Building the network of the future : getting smarter, faster, and more flexible with a software centric approach / edited by John Donovan, Krish Prabhu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Donovan, John, 1960- editor.

Prabhu, Krish, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer networks--Technological innovations.

Computer networks.

Cloud computing.

Virtual computer systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, CRC Press, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

From the Foreword: "This book lays out much of what we’ve learned at AT&T about SDN and NFV. Some of the smartest network experts in the industry have drawn a map to help you navigate this journey. Their goal isn’t to predict the future but to help you design and build a network that will be ready for whatever that future holds. Because if there’s one thing the last decade has taught us, it’s that network demand will always exceed expectations. This book will help you get ready." —Randall Stephenson, Chairman, CEO, and President of AT&T "Software is changing the world, and networks too. In this in-depth book, AT&T's top networking experts discuss how they're moving software-defined networking from concept to practice, and why it's a business imperative to do this rapidly." —Urs Hölzle, SVP Cloud Infrastructure, Google "Telecom operators face a continuous challenge for more agility to serve their customers with a better customer experience and a lower cost. This book is a very inspiring and vivid testimony of the huge transformation this means, not only for the networks but for the entire companies, and how AT&T is leading it. It provides a lot of very deep insights about the technical challenges telecom engineers are facing today. Beyond AT&T, I’m sure this book will be extremely helpful to the whole industry." —Alain Maloberti, Group Chief Network Officer, Orange Labs Networks "This new book should be read by any organization faced with a future driven by a "shift to software." It is a holistic view of how AT&T has transformed its core infrastructure from hardware based to largely software based to lower costs and speed innovation. To do so, AT&T had to redefine their technology supply chain, retrain their workforce, and move toward open source user-driven innovation; all while managing one of the biggest networks in the world. It is an amazing feat that will put AT&T in a leading position for years to come." —Jim Zemlin, Executive Director, The Linux Foundation This book is based on the lessons learned from AT&T’s software transformation journey starting in 2012 when rampant traffic growth necessitated a change in network architecture and design. Using new technologies such as NFV, SDN, Cloud, and Big Data, AT&T’s engineers outlined and implemented a radical network transformation program that dramatically reduced capital and operating expenditures. This book describes the transformation in substantial detail. The subject matter is of great ...

Contents:

chapter 1 The Need for Change

chapter 2 Transforming a Modern Telecom Network—From All-IP to Network Cloud

chapter 3 Network Functions Virtualization

chapter 4 Network Functions Virtualization Infrastructure

chapter 5 Architecting the Network Cloud for High Availability

chapter 6 Software-Defined Networking

chapter 7 The Network Operating System: VNF Automation Platform

chapter 8 Network Data and Optimization

chapter 9 Network Security

chapter 10 Enterprise Networks

chapter 11 Network Access

chapter 12 Network Edge

chapter 13 Network Core

chapter 14 Service Platforms

chapter 15 Network Operations

chapter 16 Network Measurements

chapter 17 The Shift to Software

chapter 18 What’s Next?.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781315208787

1315208784

9781351804684

1351804685

OCLC:

1001347168