Huawei unveils carrier-grade SDN traffic optimization engine

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Huawei, the information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider unveiled Flow Engine, its industry-first carrier-grade Software-defined networking (SDN) traffic optimization engine for centralized route computation and resource allocation at the Open Networking Summit (ONS).

"Built into SDN controllers, Flow Engine serves as a key functional component of Huawei's SDN solution under the company's SoftCOM next generation network architecture. Flow Engine unleashes the full benefits of SDN centralized control by advanced optimization algorithms, representing a key milestone in the commercialization of SDN networks," the company said in a statement.

A key advantage of SDN networks is its centralized control of entire network resources by SDN controllers, as opposed to the distributed control in existing networks. This centralized control allows SDN controllers to optimize routing and resource allocation decisions globally.

"Huawei's proprietary algorithm suite relies on an array of innovative techniques such as graph transformation, linear programming decomposition and matrix reduction to overcome the intractability of the problem's scale and reduce the solution time to seconds, making Flow Engine the first traffic optimization engine suitable for carrier-grade networks. Flow Engine can automatically detect changes in traffic patterns or magnitude and adjust routing accordingly without human intervention, ensuring the optimal state of the SDN network at all times," Huawei stated.