ELASTIC SERVICES PLATFORM SIMPLIFYING SERVICE DELIVERY The telecom industry is at the dawn of a bright new era - one in which new services and technologies, such as 5G, IoT, and smart cities, hold promise of new revenue streams. However, today s networks were not designed for tomorrow s challenges. Instead, they comprise a complex patchwork of layers, technologies, and vendors, which require tedious manual processes, an army of networking experts, and most of all - a long time-to-market for new services. ECI s ELASTIC Services Platform takes networking solutions to the next level, allowing Service Providers to concentrate on launching new services and driving new revenue streams. The ELASTIC Services Platform empowers carriers to do more, through simple service creation and lifecycle management, proactive network assurance, network optimization, and automation. The ELASTIC Services Platform leverages a suite of modular software applications, is powered by a carrier-grade PaaS, and delivers real-time control over a programmable network infrastructure. It guarantees that the right people receive the right tools for their service or network management requirements through an intuitive, easy-to-use user interface. Simple service creation and lifecycle management Proactive network assurance and maintenance Optimization of multilayer network resources Easy migration and integration
ELASTIC SERVICES PLATFORM DIAGRAM MUSE NETWORK LIFECYCLE APPLICATIONS MUSE SERVICE LIFECYCLE APPLICATIONS LightSOFT MUSE NMS MUSE CYBER SECURITY APPLICATIONS
SIMPLIFY SERVICE CREATION AND LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT Telecom services used to be just about making connections. Today SPs have begun adding valueadded functionality on top of connectivity using virtualization technology. The ELASTIC Services Platform not only brings these worlds together for endto-end service agility and innovation, it also simplifies your job of creating and managing services in this rich environment. The ELASTIC Services Platform provides ready-touse service templates that can be applied to individual customers, and the tools to design your own templates. These provide abstraction and real-time control of underlying network resources. The ELASTIC Services Platform uses real-time SDN connection control with cutting-edge path computation algorithms to provide high-performance data paths between endpoints, and can even set backup paths in the event of failures. Combining this with delivery of virtualized services at the network edge for mobile and fixed applications, ELASTIC Services Platform enables SPs to exploit their competitive advantage of physical proximity to end-customers by delivering high-bandwidth and low-latency performance that is superior to centralized OTT solutions. Analytics Provisioning Provisioning Planning Maintenance SDN Connectivity NFV Virtualization PROACTIVE NETWORK ASSURANCE AND MAINTENANCE Proactive management of networks is about information and speed: information about what is occurring in your network environment from traffic flows and resource utilization, to warnings and alarms; and speed, to react quickly to changes that could affect services. Leveraging ECI s proven expertise in IP-optical transport, traffic engineering, telemetry, monitoring, analytics, and restoration, ELASTIC Services Platform maximizes services and network availability by pinpointing problems
rapidly, and often even before they occur. It then suggests or automatically applies solutions like traffic rerouting, or exercising self-healing capabilities like dynamic multilayer restoration. At the heart of our approach is speeding up the entire operations lifecycle, blurring the lines between traditional offline and real-time processes. The goal is to strike a balance between automation that removes unneeded human involvement, and allowing human operators to step in anytime to make override decisions. OPTIMIZE USE OF MULTILAYER NETWORK RESOURCES The ELASTIC Services Platform is based on a holistic approach that combines application software and networking hardware. At the foundation is a dynamically controllable access-to-core network infrastructure, spanning L0-3, based on the Neptune multiservice packet networking and the Apollo reconfigurable optical networking systems. Mercury NFVi appliances support L3+ virtualized network functions and services, and can be deployed standalone, or integrated within Neptune. ELASTIC Services Platform User Interface ELASTIC SERVICES PLATFORM Service Applications Muse Network Applications OSS/BSS higher level orchestration 3 rd Party Applciations Carrier Grade PaaS The ELASTIC Services Platform lets you continuously optimize this infrastructure, which represents the bulk of your network investment. Telemetry and analytics keeps you updated continuously on network overand under-utilization to balance traffic loads. By leveraging a combined view of the packet and optical ECI Legacy 3 rd party Apollo Neptune Mercury layers, this lets you optimize aggregated traffic flows using techniques like router bypass. It also allows reducing router ports and protection routes by providing for restoration at the optical layer. In short, the ELASTIC Services Platform allows you to do more with less, delaying the need to add network resources as traffic grows. EASY MIGRATION AND INTEGRATION Network modernization does not take place overnight. Almost always it starts with a brownfield network and operational infrastructure, and incorporates advanced capabilities over a period of years. The ELASTIC Services Platform is designed for this employing separation of concerns between the underlying Elastic network infrastructure, the Muse modular software suite, and broader SP operational and orchestration ecosystems. This allows each layer to evolve at its own pace.
Muse provides a smooth transition in functionality from ECI s longstanding and acclaimed LightSOFT NMS to the automated and real-time control exercised by the service and network applications. Muse can also interface through adapters to 3rd-party network equipment, and can directly incorporate 3rd-party applications and innovation on top of its carrier-grade PaaS. Muse fits within broader service provider modernization and automation initiatives by extending control using standards-compliant northbound interfaces. This enables Muse to interact directly with OSS and with end-toend service orchestration systems. COMPREHENSIVE VALUE The ELASTIC Services Platform delivers truly comprehensive value through its ability to deliver end-to-end service agility and speed up the Service Provider operations lifecycle. In an industry driven by the future, but tethered by the past, ECI s new ELASTIC Services Platform succeeds in overcoming some of the industries greatest challenges. The ELASTIC Services Platform takes networking solutions to the next level by simplifying service creation, delivery, and lifecycle management. Most importantly, it lets you focus on what is most important to you launching new services and driving new revenue streams. Technology is changing rapidly, and will continue to do so. Isn t it time your network works for you?
ELASTIC SERVICES PLATFORM BENEFITS Simplify Service Creation and Life Cycle Management Proactive Network Assurance and Maintenance Optimization of Multilayer Network Resources Easy Migration and Integration Makes service delivery simpler using abstraction and real-time control of underlying network resources, driven through an intuitive user interface and ready-to-use service templates. Enables creation of innovative new services that combine real-time SDN connectivity with NFV virtualization, powered by a rich library of certified ECI and 3rd-party virtualized network functions. Delivers a superior low-latency experience at the network edge in the POP, access, or customer premises which provides differentiable value for business, IoT, and MEC-based services, where response time matters. Leverages the power of 5G as this technology develops, by using end-to-end network slicing to fully exploit 5Gs capabilities for delivering ultra-high bandwidth, low latency, or massive IoT services. Automates and accelerates the entire operation lifecycle saving time and removing unneeded human involvement to deliver services rapidly and efficiently. Maximizes service and network availability by pinpointing problems rapidly, often even before they occur, while exercising self-healing capabilities like dynamic multilayer restoration. Continuously keeps you updated on network over-/under-utilization using telemetry and analytics, so that you can adjust in a methodical manner. Multilayer packet-optical network optimization handles aggregated traffic with ultra-high efficiency, letting you do more with less and delaying the need to add new resources. Evolve smoothly from a brownfield network environment, migrating interfaces and functionality from network management systems, to Muse real-time control applications. Innovate and develop independent value-added applications through open APIs on top of a scalable, high availability PaaS. Integrate directly with OSS and higher level service orchestrators through standards northbound interfaces. Copyright 2017 ECI. All rights reserved. Information in this document is subject to change without notice. ECI assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this document. Contact us to find out how ELASTIC Services Platform can help you make the transition to next generation networking ABOUT ECI ECI is a global provider of ELASTIC network solutions to CSPs, utilities as well as data center operators. Along with its long-standing, industry-proven packet-optical transport, ECI offers a variety of SDN/NFV applications, end-to-end network management, a comprehensive cyber security solution, and a range of professional services. ECI's ELASTIC solutions ensure open, future-proof, and secure communications. With ECI, customers have the luxury of choosing a network that can be tailor-made to their needs today while being flexible enough to evolve with the changing needs of tomorrow. For more information, visit us at www.ecitele.com