Solutions for Emerging Markets Broadband Providers
Innovative Access Services and Routing
Automate Provisioning and Subscriber Management
with PPPoE and DHCP Services, QoS, Rate Profiles and Authentication
Broadband providers worldwide are deploying fiber to expand broadband coverage to new markets. Many new markets require low-TCO infrastructure to keep customer costs low while making the service provider profitable. Another key challenge is the limited number of IPv4 addresses and the cost to buy or rent additional IPv4 addresses.
netElastic vBNG is ideal for new and growing broadband service providers. It is a low-cost, software-flexible solution that delivers the functionality providers need.
Lower Costs Support Emerging Economies
Service providers operating in countries with emerging economies can’t pass on the high cost of traditional proprietary infrastructure to their customers. netElastic vBNG is significantly lower in cost, even when compared to the discounted offers of most legacy hardware vendors. Service providers in Africa, South America, and Asia choose netElastic vBNG because of its lower costs for licensing, ongoing support, and operations. These savings allow providers to keep prices affordable and attractive for their customers.
The Advanced Features You Need
netElastic vBNG provides all the features required to manage subscriber access without paying for unnecessary features. IPoE/DHCP and PPPoE services, ACL, QoS, rate profiles, and IP address management are all included. RADIUS AAA (with COA) allows integration with billing and automation, and BGP, OSPF, and ISIS routing protocols support core network requirements. MPLS features include a subscription to VRF mapping and support business broadband for enterprise clients.
HIGHLIGHTS
Carrier Grade NAT (CGNAT) and IPv6 Transition
Service providers in many countries can’t obtain sufficient IPv4 address space and are forced to add expensive extra CGNAT cards or external appliances. netElastic’s software-based CGNAT is built on our high-performance virtual router technology. This very scalable software architecture delivers high translation performance while supporting a broad range of additional routing capabilities. netElastic CGNAT also supports detailed session logging that is compatible with many government regulations.
For service providers transitioning to IPv6, vBNG supports Dual Stack and full IPv6 support. CGNAT for IPv4 and Dual Stack IPv4/v6 allows network operators to deliver the IPv4 services needed now while being fully prepared for an all-IPv6 network.
Software Flexibility
netElastic vBNG is a full-featured broadband network gateway (sometimes called a broadband remote access server) that runs on x86-based servers. This approach allows network operators to select the scale and deployment design that best fits their network, whether it’s a large centralized platform or a set of smaller decentralized BNGs deployed close to the customer edge. And since it runs on standard COTS hardware and works with all OLT and DSLAM equipment, there is no hardware vendor lock-in.
Performance and Scalability
netElastic vBNG delivers up to 1 Terabit throughput on a 2RU server. The same vBNG software can start as small as 2 x 10 Gbps for less demanding use cases and scale up as demand (and revenue) grows.
