SDN, NFV

and Network virtualisationReally game changers?Tiana RAMAHANDRY

Senior Consultant, IDATE

Future Networks Forum

What’s behind SDN ?

• Separation of the data plane and the control plane of the networkarchitecture

SDN and NFV, disruptive technologies in network (1/2)

Source: OpenDaylight

Centralization of the network control plane as a software program

SDN and NFV, disruptive technologies in network (2/2)

What’s behind NFV?

• Implementation of network functions or services under a software form

Source: ETSI

Replacing hardware appliances using proprietary interfaces by industry

standard server hardware

Why implementing SDN and NFV for telcos?

Increasingly high pressure on telcos driven by the growing TRAFFIC and EXPENSES

MANAGEMENT

Impact on CapEx and OpEx

SDN and NFV, part of telcos’ requirements

Improved operations performance

Opportunities for new revenues

• Scalability

• Agility

• Flexibility

• Automated provisioning-50%

Network

infrastructure

costsEnergy costs

Time-to-market

services

+90%

-50%

• Vendor agnostic

equipment

• Network management

• Traffic monitoring

• On-demand based business models

• Customised services

• SDN controllers

• NFV products - vCPE, vEPC, vIMS, vDPI,

vGGSN, vCDN,…

SDN and NFV becoming a reality

• SDN Enabled Virtual EPC Gateway

• STB Virtualization in Carrier Networks

• LTE Virtualized Radio Access Network

• Virtual EPC with SDN Function in Mobile

Backhaul Networks

• Service Acceleration of NW Functions in

Carrier Networks

• ….

Telecom equipment vendors

Pure players

IT players

Over 30 Proof Of Concepts First solutions commercially available

“75% of its network to

be virtualised by 2020”

“30% of its new platforms in

a virtualised form by 2016”

Telcos’ announcements

Still, the industry is facing to challenges

Projects are rapidly increasing, but…. Interoperability

Management & Orchestration

Agenda

• Maturity of SDN and NFV solutions

- What are the available solutions ready to be implemented?

• Impact of the adoption of SDN and NFV

- What are the real expectations to deploy SDN and NFV from telcos?

• Required steps in the network transformation to SDN and NFV world

- What about legacy, best starting point, interoperability, Orchestration and Management?

• Roadmap

- What is the timeline for SDN and NFV?

Round table : « Reality check » with telecom players

Use case

Towards softwarisation

Conclusive keynote