Heralds shift to disaggregated, microservices-based architecture for fixed broadband services
Underlying platform will also support other telco edge developments, including Open RAN
Sticking to its commitment to launch in 2020, Deutsche Telekom says it has started providing broadband services in Stuttgart using its long-in-development Access 4.0 open, disaggregated, microservices-based fixed broadband architecture.
DT has been working on its Access 4.0 strategy for several years. At the heart of the strategy is the SDN-Enabled Broadband Access (SEBA) reference architecture developed by the Open Networking Foundation (ONF), as well as the ONF’s Virtual OLT Hardware Abstraction (VOLTHA) model, which offer network operators the opportunity to extend software-defined programming to the fixed access network and enable operators to adopt a best-of-breed approach to the elements they want to deploy.
Princeton partners on $30 million grant to advance internet infrastructure
Molly Sharlach, Office of Engineering Communications
Jan. 14, 2021 3:15 p.m.
Princeton University researchers are partners on a major initiative to help shape the next generation of computer networks. The effort, known as Project Pronto, aims to build and test new types of flexible, programmable networks to advance network security, performance and innovation.
Jennifer Rexford
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As fifth-generation (5G) wireless networks connect a growing number of computers, phones, sensors and other devices, the ability to customize network infrastructure could improve both security against cyberattacks and the safety and performance of devices such as drones and autonomous vehicles.
Intel CEO stepping down, VMware’s Gelsinger to take over
Airhop joins key Open RAN project at the ONF
SK Telecom gets competitive with online-only deals
A new name for the Intel hot seat plus new blood for the ONF’s Open RAN project lead the way in this expensive industry news roundup.
Intel has appointed
Pat Gelsinger (above), the current head honcho at
VMware, as its new CEO, starting 15 February. He replaces Bob Swan, who took on the role full time only two years ago, in January 2019. A message from Gelsinger to Intel s staff has been published here. Intel, in an effort to head off speculation about Swan’s departure, noted that the news
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SAN DIEGO AirHop Communications, a leader in 4G and 5G Network Intelligence software platforms and solutions, today announced it has become a member of the Open Networking Foundation (ONF), a non-profit operator led consortium driving transformation of access and edge network infrastructure and business models leveraging network disaggregation, open source software and software defined standards. As a member of the ONF, AirHop will join the Software Defined Radio Access Network (SD-RAN) project community which is comprised of leading operators and technology companies who are focused on building open source components for the open RAN space in compliance with the O-RAN architecture and specifications. A key deliverable of SD-RAN is the development of an open source near-real-time RAN Intelligent Controller (n-RT-RIC) along with a set of exemplar xApps for controlling the RAN.