telco-product-and-solution-engineering
                     TELCO PRODUCT & SOLUTION 
ENGINEERING
ACL Digital has played a pivotal 
role in the evolution of 5G through 
proactive investment in emerging 
technologies such as Software 
Defined Networking (SDN) and 
Network Function Virtualization 
(NFV). 
5G networks will ultimately bring 
large-scale changes, such as the 
dramatic increase in the number 
of devices connecting to the 
network and the availability of 
massive bandwidth and ultra-low 
latency. ACL leverages Edge 
Computing, Network service 
Orchestration, Network 
Automation, Security virtualization,
Edge Cloud and SDN/NFV to create 
5G roadmap.
Do you want to Do you want to Do you want to
deliver powerful end-to end 5G the right Network foundation to implement open network  
customer experiences? deploy 5G services? solution for 5G strategy?
We work with Telcos & NEMs to
Design next-gen telecom capability and platforms
Reduce dependency on proprietary appliances and take advantage of open source technologies
Automate services in an agile way by leveraging commodity hardware and software-defined networks
Improve R&D efficiency in product development and sustenance activities
Accelerate time-to-market with our market proven solution accelerators and frameworks
Deliver secure, reliable and low latency services on demand
25+ Years 500+
Product & Solution  Strong Solution 100+ 3 Fortune 100 4 of  Top Global 
Engineering Engineering Talent tomers T tomers Pr
Excellence Pool Worldwide
10+
10+ Fortune 500 Solution 
Telco & NEM Accele rators & 100+ 30+
tomers tomizable oyments
Frameworks
EXPERTISE STACK
MULTI ACCESS EDGE AUTOMATION ORCHESTRATION SECURITY
COMPUTING (MEC) & MANAGEMENT
Reliable low latency services Secure provisioning of infrastructure Virtualized security functions and 
resources services
Edge cloud orchestration & 
management Workflow based automation Secure service chaining and 
provisioning on multicloud 
Edge virtualization and Multi cloud workflow automation environment
autoscaling
Reliable and scalable security 
ecosystem
ENABLING 5G USING SOLUTION ACCELERATORS AND FRAMEWORKS
Framework Use Cases
Design next-gen 5G Multi Access Edge Computing
NFVOPS Virtualized Security
SD-WAN Gateway Edge Cloud
vFirewall Virtualization
Virtual CPE Orchestration Management
Automation 
Orchestration SDN/NFV
ENABLING 5G USING SOLUTION ACCELERATORS AND FRAMEWORKS
pioneer in the Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) space, ACL Digital 
has delivered:
One of the first commercially deployed NFV Management and Orchestration
Virtual CPE solutions for Managed Framework compliant with ETSI NFV ISG
Security service MANO specifications
DPDK optimized high performance SDN controller extensions & SDN
Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) with applications for Network Management 
seamless integration with industry and end-to-end service provisioning of
leading NFV orchestrator network services
SERVICE OFFERING
Consulting Services
Business Case definition
POC & Prototyping
Solution Roadmap
Technology Assessment
Solution Engineering Services
Design, Development & Optimization of VNFs
VNF verification and testing
Porting of VNFs from custom silicon from standard X86 
platforms
Development VNF packages for a service deployment
Characterization and Benchmarking SDN Controller/Application development & Integration
Services
Design & development of VNF life cycle management
VNF performance and benchmark testing
framework
VNF performance characterization and
certification testing
Multi-vendor VNF performance benchmarking
Multi-vendor VNF service chaining and testing
Multi-protocol and comprehensive testing Test and Test Automation Services
Test case optimization
Development of multi-domain test automation
and orchestration
Workflow automation
Multi-domain service orchestration
System Integration DevOps and products life cycle testing
SDN controller customization and feature enhancement
for ODL and Open contrail
MANO integration with service management system
(OSS/BSS)
Multi-vendor VNF integration for service chaining
L4- L7 Service integration on Datacenter network,
private and public clouds
Multi-domain service orchestration and integration Managed Services
with carrier networks On-shore, Off-shore and Nearshore delivery model
Global coverage of resourcing model and local 
fulfillment
Project program and portfolio management
Strong domain expertise
CASE STUDY 1 : EDGE CLOUD ORCHESTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
$125bn  Telecommunication 
se rvice p rovider
Overview
The customer is a US-based telecommunication ser rvideor, looking for a 
roach to maximi z tomer wants to 
oy edge orchest r r to enable 
seamless management of virtual and containerized infrastructur
Challenges
Se r roviders h ave to introduce mor rack unit of Edge 
Infrastructure by using containerized mic ro se rvices
To minimi ze VPN ser r ’s
Outcomes
Solutions
Kubernetes cont r rchest ration for NFVi management 60%
r T by introducing
containeri zed micro services
r r Edge Node
VX AN over VPN for AWS connectivity 
40%
Enabled t r
Reduction in VPN service
r
API calls to access data from Prometheus
KUBERNETES ORCHESTRATION SOLUTION DIAGRAM
ONAP
AWS
Kubernetes CP Node
Openstack CP Node
API server scheduler
zed NFVI Virtualized NFVI
Kubernetes Edge Node Kubernetes DC Node Legacy Edge Node Legacy Edge Node
Se rvice
POD Kubelet
Se rvice
POD Kubelet VNF Kubevirt VNF
Vhost Vhost Vhost Vhost
SRI OV user SRI OV user SRI OV user SRI OV user
r Data cent re r Data cent re
CASE STUDY 2 : NETWORK SERVICE AUTOMATION ORCHESTRATION 
AND MANAGEMENT
A $125bn  Telecommunication 
se rvice p rovider
Overview
The  customer is a US-based telecommunication ser rovider looking to 
r oyment life c ycle and deli v rating model in the 
r  The cus tomer wants to enable multi-site se rvice 
rovisioning and reduce de loyment duration with Network se rvice Automation 
and Orchest r
Challenges
Field Engineers  h ave to visit the sites t rovision the network  se r ranch 
ration of d e oyment of new  se rvices at  br
is time-consuming and   err r Outcomes
30%
Solutions Reduction in time   taken to
r ralized Orchest rator rovision the  services at
r
Secu re T r ralized 
location 
Flexible de lo 50%
aving b
Multi- Tier, Multi-cloud and  Multi- tenancy model, End to End   service rt and
rations management
Orchest ration 
AUTOMATION ORCHESTRATION SOLUTION DIAGRAM
 OSS/BS S  Customer/ Operator Portals
AWS
 SDN CONTROLLER (ODL)
NSD
CLOUD
  ORCHESTR ATOR
BRANCH OFFICES
NFV OPS VM
VNFs
PNF VNF
  THIN CPE   THIN CPE THIN CPE NFVI MANAGER
ACL Digital is a design-led Digital Experience, Product Innovation, Engineering and Enterprise IT 
oerings leader. From strategy, to design, implementation and management we help accelerate 
innovation and transform businesses. ACL Digital is a part of ALTEN group, a leader in technology 
consulting and engineering services.
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