First vCPE solution for next generation gigabit broadband providers

NEW DELHI: Norwegian gigabit broadband pioneer Bayonette AS and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Software Defined Networking (SDN) pioneer ALTEN Calsoft Labs have claimed to deploy industry’s first residential Virtual CPE (vCPE) solution for next generation gigabit broadband providers.

"We experienced that existing solutions in the residential market were not created for these high performance home networks, so we took measures to ensure that a stable and reliable gigabit connection could be achieved regardless of use and household size,” said Arve Paalsrud, CTO of Bayonette.

To meet these demands, Bayonette created the Bayonette vHome platform, that centralizes complexity and simplifies in-home equipment to reduce truck rolls and electronic waste. Bayonette vHome will also accelerate deployments of next-generation Connected Homes, providing a centralized operator platform for supporting new network standards and future opportunities such as IoT (Internet of Things), Smart Homes, and third-party virtual in-home services through the vHome Services program, a statement said.

"Our initial tests of Bayonette vHome has shown capabilities of providing over 2,000 containers per Intel based dual socket server, processing beyond 40 Gbps of traffic. That is a density of more than 160,000 vCPEs per rack,” Paalsrud said.

Virtualizing and centralizing router functionality simplifies Customer Premise Equipment (CPE), eliminating troublesome router hassle and restarts for the customer. The provider gets full control over routing, NAT, DHCP and Firewall functionality at both IPv4 and IPv6, essential to providing a future-proof gigabit connection, the statement added.

“ALTEN Calsoft Labs was able to help us accelerate our residential vCPE development. We found their vCPE Framework capable of delivering line rate throughput, and meeting our scalability, reliability and OAM requirements,” said Paalsrud. “ALTEN Calsoft Labs was also able to offer expert resources to help us with our development, integration and system testing needs, which was an added benefit for Bayonette to get to market faster,” he added.

“We are very proud to be working with Bayonette for one of the world’s first commercial Residential vCPE solution deployments. The Bayonette vHome™ solution includes several innovations such as use of Linux Containers (LXC) to achieve industry leading performance and scale; something that the NFV market is looking forward to,” said Narendra Dhara, CTO and Senior VP for Networking & Cloud Infrastructure at ALTEN Calsoft Labs.