The telecom industry is undergoing a rapid transformation from the traditional central office to virtualized data centers. This transformation is driven by demand for real-time service delivery and associated CapEx and OpEx savings. The resulting migration from purpose-built systems to disaggregated applications, control, and infrastructure is driving a broader ecosystem that’s increasingly using open solutions—including both open-source software and hardware.
The Open Compute Project (OCP) has a mission to deliver open-source hardware that meets the demands of multiple industries and provides greater choice, customization options, and cost savings. One working group within the OCP is focused on addressing the open-source hardware needs of the telecom industry, leveraging the Open Compute Project base model with applications and optimizations for central offices and service-provider-oriented data centers.
The CG-OpenRack-19 specification, a contribution from Radisys, recently gained OCP-ACCEPTED status. CG-OpenRack-19 is a scalable, carrier-grade, rack-level system that integrates high-performance compute, storage, and networking in a standard rack.