Tokyo station to be equipped with SDN network

NEC Corporation is building a "common station network" utilizing SDN (Software-Defined Networking) at Tokyo Station, one of the world's busiest train stations, for the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

The network is scheduled to be complete in March of this year, making it the railway industry's first network infrastructure using SDN technology.

NEC has already delivered SDN systems to over 100 companies internationally as one of the core domains of its solutions for society.

JR East decided to build this common station network as part of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure supporting its ongoing launch of information services tailored to customer needs.

Tokyo Station is a primary transportation terminal where a wide range of networks process enormous amounts of data from a variety of systems.A JR East decided to build a "common station network" that utilizes SDN in order for services to be provided flexibly and quickly.

Among the key features of the common station network at Tokyo Station include a large-scale network infrastructure that can be shared among diverse systems by utilizing SDN.

NEC aims to capitalize on this Tokyo Station project for JR East in order to continue advancing its SDN centered solutions for companies, public offices, carriers and data centers worldwide.

Based on its Mid-term Management Plan 2015, the NEC Group is working towards the safety, security, efficiency and equality of society. Going forward, NEC aims to develop solutions for a wide range of social issues, as a company that creates value for society through the promotion of its solutions for society, which provide advanced social infrastructure utilizing ICT.