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NETWORK FUNCTIONS AS-A-SERVICE OVER

VIRTUALISED INFRASTRUCTURES

T-NOVA

Dr. Tasos Kourtis Project Manager

(kourtis@iit.demokritos.gr)

EC concertation meetingBrussels

22-23 October 2013

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Large Scale Integrated Project (IP) Grand Agreement no : 619520 Objective ICT-2013.1.1.: Future Networks Duration: 36 Months Starting Date: 1.11.2013 Budget: 10,027,115 EU contribution : 6,743,000 Total PM : 1,027,1 Consortium comprises 18 partners

T-NOVA at a glance

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T-NOVA consortium

Part. No.

Participant Organisation Name P.Short Name Country

1 NCSR Demokritos NCSRD Greece2 ATOS Spain S.A. ATOS Spain3 Telefonica I&D TID Spain4 Hewlett-Packard IIC HP Italy5 Portugal Telecom Inovação PTIN Portugal6 Intel Performance Learning Sols. Ltd INTEL Ireland7 PrimeTel PLC PTL Cyprus8 Space Hellas S.A. SPH Greece9 Viotech Communications SARL VIO France

10 CloudStreet Oy CLDST Finland11 Future Intelligence Ltd FINT UK12 Italtel SpA ITALTEL Italy13 Tech. Ed. Institute of Crete TEIC Greece14 Gottfried W. Leibniz Universität Hannover LUH Germany

15 University of Milan UNIMI Italy16 Consorzio per la Ricerca nell’Automatica e nelle

TelecomunicazioniCRAT Italy

17 Fraunhofer FRAUNHOFER Germany18 Zurich Univ. of Applied Sciences ZHAW Switzerland

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T-NOVA VISION

Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) is an emerging concept, which refers to the migration of certain network functionalities, performed by hardware elements, to virtualized IT infrastructures, where they are deployed as software components.

T-NOVA promotes the NFV concept and introduces a novel enabling framework allowing operators not only to deploy virtualized Network Functions (NFs) for

their own needs but also to offer them to their customers, as value-added

services.

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T-NOVA aims to …

Design and implement an integrated management architecture, including an Orchestrator platform, for the automated provision, management, monitoring and optimization of Virtualised Network Functions over Network/IT infrastructures

Leverage and enhance state-of-the art cloud computing management frameworks for the elastic provision and (re-) allocation of IT resources assigned to the hosting of network functions

Exploit and extend Software Defined Networking aspects, focusing on the Openflow technology, for efficient management of network resources, including network slicing, traffic redirection and QoS provision.

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T-NOVA novel NFaaS platform offers a composite service to the customers of SPs comprised by a: connectivity service set of associated Network Functions

Introduces an innovative “Network Function Store”, following the paradigm of already successful OS-specific “App Stores”.

Establishes a Novel Brokerage Platform, allowing customers to transact with the T-NOVA Service Provider and multiple third-party Function Developers

T-NOVA overview

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High-level T-NOVA architecture

• The Network Function Store, contains NFs by several third-party developers

• The Brokerage Platform, for customers to transact with the T-NOVA Service Provider and multiple third-party Function Developers

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T-NOVA main areas of innovation • T-NOVA Orchestrator Implementation of a federated management of Network and Cloud resources for NF accommodation

• SDN Control PlaneImplementation of a novel SDN Control Plane based on Openflow, for network management, slicing and QoS provisioning, accompanied by a Software Development Kit (SDK) for development of SDN control applications

• T-NOVA Function StoreEstablishment of a common, multi-actor Repository for NF publication and exchange (“Function Store”)

• Realisation of a Marketplace for NFVImplementation of a set of open tools for the realization of an “NFV Marketplace” within the T-NOVA architecture

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T-NOVA expected business impact Establishment and promotion of a European Virtualised

Network Appliance market Create new niches for innovation in both services and

solutions Create a dynamic competition environment in an open

market Create 3rd party application competition which will drive

cost down and churn innovation through horizontalization. Reduction of telcos’ OPEX / CAPEX for hardware networking

appliances and acceleration of introduction of new services Introduction to the market of novel, rich networking services

enhanced with on-demand in-network functions Decrease Time to market for new Network Functions

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Contact established between UNIFY, NetIDE and T-NOVA Initial discussion on general co-operation aspects

Sharing of project outcomes of common interest (documents and sw deliverables)

Organisation of multi-lateral work-shops on cross-project topics Sharing dissemination, demo activities and organization of public events Joining effort in standardization contributions

Tentative first joint workshop as side meeting of an upcoming conference; potentially picking an event for recurring meetings in the future ERIC

European Research and Innovation Conference – annually organized by INTEL

21 October, Nice, France SDN4NFS

IEEE Software Defined Networks for Future Networks and Services 11-13 November 2013, Trento, Italy

Initiation of liaison among newly funded proposals in the field

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MANY THANKS

NETWORK FUNCTIONS AS-A-SERVICE OVER

VIRTUALISED INFRASTRUCTURES

Dr. Tasos Kourtis Research Director

NCSR DEMOKRITOS(kourtis@iit.demokritos.gr)