GLOSSARY
Abbreviation/ Acronym | Description/Definition |
|---|---|
BSS | Business Support System |
CBP | Ciena Blue Planet |
CNI | Container Network Interface |
CSP | Communications Service Provider |
DC | Data Centre |
DCN | Data Communication Network |
ETSI | European Telecommunications Standards Institute |
EVPN | Ethernet VPN |
FRR | Free Range Routing |
Geneve | Generic Network Virtualisation Encapsulation |
GRE | Generic Routing Encapsulation |
GVM | Generalised Virtualisation Model |
IaC | Infrastructure as Code |
IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
IETF | Internet Engineering Task Force |
ITU | International Telecommunication Union |
K8s | Kubernetes |
MANO | Management and Orchestration |
MDSO | Multi-Domain Service Orchestration |
MEF | Metro Ethernet Forum |
NaaS | Network-as-a-Service |
NaC | Network as Code |
NAO | Network Automation and Orchestration |
NCO | Network Controls and Orchestration |
NEP | Network Equipment Providers |
NETCONF | Network Configuration Protocol |
NFV | Network Function Virtualisation |
NFVI | Network Function Virtualisation Infrastructure |
NFV-O | Network Function Virtualisation Orchestrator |
NGN | Next Generation Network |
NREN | National Research and Education Network |
NRO | Network Resource Optimisation |
| NS | Network Service |
NSA | Network Service Agent |
NSI | Network Service Interface |
OAV | Orchestration, automation and virtualisation |
ODL | OpenDaylight |
OGF | Open Grid Forum |
ONAP | Open Networking Automation Platform |
ONOS | Open Network Operating System |
OPNFV | Open Platform for NFV Project |
OSM | Open Source MANO |
OSS | Operations Support System |
OVN | Open Virtual Network |
| OVS | Open vSwitch |
R&D | Research and Development |
R&E | Research & Education |
SDN | Software Defined Network |
SD-WAN | Software-defined networking in a wide area network (WAN) |
SFC | Service Function Chaining (also known as Network Service Chaining) |
SPA | Service Provider Architecture |
STF | Service and Technology Forum |
TMF | TM Forum |
VCDN | Virtual Content Delivery Network |
VIM | Virtual Infrastructure Management |
VM | Virtual Machine |
VNF | Virtual Network Function |
| VNFM | Virtualised Network Function Manager |
VPN | Virtual Private Network |
VSI | Virtual Switch Instance |
VXLAN | Virtual Extensible LAN |