Software-Defined Access Network (SDAN)

Author

Kerpez, Kenneth ; Ginis, George

Author_Institution

ASSIA, Inc., Redwood City, CA, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

19-21 March 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), 2014 48th Annual Conference on

Conference_Location

Princeton, NJ

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CISS.2014.6814134

Filename

6814134