5G/4G Virtualization for a Global Networking and Telecommunications Service Provider
Overview
Customer is a $50 billion Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company.
Customer wanted to virtualize EPG to host the service in multi vendor platform.
Download Case Study
Challenges
Difficulty in scaling up Virtual EPG functions to support Portability, performance with the network design flexibility and easier operations introduced by Control and User plane
Solution
- Developed EPG functionality as a native node and as virtual network functions
- Development of UPF,SMF and vEPG functionalities
- Interface development on GGSN for portability in to 5G Network
- Feature development based on Control and User Plane Separation (CUPS architecture) of vEPG nodes
- Developed features to run vEPG in a containerized environment with Micro services based Architecture
Outcomes
- Improved service portability by virtualizing the 5G components
- Virtualization improved throughput performance
- Improved operational efficiency
