NFV & SDN World Practical Approaches to NFV Orchestration Deployment Terry McCabe CTO Mobile Business Unit May 2015
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Mavenir 4G Customer Launches Mavenir 4G solutions are proven in commercial networks across US and European markets carrying live traffic VoWi-Fi Launched Nov 2011 VoLTE Launched May 2014 RCS Launched March 2013 VoLTE SMS over IMS Launched May 2014 DRA Launched June 2014 VoLTE Virtualized March 2015 VoWi-Fi Launched July 2014 First Virtualized VoLTE 3 2015 Mitel. Proprietary and Confidential.
Mavenir Solution Portfolio IMS Apps & Services TAS MRF IMS-PBX RMS mstore PRS XDMS 3 rd Party Component Bearer Plane Control Plane PSTN Networks IMS Control Legacy Voice Interworking MGCF MGW CSCF I-CSCF HSS DSC 2G/3G CS Core IMS Border ATCF ATGW P-CSCF A-SBC DRA I-SBC IMS/LTE Policy Control IMS Service Interoperability Carrier Networks Voice Handover EPC MME PGW PCRF Data Services Public Internet LTE Backhaul SEG SGW epdg Wi-Fi Access 4 2015 Mitel. Proprietary and Confidential.
NFV Framework NFV leverages virtualization technology proven in the IT world NFV Services VNF 1 VNF n Orchestration NFV is based on the same network topology as exists today NFV Infrastructure Virtualization Layer Hardware Layer Infrastructure Management NFV changes the cost equation for building next generation networks Standards Driven Technology creates multi-vendor, open ecosystem NFV Revolutionizes the Data Center 5 2015 Mitel. Proprietary and Confidential.
NFV Drivers in 2015 and beyond WHY Virtualization? Vmware Versus KVM? Orchestration Data Centers CAPEX / OPEX Savings HOW to deploy NFV? Performance 14 15 NFV Services VNF 1 VNF n Orchestration NFV Infrastructure Virtualization Layer Hardware Layer Infrastructure Management 6 2015 Mitel. Proprietary and Confidential.
Planning: Cost Implications Increasing Costs: NFV deployments may need extra certification and SLA verification before being ready for commercial operations Introduction of the basic underlying NFVO, NFVI and Virtual Infrastructure Management Reducing Costs: Cloud in a box versus component or node based purchasing can create new options: IMS on a box Transformation of the network infrastructure and business models Plan to Invest 7 2015 Mitel. Proprietary and Confidential. Source: 4G Americas: Bringing NFV to LTE Nov 2014
Planning Considerations Cost Transformation Investments, Savings, and Redistribution Early Stages: Redistribution Vs Savings Long term: Savings becomes dominant factor Source: 4G Americas: Bringing NFV to LTE Nov 2014 8 2015 Mitel. Proprietary and Confidential.
Alignment to NFV Framework Mavenir Virtualization Approach Aligns to NFV Framework Broad range of mone-based SW products as Virtualized Network Functions (VNFs) and management functions OSS/BSS Orchestrator mone EMS EMS mone EMS EMS mone EMS EMS Templates and VNFDs Descriptors mcloud VNFM mone VNFApp mone VNFApp mone VNFApp NFVI Virtual Computing Virtual Storage Virtual Network Computing Hardware Virtualization Layer Storage Hardware Network Hardware Virtualized Infrastructure Manager 9 2015 Mitel. Proprietary and Confidential.
Applications and VNFs Benefits Virtualization Challenge versus value Control Plane Gateway Routers OSS value Access High Challenge Low 10 2015 Mitel. Proprietary and Confidential.
Triggers for NFV Planning Growing 4G areas to consider: EPC expansion IMS/VoLTE introductions New Mobile Enterprise Services IP Provider Edge Services Introduction or expansion in M2M Network and Services Interoperability of the NFV and legacy elements is not expected to be a significant impact 3GPP interfaces remain untouched Source: 4G Americas: Bringing NFV to LTE Nov 2014 11 2015 Mitel. Proprietary and Confidential.
Introduction of the Orchestrator Level 1 Virtualization Manually Deployed Level 2 Automation: Deploy, Monitor, API Level 3 Scaling: Auto-scaling, KPI s, self-healing Level 4 Full Cycle Management: Upgrade, patches, operations Applications evolving from virtualization to cloud ready 12 2015 Mitel. Proprietary and Confidential.
Open NFV Ecosystem Orchestrator OSS Voice & Video Telephony Server Enhanced Messaging Rich Message Server Presence Server 1 Open Ecosystem NMS SLA Session Control IMS Core Network Session Border Controller IMS Centralized Services GW 2 Flexibility of NFVI Mobility Management Entity Evolved Packet Core Network SAE Gateways Evolved Packet Data Gateway 3 Management APIs OSS Access Network LTE Wi-Fi Fixed Cable 4 mcloud Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) 13 2015 Mitel. Proprietary and Confidential.
Our Reccomendation Leverage virtualization to realize NFV benefits NOW Can get most benefits in pre-nfv model Learn the technology Gain expertise and confidence in virtualization Take first step on migration path to NFV Start the transformation process to building the next generation network 14 2015 Mitel. Proprietary and Confidential.
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