It brings together all its special interest groups’ development work on network automation
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has helpfully published a white paper, Unlocking Digital Transformation with Autonomous Networks. It brings together all its special interest groups’ work on network automation. This includes the Zero-touch network and Service Management (ZSM) and the daddy of them all, Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV).
The paper provides an overview of individual components and architectures for autonomous networks (AN), as well as key metrics and quality criteria for fulfilling the functional requirements. Chapter 3 gives a synthesis of the work of each group, outlining the most significant results achieved while a table in Chapter 4 reports their progress and focus organised by topics.
These activities include:
• Architecture/framework
• Cognition
• Analytics and intelligence (including AI topics)
• Knowledge representation
• Knowledge management
• Governance interface
• Self-X properties
• Intent-driven management
• Policy control management framework(s)
• AN services, functions and resources Life-cycle management
• Closed control loop automation
• Proofs of Concept
• ANs federation and inter-AN coordination
• APIs and data models
• Robustness, trustworthiness, traceability
• Security/privacy
• Testing framework and methodology
• Metrics and KPIs.
ETSI explains, “The transition towards cognitive Autonomous Networks becomes an urgent necessity to unlock the business potential of 5G and beyond. The transition will be gradual, with the ultimate goal to enable service delivery with agility and speed and ensure the economic sustainability of the very diverse set of services offered by Digital Service Providers”.
Download the white paper from here.