NFVNetwork Functions Virtualization

Oded Rotteroded1233@gmail.com

Based On:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Functions_Virtualization

http://bit.ly/1e4NkRU

http://portal.etsi.org/NFV/NFV_White_Paper.pdf

http://wikibon.org/wiki/v/Network_Function_Virtualization_or_NFV_Explained

What is NFV ?

• An industry specifications group under the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)

• Network Functions Virtualization is different from Network virtualization as it is concerned with virtualizing only the network functions and not the network as a whole.

http://wikibon.org/vault/Special:FilePath/NFV_Wikibon.png

SDN & NFV

What is good it for ?

• Reduced CapEx (equipment) costs and reduced OpEx (energy consumption, labor) through consolidating equipment

• Reduce Time to Market from operation point of view

• Do a single PoP/Site design based on commodity compute hardware