Tiana Ramahandry, Senior Consultant, DigiWorld by IDATE Tiana Ramahandry is a senior IDATE consultant since 2005. Her assignments are mainly focused on the telecom equipment sector and equipment suppliers’ strategies.She specifically works on telcos’ infrastructure evolution with expertise on traffic management and content delivery networks. Tiana Ramahandry holds a post-graduate professional degree in Cable Networks, from the Université de Lille, and a Masters in Business Administration from the IAE de Bordeaux IV.

1. Future Internet Networks
Consulting . Research . DigiWorld Institute
Contact
Tiana RAMAHANDRY
Senior Consultant
t.ramahandry@idate.org
+33 4 67 14 44 57
March 2012

2. Agenda - Future Internet Networks
Round table #1 – Introducing a new era of network infrastructure with SDN and
NFV
Akamai keynote – The future of the CDN
Networking coffee break
Thales Alenia Space keynote – Role of the satellite in the future networks
Ericsson Keynote – Drivers for the future networks
Round table #2 – Tailoring the future networks for Internet of Things
Orange – Conclusive keynote

3. Context – Why this seminar ?
Sources:
1)
IDATE,
(2)
Cisco

4. How will the future networks look like ?
Current networks
• « Limited »
• Too complex
• Too closed
• Too rigid
Requirements
• Flexible & agile
• Resources
optimization
• Video delivery
support
• Open
• Intelligent
• Programmable and
automated
• Scalable
• Simple
Key networks
technologies
• Cloud computing
• CDN (Content
Delivery
Networks)
• API
• DPI (Deep
Packet
Inspection)
Key concepts
• SDN
• NFV

5. ˃ What is SDN ?
˃ What is OpenFlow ?
 Software-Defined Networking
 SDN standard, defined by the Open
Network Foundation
Technical definition
Concept based on the separation of the data
plane and the control plane of the network
architecture
Practical definition
Centralization of the network control plane
as a software program
Source: ONF
Source: ONF
And OpenDayLight?
 Open and transparent approach to SDN from
Linux Foundation

6. ˃ What is NFV ?
 Network Functions Virtualization
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Definition
Group formed under the ETSI to define
required elements for the virtualization of
network functions
Principle
Implementation of network functions in
software that can run on industry standard
server hardware
Source: ETSI

7. ˃ What does it mean ?
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Simplification of the network
management
Network monitoring, access to
information from network equipment
Centralized automated network
management in real-time environment
Equipment consolidation
˃ Promises from SDN and NFV
● Financial benefits
Network
infrastructure
costs
Energy costs
● Operational benefits
Time-to-market
services
-50%
+90%
-
Resources elasticity
Traffic shape in real time
Simplification of the network operations
Optimise and monetise network resources
Network security management
….
….

8. Challenges (& opportunities ?) for telcos
Towards real IT/telecoms convergence
Impact on traditionnal network equipment providers
New business models
Implementation in the existing infrastructures
Real operationalization of the new concepts
Expected change from a hardware to a software environment
4,5 billion €
˃Global SDN and NFV
market
+ 74% CAGR
including telcos, cloud service
providers, and enterprises
12% from telcos
2013
2018

9. Stay tuned…
Answers in the following round-table