COM5.SDN Mediator

COM5.SDN Mediator makes it possible to integrate different network technologies (2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G) into an SDN-/NFV- or Open-RAN-compliant architecture. It relies on the basic mechanisms developed in COM5.Mobile for automating integration and optimization use cases.

These include, for example, existing vendor-specific network adapters for equipment from Nokia, Ericsson and Huawei, the existing policy engine, including existing operator policies, a connection to external planning tools and the zero touch configuration mechanism, to name but a few.

The northbound interface provides a fully functional, fully configurable Netconf/YANG server (YANG: “yet another next generation”, a data modeling language) that can be filled with the corresponding YANG models. An internal parameter database is used to map the corresponding, vendor-specific models to it, and missing parameters are served via the stored policies and templates. The COM5.SDN Mediator thus establishes the basis for the successful migration of existing architectures, including the existing network, to a sustainable consolidated next-generation architecture.