Introduction to Network Function Virtualization (NFV)

• Four Innovations of NFV
• Network Function Virtualization (NFV)
• NFV and SDN Relationship
• Mobile Network Functions
• VNF
• NFV Concepts
• Network Forwarding Graph
• NFV Reference Points
• NFV Framework Requirements
• NFV Use Cases
• ETSI NFV ISG
• ETSI NFV Release 2.0
• ETSI NFV Release 3
• NFV Proof of Concepts (PoCs)
• OPNFV
• Service Chaining in a Multi-Cloud Multi-Tenant Environment
• Challenges in Service Chaining
• Network Service Header
• SPRING
• Management and Orchestration (MANO)
• NGOSS
• Open Source MANO Implementations
• TOSCA
• Any Function Virtualization (FV)
• Enterprise App Market: Lower CapEx
• References

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