Orange Poland, virtualization and the Beijing Release

As it continues a “bricky-by-brick” approach to 5G, Orange Poland recently worked with EXFO to incorporate passive virtual probes into the Beijing Release of the Open Network Automation Platform; the goal is service assurance for virtualized network deployments.According to EXFO, this is an industry-first integration of a passive probing virtual network function into the ONAP release and the two companies’ collaboration will “enable the ecosystem to roll out open infrastructures based on SDN/NFV with the capability to monitor and troubleshoot complex end-to-end issues,” according to EXFO, which added that “it will also define a reference design for virtualized service assurance over 4G/LTE [networks].”“As we transform our network, we are partnering with innovative and disruptive vendors to support our move to open source technologies like ONAP to guarantee our software independence and openness,” said Eric Debeau, head of Orange’s Network Automation Platform team, in a statement.