ON.Lab's Open SDN Project Adds SK Tel and Cisco as Members

Cisco and SK Telecom will join ON.Lab's Open Source SDN Network Operating System (ONOS) for service providers. Founding members of the community include AT&T, NTT Communications, Ciena, Fujitsu, Huawei, Intel and NEC.  Additional contributing members include ONF, Infoblox, SRI, Black Duck, Internet2, GARR, CNIT and Create-Net. ONOS is a carrier-grade SDN network operating system for service provider networks architected to provide high...

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OIF's FlexEthernet Aims for Incremental Speeds

The Optical Internetworking Forum has launched a FlexEthernet project that will pave the way for Ethernet to more efficiently use optical link bandwidth. FlexEthernet will support Ethernet speeds in between and beyond the fixed speeds currently defined.  It will do so by building upon the OIF’s multi-link gearbox (MLG) work that addresses multi-lane configuration. A new FlexEthernet toolkit provides channelization, bonding and sub-rate functionality...

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Bell Labs Quantifies Benefits of IP/Optical Control Integration

Network operators who use converged IP and optical transport technologies can significantly ease the burden being placed on their infrastructure by demands for capacity caused by the explosion of bandwidth-hungry applications, according to a study by Bell Labs, the research arm of Alcatel-Lucent. The study found that by converging routing and optical transport technologies operators can meet the same requirements for service availability while using...

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Level 3 Offers DDoS Mitigation Service with 4.5 Tbps Ingest

Level 3 Communications introduced a new DDoS Mitigation Service that provides protection closer to the network edge. The Level 3 DDoS Mitigation Service leverages the carrier's vast DDoS ingest capacity, 4.5 terabits per second, to predict and detect malicious attacks, alert customers and quickly re-route traffic to defend their critical data infrastructures. Infected packets are routed to one of Level 3's globally located scrubbing centers before...

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Alcatel-Lucent Intros 10G TWDM-PON

Alcatel-Lucent is looking to bring down the cost of TWDM-PON (Time and Wavelength Division Multiplexed Passive Optical Networks) by allowing different types of optics to be used.  Currently, TWDM-PON requires new optics capable of providing four tunable 10 Gbps wavelengths. Alcatel-Lucent's new ‘Universal TWDM’ solution enables operators to initially deploy one non-tunable 10 Gbps wavelength and easily add more pluggable as demand grows, providing...

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Alcatel-Lucent: Mobile Infection Rate at 0.68% Worldwide

An estimated 16 million mobile devices worldwide have been infected by malware, according to a new study from Alcatel-Lucent’s Motive Security Labs. The Motive Security Labs report – which looked at all popular mobile device platforms - found that such malware infections in mobile devices increased 25% in 2014, compared to a 20% increase in 2013. Android devices have now caught up with Windows laptops, which had been the primary workhorse of cybercrime,...

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Facebook Brings Free Mobile Data Services to India's Reliance Subscribers

Facebook will make available free basic mobile data connectivity in India to mobile subscribers of Reliance Communications. Reliance customers in six Indian states (Tamil Nadu, Mahararashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, and Telangana) will now have access to more than three dozen services ranging from news, maternal health, travel, local jobs, sports, communication, and local government information via the Internet.org Android app. Some of...

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Nokia Networks and Coriant Team on Mobile Backhaul Demo

Nokia Networks and Coriant are teaming up at Mobile World Congress to demonstrate a mobile backhaul Proof of Concept that combines advanced analytics and software defined networking (SDN).  The goal is to create programmable, self-aware networks that assure an optimal service experience end-to-end by automatically adapting the network to the traffic. The companies estimate that the same level of experience can be achieved with 20% less transport...

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Broadband Forum Hosts G.fast Plugfest at UNH-IOL

The Broadband Forum hosted seven companies implementing chipsets based on the ITU-T’s new G.fast specifications at the first industry G.fast plug-fest, which was conducted at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) on January 26-30. The ITU-T’s G.9701 (G.fast) specification was approved this past December, designed to provide broadband connection speeds of up to 1Gbps over a single twisted pair cable, meeting the ever...

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