The telecommunications industry is in the midst of a technological and commercial transformation, in which pioneering technologies like Software-Defined Networking (SDN), Network Function Virtualization (NFV), and Cloud computing (Cloud Native) are being utilized to realize the next-generation wireless (5G and beyond) and fixed networks as well as the applications that will run on top.
Telecom networks and services that started to emerge with this transformation will work on flexible, highly distributed, fully software-defined, numerous, complex, firstly homogeneous then on multiple cloud sources, and will be able to collect and process enormous data. Furthermore, the upcoming IoT and M2M technologies will further increase the demands.
To meet the increasing bandwidth, strict latency, and jitter requirements of 5G and beyond networks applications, the network and services should be able to be deployed as close as possible to the end-user in the structure of edge cloud architectures.
Management of this new generation network and services seems unlikely to be realized with a human resources-based approach, which is predominantly specialized in their fields, as it is today, and it is calculated that it will be financially disastrous. In this transformation, the management and orchestration of network and service applications have been recognized as the biggest challenge facing the Telecom industry.
With the goals mentioned above in mind, Netsia/ARGELA has developed Netsia/ARGELA MAC (Multi-access Edge Cloud) Solution that offers CapEx & OpEx savings thanks to the consolidation of multiple access technologies in the same CO, and quick service initialization in the converged platform of mobile, residential and enterprise.
MAC Architecture is a holistic and open architecture (Multi-Access Edge, MAC) consisting of "Multi-Access Edge Clouds" and "Open E2E Orchestration". All components in the architecture use Softwarization, Disaggregation, Virtualization, and Orchestration technologies per standards. In The MAC Architecture, the network functions to run on cloud-agnostic edge clouds where End-to-End Orchestrator orchestrates them.
The MAC solution will transform telecom operators' central offices into data centers consisting of COTS (Off-the-Shelf and Commercial) equipment, enabling both mobile and fixed services to be provided from the same central office, and dynamically managing all edge clouds and components in a centralized structure. In this way, investment and operating expenses will be reduced, and the system will be configured and scaled as desired. The MAC solution, with its software-defined and virtualized infrastructure, will also enable telecom operators to offer new services to their subscribers in a short time.
An exemplary ARGELA MAC Solution where SDN Enabled Broadband Access (SEBA) and Virtualized Radio Intelligent Controller (vRIC) Solutions co-exist in the same edge.
These Edge clouds provide not only Radio Access but also Fixed broadband connectivity as well as Heterogeneously spread services throughout these MACs. At this point, according to our vision, E2E Orchestrators take the stage here and play their important roles. Argela invests in open source E2E Orchestrators.
ARGELA focuses on “Niche Enablers” that will make 5G and Beyond Networks possible and distinguish them from others. (These areas include SDN, NFV, E2E Orch, Slicing, etc.) ARGELA's competence in these areas has long been producing unique solutions and patents.
ARGELA contributes to the open-source industry. Being in the heart of the industry, active contribution, and taking a leading role in working groups is critical to identify niche areas earlier and to provide unique solutions and patents.