OTTAWA, Ontario, February 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
Cortx Service
Orchestrator Provides a Single Pane of Glass into Next-Gen Network
Operations
CENX, a global leader of Service Orchestration solutions for
software-defined networks, today announced that, together with
Spirent, it has successfully demonstrated orchestration of Voice
over Long Term Evolution (VoLTE) services over virtualized network
infrastructure. With CENX's Cortx Service Orchestrator, service
providers have a single pane of glass for visualization of their
service topology, network utilization and performance metrics, so
they can assure a high quality of service. Spirent Landslide™
enables end-to-end testing of the mobile network, including
sophisticated voice Perceptual Objective Listening Quality
Assessment (POLQA) measurements.
VoLTE deployments are still in their infancy, with only 14
operators in 7 countries worldwide having launched commercial
service. Service providers are also leveraging Network Functions
Virtualization (NFV) technology to build out their VoLTE
infrastructure most cost-effectively. It is critical that operators
have the tools to manage service performance across both physical
and virtual network elements, so that early adopter consumers enjoy
an exceptional quality of experience.
"This demonstration proves that, with the right tools in hand,
management of complex network transformations doesn't itself have
to be complex," said Chris Purdy,
CTO of CENX. "Cortx Service Orchestrator is able to provide a
unified view of the mobile network from an end-to-end VoLTE
services perspective, across both physical and virtual elements.
This is a landmark first in the industry."
"The virtualization of mobile network functions provides
flexibility and agility, but without predictability and visibility
networks can quickly become very chaotic and impact the user
experience," stated Ross Cassan,
Director of Marketing - Mobile Infrastructure of Spirent. "Spirent
Landslide™ enables the constant validation of the impact that
changes in user behaviour have on the network, and that changes in
the network have on the user experience. The demonstration provides
a best-practice example of the predictability and visibility
toolset needed to trust key services like VoLTE to virtual
elements."
Key features of this ground-breaking proof of concept
include:
- Spirent Landslide™ provides the comprehensive Mobile Packet
Core (MPC) network test environment, emulating real-world control
and data traffic load through a virtualized Evolved Packet Core
(vEPC), and calculating response times, throughput and real-time
POLQA voice quality measurements.
- Cortx Service Orchestrator ingests these metrics, and performs
big data correlation and analytics. Using intuitive search
capabilities, operations personnel can quickly access the relevant
data, analyze the voice quality performance in the context of the
service topology, and drill down into details as needed.
- In the event of degraded performance due to severe VoLTE
traffic load, the user is able to sectionalize the issues between
the physical and virtual domains, and take corrective action which
could involve dynamically scaling the vEPC functions.
To discuss how Cortx Service Orchestrator and Spirent Landslide™
can assure your mobile network services, visit CENX and Spirent at
Mobile World Congress, March
2nd-5th.
About CENX
CENX provides Service Orchestration solutions that automate the
entire lifecycle of advanced data services in software-defined
networks. We harness the power of big data, distributed virtualized
computing and real-time analytics to dynamically orchestrate and
assure services across multiple network technologies and providers.
CENX solutions are deployed by service providers worldwide to
create new revenue streams, gain service agility, reduce
operational costs, and deliver quality-assured data services.
http://www.cenx.com
About Spirent Communications
Spirent Communications plc. (LSE: SPT), a global leader in test
and measurement, offers an extensive portfolio of solutions to test
data centers, cloud computing and virtualized environments, high
speed Ethernet networks and services, 3G/4G wireless networks and
devices, network and application security, and positioning
technologies. For more information visit,
http://www.spirent.com
Contact
Hannah Whitrow
Zonic Group PR
hwhitrow@zonicgroup.com
+44-(0)-1672-550126
Sailaja Tennati
Spirent Communications
sailaja.tennati@spirent.com
+1-(770)-432-3225
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