SONiC Migration
Structured migration from proprietary NOS to SONiC across live carrier infrastructure — zero service interruption.
Industry-Focused Engineering
Telecom & Edge, Open, Scalable.
Production-Ready.
PalC engineers open, disaggregated telecom and edge networks - from SONiC migration and packet broker infrastructure to 5G xHaul, CORD access, and NOC integration.
What We Do
End-to-end open networking for telecom
From initial SONiC evaluation through production rollout — PalC covers every layer of the telecom and edge stack.
Packet Broker
Disaggregated packet brokering on SONiC for LI, DPI, NPM, and security tap — open hardware, carrier grade.
Deployment Services
SONiC-based deployment across xHaul, CORD access, metro aggregation, and white box optical transport.
NOC Integration
Full telemetry pipeline from SONiC switch to the dashboards your NOC team watches — gNMI, Grafana, SNMP.
IP & Transport
Engineering IP and packet optical networks for metro, long-haul, and access aggregation environments.
SDN & Automation
Open control planes, network automation, and SDN integration for multi-vendor telecom environments.
| Capability | SONiC | Proprietary |
|---|---|---|
| Open-source & auditable | ✓ | ✗ |
| Run on any whitebox HW | ✓ | ✗ |
| Community-driven features | ✓ | Partial |
| Carrier-grade routing | ✓ | ✓ |
| gNMI / streaming telemetry | ✓ | Varies |
| Zero vendor lock-in | ✓ | ✗ |
| TIP / ONF aligned | ✓ | ✗ |
SONiC Adoption
Why telecom operators are moving to SONiC
1
Break vendor lock-in
Decouple NOS from hardware. Run validated SONiC builds on Edgecore, Accton, and other whitebox platforms with full feature parity.
2
Carrier-grade from day one
PalC's SONiC NOS ships with 700+ IntelliSuite-validated test cases across 14 feature domains — failover <200ms, 100G line rate proven.
3
Streaming telemetry native
gNMI, gRPC, and SNMP built-in. Plug directly into your NOC's Grafana or SNMP manager without additional agents or middleware.
4
TIP & ONF ecosystem alignment
SONiC is the NOS of choice for TIP and ONF open networking initiatives. PalC contributes to both — your deployment stays community-aligned.
Migration Services
Structured path from proprietary NOS to SONiC
Five phases. Live traffic preserved throughout. PalC owns the full migration engineering.
Phase 1
Network Audit
Existing topology, config, traffic profiles and hardware inventory mapped.
Phase 2
SONiC Build & Lab Validation
Custom SONiC NOS validated against your feature set and traffic patterns.
Phase 3
Parallel Deployment
SONiC deployed alongside existing NOS — traffic mirrored for side-by-side comparison.
Phase 4
Phased Cutover
Traffic shifted in controlled windows — rollback capability maintained.
Phase 5
Production & NOC Handoff
Full telemetry integration, runbook handover, and steady-state ops support.
Disaggregated Packet Broker — Traffic Flow
CORE ROUTER
METRO SWITCH
EDGE NODE
PALC DPB — SONiC
FILTER • AGGREGATE • REPLICATE
LINE-RATE • ZERO PACKET LOSS
LI PROBE
DPI ENGINE
NPM / SIEM
CAPACITY
3.2 Tbps
PORTS
64x 100G
FILTER POLICIES
Multi L3/L4
PACKET LOSS
Zero
Packet Broker
Open visibility infrastructure for carriers
PalC's Disaggregated Packet Broker (DPB) runs on SONiC and open whitebox hardware — replacing expensive proprietary TAP infrastructure while delivering carrier-grade filtering, aggregation, and replication at line rate.
DPB Product DetailsDeployment Services
SONiC across the full telecom stack
PalC engineers SONiC-based networks at every layer of the telecom infrastructure.
5G xHaul
Fronthaul · Midhaul · Backhaul
eCPRI and IP-based fronthaul over SONiC switching fabric, with low-latency timing (IEEE 1588).
CORD / PON Access
Open access aggregation
Disaggregated central office deployments with VOLTHA-based access aggregation and management.
White Box Optical
Open packet optical transport
Open NOS integration with whitebox optical transponders, ROADMs, and multi-vendor interoperability validation.
NOC Integration
SONiC in your carrier NOC — from day one
A SONiC deployment that isn't integrated into your NOC is not production-ready. PalC builds the complete telemetry pipeline so your team monitors SONiC nodes in the same dashboards as the rest of the network.
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Streaming Telemetry via gNMI
Per-interface counters, port states, BGP session health, and CPU/memory streamed in real-time to your data pipeline.
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Grafana Dashboards & Alerting
Pre-built dashboards for SONiC node visibility — customized to your topology and escalation thresholds.
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SNMP Integration
Full MIB support and SONiC traps configured to existing NOC alerting workflows.
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Fault Management & Runbooks
Event correlation, automated fault isolation, and operational runbooks tailored to SONiC-specific scenarios.
NOC INTEGRATION STACK
NOC Dashboard / Alerting
Grafana · PagerDuty · ServiceNow
Telemetry Aggregation
InfluxDB · Prometheus · Kafka
Telemetry Collection
gNMI · gRPC · SNMP Traps
SONiC Network Layer
Core · Metro · Access · DPB
REAL-TIME
PER-PORT COUNTERS
BGP STATES
Open Networking Community
PalC in the open telecom ecosystem
Contributing to TIP and ONF — the two organizations shaping how carriers deploy disaggregated, open infrastructure globally.
Telecom Infra Project
TIP Contributions
PalC participates in the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) — the global operator-led initiative to drive open, disaggregated infrastructure adoption across mobile and fixed access networks.
Open Networking Foundation
ONF Contributions
PalC contributes to ONF's open networking projects — including VOLTHA (Virtual OLT Hardware Abstraction), CORD, and Aether. Engineers have deployed and validated access aggregation in production carrier environments.
Goldstone NOS
PalC engineers with Goldstone — the ONF open NOS for white box optical transponders.
Proven outcomes from the field
Deployments across AI fabrics, multi-cloud, automation, and security.
Use Cases
Where PalC fits in telecom & edge
Open networking patterns that preserve service continuity while enabling operational visibility.
Metro & Core Modernisation
Migrating metro and core switches from proprietary NOS without disruption across live carrier traffic.
Carrier Visibility Infrastructure
Open packet brokering for LI, DPI, and NPM on SONiC — replacing proprietary TAP switches.
5G Transport Networks
SONiC-based xHaul for Open RAN — fronthaul, midhaul, and backhaul with low latency.
Open Access Aggregation
CORD and VOLTHA-based PON aggregation with central office disaggregation.
White Box Optical Transport
Open NOS for packet optical transponders with Goldstone NOS — long-haul without proprietary optical controllers.
NOC-Ready SONiC Deployments
End-to-end telemetry integration so SONiC nodes are visible in NOC dashboards from day one.
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Next steps
Planning a telecom or edge network deployment?
Whether you are evaluating open networking for the first time or planning a production rollout, PalC can define the right approach for your environment.
