nec 0314 carrier sdn nfv webinar

Carrier SDN from NEC

Gerry Feeney

Head of Market Development

NEC Europe

March 2014

Copyright (c) NEC Corporation 2014. All rights reserved

Agenda

1. Overview of NEC

2. Carrier SDN from NEC

3. NEC’s contribution to SDN standards

4. Carrier SDN solutions from NEC

5. Conclusion


1. Overview of NEC


NEC Group at a Glance

One of the world's leading providers of

telecommunications, IT and Enterprise business

solutions

Established in 1899

102,000 employees worldwide

Consolidated Net Sales: $32b

Local presence in 51 Countries

€1.6B spent in R&D in FY12/13

Public Business 22.2%

Enterprise

Business

8.2%

Telecom Carrier

Business

23.1%

System Platform

Business

24.2%

Other

22.3%


2. Carrier SDN from NEC


Carrier SDN Architecture

NEC transforms traditional carrier networks into simple and flexible networks

Complex, inflexible

Purpose-built equipment

Simple, flexible

Traditional Networks Carrier SDN

Data

Forwarding

Hardware

Centralized Control software

COTS Servers /

Virtualisation

Network Functions

Software

＋

NFV

Centralized control

Centralized control

SDN

Distributed Management


SDN Software Defined Networking

Network Control Software

SDN Controller

COTS Server

Legacy Network Software Defined Networking

Config

Packet Forwarding

Each Network Element requires

configuration and control Centralized control and monitoring

Automated Operation and Management

VoIP Mobile Fixed

Config

Config config

Config

Config

▌ Decouple Control Plane and Data Plane

▌ Enable rapid network provisioning and modification via centralized control

▌ OpenFlow protocol is standardized by the ONF to realize open SDN

OpenFlow

Control

Plane

Data

Plane

Dedicated

network

per

service

Decouple


NFV Network Functions Virtualization

Hardware resource

Dedicated or Proprietary Hardware

Virtualised Network Functions

Virtualised Layer

COTS Server

COTS Server

Optimized resource allocation

on demand and according to conditions

Legacy network functions NFV

L3SW IMS EPC GW Data

Base

App

Server BRAS

Unable to share resources

Fire

Wall L3SW IMS EPC GW Data

Base BRAS

Fire

Wall App

Server

▌ Network Functions which were run on dedicated proprietary hardware can be

virtualised on COTS Servers in a Data Center.

▌ Reduces the equipment costs, and improves flexibility, operability and

maintenability.


Carrier SDN Vision

Wireline Wireless Dedicated

lines M2M

From vertical network silos…

… to multiple services on a common network

Service Order

Fixed-line phones

Mobile

FMC

Dedicated lines

M2M

SDN

M2M Dedicated

lines

FMC

Mobile

Fixed-line

phones


Reduced TCO Carrier SDN Value Proposition

Economy of scale of the IT industry

Multi-service shared platform based on COTS

Lower hardware maintenance fees

Higher automation in operations

Smaller footprint

Source: NEC’s Study

DC-2

DC-1 DC-3

OSS/BSS

TMS

Real-time

traffic analysis

report

Dynamic

resource

allocation

Real-time

traffic information

vEPC TCO Savings

Real-time traffic measurement and analysis

Real-time dynamic resource optimization

Network


Revenue Creation Carrier SDN Value Proposition

Service Velocity & Time-to-Revenue Service Chaining & New Service Creation

Open for 3rd Party collaboration

Service Innovation

Broader service portfolio

Faster Time-to-Market

Ecosystem


High Availability, High Reliability

Auto-Scaling

Self-Healing

Elastic resource balancing to ease congestion

Disaster recovery and geo-redundancy


3. Contribution to SDN standards


NEC‘s Contribution to SDN standards

Open Networking Foundation ETSI ISG

Open Daylight Project ONRC

• OpenFlow protocol standardization • NFV specification development

• Opensource SDN controller development • R&D for Carrier-Grade SDN

World 1st commercial

OpenFlow Controller

and Switch

World 1st OpenFlow

conformant Switch

World 1st commercially available

virtualised Evolved Packet Core

Contributed the VTN (Virtual Tenant

Network) model as an application

Joint development to realize OpenFlow

product technology for carriers

http://www.opendaylight.org/


4. Carrier SDN solutions from NEC


Carrier SDN Solutions from NEC

1. SDN for Data Center and Enterprise

2. NFV solutions for Mobile Core and Edge

3. SDN for Transport

4. Operation & Orchestration

Technology Domains

Strategy for Open Architectures and Ecosystem


Carrier SDN solution portfolio

▌Focusing on 4 solutions to address Carrier requirements

*:OSS/BSS : Operation Support System / Business Support System *:TMS : Traffic Management Solution *:EPC : Evolved Packet Core

Orchestration / Management

Integration and Virtualization of ICT Resources

E2E orchestrator TOMS

(OSS/BSS) TMS

Integrated operation, management automation,

and optimized control for SDN

2. NFV

vEPC, vCPE ...

Network functions on

servers

Transport NW

3. SDN Transport

Efficient network resource utilization by

software control

vFirewall

vStorage

Network & Server

Virtualization

Open

Strategy

4. Operation &

Orchestration

1. Data

Center SDN


Data Center SDN

VTN2

Data Center A

Virtual network Virtual Network Functions

Virtual Appliances Virtual servers, storage

VTN1

Data Center B Carrier-grade data center platform

SDN service controller SDN service controller

WAN

E2E Service Orchestrator

Network Virtualization IT Virtualization

Centralized Management Automation Multi-Data Center

http://www.openflowswitch.org/


NEC ProgrammableFlow Networking Suite Offering a complete SDN solution

PF5240 PF6800 PF1000

PF5248 PF5820

OpenFlow Controller Virtual Switch Physical Switches

Control

Northbound API

Southbound API

Applications

Management Security Optimization

Data

Physical Virtual

Network

NEC ProgrammableFlow® was the first

enterprise-class OpenFlow SDN solution.

In production now, it delivers better

utilization of all IT assets, enabling

network-wide virtualization and allowing

customers to easily deploy, control, monitor

and manage multi-tenant networks.

PF5459

ProgrammableFlow Product Range


NTT Communications

Enterprise Cloud service

NTT Communications adopted NEC’s ProgrammableFlow products as part of its Enterprise Cloud service.

NTT Com’s new Enterprise Cloud provides global cloud resources that enterprise customers can easily control and manage to opt imize its’ ICT costs and support the global expansion of corporate operations.

[Reference] : NTT Communications http://www.ntt.com/bhec_e/

Data Center

Case Study: NTT Communications


Case Study: Japan Rail East Japan

Dedicated networks for each ICT system

Adding new ICT systems required considerable

time and effort

Implementing new ICT systems does not require

changes in the physical network

New services can be launched quickly

NEC’s VTN technology provides the required level

of security and isolation on a common shared

infrastructure

Benefits of using SDN

JR East Japan’s network challenges

NEC provides SDN network to JR East Japan to improve networking

at Tokyo railway station, one of the world’s busiest stations

Build a single and shared network

for the entire station based on

SDN technology

Decision

Social

Infrastructure


Case Study: ‘RISE’ Broadcast Network Research Infrastructure for large-Scale network Experiments

▐ 2014 Live broadcast of Sapporo Snow festival and Baseball camp at Okinawa

Created virtual network ‘Slices’ on RISE to broadcast a picture by video streaming.

Independent slices created for each of the broadcast companies

High definition picture delivery through ProgrammableFlow switches in RISE

Broadcast company A

Broadcast company B

Broadcast company C

RISE topology

User City

A Sapporo,

Okinawa

B Osaka,

Okinawa

C Osaka,

Okinawa

NEC ProgrammableFlow Switch

Broadcast

Infrastructure


Legacy Network

FW

Anesthesiology VTN

Electronic Record VTN

Radiology VTN

Network Pool Server Pool

Electronic Record Radiology Anesthesiology

Enterprise Case Study: Kanazawa University Hospital

▐ Deployed OpenFlow in the new

Medical Building

▐ Consolidated the LANs of different

Medical departments having

different Policies

▐ Security and Stability to support

mission critical medical services

24/7

▐ Reduce workload and cost for

operations and configuration

changes

Electronic Record

Server

Core Switch

FW

Radiology

Anesthesiology


vEPC

NEC’s NFV Platform Architecture

HW Independent Platform

Hypervisor

vMME …

Orchestration

vP/S-GW

vCPE

vCGNAT … …..

NVF Management and Orchestration

3rd Party

Orchestration

Auto-scaling

Auto-healing

Auto-Provisioning

Monitoring & Control

Service

Template Service

Template Service

Template

Elastic C- & U-Plane

Multi-Service Platform

NEC’s NFV: Carrier-Grade, Flexible, Open

vBRAS vMVNO

-GW

IBM DELL


vEPC Virtualised Evolved Packet Core

NFV

eNB

S-GW P-GW

HSS PCRF

Internet COTS Server

Data Center

Small Start

Data Center

MME

▐ World’s first virtualised mobile core network

▐ OpenFlow enabled NFV solution

▐ Carrier Grade performance and market proven stability

▐ Efficient network operation

▐ Leverage open ecosystem

▐ Eliminate proprietary hardware


Commercial vEPC in Myanmar

…. LTE radio network, …

NFV


vMVNO Gateway

▐ Virtualised MVNO-Gateway from NEC enables MVNOs to deliver

a new level of service differentiation

NFV

vMVNO GW: Lightweight platform with carrier grade performance

Easy operation suitable for MVNO

Charging system

RADIUS

Company #1

Company #2

Company #3 IP address allocation

Session control

Authentication QoS control

vMVNO-GW

Multi-network connection

Separate network for each company

SGSN

S-GW

LTE

Layer 2 connection

3G

MNO Network MVNO Network

Charging

system

Charging

system

vPCRF

Bandwidth・Usage control


vCPE Virtualised Customer Premises Equipment

▐ In the vCPE domain, the Home Gateway becomes a simple L2 bridge

and the existing higher layer functionalities are virtualised

IPTV Other

services

NFV

…


Edge Router+L0/L2Transport

Flexible Service

add-in/removal

IP/Optical convergence Network virtualization using OpenFlow

NMS

Service modules

Provide virtual network with IP/λ/VLAN/MPLS-TP

Control each virtual tenant network by OpenFlow controller

L0/L2Transport

Core routers offloading

Provide transport network

byλ/VLAN/MPLS-TP

Virtual

Network

Transport SDN controller

L3

L3 L3 L0 L2

L0/L2

SDN Transport Converged IP/Optical with SDN enabled by OpenFlow

L0/L2

L3

NMS +

SDN Controller

“Router-less” Edge Router Off-loading

http://www.openflowswitch.org/


Operation & Orchestration

Network

Orchestration

Control and Management

Service Chaining

IT Apps

Controller

Legacy

NMS/EMS

Transport SDN

Controller VNF Manager

NFV Access

Data Center

Transport

End-to-end Service Orchestrator

OSS / BSS

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Customer / Operator

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Network Service Orchestrator NFV

Orchestrator

Intelligently and flexibly converging service with infrastructure


vTMS interworking with OSS/BSS virtualised Traffic Management Solution

Dynamic and Optimum allocation of network functions based on traffic status

VNF

Virtualized Platform

Carrier Network

TMS TMS Visualizer,

TMS Manager

Real time traffic

analysis report

VNF Manager

Deployment plan

Analyze Dynamic resource

allocation

Real time traffic

information

vTMS (Virtualized TMS)

SDN

OSS/BSS

E2E Service Orchestrator

Traffic control

and optimization

TMS (Traffic Management Solution)

includes optimization, visualization

and network control functions for

QoE improvement and efficient

network resource utilization

Operation & Orchestration


Open Strategy for SDN & NFV Open Architecture and Ecosystem to rapidly and flexibly create value

Applications

Hypervisor

NEC OpenFlow switch

E2E Management & Orchestration

OSS/BSS

3rd Party OpenFlow Switch … COTS Hardware

NEC VNF 3rd Party

VNF/Appliance

NEC Controller 3rd Party

Controller

Open API

OpenSource

Controller

TREMA

SDN NFV

KVM

(Red Hat)

IBM

DELL NEC

HP

VMware

IBM DELL HP …


5. Conclusion


▐ SDN and NFV represent break-through technologies which will bring

significant benefits to the Telecommunications Industry

▐ NEC has demonstrated leadership in SDN and NFV by launching the

first commercial SDN solution (2011) and NFV solution (2013)

▐ With solutions in the four key technology areas and with a strategy

for openness, NEC will deliver ‘Carrier SDN’ for Service Providers

1. Data Center SDN

2. NFV

3. SDN Transport

4. Operations and Orchestration

▐ A unique combination of IT and Networking expertise as well as R&D

leadership position NEC as the right partner for SDN and NFV

Next Steps …

Let us realise the Carrier SDN together

Thank You

Gerry Feeney

Head of Market Development

NEC Europe

For more information:

http://www.nec.com/en/global/solutions/nsp/sdn/index.html





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Network Visibility

DDoS Prevention Load Balancing

WAN Optimization

Cloud Orchestration

IDS

Data

Malware

VPN Gateway

VPN Gateway

OpenFlow Switches

Enterprise Network or

Cloud

Wide Area Network

Cloud Data Center

Secure VPN Scale Out

Secure VPNNEC ProgrammableFlow

Controller

VPN Performance Analysis

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