Ekinops Demonstrates SDN Interoperability
November 17 2015 - 2:00AM
Business Wire
Ekinops, a leading supplier of next-generation optical transport
equipment, has demonstrated the interoperability of its DWDM
optical transport solutions with an open source Software Defined
Networking (SDN) controller.
Ekinops announced today that its Ekinops 360 DWDM (dense
wavelength division multiplexing) system proved that it
interoperates with the ONOS project's Open Source SDN Network
Operating System. The interoperability demonstration was conducted
in collaboration with b<>com, the French Institute of
Research and Technology, which has strong expertise in new
technologies applied to network management, particularly SDN.
For the live demonstration, Ekinops and b<>com worked
together to design and develop an interface layer between the SDN
controller and the Ekinops 360 platform's network management
protocols.
The interoperability assessment was done on a mesh network
consisting of several Ekinops 360 Reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop
Multiplexer (ROADM) nodes. To perform this live demonstration, 100
gigabit per second wavelength routes were created via the ONOS
controller and automatically routed within the mesh network.
"The interoperability experiment was extremely successful," said
Francois X. Ollivier, Ekinops' Chief Technical Officer. "In light
of the increasing interest in SDN, this demonstrates Ekinops'
commitment to offering service providers DWDM Layer 1 solutions
that are proven to be SDN-aware.
"These solutions, whether 100G or higher, are readily managed
through our management software, enabling NFV (network functions
virtualization) application to configure the physical transport on
optical fiber networks."
"The evolution of 5G networks requires more flexibility and
autonomy in their operation. It is based on SDN and NFV concepts.
The interface layer developed with Ekinops fully meets those
promises," said Michel Corriou, Director of Domain Networks &
Security at b<>com.
About b<>com
With its innovations, the Institute of Research and Technology
(IRT) b<>com is taking part in the European digital
transformation. Its 200 researchers develop tools, products, and
services that make everyday life easier. They focus on two fields
of research: Hypermedia (ultra-high definition images, 3D sound,
smart content, virtual and augmented reality) and more agile
ultra-high speed networks (cloud, cybersecurity, ultra-high speed
mobile, network resilience, Internet of Things). Of the many fields
of application for these technologies, e-health has allowed
b<>com to participate in the digital revolution going on in
medicine. Founded through a public/private partnership, the IRT
gathers the best experts from industry and academia at its campus
in Rennes, and at its sites in Lannion and Brest. Since its
creation in 2012, the IRT has grown 30% a year. www.b-com.com
About Ekinops
Ekinops is a leading supplier of next generation optical
transport equipment for telecommunications service providers. The
Ekinops 360 addresses Metro, Regional, and Long-Haul applications
with a single, highly-integrated platform. Ekinops is a
market-leading innovator in 100G transport with a coherent line of
products that truly optimizes optical networks and comes in 1RU,
2RU or 7RU chassis. The Ekinops 360 relies on the
highly-programmable Ekinops T-Chip® (Transport-on-a-Chip)
architecture that enables fast, flexible and cost-effective
delivery of new services for high-speed, high-capacity transport.
Using the Ekinops 360 carrier-grade system, operators can simply
increase capacity of their networks – CWDM, DWDM, Ethernet, ESCON,
Fibre Channel, SONET/SDH, and uncompressed video (HD-SDI, SD-SDI,
ASI). Ekinops is headquartered in Lannion, France, and Ekinops
Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary, is incorporated in the USA. For
more information, visit www.ekinops.net.
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