Cloud-Native Performance Comes Under the 5G Standalone Spotlight as Spirent Landslide Adds CNF Testing
June 18 2024 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
New first-to-market capabilities test the
impact of cloud-native environments on 5G application and service
performance to help overcome deployment challenges
Spirent Communications plc (LSE:SPT), the leading provider of
test and assurance solutions for next-generation devices and
networks, today announced the addition of cloud-native function
(CNF) resiliency testing to its Spirent Landslide solution to
continuously test the impact of CNF performance on the delivery of
5G Standalone services.
Already the leading solution for 5G Standalone core testing, the
expansion of Landslide’s capabilities to include CNF testing within
a single test solution platform will help further address the
evolving needs of mobile network operators (MNOs) and Network
Equipment Manufacturers (NEMs) as they transition to cloud-native
environments.
The 5G standalone core, with its service-based architecture and
embrace of the public and private clouds to support rapid
time-to-market and scalable network operations, has the potential
to unlock exciting business opportunities with new ways to deploy,
operate, and manage networks and services. While the new
disaggregated and distributed architecture provides for a dynamic
multi-cloud, multivendor ecosystem, it also presents a raft of
daunting new challenges for service providers.
“The need for integration and interoperability across the 5G
network means not only dealing with the complexity of how to
incorporate new cloud infrastructures and virtual network functions
with legacy systems and processes, but also how to test and
optimize the performance of these new distributed infrastructures
to ensure that they will all work together as they should,” says
Anil Kollipara, VP of Automated Test & Assurance Product
Management at Spirent.
“Cloud-native demands completely new processes to realize the
efficiencies and operational benefits, while each CNF has unique
performance expectations within the cloud environment. Adding cloud
resiliency testing to Landslide’s already considerable testing and
validation capabilities will help network service providers more
easily tackle the challenges of embracing new cloud environments to
deliver the high-quality 5G services that end users are
demanding.”
Patrick Kelly, Founder and Principal Analyst at Appledore
Research added, "Spirent Landslide's CNF resiliency testing
introduces a vital advancement in core 5G testing for mobile
operators tackling the intricacies of 5G standalone and advanced
networks. This enhancement streamlines complex pre-test and
post-deployment procedures, optimizing 5G services to ensure high
performance and reliability in the ever-evolving CNF
environment."
Spirent Landslide is the only single pane solution that can
generate real-world 5G traffic and simultaneously impair the 5G
cloud core to assess and correlate its impact on 5G services. This
is especially important with cloud deployments, where failures are
the norm and CNFs must be designed to be resilient to avert serious
consequences with 5G service quality. MNOs and NEMs have
traditionally relied on manual testing processes and self-developed
automation scripts, leading to inefficiencies and increased testing
complexity. Ambiguity surrounding ownership of 5G services in CNF
environments is also presenting additional concerns for service
providers, requiring a fundamental shift in the testing mindset
from reliability-focused legacy networks to resilient and scalable
CNF networks.
For more information about Spirent Landslide’s comprehensive,
automated testing capabilities and how it can help service
providers reduce operational costs and optimize the customer
experience, visit
https://www.spirent.com/products/cloud-native-testing
About Spirent
Spirent Communications plc. (LSE: SPT) is the leading global
provider of automated test and assurance solutions for networks,
cybersecurity, and positioning. The company provides innovative
products, services and managed solutions that address the test,
assurance and automation challenges of a new generation of
technologies, including 5G, AI, cloud, autonomous vehicles and
beyond. From the lab to the real world, Spirent helps companies
deliver on their promise to their customers of a new generation of
connected devices and technologies. For more information, please
visit www.spirent.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter and
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