At the Open Networking Summit 2015 in Silicon Valley, Huawei launched nine software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV) solutions. The solutions focus on agile networks, open northbound, and cloud-based infrastructure.
The company presented three agile network solutions, namely the Flow Engine 2.0; ONOS-based IP+optical synergy; and open source on-demand bandwidth adjustment for optical transport networks. Intended for batch service provisioning and system-wide optimization on IP+optical synergy networks, the new SDN Flow Engine 2.0 is an algorithm-based solution designed to improve resource utilization.
In the field of open northbound interfaces, Huawei released four solutions, including the Open Network Hypervisor; NEMO, a user-oriented SDN programming language solution; an Open Source TSDN controller that supports various service APPs; and an IP+optical synergy for multi-vendor SDN controllers based on third-party orchestrators. The virtual network solution, Open Network Hypervisor, employs a network slice technology designed to support adding or changing virtual networks of any topology, enabling users to maintain their virtual networks through third-party SDN controllers.
The company also launched two cloud-based infrastructure products. The first, developed in partnership with China Unicom, is a VPN solution, L3VPN, which uses standard northbound and southbound APIs provided by an ONOS-based SDN controller platform to support VPN site additions or deletion, on-demand bandwidth adjustment and fast deployment. The second, the ONOS-based Central Office solution, is designed to provide L3VPNs using vCPE+ONOS, with services provided by the NetMatrix orchestrator.
