NFVi reference solution for 5G IPSec acceleration demonstrated via Three-Quarter Terabit (TQT) IPsec Gateway vRouter usecase

Abstract

Network functions virtualization (NFV) has matured as a technology to the point that it is now being embraced operationally by communications service providers (CSPs) around the world, and we see a paradigm shift, where there are many field trials and proof-of-concept on 5G is aggressively encompassing all the verticals, and security is becoming increasingly important to successful Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) deployments for 5G. In this paper we discuss an implementation of a software router with hardware cryptographic acceleration to provide 750 Gbps (three-quarter terabit) IPsec performance.