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1. Service Provider Mobility: Zen and the Art of
Network Architecture
Posted by Dan Kurschner Aug 7, 2009
“…I’ll have one with everything.” That is the possibly recognizable punch-line to
an old joke about the Zen master ordering a hot dog. I am borrowing this as a
theme for the on-going transformation of network architecture. Any successful
design must follow the functionality required by the end-user. People want to be
able to access information, entertainment, work, and all their friends whenever
and wherever they happen to be at the time. While we love to talk about Triple-
Play, Quad-Play, and Any-Play, we still see (for the most part) operators building
on from a foundation of either Fixed-line, or Cable, or Mobile-wireless. With the
pending arrival of the fourth generation of cellular radio technology, the Mobile
Operator will be able to provide bandwidth and service experiences on par with
their Fixed/Cable brethren. But we still have not seen the real shift in thinking
which is to take the Zen approach to network design; “One with Everything”.
Radio is only one method of access. Like Cable, DSL, Ethernet and so on, it is one of
several ways we access our Any-Play experiences. The truly transformed operator will
envision their next-generation design as one with everything. Offering a montage of access
choices that merge seamlessly at aggregation and core. Their shift in operational and
organizational structure will reflect this completely different approach. More mutually
beneficial agreements (and mergers) between operators and service delivery partners will
formulate this new seamless experience of one with everything.
Of course IP will be the common bond to enable this Zen approach, along with an
acceptance of open standards for interface and interoperability. And as these new
Zen masters of network design reach deep inside for their inspiration to architect their
businesses and networks they will better appreciate envisioning a single design that rises
above one access type verses another, but rather one that uses the best method as the
moment and location dictates. The networking Zen masters will appreciate the nuances of
network intelligence and routing capabilities to make this seamless transformation a reality.
Indeed, then we will all have one with everything. Ohmmmmmm.
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