
Virtualization (NFV) technology to build out their VoLTE
infrastructure most cost-effectively. It is critical that
operators have the tools to manage service performance across both
physical and virtual network elements, so that early adopter
consumers enjoy an exceptional quality of experience.
"This demonstration proves that, with the right tools in hand,
management of complex network transformations doesn't itself have
to be complex," said Chris Purdy,
CTO of CENX. "Cortx Service Orchestrator is able to provide a
unified view of the mobile network from an end-to-end VoLTE
services perspective, across both physical and virtual
elements. This is a landmark first in the industry."
"The virtualization of mobile network functions provides
flexibility and agility, but without predictability and visibility
networks can quickly become very chaotic and impact the user
experience," stated Ross Cassan,
Director of Marketing – Mobile Infrastructure of
Spirent. "Spirent Landslide™ enables the constant validation
of the impact that changes in user behavior have on the network,
and that changes in the network have on the user
experience. The demonstration provides a best-practice example
of the predictability and visibility toolset needed to trust key
services like VoLTE to virtual elements."
Key features of this ground-breaking proof of concept
include:
- Spirent Landslide™ provides the comprehensive Mobile Packet
Core (MPC) network test environment, emulating real-world control
and data traffic load through a virtualized Evolved Packet Core
(vEPC), and calculating response times, throughput and real-time
POLQA voice quality measurements.
- Cortx Service Orchestrator ingests these metrics, and performs
big data correlation and analytics. Using intuitive search
capabilities, operations personnel can quickly access the relevant
data, analyze the voice quality performance in the context of the
service topology, and drill down into details as needed.
- In the event of degraded performance due to severe VoLTE
traffic load, the user is able to sectionalize the issues between
the physical and virtual domains, and take corrective action which
could involve dynamically scaling the vEPC functions.
To discuss how Cortx Service Orchestrator and Spirent Landslide™
can assure your mobile network services, visit CENX and Spirent at
Mobile World Congress, March
2nd-5th.
About CENX
CENX provides ServiceOrchestration
solutions that automate the entire lifecycle of advanced data
services in software-defined networks. We harness the power of big
data, distributed virtualized computing and real-time analytics to
dynamically orchestrate and assure services across multiple network
technologies and providers. CENX solutions are deployed by service
providers worldwide to create new revenue streams, gain service
agility, reduce operational costs, and deliver quality-assured data
services. www.cenx.com
About Spirent Communications
Spirent Communications
plc. (LSE: SPT), a global leader in test and measurement, offers an
extensive portfolio of solutions to test data centers, cloud
computing and virtualized environments, high speed Ethernet
networks and services, 3G/4G wireless networks and devices, network
and application security, and positioning technologies. For more
information visit, www.spirent.com
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