Market demand for reliable Internet of Things (IoT), dynamically scalable connectivity, and cloud services is driving service providers to expand differentiated service offerings, and leverage the agility, elasticity and cost-efficiency of NFV infrastructure (NFVI). Real-time, continuous monitoring and analytics of millions of network events is crucial to provide operations with actionable, automated intelligence to deliver high enterprise and consumer service QoE across multi-vendor, hybrid networks.
The CENX, Ixia, Mitel, and VMware demonstration showcases optimized real-time service assurance, within the context of Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO):
· CENX’s Exanova Service Intelligence provides end-to-end visualization, performance monitoring, and analysis of the real-time state of services across all segments of the multi-vendor network path, pinpointing fault root cause and impact on subscriber QoE; · Ixia’s IxLoadTM Wireless delivers full-featured application testing of wireless networks and components, emulating real-world subscriber traffic from LTE and WiFi Offload base stations to mobile core at scale, for fast-tracking new network services with proven quality; · Mitel’s vEPC virtual functions provide the feature-rich, high-performance evolved Packet Data Gateway (ePDG) and Packet Gateway (PGW) platforms for secure connections over untrusted non-3GPP WiFi or 3GPP-compliant LTE access networks; · VMware vCloud® NFV™ enables CSPs to deploy a unified, multi-vendor and multi-function NFV platform that supports any application at all stages of cloud evolution. The vCloud NFV platform includes production-proven NFVI Solutions, openness in cloud management through VMware Integrated OpenStack and Service Assurance with Day 2 and Ongoing Operations. “Mobile and NFV technologies continue to innovate at a tremendous pace, and we’re excited to be collaborating with industry leaders, Ixia, Mitel, and VMware, to bring comprehensive solutions to market,” said Jay McMullan, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, CENX. “With Exanova Service Intelligence’s real-time visualization and detailed KPI analytics, operators can quickly navigate their network, isolate faults, and trigger automated workflows for proactive service assurance. This ensures high subscriber satisfaction, driving top line revenues, and also makes the most of infrastructure investment, netting bottom line gains.”
