Sonus Networks has announced a milestone in its strategy to virtualize its product portfolio with the introduction of the Sonus PSX SWe (Software edition) and the Sonus DSC SWe.
Building upon its strategy to virtualize the code base of its hardware platforms, Sonus customers can now deploy the PSX SWe and the DSC SWe software platforms into networks using commercial-off-the-shelf platforms.
For customers looking to leverage new and existing platforms to support NFV, the PSX SWe and DSC SWe allow the deployment of a policy engine or DSC co-resident with other applications.
Sonus said its portfolio of virtualized solutions includes the SBC SWe — the industry’s first software-based Session Border Controller (SBC) architected to deliver user-defined scalability with the same advanced features and functionality as hardware.
Starting with the SBC SWe, Sonus’ virtualized software will interoperate with Juniper Networks’ Contrail SDN and NFV platform, which offers a secure, scalable, multi-tenant and carrier-grade environment in which network functions can be provisioned and orchestrated in an automated fashion.
This platform is designed to simplify the way service providers deliver differentiated cloud-based UC and video experiences to enterprises.
The demand for LTE networks is projected to grow exponentially as mobile broadband demand for smartphones and tablets, and diameter-signaling messages in LTE networks grows correspondently.
The Sonus DSC aims to solve the diameter routing dilemma, and the DSC SWe provides all functionality required for both core and edge diameter routing within the all-IP, service-oriented, IMS and LTE networks.