NTT Com Develops SDN OAM Function Technology For Multiple Wide Area Network

(RTTNews) - NTT Communications Corp., the global data and IP services arm of Japanese telecom company NTT (NTT), announced Monday that it has established the basic operations, administration and maintenance or OAM function, a key technology for software-defined networking or SDN on multiple wide area networks or WAN.

The new SDN OAM functions enable end-to-end network connection quality to be visualized on multiple WAN using link trace and loopback tests.

NTT Com said it expects its new technology to make SDN operation and maintenance on WAN more efficient. The company is now working to commercialize the technology for various environments involving SDN, including big data processing, high-quality broadcasting networks, enterprise global intranets and more.