Huawei, du launch commercial T-SDN network
DUBAI, February 23, 2016
Huawei and UAE-based telecommunications services provider du have jointly launched a commercial transport software-defined network (T-SDN) on the host network.
This innovation by du follows a string of improvements in the region such as the deployment of the first 400G OTN network in the Middle East, said a statement.
On the T-SDN network, a Bandwidth-on-Demand (BoD) application has been successfully deployed between data centers in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, transforming the traditional network to a data centre-based SDN host network.
Under the new industry structure, introducing new technologies such as SDN helps carriers quickly respond to and implement service transformation, and therefore overcome new challenges in their network operation.
As a leading telecommunications service provider in the Middle East, du has seen a sharp increase in service traffic through big data, leading to new challenges in harnessing this data.
By constructing a T-SDN network with Huawei, du has achieved accelerated service connections while fully utilizing network resources.
The BoD service provided by the T-SDN network will help implement more flexible data centre service scheduling and greatly improves user experience while managing services through effective bandwidth optimization and interval of time.
In addition, the T-SDN network provides functions such as intelligent optical-layer commissioning, fault simulation, and centralised route computation, which significantly streamline network operation and facilitate future automated network operation.
Jasim Al Awadi, vice president, Network Infrastructure and Services, du, said: “The introduction of T-SDN adds to many of our others firsts and accomplishments on the network front in the UAE.
"The T-SDN network jointly deployed with Huawei will effectively enable us to streamline network O&M and accelerate service provisioning.”
Gao Ji, president of the Huawei transport network product line, said: “The successful deployment of du's T-SDN network is an important milestone in host network evolution. It fully releases network potential and provides assurance for accelerating carrier service provisioning and improving user experience.” - TradeArabia News Service
