Huawei Unveils Carrier SDN Prototype

Huawei has launched Software Defined Networking (SDN) architecture for carrier networks, at the recent SDN & OpenFlow World Congress. In the event, Huawei also demonstrated several Carrier SDN prototypes including a generic SDN controller for hybrid SDN networking, an optical line terminal (OLT) containing an SDN controller, a broadband network gateway (BNG) based on SDN architecture, and an SDN controller for transport networks. Huawei also demonstrated the application of Carrier SDN technology in access networks, metro networks, transport networks, and data centers.