Nokia’s 7550 SR-s Service Router Dominates in Both IP Core and Edge Routing on the Same Platform
Traditionally, IP edge and core routers have competed for dominance as separate solutions: edge routers are the IP gateways that drive network services and traffic, while core routers have functioned as the IP backbone that supports them.
But with the Nokia 7550 SR-s Service Router from Infinity Technology Solutions, you can now enjoy the best in both edge and core routing on a single platform. Industry analyst GlobalData rated the 7550 SR-s Service Router and Extensible Routing System (XRS) as the hands-down leader in IP core routing products. This is notable because Nokia’s 7750 SR-s had already been rated by GlobalData as the undisputed leader in IP edge routing.
To have one product and platform lead in both core and edge routing is a stunning victory for us and our partners at Nokia. Our communications service provider (CSPs) clients understand that traffic demands increase at the edge even more than at the core, and power efficiency is as important to CSPs as it is for webscale operators.
Making routers less intelligent and efficient to gain capacity or save power will not work when it comes to routing functions for IP core networks that carry premium content and mission-critical data for residential and mobile broadband, financial institutions and other businesses, digital enterprises, and a number of other government and industry use cases.
The Nokia 7550 SR-s shows the ingenuity of creating a single platform that harnesses the “brain” of an edge router with the “strength” of a core router. Powered by Nokia’s innovative FP routing silicon and reliable Service Router Operating System (SR OS), the Nokia 7550 SR-s beats out other IP edge and core routing routers in important categories such as system capacity, power efficiency, port density, features, and versatility.
Supporting multiple roles at the edge and IP core, the data center and peering edge, gives operators greater options in consolidating network function and more effectively using resources.
Nokia’s 7550-SR Routing Portfolio
Above we focused on a single router in Nokia’s comprehensive best-in-class 7550-SR routing portfolio.
When Nokia launched the FP5, its fifth-generation IP routing silicon, they enabled communication service providers (CSPs) to scale network capacity, support high-density 800GE routing interfaces, reduce energy consumption by 75%, and add embedded linerate encryption. The 7550-SR portfolio of routers from Nokia includes the 7550 SR-s Series, the 7550 SR-a Series, and the 7550-e Series.
Nokia’s IP router portfolio gives CSPs unparalleled performance on the service edge, IP Core, mobile backhaul aggregation, as well as Ethernet access/aggregation. Nokia routers also address data center edge routing, PoP edge, and backbone router functions for webscale networks. Nokia’s robust portfolio also works for enterprise customers, delivering high-performance IP routing, including connectivity to data centers, Internet, and wide area network (WAN) applications.
Again, the 7550 SR-s, Virtualized Service Router (VSR) was judged to be the best when it comes to edge routers across all manufacturers.
As mentioned above, when it comes to Nokia’s IP core routers, GlobalData honored the 7550 SR-s as the uncontested leader in core routers as well. The platforms in Nokia’s core router products support the network infrastructure of Telcos and webscale operators. The massive growth in IP traffic has required consistently increasing bandwidth and connectivity.
Global IP traffic projections continue on a steady upward trend of 26% CAGR from 2017-2022, and will soon reach levels of 396 exabytes per month flowing through networks globally.
Nokia’s latest IP edge and core routers were designed to function to meet webscale requirements, which need disaggregation, greater speed, and simplified use. The rapid growth in network traffic, often associated with growing network complexity, is driving vendors and operators to lean on software-defined networking (SDN) control and automation of network functions.
Infinity Technology Solutions for IP Core and Edge Routing
As a preferred channel partner of Nokia, Infinity Technology Solutions offers both our CSP and Enterprise customers the best in IP networking solutions. The routers we provision, install, and maintain offer the best for your IP core traffic, edge routing needs, mobile backhaul, and SDN solutions.
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