ZTE Elastic Conductor solution assists China Mobile in implementing open source orchestrator OPEN-O candidate code demo
17 March 2016, Santa Clara, USA – ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, announced at the Open Networking Summit 2016, in Santa Clara, USA that it has successfully exhibited with China Mobile network functions virtualisation orchestrator (NFVO) candidate code use cases of OPEN-O; an open source orchestrator prototype system.
During this exhibition the companies showed their latest innovations in the network orchestration and monitoring fields. As one of the first supporters of China Mobile, ZTE has launched its Elastic Conductor solution, which was applied by OPEN-O systems and assisted China Mobile to help with the development of the NFVO demonstration. This demo has successfully docked with multi-vendor virtualised network functions (VNFs).
China Mobile has been building its next-generation network, NovoNet, since 2015. Open-O is the key component of NovoNet and implements NFV/software-defined networking (SDN) service orchestration and supervision. China Mobile showcased the OPEN-O system at the NFV summit in November 2015 and received a lot of industry attention. Most recently, The Linux Foundation and China Mobile announced a joint initiative of the OPEN-O project at MWC 2016.
ZTE’s Elastic Conductor solution is based on NFV/SDN and big data technologies. It aims to build an ElasticNet ‘brain’ and an open ability centre. ZTE’s Elastic Conductor orchestrator is based on open source architecture and compatible with the OPEN-O project. Therefore, ZTE has been selected by China Mobile as a partner to complete the joint development of an NFV orchestrator prototype. ZTE actively supports the OPEN-O project, which has been initiated by the Linux Foundation as an open source orchestration project, and is one of the most significant contributors to date.
Network orchestration occupies an important position in the network architecture as it is the core of network management and open functions. ZTE and its partners have a consistent understanding and vision in this field. The in-depth cooperation between ZTE and operator partners will significantly advance the progress of network orchestration.
About ZTE
ZTE is a provider of advanced telecommunications systems, mobile devices, and enterprise technology solutions to consumers, carriers, companies and public sector customers. As part of ZTE’s M-ICT strategy, the company is committed to provide customers with integrated end-to-end innovations to deliver excellence and value as the telecommunications and information technology sectors converge. Listed in the stock exchanges of Hong Kong and Shenzhen (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), ZTE’s products and services are sold to over 500 operators in more than 160 countries. ZTE commits 10 per cent of its annual revenue to research and development and has leadership roles in international standard-setting organizations. ZTE is committed to corporate social responsibility and is a member of the UN Global Compact. For more information, please visit www.zte.com.cn.
