SHENZHEN, China -- Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, today announced new products for its LTEHaul solution (SDN-based Mobile Backhaul): Software Defined Networking (SDN) capabilities are now supported in the newest release of the CX600 series aggregation router, ATN910 series cell site router (CSR), and U2000 Network Management System (NMS). These new product releases mark an important milestone for mobile backhaul solutions, and a landmark for SDN innovation for carrier IP networks. Current mobile backhaul networks face many challenges especially with the explosive growth of mobile broadband. These challenges include complex O&M for the massive scale of cell sites, time-consuming service provisioning, and inefficient network utilization. The SDN-based Mobile Backhaul solution is well positioned to address these challenges, and it is the outcome of a joint innovation project between Huawei and China Telecom Guangzhou Institute. The newly added SDN features include supporting a massive number of cell site routers (ATN910 series) managed as a virtual cluster by centralized SDN controllers embedded in the aggregation routers (CX600 series). The SDN controller provides a centralized control plane for the cell site routers, performing centralized path calculation, service provisioning, and traffic control. The addition of the U2000 provides a GUI-based, unified NMS for the cell site and aggregation routers. Based on these products, the SDN-based Mobile Backhaul solution effectively provides plug-and-play, auto service provisioning, smart traffic steering, and auto trouble shooting capabilities for a very large number of cell site routers. Early tests show promising results with service provisioning efficiency improvements of 85% and over 50% reduction in network alarms. Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.