Data sheet
HPE OpenNFV Partner
Program
VNF Testing—RADCOM
OSS/BSS
Os-Ma
Service, VNF and
Infrastructure Description
Management &
Orchestration (MANO)
3rd Party
Applications
Se-Ma
Data Presentation
HPE
Virtualized Network Functions (VNFs)
Vprobe
EMS 2
Application
EMS 3
Ov-Vnfs
VNF 3
VNF
Manager
KPI Reports and CEM
Dashboard
Big Data Analytic
VNF 2
Ve-Vnfs
Vi-Vnfs
Virtual
Computing
Virtual
Storage
Virtual
Network
Nf-Vi
HPE
Northbound
Interface
CRM
In-memory DB
Or-Vi
Analytics DB
Real Time Processing
Correlation
Actions
Aggregations
Application Engines
Data Acquisition
Virtualization Layer
Probe
Openstack
HPE Helion
LTE
IMS & VoLTE
CS & PS
UMTS/GPRS
NFV Infrastructure (NFVI)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise OpenNFV Partner Program
With the right network functions virtualization (NFV) platform, communication service
providers (CSPs) enjoy the freedom to build a custom end-to-end solution based on individual
IT and customer needs. This approach facilitates collaboration with third parties based on open
standards, regardless of vendor. The HPE OpenNFV Partner Program supports this degree of
flexibility and openness by including emerging independent software vendors (ISVs) along with
leading network equipment providers (NEPs), technology vendors, and service providers. The
result: CSPs can transition to NFV in a way that best suits the business and IT.
The HPE OpenNFV Partner Program includes:
Technology partners—Top-performing technology companies and vendors that collaborate
on technology innovation, integration, and support.
Application partners—ISVs are self-tested in a remote OpenNFV virtual environment
(referred to as “OpenNFV tested”), are joint-tested in physical HPE labs (referred to as
“OpenNFV ready”).
Services partners—Systems integrators.
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Testing in the OpenNFV Labs
OpenNFV Labs provides a one-stop center where integration, collaboration, and testing occur
in a safe environment ahead of deployment to carrier networks. With OpenNFV Labs, CSPs gain
access to software development kits (SDKs), application program interfaces (APIs), training, and
integration resources to get applications tested and ready for CSPs, advancing innovation while
reducing risks. There are currently five HPE OpenNFV Labs locations: Fort Collins, CO; Houston,
TX; Grenoble, France; Tel Aviv, Israel; and Seoul, South Korea.
Partner solutions are tested in the OpenNFV labs leveraging our reference architecture and
NFV System. The NFV Reference Architecture supplements existing systems by identifying the
HPE products that readily integrate with scalable, high-performing, and robust NFV solutions.
NFV System offers a fully integrated, turnkey solution.
The labs validate partner solutions in three tiers—silver, gold and platinum—which tests
onboarding and basic functionality, performance and scalability, and continued functionality
through software updates and changes.
Partner Introduction
RADCOM provides innovative service assurance and customer experience management
solutions for leading telecom operators and Communication Service Providers (CSP’s) and
specializes in solutions for next-generation mobile and fixed networks, including LTE, VoLTE,
IMS, VoIP, UMTS/GSM and mobile broadband.
RADCOM address the challenges of network analytics in the era of NFV and SDN and
revolutionizes customer experience analysis, by providing clear visibility into 4G LTE and VoLTE
Key Performance and Quality Indicators (KPIs/KQIs) for networks deployed on NFV Cloud
based infrastructure.
Testing Statement
With the transition of CSP’s from physical networks to NFV, carriers are gradually transitioning
from legacy to NFV networks (e.g. EPC to vEPC and IMS to vIMS). With this transition, network
traffic can no longer be monitored on physical interfaces as all infrastructures become
virtualized. In this environment, a virtual monitoring solution such as MaveriQ NFV is required to
collect and monitor network traffic from virtual interfaces and produce meaningful information
for Service Assurance and CEM platforms.
Partner Solution Overview
MaveriQ NFV is designed for carriers migrating their networks to cloud-based virtual networks by
offering a virtual network monitoring solution, that can be deployed automatically anywhere on the
CSP’s cloud and monitor any type of traffic or protocol. This allows providing CSP’s with customer
experience monitoring, network performance monitoring, service optimization, marketing analytics,
network planning and subscriber and network troubleshooting in a single solution.
MaveriQ NFV is designed to be deployed on leading NFVI platforms including HPE Helion
carrier grade cloud platform and supports full automation by leading MANO systems such as
OpenStack HEAT and HPE Director. Additionally, RADCOM is an Application Partner in the
HPE OpenNFV Program, providing a proven and innovative NFV Customer Experience
Management (CEM) solution to carriers worldwide as well as being part of HPE ecosystem and
a member of HPE AllianceOne partner program.
As depicted in Figure 1, the MaveriQ solution is comprised of MaveriQ probes (virtual probes
or appliances) that non-intrusively monitor network interfaces and the MaveriQ Management
System which provides network analytics and a presentation layer.
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3rd Party
Applications
Data Presentation
Application
KPI Reports and CEM
Dashboard
Big Data Analytic
Northbound
Interface
CRM
In-memory DB
Analytics DB
Real Time Processing
Correlation
Actions
Aggregations
Application Engines
Data Acquisition
Probe
LTE
IMS & VoLTE
CS & PS
UMTS/GPRS
Figure 1: MaveriQ logical architecture
Application Functionality within OpenNFV Reference
Architecture
RADCOM’s solution can function independently, or be an integral part of the operator’s total
service offering by augmenting legacy OSS/BSS solutions.
RADCOM’s MaveriQ solution is an innovative service assurance and Customer Experience
Management solution that addresses multiple service provider needs including customer
experience monitoring, network performance monitoring, service optimization, marketing
analytics, network planning and subscriber and network troubleshooting in a single solution.
MaveriQ is a multi-technology solution designed for wireless and wireline networks and multiple
services such as voice, data, video and Rich Communications Services. MaveriQ is optimized
for LTE-Advanced, LTE, HSPA, UMTS, GPRS, CDMA, Wi-Fi, VoLTE, IMS, VoIP and SIGTRAN
networks.
MaveriQ is a high performance solution designed for Terabit Networks. The capability to
analyze hundreds or even thousands of Gbps in real-time is achieved by utilizing technologies
such as Big Data analytics engines, column-based data warehousing, Massively Parallel
Processing (MPP) and ultra-fast packet processing techniques such as Intel’s DPDK.
As a result of RADCOM’s participation in the HPE OpenNFV Partner Program, CSP’s transitioning
to NFV can now enjoy a state of the art NFV CEM solution which is fully integrated and
interoperable with HPE Helion OpenStack® Carrier Grade, to support CSP’s reliability, scalability
and performance requirements and comprehensive management and orchestration software
using HPE NFV Director. This allows CSP’s to fully enjoy the benefits of the cloud:
•Reduced OPEX: Automating solution roll out
•Accelerated Time-to-Market: Reducing the time to deploy new elements
•High Agility and Flexibility: Quickly scale up or down to address changing demands
•High Availability: Automated healing & redundancy
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OSS/BSS
Os-Ma
Service, VNF and Infrastructure
Description
Management &
Orchestration (MANO)
Se-Ma
HPE
Virtualized Network Functions (VNFs)
Vprobe
EMS 2
EMS 3
VNF 2
VNF 3
Ov-Vnfs
Ve-Vnfs
VNF
Manager
Or-Vi
Vi-Vnfs
Virtual
Computing
Virtual
Storage
Virtual
Network
Nf-Vi
HPE
Virtualization Layer
Openstack
HPE Helion
NFV Infrastructure (NFVI)
Figure 2: Testing Environment
Testing Details and Proof Points
Environment: RADCOM MaveriQ VNFC’s were deployed using OpenStack HEAT templates on
HPE Helion Carrier Grade platform with following properties:
VNFC—QCOW2, Object Storage—CINDER, Cloud platform—RHEL (ver. 6.5), Hypervisor—
KVM, RAM—8GB, SRIOV—Yes, DPDK—Yes.
Testing procedure: Testing involved automatic Onboarding of VNFC’s using HEAT templates
on HPE Helion platform.
•Onboarding multi VNFC’s for basic compatibility testing with Helion KVM/OpenStack
virtualization
•Verification of network paths, traffic routing and basic functionality
•Basic VNF operation on Helion demonstrated at IMA 2015
Test Outcome: Automated Onboarding of MaveriQ VNFC—Successful.
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Figure 3: MaveriQ on OpenStack
Solution Benefits
The MaveriQ is designed to enable service providers and vendors to succeed in their efforts
to address the significant technology challenges, including the deployment of next-generation
networks such as UMTS, HSPA, 4G, LTE, VoLTE, LTE-A, IMS, IPV6 and triple-play.
MaveriQ is the industry’s first NFV-ready probe and management solution and is the first
vendor to announce support for NFV.
RADCOM’s innovative network analytics and customer experience management solutions,
combined with HPE’s Converged Cloud strength delivers the industry’s best NFV solution.
Conclusion
Operators are expected to move core network functions such as EPC and IMS to NFV. To do
so, Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) aims to address the challenges of using proprietary
hardware appliances in network operators’ networks by using software based solutions on
standard servers.
When transitioning network elements to NFV, operators should consider the impact on their
current monitoring solutions, some of which may become severely limited once network
elements are virtualized.
Data sheet
HPE Contact Information
Jeff Kibodeaux
Partner Program Manager
[email protected]
RADCOM Contact Information
Ariel Cohen
Product Manager—NFV
[email protected]
Operators should adjust their monitoring tools to support the new NFV network architecture
and use solutions that are able to monitor internal VM-to-VM interfaces are well as physical
interfaces.
MaveriQ is one of the first solutions in the market to address the challenges of network
analytics in the era of NFV and SDN and revolutionizes customer experience analysis, by
providing clear visibility into 4G LTE and VoLTE Key Performance and Quality Indicators
(KPIs/KQIs) for networks deployed on NFV Cloud based infrastructure, such as vEPC and vIMS
Suggested Next Steps
Additional testing planned by RADCOM in the OpenNFV Labs includes:
•Automation—Scaling (Vertical/Horizontal), Healing and Full Life Cycle Management
•Integration with Helion CSP and monitoring live traffic from vEPC and vIMS
•Planned demonstrations for key customers, including TIM, DT, Telenor, Globe, Telefonica and
more
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