vCPE is a way to deliver virtual managed services such as routing, security, SD-WAN through software, rather than hardware, to the branch or edge networks. With a vCPE, all hardware-based operations are now achieved through a software-based virtual function. In the following article, we’ll take a closer look into the virtualization of the traditional CPE. …
Emergency response and public safety service workers, like police, firefighters, or paramedics, have become dependent on their connected devices when carrying out their duties. They are always on the move, so being connected to their base makes their job safer, more efficient, and cost-effective. But this connection doesn’t happen by itself. An in-vehicle gateway is …
Band 48 CBRS is believed to be one of the greatest opportunities for the wireless communications industry within the last decade. This technology is coming at the right time, just when data growth is inevitably exploding through the new trend of technologies like IoT, VR, Big Data, etc. The concept of having a private LTE …
Most of today’s networks are still managed on a box-by-box basis, whether it is through a router, firewall, or a switch. In a traditional system, all of these devices are operated independently. There is still no way to manage, provision, and automate these types of networks. Fortunately, Software Defined Networks (SDN) can make a network …
Virtualization has massively evolved cloud computing and computer networking, with VNF’s now available and sufficient for many network functions previously performed through dedicated hardware. Yet even today, achieving the near real-time performance expected of networking hardware is a still challenge for virtualized network functions typically running on open compute x86-based network hardware. Firewalls and intrusion …
When it comes to technology, its no secret batteries have always lagged behind and held back mobile capabilities. Even today Li-Ion and Li-Polymer (the two most used battery technologies) have to make trade-offs between capacity, charging/discharging speed, cost and lifespan. As transistors components and chips have shrunk year over year, batteries have only really …
The evolution of emergency services is now spearheaded by this year’s deployment of a nation-wide public-safety dedicated network known as FirstNet. This critical network reserves 20Mhz out of the valuable 700 Mhz frequency range due to the obstacle penetrating power this frequency affords. FirstNet was developed to provide mission critical communications and emergency services the …
Emergency services are rapidly evolving to catch up with modern technologies like Augmented Reality and smartphone advanced mobile location (AML) services. Critical services are making use of a nationwide critical access network that’s been in development since 2012, built exclusively for emergency services under the name FirstNet. This network is set to enable the mission-critical …
Software-defined Wide Area Networks are the next evolution to VPN’s (Virtual Private Networks) now providing highly flexible, automated and resilient data transport for businesses. A useful analogy to understand SD-WAN is where VPN’s are like manual gearboxes in a car; SD-WAN is an automatic radar-guided cruise-control solution. Both can achieve the same result: connectivity between …
Most modern devices, applications and services make extensive use of cloud computing resources (data centers, CDN’s). Nearly all hardware leveraged in cloud computing is composed primarily of: CPU’s, GPU’s, RAM, Network interfaces and non-volatile storage; all of these are the essential building blocks of modern cloud computing. But there’s much more to computing, especially networks, …
