Welcome to the guide to MEC Architecture ! MEC or Multi-access Edge computing will draw the next wave of investments by Mobile operators who want to take advantage of low latency services that 5G promises. Which means running services closer to the consumers ( that is close to radio sites). This opens a new range […]
I attended TechField day event( February 12 to 14th, 2020) in Silicon Valley US as one of the analysts, where we attended some very informative presentations from the participating networking vendors Among those presentations, the one about CloudGenix’s SD-WAN, particularly, caught my attention, so I thought to write about it. (Please see full disclaimer at […]
This guest blog on MEF-70 is written by Anuradha Udunuwara – My friend and a Subject Matter Expert for Carrier Ethernet, SDN, NFV, and SD-WAN. …………………………………………………….. You have probably heard a lot about Software-Defined WAN or SD-WAN. So, you may know that It falls within the larger scope of SDx and Software-Defined anything ( if […]
The terms SD-WAN ( Software-Defined WAN), uCPE ( Universal Customer Premises Equipment) and vCPE ( Virtual CPE) are used a lot these days, yet there is very little information on what are the differences and similarities between them i.e what is SD-WAN vs uCPE vs vCPE So it is not uncommon that a vendor may […]
It is not easy to settle the debate for DPDK vs SR-IOV-the technologies used to optimize packet processing in NFV servers. For one, you will find supporters on both sides with their claims and arguments. However although both are used to increase the packet processing performance in servers, the decision on which one is better […]
Feeling confused about the role of SDN in NFV? You are not alone!.. Many get stuck in understanding the role of SDN in NFV. Still, others want to know what is SDN ? And Others simply are not clear about the use cases for SDN in NFV. Do you know that without the right SDN architecture, you […]
Having knowledge about NFV without understanding how Network Services/ VNF Forwarding Graphs are created, is like owning a car without knowing how to drive it. “Network Service” (NS) holds importance in NFV as in the majority of cases, VNFs connect with one another to create services instead of working alone. Also, VNFs connect to create […]
Think about NFV! Think about x86 processor ….Both of them are inseparable. Isn’t it? No matter how simple a processor (compute part) sounds, I bet a lot of people don’t know that the compute domain in NFV is not just the compute processor of the node…Actually it is much more. The fact is that the […]
SD-WAN is designed for the worst medium. We depend on the internet and broadband for out WAN . And you know that quality on the internet is not guaranteed. However, SD-WAN vendors have found some solution:
NETCONF/YANG vs TOSCA for NFV service orchestration is more of an academic discussion rather than a practical one. To many, there is a misunderstanding on the exact place where TOSCA should be used vs NETCONF/YANG. Trying to use one tool to do the other’s job is like fitting a square peg in round hole. Remove […]