Mosaic spans cloud edge to subscriber edge to accelerate
self-directed service delivery
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 27, 2016--
ADTRAN®,
Inc., (NASDAQ:ADTN), a leading provider of next-generation open
networking solutions, today announced the release of the market’s only
open Software Defined Access (SD-Access) architecture capable of
supporting rapid service creation and the delivery of business and
residential broadband services at Web scale. The new SD-Access
architecture, ADTRAN
MosaicTM, combines modern Web scale technology with open
source platforms to facilitate rapid innovation in multi-technology,
multi-vendor environments. This architecture serves as the foundation
for all of ADTRAN’s next generation platforms, including its NG-PON2
and G.fast
solutions currently being trialed by leading Tier
1 carriers around the world. Mosaic is designed to expedite service
providers’ transition to open, programmable and scalable networks. The
key components of Mosaic include:
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Mosaic Cloud Platform™ – combines modular apps that have been
developed in a microservices software architecture with open source
control and orchestration platforms to create open, SDN-based network
programmability;
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Mosaic OS™ – modular OS that has been optimized for
SDN-programmability, virtualization, high availability and
multi-vendor app integration; and
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Programmable Network Elements – multi-vendor networking
solutions that integrate natively with open, SDN-controlled access
networks.
In order to reduce operating expenses and improve customer experience,
service providers need to transition towards user-driven networks that
enable a subscriber self-service model. To realize this future network
state, service providers are migrating to agile, software-centric
networks that are built around an open networking ecosystem. Open source
control and orchestration platforms are key components in this SD-Access
network as they provide the development environment that will facilitate
crowdsourcing of new features and functionality while also being
inherently vendor neutral.
Mosaic simplifies and accelerates the deployment of these open
networking platforms with a complete set of cloud-based applications and
programmable network functions that are needed for carrier-grade
deployment environments. For those service providers that need more time
before undertaking OSS transformation initiatives but want to ensure
that their underlying network is SDN-ready, ADTRAN’s Mosaic Cloud
solution provides a set of translation applications that allow natively
SDN-controlled access architecture to be deployed with the existing OSS.
This approach allows service providers to fast forward their adoption of
SDN without incurring significant changes to their existing systems.
Mosaic OS complements Mosaic Cloud with an access technology and chipset
agnostic OS that supports component-based, multi-vendor applications
that can be deployed and upgraded on programmable access devices in a
hitless, operationally-friendly model.
“SDN provides network operators the opportunity to move away from a
hardware-centric view of deploying services,” said Scott Raynovich, VP
of Research and Analysis, SDN Central. “Customers, both residential and
business, have told us they want greater control and flexibility with
the services they buy and the only way to deliver that is with an open,
software defined services infrastructure.”
ADTRAN was an early adopter of the Agile development model, making it
the basis of all of its R&D over the past five years. Modular software,
with package-level test automation, is a prerequisite in order to
realize the continuous delivery benefits that are offered with Agile
development methods. The Mosaic architecture is the culmination of work
done at ADTRAN, in partnership with its customers, to deliver an
industry-leading SD-Access solution that is built on this long-running
investment in modular, Web scale technology. The key market benefit to
carriers is that they can now rapidly create, deploy and upgrade
applications independently for increased operational efficiencies,
regardless of what device, technology or service a carrier has deployed.
“Service providers today are tasked with delivering dynamic service
portfolios, and ADTRAN is dedicated to supporting their needs for agile,
open, software-based network solutions that enable them to swiftly keep
pace with demands for cloud connectivity, the Internet of Things and
bandwidth-rich services,” said Jay Wilson, senior vice president of
technology and strategy, ADTRAN. “Mosaic will enable a fundamental
transformation of the access network, streamlining service innovation,
eliminating vendor lock-in, optimizing network programmability and
creating the framework for user-defined service creation.”
About ADTRAN
ADTRAN, Inc. is a leading global provider of networking and
communications equipment. ADTRAN’s products enable voice, data, video
and Internet communications across a variety of network infrastructures.
ADTRAN solutions are currently in use by service providers, private
enterprises, government organizations, and millions of individual users
worldwide. For more information, please visit www.adtran.com.
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Connect2 Communications for ADTRAN
Ashley Baster Schulte,
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