With the end-user demand for video and other large data services, the rapid growth of operators, the network pressure increasing, there are two ways to solve this problem: First, lay more fiber, but will increase operating costs; Second, to achieve network infrastructure Virtualization can effectively mitigate the many challenges facing traditional environments for operators, and operators must expand their reach in new ways while reducing infrastructure costs.
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) implements network capabilities in a cloud-based infrastructure in the form of virtual machines (VMs) rather than as dedicated physical hardware. With NFV technology, operators can develop and deliver business applications more quickly and flexibly , Greatly reducing costs, and in the past through the hardware, not only high cost, and the cycle is very long. Network function virtualization is to subvert the operator's traditional operations and service delivery model, Enea enterprise NFV infrastructure to provide high scalability , High performance and safe and reliable technology platform.
Distribution and concentration
5G is facing greater network traffic pressure, so 5G needs to put a lot of time-sensitive business on the network edge processing (MEC). Edge network because of its distributed and diverse, the hardware of the hardware Heterogeneity and the architecture of the software system presents a high challenge.Under the current hot vCPE scene as an example, both distributed and centralized deployment, but Enea that the future is based on the business of mixed deployment model.
Enea's NFV solution consists of Core and Access, where Core is a virtualization platform deployed in the central office space, providing OpenStack's full functionality; Access is deployed on client-side devices to provide lightweight virtualization and Of the management software between the two through a unique Edge Link technology to connect, to provide integrated solutions.
Enea NFV Access is a recently launched lightweight custom client deployed on the edge of the network virtualization platform, with optimized minimum image, high-throughput softswitch, users can choose to run virtual network functions on KVM and Docker VNFs) and supports ARM and x86 white box devices, enabling operators and service providers to meet a wider range of price and performance while still using the same platform and management interface.
Platform isomerism
In the field of the server Intel thriving, but does not mean absolute monopoly.With the growth of market demand, more and more manufacturers began to show interest in the ARM processor.Intel is characterized by highly customizable, and The cost advantage of the network.With the decline of network functions, more and more business processing down to the edge of the access side, you need to find the balance between power consumption and performance. Enea's NFV platform supports both Intel processors Also supports ARM processor, in the heterogeneous platform can provide a unified software program.
On May 2, China Mobile, Enea, Cavium and ARM signed an open NFV test lab agreement to use the commercial Enea NFV Core platform and the ARM-based Cavium ThunderX processor to address key performance issues for edge access scenarios.
Network intelligence
Network intelligence and IP traffic classification will always play a central role in the next generation of virtual network nodes and functions. In a new virtualized network, application identification identifies new operators that provide new, more personalized and safer for their customers In October 2016, Enea acquired Qosmos, a network intelligence expert in France, to continue to enhance the next generation of network processing capabilities. In order to make up for the lack of products and technologies, The highly complementary acquisition greatly expands Enea's product portfolio, opens up new market segments and accelerates Enea's aggressive growth. Since then, Enea has been growing in the field of Software Defined Network (SDN) and Network Functional Virtualization (NFV) The
With the deployment of the physical probe in the network we can monitor the data flow, do deep business analysis, improve service quality. NFV the introduction of the problem becomes complicated, many of the virtual machine data exchange through vSwitch to achieve this part Of the flow of the traditional network probe becomes invisible. Enea vProbe is a software network probe, which can be deployed in NFVI can also be deployed in the VM, the virtual environment in the data flow to monitor the other vProbe Deployment is also very flexible, can be enabled on demand, does not affect the normal operation of the business.
Business function chain (SFC) is an important concept in NFV, combined with Qosmos business identification function, can be based on different applications of dynamic SFC, to further enhance the flexibility of the system to improve the user experience.
Low profile and strength
As many Scandinavians do not like the character of publicity, Enea this company from Sweden is also true, but not publicity does not mean no strength.There are 3 billion people in the world every day in a large number of applications rely on Enea technology, including Telecommunications, automotive, medical and avionics.
Enea's product advantages are three points, one is the product integration of open source features; the second is software and hardware optimization; third is the product features. Enea is committed to the main contribution as an open source community, and customers and leading hardware vendors , The development and strengthening of the best software solutions. Enea company has 50 years of technical accumulation, and in the OPNFV community contribution ranked fifth, products and technologies can be cross-platform use, and Ericsson, Nokia and other large companies have long-term Enea, as an independent software vendor, supports a variety of hardware platform architectures, from CPU to DSP to heterogeneous processors, to provide seamless cross-over Platform solutions. Enea products and technologies are independent operation, can work with different partners to support the X86 and ARM processors, so that customers have more choices.In addition, Enea deep plowing the telecommunications industry for many years, good reputation of embedded software , These are the end product delay and throughput has greatly improved.
In the Asia-Pacific region, Enea has offices in Shanghai, Japan and Singapore in order to provide quality services to customers here better and better.China is a very important market, Enea's office in China was established in 2005 and now has Huawei, ZTE, Datang, Putian, and other customers. Enea in China is facing a major challenge is that China's business customization requirements are high, Enea need to react more quickly, so that products faster and mature to meet the needs of Chinese users In addition, Enea hopes to do better in the Chinese market, with the equipment manufacturers, operators, electricity, military and other areas to establish a better cooperation, in short, Enea willing to work together with partners to become the industry's best suppliers.
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