Title :
Software-Defined Access Network (SDAN)
Author :
Kerpez, Kenneth ; Ginis, George
Author_Institution :
ASSIA, Inc., Redwood City, CA, USA
Abstract :
Control-plane functions are migrating from dedicated network equipment into software running on commodity hardware. The Software-Defined Access Network (SDAN) concept is introduced here that extends the benefits of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) into broadband access. The SDAN virtualizes access-network control and management functions for broadband access, to enable network optimizations, streamline operations, and encourage innovative services creation, particularly in multi-operator environments. This paper identifies software-definable control and management functions for broadband access, and presents some specific network optimizations using the SDAN.
Keywords :
broadband networks; software radio; subscriber loops; telecommunication network management; SDAN; access-network control; broadband access; commodity hardware; control-plane functions; management functions; multioperator environments; network equipment; software-definable control; software-defined access network; Bandwidth; Broadband communication; DSL; Optical fiber networks; Optimization; Real-time systems; Virtualization; Broadband; DSL; NFV; SDN; Vectoring;
Conference_Titel :
Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), 2014 48th Annual Conference on
Conference_Location :
Princeton, NJ
DOI :
10.1109/CISS.2014.6814134
