ETSI has introduces new NFV Release 2 specifications, delivering requirements, interfaces and information models for Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV). The organisation said that specifications of the Release 2 roadmap will help the telecom sector move closer to the goal of a more agile, flexible and cost-effective network infrastructure.
Building on ETSI NFV documentation from late 2014, NFV Release 2 incorporates 11 new group specifications, in addition to the many NFV specifications already published. These detail the various requirements, interface descriptions and information models enabling interoperability of solutions based on the ETSI NFV Architectural Framework.
Release 2 outlines the necessary functional requirements in relation to a wide set of functional areas, such as the management of virtualized resources, lifecycle management of both network services and virtualized network functions, network service fault/performance management, and virtualized resource capacity management, amongst other things.
