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DriveNets’ Network Cloud software-based disaggregated router was deployed in a proof-of-concept trial for multicast and unicast TV with live viewers. According to DriveNets, slow convergence bogs down transmission while buffering delays viewing and degrades the quality of a live multicast stream.

While DriveNets has yet to announce a customer, the vendor said its Network Cloud testing programs have been running in multiple Tier 1 international service providers for a year. DriveNets said its distributed architecture can be more easily installed remotely than traditional routers, which probably came in handy during the coronavirus pandemic when shelter-in-place policies were effect. DriveNets noted that some of the tests have evolved into live deployments.

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