vCPE Toolbox

The European Advanced Networking Test Center and Upperside Conferences invited interested vendors to our public multi-vendor interoperability test and showcase at the MPLS + SDN + NFV World Congress 2017.

Core topics for the current edition were:

NFV and SDN transformation is driving an unprecedented level of change. As service providers start to implement these new virtual network technologies, they face a number of challenges in rolling out and operating hybrid networks. This paper reviews best practices to address these challenges via a pre-integrated, end-to-end, automated and programmable solution.

Real-world progress is being made towards the wide-scale deployment of vCPE-based services as communications service providers (CSPs) overcome some of the hurdles encountered during recent years. This report provides current market outlook for network functions virtualization (NFV) and its most prominent use case, the virtualized customer premises equipment (vCPE).

Service providers can quickly introduce new services with the Juniper-RAD scalable Cloud CPE solution, which automates service creation, provides an open framework for third-party VNFs, and offers unparalleled visibility and control via standards-based performance monitoring, traffic management, and troubleshooting tools.

RAD and HP Enterprise’s vCPE solution brings RAD’s award-winning Distributed NFV products into HP’s OpenNFV architecture in a single, integrated platform at the customer edge. This paper describes the joint solution and the various use cases it addresses, as well as provide details of the tests conducted.

RAD, working with Intel^® components, technology and partnerships, has developed a vCPE platform for use at the customer edge. This paper describes the solution, its components and management and orchestration.

The virtual CPE is a prime candidate for initial commercial deployment of NFV, especially in business services.

This paper presents vCPE implementation options available for service providers. It also reviews the various factors that should be considered to avoid pitfalls and ensure optimal bandwidth efficiency, security, survivability, performance, diagnostics, and QoE.

What you will learn:

Network functions virtualization – NFV – has quickly attracted the interest of communications service providers as a means to accelerate service delivery while reducing associated costs. This paper reviews the distributed approach to NFV, discusses phased NFV deployment and introduces critical decision factors for placing such functionalities at the customer edge.

What you will learn:

At MEF 2017, RAD’s CTO, Dr. Yaakov Stein shared technology innovation perspectives, specifically, QoS for rich communications services.

As an early industry virtualization evangelist, RAD established and maintained a dialog with carriers and service providers on the subject of vCPE design and functionalities at the customer edge.

In this presentation, RAD’s CTO, Dr. Yaakov Stein compares and contrasts the management of physical equipment with the orchestration of virtualized entities. Architecture, implementation, and operational aspects are discussed, zooming in on recent market experience with vCPE solutions.

Cost-optimized Whitebox vCPE for business services with optional, license-based physical network functions (PNFs). Check out the presentation below to learn about the benefits that Whitebox+ provides.

At MPLS+SDN+NFV World 2016, RAD’s CTO, Dr. Yaakov Stein presented vCPE architectural options and compared implementation options based on suitability and performance for various use cases.

A review of the various vCPE implementation options available for service providers and the factors that should be considered to avoid pitfalls and ensure optimal results.

What you'll learn:

• Why vCPE is the #1 NFV use case
• Market drivers for implementing vCPE
• Best implementation scenarios for different types of services

Business CPE is considered by many to be the most attractive early use case for virtualization. In this Total Telecom webinar, RAD and Amdocs present a joint end-to-end vCPE solution for business services, including the business case for virtualization of customer premises equipment.

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