The buildout of today's 4G networks such as WiMAX requires a dramatic increase in computational resources to adequately deliver flexible telecommunications services to mobile subscribers. Yet business conditions also necessitate that new markets are approached incrementally. The challenge for telecom carriers is to reduce the cost of serving the first subscriber in small or cost-sensitive markets. The Sun Unified Network Platform (SUN-P) Architecture for the WiMAX ASN Gateway offers a radically consolidated, scalable core network architecture based on a new generation of multicore/multithreaded processors. It provides a new approach to building the core network infrastructure, enabling telecom carriers to significantly reduce the cost to serve the first subscriber while providing massive scalability for network expansion. Telecom carriers can benefit from greater business flexibility as well as increased return on investment.
At A Glance
Breakthrough economics based on virtualization technologies and chip multithreading (CMT) using next-generation UltraSPARC® T2 processors
Dramatic reduction in the cost to serve the first subscriber by consolidating both the Control Plane and Data Plane functions onto a single Sun Netra carrier grade rack or ATCA blade server
Faster time to market due to greatly simplified application development in an open architecture with standardized interfaces and commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) solutions
Massive scalability by simply adding more processor threads or servers to increase throughput to levels that can exceed the capacity of proprietary-based solutions
Control Plane Services
Routing
Authentication and security
Mobility management
Radio resource management
Connection management
Data Plane and Exception Path Processing Services
Packet forwarding
Header compression
Traffic aggregation
Policy enforcement
Accounting and statistics
Customization and Factory-Testing
The Sun Customer Ready Systems Program integrates and tests Sun and third-party components for fast, low-risk deployment. Reorder easily with a single part number for your custom configuration.
Sun Unified Network Platform Reference Architecture for WiMAX Gallery
Sun WiMAX ROI Tool – Business justification made easy
Try out this WiMAX ROI business planning tool co-developed by Sun and WiMAX20/20 to quickly and easily assess the benefits of a WiMAX deployment using the Sun Unified Network Platform versus a traditional approach. A user-friendly interface allows you to tailor key financial parameters for your WiMAX deployment scenario.
New! Try out the LTE ROI version of this powerful planning tool using the same, easy-to-use interface. Although the 3GPP standard for LTE is still in progress, this tool approximates the cost benefits achieved by using the Sun Unified Network Platform versus a traditional approach.
See how Sun brings breakthrough economics to the telecommunications infrastructure with open and scalable solutions for equipment and service providers.
The UltraSPARC T2 processor is the industry's first "system on a chip," packing the most cores and threads of any general-purpose processor available, and integrating all the key functions of a server on a single chip: computing, networking, security, and input/output (I/O), plus tight integration with the Solaris operating system.
