Virtualizing the Central Office for Mobile Services - An Open Approach

Explore the evolution of virtualized central office (VCO) technology for mobile services in this keynote presentation. Discover how the latest developments in orchestration tools and SDN controllers enable the creation of solutions supporting residential, business, and mobile services. Learn about the VCO Demo 2.0, which focuses on implementing virtual radio access network (vRAN) and virtualized mobile packet core elements (vEPC) for a minimum viable mobile access network configuration. Gain insights into the collaborative power of open source communities in addressing industry challenges and access demo assets to replicate the demonstration in your own environment. Hear from experts Heather Kirksey, Qiao Fu, Azhar Sayeed, and Hanen Garcia as they discuss topics including modernizing the CO, mobile use cases, future network requirements, architecture, lab topology, lessons learned, and next steps for collaboration in this informative 24-minute talk.