IETF RFCs
RFC5086: Structure-Aware Time Division
Multiplexed (TDM) Circuit Emulation Service
over Packet Switched Network (CESoPSN)
December 2007
RFC4842: Synchronous Optical Network/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy SONET/SDH) Circuit Emulation over Packet (CEP)
April 2007
RFC3985: Pseudo Wire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) Architecture
March 2005
RFC3916: Requirements for Pseudo-Wire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3)
September 2004
RFC3020: Definitions of Managed Objects for Monitoring and Controlling the UNI/NNI Multilink Frame Relay Function
December 2000
Prayson Pate
US Patents
Dynamic Control of a Phase-Locked Loop
United States 6,531,926 - Issued March 11, 2003
Measurement of Packet Delay Variation
United States 6,728,209 - Issued April 27, 2004
Use of a Circular Buffer to Assure In-Order Delivery of Packets
United States 6,741,603 - Issued May 25, 2004
Automatic Adjustment of Buffer Depth
United States 6,757,292 - Issued June 29, 2004
Flexible Mapping of Circuits into Packets
United States 6,768,748 - Issued July 27, 2004
Protected Switching Ring
United States 6,928,050 -Issued August 9, 2005
Command Line Interface with Indication of Network Element Status
United States 7,069,512 - Issued July 27, 2006
Multipoint Protected Switching Ring
United States 7,339,887 - Issued March 4, 2008
Apparatus and Method for Rapid Detection of Unidirectional Breaks in a Network Ring
United States 7,355,965 - Issued April 8, 2008
INTERVIEWS / QuotAtions
Interview: "ADVA says telcos are making the move to edge compute"
Comms Day - September 13, 2019 - page 8
Coverage: "Adva's Pate makes the case for uCPE"
Fierce Telecom - May 3, 2019
Interview: "An insight into ADVA Optical Networking, Ensemble with CTO Prayson Pate"
Hamilton-Barnes - October 12, 2018
Quotation: "Colt builds global uCPE platform on Adva virtualisation platform"
telecompaper - June 29, 2018
Interview: "The Challenges Facing Operators in a Virtualized World"
Telecom Review NA - January 10, 2018
Quotations: "Getting inside AT&T, Verizon and CenturyLink's white box challenges and opportunities"
Fierce Telecom - December 5, 2017
Quotations: "AT&T, CenturyLink, Windstream's call for SDN vendor interoperability: A cultural and technology shift"
Fierce Telecom - November 9, 2017
Quotations: "Shaking Things Up"
Hayes Journal, Issue 14, page 11
Quotations: "Cloud Burst"
PM Network - October 2017 - Pages 1, 36, 40
Interview: "ADVA: Operators Key to Multivendor Virtualization"
Light Reading - September 26, 2017
Interview in "DNA of a CTO," page 24
Veredus / Hays Recruiting - June 1, 2017
Quotations in "Will SD-WANs Buck Past Trends?"
Light Reading - September 30, 2016
Quotations in "Partnerships Focus on Openness, Interoperability"
New IP Agency - July 28, 2016
Video Interview - "Advice to CSPs: Use the cloud to deliver the cloud"
TelecomTV - June 2, 2016
Video - Leading Lights 2016 Highlights
Light Reading - May 25, 2016
Interview - "Pure Play NFV: Lessons Learned from Masergy's Virtual Deployment for a Global Enterprise"
Black Swan Telecom - February 2016
Quotation in "The Four Layers of Virtualization"
Pipeline Magazine - January 2016
Quotation in "Virtualization - How to Manage Performance"
TM Forum Quick Insights - November 16, 2015
Video Interview - "The Path to Service Provider Transformation"
TelecomTV - July 31, 2015
Quotation in "Deploying NFV at the network edge for extra agility"
TelecomTV - June 26, 2015
Quotation in "Masergy to Launch Global Enterprise NFV Service"
Light Reading - June 25, 2015
Quotation in "Carrier Cloud & NFV Get Real at MWC"
Rayno Report - March 5, 2015
Picture in "Windstream upgrades network with Overture 6500 Multi-Service Ethernet Platform"
telecomkh.com - November 21, 2014
Quotation in "Industry embraces the “Third Network” and Lifecycle Service Orchestration at GEN14"
telecomkh.com - November 21, 2014
Interview: "Agile development coupled with performance management of virtualised services, unlocks the NFV opportunity for operators"
Global Telecoms Business - Sept/Oct 2014- pg 111
Quotation by Art Cole - "SDN Automation: Not as Simple as You Might Think"
Enterprise Networking Planet - July 1, 2014
Interview by Tim Kridel - "Virtual Reality: Virtualization and Automation"
Carrier Ethernet News - May 27, 2014
Interview with Pankaj Maru
Express Computer Magazine / India - April 16-30, 2014
"OSPredictions - Telecom Insights for 2014"
OSP Magazine - January 27, 2014
Interview by Dan O'Shea for "SDN Takes a Transport Trip"
Fierce Telecom eBook: "Putting the spotlight on software defined networks" - May 30, 2013
Interview with Sean Buckley of Fierce Telecom for mention in "Virtual Network Interface Device - Top wireline technologies in 2013"
Fierce Telecom - February 20, 2013
Interview by Allison Boccamazzo - "Catching Up with Overture Networks: 2012 and What to Expect in the New Year"
TMC InfoTech - December 20, 2012
Interview by Tim Kridel for an article titled "Service OAM: Too Much of a Good Thing?"
Carrier Ethernet News - August 23, 2012
Interview by Tim Kridel for an article titled "Who Cares About CE 2.0 Multiple Class of Service?"
Carrier Ethernet News site - July 24, 2012
Interview by Joan Engebretson for an article titled "Virtualized Access Could Benefit Wholesale Carrier Ethernet Access Market"
Carrier Ethernet News - June 19, 2012
Interview by Dan O’Shea of FierceTelecom
eBook on Connection-oriented Ethernet - April 2012
ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS
2024
Moving Beyond Bandwidth: Lessons Learned from Fiber Deployment
Pipeline Magazine - January 2, 2024
2022
The Cloud is expanding to the Edge
tele.net - September 2022 - page 26
Changing with the Times
tele.net - May 2022 - page 24
There’s A NEW NORMAL - And There’s No Going Back
Walker Skinny Wire - February 2, 2022 - page 25
2021
"Open Approach: NFV and uCPE enabling changes in the telco network"
Tele.net - November, 2021 - page 20
"Network evolution? Think Amazon meets Tesla!"
Pipeline Magazine - Network Evolution - October 2021
"Powering Agility with Openness and Automation"
Pipeline Magazine - Agility - August 9, 2021
"25 Years of Change"
Walker Skinny Wire - June 30, 2021 - page 25
"Bringing the Cloud and Network Together"
CIO Review - June 2021
"NFV in Telecom"
Tele.net - March 2021 - page 27
"Science’s Real-World Issue Is Not Marketing"
Wall Street Journal - April 1, 2021
"5G And Connected Communities"
Walker Skinny Wire - January 10, 2021 - page 40
2020
"Growing and Simplifying Rural Access Networks"
Walker Skinny Wire - July 16, 2020 - page 38
"What’s Next for Network Functions Virtualization?"
Walker Skinny Wire - February 2020 - page 18
2019
"Questions for rural broadband providers"
Walker Skinny Wire - July 2019 - page 10
"NFV, Edge Cloud and 5G"
Walker Skinny Wire - February 2019 - page 10
2018
"NFV: Using the cloud to deliver the cloud"
SiliconIndia - December 2018 - page 8
"Broadband Expansion With An Eye To the Future"
Walker Skinny Wire - Summer 2018 - July 24, 2018 - page 10
"Operationalizing carrier-managed SD-WAN deployments"
ADVA and EXFO web sites - February 20, 2018
"The Innovation Journey for Rural Broadband Operators"
Walker Skinny Wire - Winter 2018 - February 7, 2018 - Page 10
2017
Ensemble FAQ - rev 2
ADVA Optical Networking web site - December 14, 2017
Ensemble FAQ
ADVA Optical Networking web site - November 24, 2017
Verizon uCPE Case Study
ADVA Optical Networking web site - October 15, 2017
"Why Service Providers Need Universal CPE"
Walker Skinny Wire - Summer 2017 - July 20, 2017 - Page 10
"Digital Services Powered by Humans" (HTML version)
Enterprise Services Outlook Magazine - Jan-Feb 2017 - page 30
"Network Modernization Means Operator Innovation"
Walker Skinny Wire - Winter 2017 - Page 10
2016
"Executive Viewpoint 2017 Prediction: ADVA Optical Networking – NFV"
Virtual Strategy Magazine - December 9, 2016
"Virtual CPE: Gateway to NFV Success"
ADVA Optical Networking Tech Brief - November 9, 2016
“Leveraging Existing Networks for Virtualized Services”
Walker Skinny Wire - Summer 2016 – pages 10 and 11
“Fear of NFV Failing”
Walker Skinny Wire - Summer 2016 – page 19
"Carrier Ethernet and NFV" (co-author)
MEF - July 28, 2016
"Leveraging NFV Infrastructure to Drive Revenue"
Virtual-Strategy Magazine - July 15, 2016
"The Business Value of Software-Defined Networking"
Enterprise Networking Magazine - May 2016 - page 18
"Staffing Your Organization for Telco Innovation"
Walker Skinny Wire - Winter 2016, page 30
"Overture: Prayson Pate's 2016 Trends"
Developing Telecoms - January 2016
2015
"Optimizing Profitability with Pure-Play NFV"
Pipeline Magazine - August 2015
"Making Virtual Reality Real"
"Realizing the Benefits Promised by NFV"
Walker Skinny Wire - Winter 2015, page 13
"Virtualize but Verify"
CIO Review - April 2015 - pp 40-41
"Real Intelligence is Required for Virtualized Services"
Connect-World Asia-Pacific III 2014, pp 22-24 - March 23, 2015
"Routing is More Than Routers"
CIO Review - Juniper Networks Special Edition, pp 44-45 - January 9, 2015
2014
"OTT – If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them"
Telecom Ramblings - December 10, 2014
"Network Functions Virtualisation - going small has a big upside"
Connect-World EMEA 2014 - October 2014
"Is NFV the future or an over-hyped story?"
COMPTEL PLUS Show Daily, Day 2 - October 7, 2014
"SDN and NFV: Expect the Unexpected"
Pipeline Magazine - Innovation - June 23, 2014
"How SDN and NFV are Enabling CSPs’ Growth"
PC Quest / India - April 29, 2014
"Blueprint: NFV, SDN and Carrier Ethernet Make Progress"
Converge! Network Digest - March 18, 2014
"Carrier Class Orchestration for Network Virtualization"
Walker and Associates - Skinny Wire - Winter 2014 Edition - March, 2014 - page 30
"Simplifying Private Cloud Delivery - Part 2"
Cloud Computing Magazine - 1st Quarter 2014 - February 3, 2014
"Simplifying Private Cloud Delivery - Part 1"
Cloud Computing Magazine - 4th Quarter 2013 - January 3, 2014
2013
"Ethernet over Bonded Copper for Competitive Business Services"
Overture Networks - December 6, 2013
"SDN Enables Automation and Virtualization"
TIA - The Future of the Network 2013 - October 2013
"Looking at Ethernet over Copper issues, drivers"
COMPTEL PLUS FALL 2013 Show Daily - Day 1 - September 24, 2013
"Architecting the Metro Edge for Accurate One-Way Frame Delay Measurements"
Ethernet Academy - September 15, 2013
This is currently the highest-rated technical article at Ethernet Academy.
"Bringing the Power of the Cloud to the Metro Edge"
Converge! Network Digest - June 16, 2013
"BYOD and the breakdown of the castle walls: An IT allegory"
Connect-World North America 2013 - April 9, 2013
2012 and Before
"Predicting When 10GigE is Right For Mobile Backhaul"
Vision2Mobile "Mobile Applications and Networks" - May 2012
"The Rise of the Global Ethernet"
OSP Magazine - April 2012
"Cloudy Forecast: No need for rainmakers"
Connect-World - March 2012
Design Idea - "Passive Network is Totally Resistive"
EDN - August 2, 1990