Patton Enters SDN/NFV Arena with Virtual eSBC, Seeks Alpha Partners

Gaithersburg, MD, USA: Patton Electronics—US manufacturer of UC, cloud, and IoT enabling solutions for carrier, enterprise and industrial networks—has entered the software defined networks (SDN) arena with a network function virtualization (NFV) project in the company's engineering lab.

Patton's SDN project demonstrates the SIP-to-SIP call-control and media-gateway capabilities of the SmartNode SN5300 session border controller (eSBC) implemented as discrete virtualized network functions (VNFs).

Patton invites interested telecom service providers and large enterprises to participate in demonstrations and alpha-testing of the virtual SmartNode (vSN) for integration into their NFV and SDN environments.

NFV vendors require cooperative input from network operators in defining their approach to integrate NFV solutions into a service-provider-managed NFV environment because the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has not yet clearly specified the NFV interfaces to the SDN management and orchestration layer.

Widely respected in the market for reliability, stability, and flexibility, thousands of Patton's SmartNode VoIP CPE are currently deployed and operating in business-class VoIP services offered by telecom carrier-providers around the world.

Since service providers are still early in the long-term, 10-to-15-year transformation to virtualized networks, Patton’s entry into the NFV market is strategic.

According to a recent IHS Infonetics forecast:

• Service providers cite simplifying and automating service provisioning as their top reason for investing in SDN, which they expect to deliver greater service agility and faster time to revenue for new offerings.
  
  
• Revenue from outsourced services for NFV projects will grow at a 71 percent compound annual growth rate year-over-year into 2019.
  
  
• Carriers will spend $5.7B on SDN solutions by 2019, with NFV software comprising over 80 percent of the $11.6 billion total NFV revenue in 2019.
  
  
• Operators want SDN in most parts of their networks, with access for businesses among the top domains for deployment.

The Patton virtual eSBC is designed to operate on generic commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) servers based on the Intel x86 processor series. 

Implemented as a virtual machine (VM) within cloud infrastructure, Patton has tested its VNFs with VirtualBox, vmWare ESX, KVM, and OpenStack hypervisors to date.

Next month, Patton will join Obama and the US Delegation at Hannover Messe to Showcase Enabling Technology Solutions for M2M & IIoT.

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Patton is all about connections. It is our joy and mission to connect real-world customer challenges with high-quality, right-priced solutions—complemented by unrivaled customer service and technical support. Incorporated 1984, Patton has built everything from micro-sized widgets that connect "this-with-that," to carrier-grade Telecom gear that connects subscribers to service-providers. Patton's specialty is interconnecting legacy TDM and serial systems with new-generation IP-based voice, data, and multi-media technologies.

Headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD, USA, Patton equipment—including VoIP, Ethernet extension, and wireless router technologies—is up-and-running in carrier, enterprise and industrial networks worldwide. Patton works in connection with a growing network of technology, business, and sales-channel partners. To connect with local-market requirements, Patton operates training and support centers in Switzerland, Hungary, Lebanon, India and the USA.

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