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ITU-T continues to provide leadership in the ITU standards for Software-Defined Networking
standardization of networks, technologies and (SDN) answer industry’s need for a flexible, cost-
infrastructures for transport and access. efficient means of accommodating large fluctuations
ITU-T experts have concluded a three-year process to enable in bandwidth use.
optical transport at rates higher than 100 Gbit/s, meeting A new ITU-T core information model for transport resources
industry demand for increased capacity in metro and long-haul will enable smooth transition from traditional management
transport networks to support the unceasing growth of video using an Operation Support System (OSS) to Software-Defined
and data traffic. Networking (SDN) architectures. The new standard gives
ITU-T has achieved an industry first in broadband access with operators the ability to deploy SDN selectively, migrating parts
the completion of for 40-Gigabit fibre to the home (FTTH), of their infrastructure to SDN without nullifying the value of
an achievement coming in parallel with the release of a new investments in legacy OSS infrastructure.
standard for 10-Gigabit symmetric FTTH.
ITU standards for cloud computing detail the
ITU’s suite of access solutions also includes G.fast, an ITU requirements and functional architectures of the
broadband standard that allows delivery of up to 2 Gbit/s over cloud computing ecosystem, covering inter- and intra-
the traditional telephone lines that still make up a substantial cloud computing, cloud computing management and
proportion of so-called “last-mile” networks.
technologies supporting XaaS (X as a Service).
Foundational standards provide the cloud computing overview
and a terminology foundation to be applied universally across
the industry, as well as a reference architecture to enable the
development of interoperable cloud computing systems and
services. New ITU standards also detail the requirements,
capabilities and use cases of cloud-based Big Data; as well
as mechanisms to enable consistent end-to-end, multi-cloud
management.
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