Patton's SDN project demonstrates the high capacity of the SmartNode SN5300 Session Border Controller virtual (eSBC) as a SIP-to-SIP call center and gateway, implemented as separate virtualized network functions (NFV).
Patton is offering telecommunications service providers and large enterprises the opportunity to participate in demonstrations and alpha testing of this virtual SmartNode (vSN) for integration into NFV and SND environments. NFV service providers need the cooperation of network operators to define their approach to integrating the solutions they offer as service providers and managers of NFV environments, because the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has not yet clearly defined the NFV interfaces for managing and instrumenting SND layers.
According to a recent report by Infonetics IHS:
• Service providers cite simplifying and automating provisioning as their primary reason for investing in SDN, which they expect will deliver greater service agility and reduce the time to revenue from new offerings.
• Revenue from outsourced services for NFV projects is projected to grow at an annual rate of 71% through 2019.
• Telecommunications companies will invest $5.7 billion in SND solutions through 2019. On the other hand, NFV software accounts for 80% of the $11.6 billion in revenue through 2019.
• Operators want SND across most of their networks, with enterprise access within the top-level domains for their development.
Patton's virtual eSBC is designed to run on generic COTS (Commercial off the shelf) servers based on the Intel x86 processor series.
Deployed as a virtual machine (VM) within the cloud infrastructure, Patton has tested its VNF solutions with the leading existing virtualization platforms such as: VirtualBox, VMware ESX, KVM and OpenStack virtual machine monitors to date.
