The two said their disaggregated BNG solution for cloud-native broadband networks will provide telcos with a more open network, with independence of hardware from software. The solution has been validated in customer labs and trials.
“Broadband networks are critical infrastructure and carriers are requiring open, programmable, and cost-effective solutions for next-generation deployments,” said Matt Roman, VP of product management and marketing at Edgecore Networks. “RtBrick is the forerunner in carrier-scale BNG software. We are pleased to partner with RtBrick to provide carriers this open networking option.”
RtBrick’s BNG software is the first use-case of its FullStack IP/MPLS routing software.
The FullStack software runs as a software container on a Linux operating system in the Edgecore switches, which are capable of line-rate 800 Gbps Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching. Broadcom’s Jericho and Qumran devices are the only merchant silicon products targeting this exact use-case, which requires per subscriber metering, shaping, statistics and telemetry, enabling tens of thousands of subscribers on each system.
Multiple switches can be combined to support subscribers using what is described as a "leaf and spine" architecture, with RtBrick’s zero-touch-provisioning and REST-based APIs exposing all of the physical attributes of the hardware to higher level systems.
“Open computing platforms have revolutionised the way large cloud providers build and run their IT infrastructure,” said Oozie Parizer, senior director of product management, core switching group at Broadcom, which provides the chipsets used in the Edgecore switches.
“Now we’re seeing telcos wanting to adopt the same approach for their networks. The combination of RtBrick’s software with Edgecore white-box switches, using Broadcom’s Qumran chip portfolio, is a great example of how software and hardware from different vendors can be brought together to create an open and flexible cloud native telco network," Parizer added.
