MPLS & SDN Interoperability Test Event 2025

We are thrilled to announce the 2025  edition of our Multi-Vendor Interoperability Test Event, which will be in collaboration with Upperside’s MPLS & SRv6 AI Net World Congress.

The Multi-Vendor Interoperability Test Event 2025  will cover multi-vendor interoperability of transport network services for cloud data centers and fixed and mobile networks. The testing will occur in Berlin from February 17 to February 28, 2025.

Test areas will include advanced EVPN enterprise service support, inter-domain connectivity solutions for data center interconnection (DCI), disaggregated Open RAN (O-RAN) fronthaul scenarios, 5G backhaul, end-to-end slicing, and Segment routing (SRv6). Traffic engineering and new FlexAlgo policies will also be covered, including opportunities to reduce energy consumption by intelligent traffic steering.

The test results will be published and presented live at the MPLS & SRv6 AI Net World Paris Congress from March 25 to 27, 2025. EANTC’s showcase is a well-established event that benefits vendors and provides a unique ecosystem for fostering collaboration and innovation in the most advanced network scenarios. EANTC ensures a comprehensive testing environment tailored to service providers’ needs.

We are distributing all information using a private Wiki. Please contact us to set up a Wiki account (NDA required) and access the whole Wiki space of this project.

Benefits of Participation

EANTC’s interoperability reports are respected by service providers, raising customer awareness of the state of implementation for innovative network concepts. We describe use case scenarios and design blueprints that service providers can adopt for their network designs. Our reports have helped to kick off network innovation projects, fulfill RFP requirements concerning interoperability, and avoid individual PoCs covering similar technical questions. The initiative provides a unique opportunity to test and troubleshoot interoperability with third-party vendors in a friendly pre-production environment. Participating in the test event improves quality and reduces implementation time in customer projects.

Marketing and Publication

The results of this interoperability event will be marketed:

• Test Report: An extensive, detailed description of all use cases, test setups, and results (positive results by vendor/solution name, negative results anonymously as "state of the industry") will be available free of charge on our website. Paper copies will be distributed at the conference in Paris.
• Live demonstrations by participating vendors will be coordinated by EANTC during the showcase in Paris.
• Recording of demos: The showcase demonstrations will be recorded, and the videos will be available via EANTC's YouTube and other business media channels.
• Press releases and blogs by EANTC and participating vendors will be published
• Business Social Media: LinkedIn, Twitter/X, YouTube
• EANTC Newsletter

We hope this initiative benefits you and look forward to your participation!