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NTT Com Wins Two MEF 3.0 Proof of Concept AwardsNTT (News - Alert) Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT Group (TOKYO: 9432), announced today it received MEF (News - Alert) 3.0 Proof of Concept Awards in two categories, "MEF3.0 SD-WAN Implementation 2019" and "Network Slicing Implementation 2019," during the MEF 3.0 Proof of Concept Showcase event held in the U.S. city of Los Angeles from November 18 to 22. The showcase was organized by the Metro Ethernet Forum (News - Alert) (MEF), a global telecom industry alliance with more than 220 members. NTT Com attended the showcase to introduce an SD-WAN1 service and a 5G-related proof of concept (PoC)2, joining other telecom carriers and manufacturers that presented their own initiatives for judging.
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MEF3.0 SD-WAN Implementation 2019
SD-WAN is not a standardized technology, so many unique network devices exist, requiring operation methods to be designed to each manufacturer's technologies. To solve this problem, NTT Com conducted a PoC to implement unified control of multiple SD-WAN products based on MEF-standardized SD-WAN specifications, data models, interfaces and test methods. NTT Com collaborated with partner companies to co-develop the orchestrated virtualized multivendor SD-WAN services in conformance with the MEF70 and MEF SD-WAN Presto API standard5. The service uses a universal CPE platform, enabling multiple SD-WAN products to be installed on the white box CPE, and a unified configuration portal, enabling unified control of multiple SD-WAN products. The partner companies involved in co-development are ADVA (News - Alert), Netcracker Technology, Silver Peak, Spirent Communications, Versa Networks and NEC Corporation.
Network Slicing Implementation 2019
5G technology is anticipated to be used in companies and local governments in addition to telecom carriers by utilizing to such as private 5G service. The new network system that the various companies can use in common like this is necessary to build the network effectively.
NTT Com collaborated with partner companies to co-develop the shared xHaul architecture in conformance with the MEF standard by utilizing network slicing technology.
The partner companies that contributed to the solution are NTT Corporation and Okinawa Open Laboratory. SDN7 and network functions virtualization (NFV)8 technologies continue to be advanced through open-source development projects and by standardization organizations. Going forward, NTT Com aims to help drive the development of SDN and NFV technologies through its participation in MEF and ONF9.
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