Virtual Provider Edge

Virtual Provider Edge (vPE)

The 6WIND vPE solution is a virtualized network function (VNF) serving as an Edge Router. It is designed and optimized to deliver high performance and scalability with optimized resource usage.

Communication Service Providers (CSPs) and Enterprises can leverage the 6WIND vPE for agile service introduction, distributed edge architectures, and to meet specific service requirements associated with low-risk expansion into new markets and geographies.

Virtual Provider Edge (vPE)

The 6WIND vPE solution is a virtualized network function (VNF) serving as an Edge Router. It is designed and optimized to deliver high performance and scalability with optimized resource usage.

Meeting Customer Challenges

The main benefits of a Virtual Provider Edge (vPE) solution versus a monolithic or dedicated one are many. Some key outcomes you can achieve by using a vPE are:

Lower the threshold for and risk of entering a new market that doesn’t justify a large up-front investment.

Leverage public clouds to extend your provider edge network beyond your existing geographical footprint.

Scale and dimension provider services efficiently to match customers’ evolving demands.

Accelerate innovation cycles to boost competitiveness.

Meeting Customer Challenges

The main benefits of a Virtual Provider Edge (vPE) solution versus a monolithic or dedicated one are many. Some key outcomes you can achieve by using a vPE are:

Lower the threshold for and risk of entering a new market that doesn’t justify a large up-front investment.

Leverage public clouds to extend your provider edge network beyond your existing geographical footprint.

Scale and dimension provider services efficiently to match customers’ evolving demands.

Accelerate innovation cycles to boost competitiveness.

Extend B2B services beyond your infrastructure footprint

Service Providers can deploy B2B MPLS-like VPN services cost-effectively, quickly with easy foot print extension. 6WIND vPE solution is compliant with any Cloud.

High Performance & Scalability at the IP/MPLS Edge Network

The 6WIND vPE solution brings a major advantage in the communication service provider edge network by enabling easy and rapid bandwidth and services scale up.

The 6WIND vPE meets a wide variety of market requirements by delivering all the traditional provider edge services, such as IP/MPLS, virtual private networks (VPN) services, Layer 2 and Layer 3 routing, encapsulation protocols – including IPsec, Segment Routing (SR), Ethernet VPN, VxLAN, etc.

High performance and scalable IP/MPLS edge network

Deployed as PNF, VNF or CNF on x86 and ARM COTS servers

Extended multi-tenancy support for optimized deployments

Optimized resource usage for minimal hardware requirements

Low TCO

High available Carrier Ethernet, IP VPN and internet services over IP/MPLS infrastructures

Provides scalable and high-performance routing and Layer3 IPsec VPN connectivity

vPE Resources

6WIND vPE Datasheet

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Telco Edge Virtualization: Challenges and Benefits

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Virtualization in a Telco Network

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6WIND VSR is certified for VMware Telco Cloud

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Move Networking Intelligence in the Cloud

We have implemented an innovative solution using a central router equipped with 6WIND vPE (virtual Provider Edge).

This cutting-edge technology combines both CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) and PE (Provider Edge) features within a single software, streamlining our network infrastructure and reducing complexity. Leveraging a VRF (Virtual Routing and Forwarding) hierarchy, we can now effortlessly enable multi-tenancy, providing our customers with isolated virtual networks and enhanced security.

Offload Network Functionnality to the Cloud

The 6WIND vPE combines high performance with a small CPU footprint, ensuring optimal efficiency and resource utilization.

Its rich MPLS/SR (Multiprotocol Label Switching/Segment Routing) features provide advanced routing capabilities for enhanced network management and data forwarding. The vPE also offers scalable multi-tenancy support with VRF (Virtual Routing and Forwarding) and L3VRF (Layer 3 Virtual Routing and Forwarding), enabling secure and isolated routing domains for multiple tenants.