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Challenges and Opportunities
in the Telecommunications Infrastructure Market
Developers of next-generation telecommunications
infrastructure equipment are facing key new challenges and opportunities:
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Vendors want
to simplify product development and accelerate their product's
time to market. Standardized hardware architectures such as
AdvancedTCA® or BladeCenter provide efficient solutions
for developing modular and scalable equipment that can be reused
and customized to quickly create a range of products. |
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Performance
requirements are growing exponentially for several reasons.
Firstly, Gigabit transmission technologies are now widely available.
Secondly, fully-secure solutions with real-time packet processing
require embedded hardware crypto support. Thirdly, network service
is becoming more and more sophisticated. Finally, providing
differentiated services (QoS, filtering, Layer 4 through Layer
7 switch, triple-play traffic) requires deep packet inspection
(DPI). |
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Embedded processor technology has matured and multicore processors
have brought significant advantages in terms of processing
capability, power consumption, integration and scalability.
Simplified programming models have emerged that significantly
reduce software development time.
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Linux is part
of the trend towards standardization in the telecom infrastructure
equipment market. The widespread adoption of Linux facilitates
software reuse, while Carrier Grade versions meet the stringent
High Availability requirements of telecoms infrastructure equipment. |
6WINDGate™: an
Optimum Solution for the Telecom Infrastructure Market
The 6WINDGate packet processing solution is
well matched to these telecom infrastructure challenges and opportunities:
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6WINDGate has
been designed to exploit the performance features of multicore
platforms, including a sophisticated Fast Path implementation
a running under a Multicore Execution Environment (MCEE). This
ensures that the majority of packets are processed and forwarded
by the Fast Path with no involvement by the stack or control
plane. 6WINDGate has full support for on-chip crypto engines
maximizing the performance of the system with advanced security
features. |
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The 6WINDGate
networking software provides a comprehensive and ready to
use set of Layer 2 through / Layer 4 networking features,
including L2, GTP, GRE, IPv4/IPv6 forwarding and routing, virtual
routing, IPsec using crypto-engines, QoS, firewall, and NAT
each one optimally partitioned between the Fast Path and the
Slow Path. |
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6WINDGate provides optimized support for telecom platforms
from several industry-leading suppliers. Click
here for more details of 6WIND's telecom subsystem partners.
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6WINDGate simplifies
the integration of application software because standard
Linux APIs such as netlink, netfilter and PF_KEY are preserved,
making Fast Path-based architectures fully transparent to the
applications. This maximizes customers' software reuse and minimizes
their time-to-market. |
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The 6WINDGate
XML-based management system simplifies the integration with
the management system of the UTM appliance. |
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For critical
applications, 6WINDGate provides High Availability capabilities
to minimize service interruption. |
6WINDGate is available on market-leading multicore
platforms (Cavium, Freescale, Intel and Netlogic).
6WINDGate is a key element for wireless
telecom infrastructure equipment
Applications Notes about how to develop LTE
and WiMAX equipment based on 6WINDGate are available here.
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