Open Source: Opening up the telecom world for new opportunities and challenges

Your panelists for today’s webinar:• Dan Meyer, Editor-in-Chief, RCR Wireless News• Dana Cooperson, Research Director, Analysys

Mason• John Isch, Network and Voice Center of Excellence,

Orange Business Services• Suzanne Kelliher, Product Line Manager, Radisys• Bryan Hill, VP of Engineering, Sonus

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What is open source?• Most often linked to a model in which source

code for an application or architecture is available to others to alter or help in developing.

• Term coined in the late 1990s, with the Open Source Initiative noting the label was created at a “strategy session” surrounding the Netscape web browser held on Feb. 3, 1998, in Palo Alto, California.

What is open source?• By early 2000, open source received a boost

from the formation of the Open Source Development Labs, which focused on the deployment of the Linux platform for enterprise computing.

• The OSDL merged with the Free Standards Group in 2007 to form the Linux Foundation.

Open source in telecom• The traditional telecommunications space has a history

of using hardware and software systems that are proprietary to a specific vendor, though are in some cases geared towards using similar technology standards – such as GSM, TDMA and CDMA – making sure telecom operators can deploy solutions from different vendors and have them work across their network.

• This approach to using multiple vendors allowed telecom operators to an extent to open source some of their network operations, though not to the degree typically connected with open source software.

Open source in telecom• The telecom space has more recently begun to

take a more computing view of the open source space, highlighted by growing operator and vendors moves towards deployment plans using cloud, NFV and SDN technologies.

• This is being helped by a rapidly maturing ecosystem surrounding telecom-focused open source platforms.

Open source in telecom• Operators are also on board with the new wave

of vendors the open source world is bringing to the market. ▫ AT&T Domain 2.0

• This ability to reach outside the traditional vendor model was echoed by a number of operators, who cited a chance to bring new players and better platforms into their operations.

Growing support for open source• One key challenge for growing the support of

open source into the telecommunications space is through various organizations that are looking to either bolster the use of open source or build platforms based on open source specifications.

• These efforts are seen as beneficial to operators and vendors looking to take advantage of open source platforms.

Growing support for open source• ETSI’s recent Open Source MANO initiative

launched its OSM Release One stack. • Work has also flourished under The Linux

Foundation umbrella with highly touted work through OPNFV and OpenDaylight.

• In general, telecom operators seem to welcome the help from open source organizations, noting their ability to provide a level of stability assurance for platforms.

Open source challenges• Operators have for years denounced the dreaded

vendor lock scenario that has shackled them to a dwindling equipment vendor community.

• But, those vendors are exceedingly familiar with the needs of telecommunication operators and have built a level of trust with the network operations folks in terms of comfort with equipment deployments.

Open source challenges• The new world of open source and software is

bringing with it the web-based mindset of “fast fail,” which is similar to the application model where software can just be updated after it’s released.

• That might be a good model for “Angry Birds,” but is a different story for operators dealing with specific and expensive service level agreements.

Vendor challenges• The move towards open source has had a

somewhat divisive impact on the vendor community, with established telecom suppliers now having to share the attention – and budgets – of operators with new entrants.

• One of the most cited challenges for established vendors is the obliteration of past business models that has come with the move towards open source platforms.

Vendor challenges• Established vendors are taking on the challenge,

with all of the big names having joined various open source industry groups and implemented open source platforms to some extent into their operations.

• Established vendors can also take some solace in the history they have with telecommunication operators.

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#AMTMTOpen source:virtualization platforms, standards,

deployments

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Interaction of players in the virtualisation value chain

Interoperable hardware/software solutions are key to achieving the benefits of virtualisation and automation. Observations:

• Communities are proliferating, mutating, merging.

• Software could start out one thing (ECOMP) and mutate into something else (OpenECOMP).

• “Down the stack” (VIM, OpenStack) and cross-industry (OCP, OpenStack) a bit easier to do than ‘up the stack’ (ECOMP, OSM, Open-O).

• Few CSPs can afford major contributions to open source communities.

Open source communities are one piece of the interoperability and deployment value chain

Standards OrgsIETF, MEF, ETSI, 3GPP, TM

Forum, IETF, OIF

Open source communities (OpenStack, ONF, ODL, ONOS, OPNFV, OPEN-O, OSM, OCP, OpenECOMP, etc.)

Vendor solutions

Vendor ecosystems

CSPsIndustry consortia/

MSAsOpen ROADM, T-API

Deploym

ents

Interoperability

Solutions

CSP Labs

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Vendor solutions

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Solutions based on OpenStack and Linux (for example) will combine with solutions from current and future ecosystems to create de facto standards

To make open source a success in telecom:

• Vendors (especially NEPs) must change the way they make money, how they add value

• “Forked” versions of open source should be minimized

• CSPs must change the way they operate

Open source + ecosystems should enable interoperability through de facto standards and help avoid vendor lock-in

Sustainable business model, network effects

Pre-packaged, model-based, off

the shelf

Future ecosystem

Pre-integration in labs

pre-built adaptors

Per-project integration,

customisation, adaptors

Current ecosystem

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De facto standards

Open source (e.g. Linux, OpenStack)

Work by open source community Upstream

Distribution

or

fork



AT&T’s ECOMP architecture is an influential blueprint for next generation operations, but what about OPEN-O and OSM?

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Research from Analysys MasonClients across the breadth of telecoms, media and technology sectors rely on our research and analysis to inform business-critical decisions.



Analysys Mason has carried out more than 20 NFV/SDN-related consulting engagements over the past 2 years

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1 For more information, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iU3gY843MU; 2 For more information, see Analysys Mason’s White Papers at http://www.analysysmason.com/White-Papers/

Selected NFV/SDN consulting engagements

Nokia’s Telco Cloud Index1

assesses the maturity of an operator’s telco cloud

strategy (NFV/SDN)

vCPE: global spending on related professional

services

IT architecture review, virtualisation blueprint and TCO assessment for a large

group operator

Impact of NFV/SDN on network design and

planning Strategic advisory

1

Thought leadership white

paper2

2

vCPE services business case: potentially billions of dollars payback for

fixed CSPs

The impact of telco cloud transformation and

hybrid network managements on CSPs’

operations

Next-generation OSS is critical to delivering service agility in new virtualised networks

Customised forecasts

3 Software-controlled networking: spending on NFV/SDN in Sub-Saharan

Africa

Software-controlled networking: global

spending on NFV/SDN per product segment

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About Orange

€40,2B($ 43.9B) in 2015 group revenue

256Mcustomers

154,000 employees445,000kmof underwater cable

3,000+multinational customers

21,000+employees dedicatedserving enterprises

€6.4 bn($7.0 bn)Orange Business Services revenue 2015

2 million+professional, SME and business customers in France

A domestic telecomoperator in 29 countries

Largest seamless network for voice/data in the world, covering 220 countries and territories

John IschDirector of Network and Voice Practice

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SDN/NFV Architecture

Network controllerVirtual

infrastructuremanager

VNF VNF VNF VNF

BSS (+ some OSS functions)

NFV orchestratorservice & resource orchestration VNF manager

dNFV CPE (under study)

Service subscription, creation and delivery

VNF configurator

Hypervisor KVM

RoutersX.86

servers

Virtual Infrastructure Management (VIM)

SDN engine

Programmable network

Operational support system

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Orchestrate our customers’ needWith open and flexible SDN/NFV WAN strategy

Best-of-breed, multivendor virtualized services on-demand

SDNorchestrator

Orange networkoverlay

Orange NFV PoPs: Consistent and quick application of global policies to every end-point

Zero touch next gen CPEs: Faster execution at the network edge

OrderActivate

ConfigureMonitor

Global centralized control for better resource and service

management across PoPs and CPEs (virtualized and legacy)

Customers’self-service portal

SDN/NFV

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Benefits of Open Source for our customers

Allows for “best of breed” functions

Open source platforms allow for more flexibility in network functions

Simplification of control over disparate virtualized functions

Greater flexibility in overall network design (PoP and site based deployments)

Testing and integration at the carrier rather than enterprise

Consistent billing options

RCR Wireless Radisys Introduction Suzanne KelliherDCEngine Product Line Manager

Radisys Credentials

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Deep and rich 3rd party hardware ecosystem

Agile/DevOps centric mindset First mover advantage in open source telecomOCP, ONOS, CORD, …

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telco datacenter transformation experts With deep open source software competency

Trusted and Proven Hardware Partner

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Has What Matters

Security

Intelligence

Scale

in the Cloud

Reliability

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Importance of OpenStack distribution content, timing and on-going support

Meeting Tier 1 customer expectations with OpenStack features

Adoption of microservices architecture to deliver scale and technology choices

Open Source Role in Cloud RTC

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Packet Processing

Signaling

Transcoding

CPU CPU SonusPlatforms

SonusPlatforms

RFC 4117 MRF

3rd PartyPlatform

Network Based

SDNControl

Independent Scaling

GPU

Microservices Architecture

Technology Choices

Panel discussion

Questions?• Dan Meyer, Editor-in-Chief, RCR Wireless

News• Dana Cooperson, Research Director, Analysys

Mason• John Isch, Network and Voice Center of

Excellence, Orange Business Services• Suzanne Kelliher, Product Line Manager,

Radisys• Bryan Hill, VP of Engineering, Sonus

RCR Wireless News Feature ReportOpen Source: Opening up the telecom world to new opportunities and challenges

Available via RCRWireless.com