Thumbs up for Telefonica tests on T-SDN

Telefonica and Huawei have completed lab tests on a T-SDN (Transport Software-Defined Network) solution, which will help the telco plan, manage, monitor and diagnose its photonic mesh.
The successful trial is the green light for the commercial deployment of T-SDN, which is a controller to improve network operations in the photonic mesh. Telefonica initially started deploying its photonic mesh in 2009, which now covers 200 locations in Spain. While there were benefits in terms of reliability and