CHANDLER, Ariz., Feb. 21,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- VIAVI Solutions
Inc. (VIAVI) (NASDAQ: VIAV) today announced advanced and
additional capabilities of a joint Testbed as a Service (TBaaS)
with VMware, recently acquired by Broadcom, which combines the
VIAVI TeraVM RIC Test with the VMware RAN Intelligent Controller
(RIC) to create a Digital Twin for the evaluation and performance
benchmarking of applications. TBaaS has been validated with
multiple app vendors and consortiums, including at the i14y Lab,
underscoring expanding industry demand due to its ability to speed
deployment and agility, both of which are increasingly urgent in
today's network environments. The capabilities will be showcased at
Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, February
26-29.
Digital Twin modeling, based on AI and enabling new predictive
capabilities, is fast emerging as a vital solution to fortify
increasingly complex networks. By creating a virtual model of a
network in the lab, service providers can more quickly and
effectively model network behaviors and disruptions. TBaaS provides
a cloud-based Digital Twin via a set of tools that enable
communication service providers (CSPs) to streamline evaluation of
rApps and xApps prior to selection of partners, continuous CI/CD
efforts, deployment, and secure operations in the network.
With TBaaS from VIAVI and VMware, RIC applications address the
need for simulations using realistic data. VIAVI provides
geolocation intelligence and xApps/rApps, with real RAN data over
the VMware RIC platform. This allows a CSP to capture information
once and emulate it with multiple other applications, reducing the
overhead of repeatedly capturing, processing and transmitting data.
In addition, the RAN Scenario Generator within the TeraVM RIC Test
allows developers and operators to model scenarios in the lab,
either prior to launch or in environments where large volumes of
real data are unavailable. Data captured can also be used for
training AI/ML models.
"We're collaborating with VIAVI to make sure that CSPs can
benefit in many ways from the power of test automation and
enablement," said Lakshmi Mandyam, Vice President, Product
Management and Partner Ecosystems, Software-Defined Edge Division,
Broadcom. "By integrating the VMware RIC with VIAVI's TeraVM RIC
Test solution and making it available as a service, we are enabling
an entirely new approach in RIC App development, CI/CD test
automation and benchmarking. Our combined efforts help to speed
CSPs network modernization and monetization initiatives."
"We are very pleased to continue and advance our partnership
with VMware, and now Broadcom, a partner that shares with VIAVI a
heritage of decades of innovation, collaboration and engineering
excellence," said Ian Langley,
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Wireless Business,
VIAVI. "Our complementary portfolios are focused on demystifying
the complex environments associated with Digital Twin, and together
they provide a vast array of benefits that will help transform and
accelerate new network capabilities."
VMware is focused on attracting and collaborating with a
vibrant ecosystem of partners to help its operator
customers adopt Open RAN with complete confidence with its VMware
Telco Cloud Platform and VMware Service Management and
Orchestration (SMO) framework for network programmability and
optimization. VIAVI has the most comprehensive portfolio of Open
RAN test solutions in the industry and plays a leading role in
defining test processes in the O-RAN
ALLIANCE and Telecom Infra Project (TIP).
About VIAVI
VIAVI (NASDAQ: VIAV) is a global provider
of network test, monitoring and assurance solutions for
telecommunications, cloud, enterprises, first responders, military,
aerospace and railway. VIAVI is also a leader in light management
technologies for 3D sensing, anti-counterfeiting, consumer
electronics, industrial, automotive, government and aerospace
applications. Learn more about VIAVI
at www.viavisolutions.com. Follow us on VIAVI
Perspectives, LinkedIn and YouTube.
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