Nokia’s use of Wind River Titanium Cloud

To meet these challenging goals with their AirFrame Cloud-RAN solution, Nokia selected the Wind River Titanium Cloud virtualisation software platform.

The collaboration between Nokia and Wind River was first announced in 2015 (‘Wind River Titanium Cloud Validated on Nokia AirFrame Data Centre Solution’). At that time, the two companies explained that with the AirFrame Data Centre Solution, telecom service providers realise the full promise of Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV).

This includes use cases such as the relocation of radios from the field to data centres by using virtualised radio clouds, reducing operating expenses (OPEX) and accelerating the delivery of new services.

The Titanium Cloud virtualisation platform delivers the carrier grade reliability and low latency required for telecom infrastructure, while also providing best-in-class Virtual Machine (VM) density for Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) and thereby maximising the OPEX savings achieved by service providers.

There is much more information available on how Nokia is leveraging Titanium Cloud to meet critical business and technical goals for the AirFrame Data Centre Solution. Nokia and Wind River just published a solution brief, available here, that discusses the key challenges for Cloud-RAN and explains how the integrated solution addresses them.

The solution brief discusses how Nokia’s solution, which comprises Titanium Cloud software running on AirFrame Data Centre Solution hardware, has been proven to achieve best-in-class performance in the areas below that are critical for the cost-effective deployment of NFV:

• VNFs powered by accelerated hardware
• Ultra-low latency
• Holistic cloud management and security solutions
• Best cost and power efficiency

In the solution brief, you’ll also learn how Nokia is leveraging Open Compute Platform (OCP) principles to achieve hardware optimisation, reduced footprint, lower energy consumption and enhanced serviceability.

In summary, Nokia’s integrated AirFrame Data Centre Solution, leveraging Wind River Titanium Cloud, enables service providers to maximise their return on investment as they introduce Cloud-RAN.

This new solution brief provides fascinating insights into this industry-leading solution for Cloud-RAN. It can be downloaded here where you can learn more about how Nokia and Wind River have collaborated to deliver breakthrough business benefits to service providers.

Courtesy of Wind River.