Abbreviations
| Abbreviation | Description |
| CC | Cluster Controller |
| CM | Cluster Member |
| COTS | Common Off-the Shelf equipment |
| CPN | Control Plane Node |
| EPC | Evolved Packet Core (see 3GPP LTE) |
| EPS | Evolved Packet System (see 3GPP LTE) |
| MANO | Management and Orchestration |
| Network Service | Function Chained VNFs, often instantiated as a ‘Network Slice’ |
| NSD | Network Service Descriptor |
| SDN | Software Defined Networking |
| ONF | Open Network Forum |
| VNF | Virtual Network Function |
| VNFD | Virtual Network Function Descriptor |
| UPN | User Plane Node (see 3GPP CUPS Technical Report) |
Glossary
| Term | Definition |
| Virtualisation | The replacement of a bespoke vendor provided hardware based Network Element solution with a software based implementation that runs on COTS hardware. |
Platforms
| Organisation | Reference | Web Reference | Content |
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CentOS | CentOS | Operating System for 5GIC EPC + 5G Evolved VNF’s |
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FITEagle | FITEagle | Federated Testbed Access system |
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KVM | KVM | KVM Operating System |
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OpenBaton | OpenBaton | Orchestrator from Fraunhofer Fokus, (MANO-compliant) |
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Open Daylight | Open Daylight | VIM for SDN |
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Open Networking Forum Site | ONF | Open Networking Forum site, Define OpenFlow Protocol |
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OpenStack Site | OpenStack | OpenStack Site, VIM for NFV |
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Redmine Site | Redmine | Ticketing system |
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Zabbix Site | Zabbix | Zabbix is used for Infrastructure and VNF performance monitoring |
Standards
| Organisation | Reference | Web Reference | Content |
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3GPP, 22.891, SMARTER | TR22.981 | Technical Report on Next Generation Use Cases (59) |
| 3GPP 23.714, CUPS | TR23.714 | Technical Report on Control and User Plane separation of the EPC. | |
| 3GPP, 23.799, NexGen | TR23.799 | Technical Report on Next Generation Architectures | |
| 3GPP, 38.913, NGAT | TR38.913 | Technical Report on Next Generation Access Technologies | |
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ETSI, ISG, NFV, Use Cases | gs_NFV001 | Use case Descriptions |
| ETSI, ISG, NFV, Architecture | gs_NFV002 | Interfaces, Architecure, Functiojnality and Features | |
| ETSI, ISG, NFV, Glossary | gs_NFV003 |
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| ETSI, ISG, NFV, Requirements | gs_NFV004 |
NFV Requirements | |
| ETSI, ISG, NFV, MANO Definition | gs_NFV-MANO_001 | MANO definition, VNFD and NFD templates | |
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NGMN, 5G Whitepaper | NGMN_5G_White_Paper_V1.0 | Includes use cases for virtualisation for Next Generation Architectures |
| NGMN, Slicing Whitepaper | NGMN_Slicing | Intrtoduces the concept of ETE Network Slicing | |
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ONF, OpenFlow v1.3 | openflow-spec-v1.3.1 | OpenFlowv1.3 protocol specification, operated over a Neutron interface |