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UTStarcom (NASDAQ:UTSI), a global telecommunications infrastructure provider announced ‘POC-ready’ release of its newest break-through platform: the SkyFlux UAR series of routers which are based on Segment Routing over IPv6 data plane (SRv6) technology tightly integrated with the company’s SDN platform SOO network. As quoted in the press release: “UTStarcom takes pride in effectively addressing the …
UTStarcom (NASDAQ:UTSI), a global telecommunications infrastructure provider announced ‘POC-ready’ release of its newest break-through platform: the SkyFlux UAR series of routers which are based on Segment Routing over IPv6 data plane (SRv6) technology tightly integrated with the company’s SDN platform SOO network.
As quoted in the press release:
“UTStarcom takes pride in effectively addressing the evolving needs of our customers as well as the expectations of the telecom market in general,” said Tim Ti, chief executive offier, UTStarcom. “With this major milestone, we are introducing to complex telecom networks a highly efficient networking platform that delivers all the benefits of SDN, including high agility and automation, while significantly reducing network complexity and optimizing operation and maintenance efforts and costs.”
The benefits of SRv6 technology include:
- Significant reduction of network complexity
- Great network scalability
- Natural fit for SDN integration, enabling all benefits of SDN
- Improved network utilization efficiency
- Great network and service agility
- Seamless deployment, can coexist with existing IPv6 networks
The first product of the SkyFlux series available for POC is the UAR500 – a high-performance aggregation router positioned for metro traffic aggregation, DCI, 4/5G backhaul and other applications. Major product features include:
- SRv6 forwarding plane, support of SRH, programming etc.
- 800Gbps capacity
- Interfaces up to 100GE
- Range of supported services including VPLS, VPWS, IPv4 L3VPN, IPv6 L3VPN, Carrier Ethernet 2.0 compliant services etc.
- Modular full-redundant chassis, 5RU
- Tight SDN integration, NETCONF/YANG support
“The inclusion of SRv6 into the scope of the highly-regarded EANTC interoperability tests this year demonstrates the growing traction of this new technology,” Ti said. “The industry is clearly getting ready for adoption of a promising technology, and we are very excited to be one of the first to support it in our products. This demonstration of fully-functional SRv6 solution effectively positions UTStarcom as a leading force in the introduction of SRv6.”