[June 11, 2015]

Sckipio and ON.Lab Integrate G.fast into Virtual Access Network Vision

Sckipio Technologies, the leader in G.fast broadband access modems, The Open Networking Lab (ON (News - Alert).Lab) and the revolutionary open source SDN Open Network Operating System (ONOS) today announced a partnership to ensure full SDN support of Sckipio's G.fast Distribution Point Unit (DPU) and Customer Premises Equipment (CPE). The two will show a live demo of Sckipio OpenFlow-enabled G.fast DPUs being controlled by ONOS SDN control plane software at the Open Networking Summit, June 15-18, 2015 in Santa Clara, Calif. This will be the world's first public, end-to-end SDN-controlled G.fast demonstration as a part of the broader Central Office Re-architected as Datacenter (CORD) demo at the summit.

"Sckipio is a leading G.fast vendor and contributor to the G.fast standard," said Guru Parulkar, Executive Director, ON.Lab and ONRC. "Our collaboration aims to leverage Sckipio's expertise to ensure that the next wave of access devices, specifically those for copper-based, local loop broadband, support the vision of an end-to-end virtualized network access model under SDN control instead of being built on proprietary solutions running in closed, siloed environments."

"SDN and G.fast go hand-in-hand," said David Baum, co-founder and CEO of Sckipio Technologies. "Partnering with leaders like ON.Lab and the ONOS project accelerates the availability and open interoperability of each critical piece of the broadband network."

The CORD demonstration comprises a proof-of-concept for a Telco central office architected using commodity hardware and open building blocks with a virtualized OLT provided by PMC-Sierra (News - Alert) interfacing with an SDN-controlled, Sckipio-based G.fast DPU. The broadband signal then runs through a Sckipio G.fast bridge, to a simple CPE with its traditional functions already virtualized and moved into the central office.

ON.Lab and Sckipio's partnership will move the technology from proof-of-concept into a fully deployable environment in the next 12-18 months. This includes the integration of NETCONF/YANG, OpenFlow and other components.

About Sckipio
Sckipio is the leader in G.fast modems and is dedicated to delivering ultra-broadband using next-generation G.fast-based Fiber-to-the-distribution point (FTTdp) architectures. Sckipio offers a complete G.fast solution - chipsets bundled with software - for a variety of access and mobile backhaul applications based on the ITU G.fast G.9700 and G.9701 standards, to which Sckipio is a leading contributor. Founded by a veteran team of communications experts with deep experience in broadband access and home networking solutions, and backed by leading venture capitalists, Sckipio is well positioned to win the market for the next-generation of broadband access solutions. For more information about Sckipio, visit www.sckipio.com. Follow Sckipio on Twitter, LinkedIn, SlideShare and Facebook.

About ONOS project
ONOS is the open source SDN networking operating system for Service Provider networks architected for high performance, scale and availability. ONOS' ecosystem comprises of ON.Lab and organizations that are funding and contributing to the ONOS initiative. These include AT&T, NTT Communications, SK Telecom, China Unicom, Ciena, Cisco, Ericsson (News - Alert), Fujitsu, Huawei, Intel and NEC; members who are collaborating and contributing to ONOS include ONF, Infoblox, SRI, Internet2, Happiest Minds, KISTI, KAIST, Kreonet, NAIM, CNIT, Black Duck, Create-Net, Criterion Networks and the broader ONOS community. Learn how you can get involved with ONOS at onosproject.org.

About ON.Lab
Open Networking Lab (ON.Lab) is a non-profit organization founded by SDN inventors and leaders from Stanford University and UC Berkeley to foster an open source community for developing tools and platforms to realize the full potential of SDN. ON.Lab brings innovative ideas from leading edge research and delivers high quality open source platforms on which members of its ecosystem and the industry can build real products and solutions. For further information on ON.Lab, visit http://onlab.us/.

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