Abstract:
A key challenge of network function virtualization (NFV) is the complexity of developing and deploying new network services. Currently, development requires many manual s...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
A key challenge of network function virtualization (NFV) is the complexity of developing and deploying new network services. Currently, development requires many manual steps that are time-consuming and error-prone (e.g., for creating service descriptors). Furthermore, existing management and orchestration (MANO) platforms only offer limited support of standardized descriptor models or package formats, limiting the re-usability of network services.To this end, we introduce a fully integrated, open-source NFV service development kit (SDK) with multi-MANO platform support. Our SDK simplifies many NFV service development steps by offering initial generation of descriptors, advanced project management, as well as fully automated packaging and submission for on-boarding. To achieve multi-platform support, we present a package format that extends ETSI's VNF package format. In this demonstration, we present the end-to-end work-flow to develop an NFV service that is then packaged for multiple platforms, i.e., 5GTANGO and OSM.
Published in: 2018 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks (NFV-SDN)
Date of Conference: 27-29 November 2018
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 30 May 2019
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