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RAD Participates in EANTC Interoperability Showcase’s vCPE & Timing Synchronization Use Cases at MPLS + SDN + NFV World Congress

Meets Clear Carrier Demand to Separate Hardware from Software
Mar 21, 2017

RAD, the pioneer of virtualization at the network edge, is participating in the interoperability showcase organized by EANTC at the MPLS + SDN + NFV World Congress 2017, now being held in Paris. RAD is taking part in multi-vendor demonstrations of NETCONF/YANG management implementation and advanced timing synchronization.

The RAD innovations that are included in this multi-vendor event are its ETX-2i universal CPE (uCPE) with L2/L3 demarcation, used for virtualization at the customer edge, and MiCLK®, the world’s first IEEE 1588 Grandmaster on an SFP. Both are elements of RAD’s Service Assured Access (SAA) solutions for mobile, business and wholesale service providers.

The ETX-2i is one of a number of interconnected devices that successfully demonstrated NETCONF/YANG client-controller interoperability for configuration, performance monitoring and service activation testing. The NETCONF/YANG protocol defines an easy-to-use mechanism to manage next generation software-based networks, enabling automation, self-healing, customer self-management, and, ultimately, service agility by reducing service setup time and network operation costs.

Another feature of the showcase is the introduction of the concept of a Precision Time Protocol (PTP) edge Grandmaster. MiCLK, being an edge Grandmaster on an SFP, is hosted on a router close to the base station to reduce the number of intermediate hops, thus minimizing network-introduced impairments and delivering accurate time reference to cellular base stations. The interoperability test is focused on demonstrating capabilities for Assisted Partial Timing Support (APTS) fallback scenarios. RAD’s market feedback has been that APTS provides a practical solution for accelerating LTE, LTE-A and pre-5G deployments everywhere, as well as being future-ready for 5G.

“RAD is honored to be a regular participant in this annual EANTC event, which attracts top industry vendors from around the world,” states Ilan Tevet, the company’s Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. “For RAD, interoperability between our solutions and those of other market leaders is a major priority, which is especially relevant as the entire industry moves to the more open, software-based networks of the future.”

A white paper prepared by EANTC covering the entire interop test is available free of charge on the EANTC web site.

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About EANTC
EANTC (European Advanced Networking Test Center) is internationally recognized as one of the world’s leading independent test centers for communication technologies. Based in Berlin, Germany, the company offers vendor-neutral consultancy and realistic, reproducible high-quality testing services since 1991. Customers include leading network equipment manufacturers, tier-1 service providers, large enterprises and governments worldwide. EANTC’s proof-of-concept, acceptance tests and network audits cover established and next-generation fixed and mobile network technologies. http://www.eantc.com

About RAD

RAD is a global leader in networking edge solutions. As an industry pioneer for over 40 years, RAD reliably supplies communications service providers and critical infrastructure operators in over 150 countries with best-of-breed Carrier Edge, industrial IoT, 5G xHaul, and critical operational network solutions.

RAD co-innovates solutions with customers, offering always-on connectivity from anywhere, In addition to data-driven, AI-powered, actionable insights at a glance. Founded in 1981, RAD serves as the anchor of the RAD Group, an umbrella of independent companies that develop diverse networking and telecom solutions.

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