The quiet progress of Network Functions Virtualisation
Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 5:26PM Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) is a term less often heard these days.
Yet the technology framework that kickstarted a decade of network transformation by the telecom operators continues to progress.
Bruno Chatras
The working body specifying NFV, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute's (ETSI) Industry Specification Group (ISG) Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV), is working on the latest releases of the architecture.
The releases add AI and machine learning, intent-based management, power savings, and virtual radio access network (VRAN) support.
ETSI is also shortening the time between NFV releases.
“NFV is quite a simple concept but turning the concept into reality in service providers’ networks is challenging,” says Bruno Chatras, ETSI’s ISG NFV Chairman and senior standardisation manager at Orange Innovation. “There are many hidden issues, and the more you deploy NFV solutions, the more issues you find that need to be addressed via standardisation.”
