Volta Networks says it now fully supports the Telecom Infra Project’s (TIP’s) Disaggregated Cell Site Gateway (DCSG). The company’s Volta Elastic Virtual Routing Engine (VEVRE) has completed the required testing to meet DCSG requirements, including testing in Tier 1 service provider labs and in the TIP PlugFest to verify interoperability.
DCSG was created by TIP’s Open Optical & Packet Transport (OOPT) project group to enable an open approach to the creation of 5G transport networks (see “Telecom Infra Project targets disaggregated cell site gateways”). It helps enable 5G transport networks to support RAN disaggregation as well as such capabilities as network slicing, radio access networks (RANs) sharing, and multi-access edge computing (MEC). It has been deployed by at least one Tier 1 operator (see "Telefónica rolls out Telecom Infra Project’s Disaggregated Cell Site Gateway”).
“We are happy to see how Volta Networks has been able to achieve this important milestone in a very short period of time,” said David Hutton, chief engineer at TIP. “There is great momentum behind TIP's DCSG solution with a number of commercial deployments happening across the world. This has only been possible because of partners like Volta which are fully committed to develop open and disaggregated solutions through collaborating with the wider industry ecosystem.”
Volta Networks says the testing demonstrated the VEVRE’s support for such features as IEEE 1588 Precision Timing Protocol (PTP), segment routing, hierarchical quality-of-service (QoS) on ingress and egress, traditional routing protocols, and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS). The company says it has performed testing with several equipment vendors, including Edgecore Networks (see "Volta Networks, Edgecore Networks collaboration begins with Disaggregated Cell Site Gateway").
“Edgecore and Volta Networks are committed to bringing the benefits of open networking to customers, so thorough interoperability testing of Volta’s software with our switching hardware is important to verify DCSG compliance,” said Michael Ward, vice president of business development – software at Edgecore Networks. “As telecommunications providers continue to demand higher capacity, easier scalability, and more features, an open networking ecosystem has become the preferred path to meeting the requirements of service provider networks.”
“The carrier community had defined the requirements, and Volta has completed all of the required testing to be fully DCSG compliant and offer a full range of features, including PTP, QoS, and segment routing,” said Jose-Miguel Pulido, sales chief technology officer at Volta Networks. “DCSG plays an important role in making 5G a reality on a widespread basis, and our extensive testing and work with several labs, customers, and with TIP shows our commitment to DCSG.”
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