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RADISYS SOLUTION BRIEF | Radisys SD-PON (Software-defined Passive Optical Network) Framework
The telecom industry is at a pivotal time as bandwidth demands driven by
the 4th Industrial Revolution impact how service providers are building
their next-generation networks. Traditional networks are extremely
expensive, and they are not sustainable or scalable in a new era of
connectivity that includes adding 50 billion devices to the network.
Broadband service providers are feeling this strain on their networks. They are gaining a significant
increase in subscribers—both residential and enterprise—and must be able to support new use cases and
services such as quad-play (landline, mobile phone, TV, internet), TV-to-TV calling, and more. In order to
keep up with subscriber demand and connect billions of new devices, broadband service providers must
transform their traditional networks with open software-centric technologies.
Software-defined Passive Optical Network—or SD-PON—is a new architecture targeted at passive optical
networks that are used to service multiple enterprises or home. SD-PON solutions virtualize network
functions that originally resided on proprietary legacy OLT (Optical Line Terminal) "black boxes" and
moves them to open and disaggregated "white box" solutions with SDN control from a multi-vendor
ecosystem. By leveraging open components in their network transformations, broadband service
providers can break vendor lock-in, reduce costs and accelerate innovation.
Radisys SD-PON Framework
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