2021-08-005 - uSDN-03 - A cloud-native network controller for 5G networks and beyond
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uSDN-03
2021-08-005
Main technology offer
Application of microservices architecture to the development of an SDN controller
Ownership
Castelldefels, Spain
2001
Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC)
Public Partners
Readiness Level
3-4 Experimental PoC /
5 Prototype /
6-7 MVP /
8 Industrialization /
9 Commercialization
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Impact: ESG & SDG Goals
Environmental: Energy reduction; Social: Safer networks.
New product: related to operator's TIP OOPT MUST requirements. Novel services from operator perspective. Multi-vendor inter-operability.
Market Data
One of the most important benefits of SDN is the potential cost reductions that result from the use of general-purpose hardware and centralized management. Some of the biggest benefits are: a) Flexibility. Enabling the network to be quickly moved, provisioned and scaled to meet the everchanging needs of the highly virtualized compute and storage infrastructures. Centralized, automated set-up of service chains, within both Layer 3 and Layer 4-7 services, can accelerate the roll out of services, such as firewalls, IPS, etc; b) Programmability. No need to manually reconfigure physical links or endpoint settings on the network; c) Multi-tenancy. The ability to support multiple silos and virtual networks running over the same physical links, allowing multiple networks (even with the same IP space) to share the same physical links; d) Reliability. The ability to save and restore network topologies and configurations, via snapshotting, check pointing, and rollbacks, to allow for faster recovery from both bad configuration decisions and equipment failure in disaster recovery situations; e) Simplified Deployment. “Template-ized” deployments of standard application stacks, with built-in networking topologies, enables error-free and fast deployment of applications, as well as pre-checks for compliance and the adoption of networking best practices.
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OpenSource - Freemium. Patent Licensing
Integrated SDN controller for transport networks. Operators have specified it through TIP OOPT MUST requirements. https://telecominfraproject.com/event/tip-oopt-must-operators-driving-sdn-for-transport-adoption-acceleration/
Operator networks
Funding
New innovations. Productization.
Commercialization partner
a) Identify possible industry integrators; b) RFQ from operator; c) productize SDN controller
Technology Status
Cloud-native SDN controller architecture. Integrated security mechanisms. Multi-vendor inter-operability.
IPR, closed market
a) Identify possible industry integrators; b) RFQ from operator; c) productize SDN controller
IPR protected
IP secured. ETSI TeraFlowSDN open-source community
Additional information
This architecture provides multiple technological benefits, which have been clearly demonstrated in other cloud computing applications. The most significant is application resiliency, where microservices are monitored and restarted in case of misbehavior. Another benefit is application scalability, which tackles request load increase, with deployment of new instances of necessary microservices. Finally, our proposal also provides ease of integration in a cloud-native solution, considering that most upcoming network software solutions will be cloud-native.