Sckipio, ON.Lab, and ONOS will demonstrate at the Open Networking Summit the first public, end-to-end SDN-controlled G.fast network using Sckipio's OpenFlow-enabled G.fast technology controlled by the ONOS SDN platform; their partnership aims to integrate G.fast into the vision of a virtualized access network under SDN control within 12-18 months; the demonstration will show how G.fast and SDN can work together in a proof-of-concept Telco central office network comprising virtualized hardware and software components.

1. SCKIPIO AND ON.LAB INTEGRATE G.FAST INTO
VIRTUAL ACCESS NETWORK VISION
Partners to demonstrate SDN control of G.fast DPUs with ONOS
San Jose, CA June 11, 2015 − Sckipio Technologies, the leader in G.fast broadband access
modems, The Open Networking Lab (ON.Lab) and the revolutionary open source SDN Open
Network Operating System (ONOS) today announced a partnership to ensure full SDN support of
Sckipio’s G.fast Distribution Point Unit (DPU) and Customer Premises Equipment (CPE). The two
will show a live demo of Sckipio OpenFlow-enabled G.fast DPUs being controlled by ONOS SDN
control plane software at the Open Networking Summit, June 15-18, 2015 in Santa Clara, Calif. This
will be the world’s first public, end-to-end SDN-controlled G.fast demonstration as a part of the
broader Central Office Re-architected as Datacenter (CORD) demo at the summit.
“Sckipio is a leading G.fast vendor and contributor to the G.fast standard,” said Guru Parulkar,
Executive Director, ON.Lab and ONRC. “Our collaboration aims to leverage Sckipio’s expertise to
ensure that the next wave of access devices, specifically those for copper-based, local loop
broadband, support the vision of an end-to-end virtualized network access model under SDN control
instead of being built on proprietary solutions running in closed, siloed environments.”
“SDN and G.fast go hand-in-hand,” said David Baum, co-founder and CEO of Sckipio Technologies.
“Partnering with leaders like ON.Lab and the ONOS project accelerates the availability and open
interoperability of each critical piece of the broadband network.”
The CORD demonstration comprises a proof-of-concept for a Telco central office architected using
commodity hardware and open building blocks with a virtualized OLT provided by PMC-Sierra
interfacing with an SDN-controlled, Sckipio-based G.fast DPU. The broadband signal then runs
through a Sckipio G.fast bridge, to a simple CPE with its traditional functions already virtualized and
moved into the central office.

2. ON.Lab and Sckipio’s partnership will move the technology from proof-of-concept into a fully
deployable environment in the next 12-18 months. This includes the integration of NETCONF/YANG,
OpenFlow and other components. To learn more about the demonstration, please visit it live at ONS
2015 as part of the SDN Solutions Showcase and feel free to download a whitepaper outlining the
demo and available starting June 12 at http://onosproject.org.
The SDN Solutions Showcase will be open during ONS 2015 expo hours on June 16 from 12 – 2
p.m. and 5:30 – 8 p.m. PDT, June 17 from 12 – 8:30 p.m. PDT, and June 18 from 10:30 a.m. – 2
p.m. PDT.
About Sckipio
Sckipio is the leader in G.fast modems and is dedicated to delivering ultra-broadband using next-
generation G.fast-based Fiber-to-the-distribution point (FTTdp) architectures. Sckipio offers a
complete G.fast solution – chipsets bundled with software – for a variety of access and mobile
backhaul applications based on the ITU G.fast G.9700 and G.9701 standards, to which Sckipio is a
leading contributor. Founded by a veteran team of communications experts with deep experience in
broadband access and home networking solutions, and backed by leading venture capitalists,
Sckipio is well positioned to win the market for the next-generation of broadband access solutions.
For more information about Sckipio, visit our website at www.sckipio.com. For more information,
follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter @SckipioTech.
About ONOS project
ONOS is the open source SDN networking operating system for Service Provider networks
architected for high performance, scale and availability. ONOS’ ecosystem comprises of ON.Lab and
organizations that are funding and contributing to the ONOS initiative. These include AT&T, NTT
Communications, SK Telecom, China Unicom, Ciena, Cisco, Ericsson, Fujitsu, Huawei, Intel and
NEC; members who are collaborating and contributing to ONOS include ONF, Infoblox, SRI,
Internet2, Happiest Minds, KISTI, KAIST, Kreonet, NAIM, CNIT, Black Duck, Create-Net, Criterion
Networks and the broader ONOS community. Learn how you can get involved with ONOS at
onosproject.org.
About ON.Lab

3. Open Networking Lab (ON.Lab) is a non-profit organization founded by SDN inventors and leaders
from Stanford University and UC Berkeley to foster an open source community for developing tools
and platforms to realize the full potential of SDN. ON.Lab brings innovative ideas from leading edge
research and delivers high quality open source platforms on which members of its ecosystem and
the industry can build real products and solutions. For further information on ON.Lab, visit
http://onlab.us/.
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