2nd Academia and Industry Research Event: Challenges in Network Functions Virtualization

ACADEMIA AND INDUSTRY RESEARCH CHALLENGES IN NETWORK FUNCTIONS VIRTUALIZATION (NFV) ECOSYSTEM

OPEN NFV LABNon-binding, for discussion only with potential collaboration research partners

NFV University Sponsored Research at Amdocs Raanana Site – Call for Participation – Abstract

Amdocs is pleased to present a unique opportunity to participate in NFV research at the Amdocs Raanana NFV Research Lab. Interested researchers are invited to submit research proposals to be conducted in the lab. Those selected will be provided with a suitable research environment. Listed below are relevant suggested challenges and research topics.

If you wish to apply, please send a short (3-6 pages), high-level research proposal to Hanoch Sapoznikov (HANOCHS@Amdocs.com) describing the focus of your intended research, your environmental and infrastructure requirements, and the expected timeframe for the research.

A committee will evaluate all proposals and select the winners for the upcoming Lab Research Cycle. The objectives of the research proposal can take into consideration the following trends of the global economy:• Theincreaseinthedemandfordatacommunication(mobileandfixed)andthe

steep fluctuations in such demands

• TheabilityofBigDataanalyticstogeneratepredictiveandreal-timeinformation to support Telco operations

• TheneedofthetraditionalTelcoindustry’sparticipantstobeagileandcreative in reducing their cost of operations

• ChangesinTelcoenvironments,drivenbyevolvingcustomerneeds and the convergence of computing storage and network technologies

• Evolutionofvirtualizationtechnologyandcloudoperatedservicesthatareredefiningthemethodsofprovisioningnetworkservicesand are being enabled by the emergence and adoption of NFV andSDNtechnologies

Amdocs, a leading global provider of Telco industry support systems, intends to lead the NFV Lab, which will provide researchers a real NFV Telco orchestration environment with 3rd party VNF components.

April 3, 2016

Please review the following challenges and possible research topics on which you can base your research proposals. Please note that all NFV domain challenges are acceptable.

Amdocs Challenge 1: “Telco Orchestration and VNF Integration/Onboarding Automation”

Possible research topics:• NFVsystemconfigurationpatterns(information

models and processes) • NestedVNFalgorithms(nestedtopologyofTelco

orchestration) • BC(BusinessContinuity)/DR(DisasterRecovery):

fault-tolerance, resilience, redundancy • NFVOrchestrationalgorithms• ComplexityofNFVsystems• ConsolidationofVNFsandmultipurposeapplications• TelcoOrchestrationPolicyrulesforconflictsresolution(forexampleDRpolicyversuslackofresources,resource allocation prioritization)

Amdocs Challenge 2: “SDN and VNF Performance and Service Assurance”

Possible research topics:• NFVControllers,andSDNControllersforNFV• Resourcerequirements• Latencyandlocalityinsoftwareimplementation• OptimizationtechniquesforNFV• Systembottlenecks• NFVPortability(service/VNFmigration)• Testsanddiagnostics(forexample,faultisolation,

fault-correlation) • Predictiveanalytics(forexample,faultprediction)• Faultcorrelationandrootcauseanalysis

Amdocs Challenge 3: “Accounting and Licensing”

Possible research topics:• LicensingmodelsforoperatingVNFs(forexample,agreementsbetweenCSPandVNFvendor)

• MethodsforVNFaccountinginanNFVenvironment• ROI(ReturnonInvestment)fortheCSPregardinguse

of VNFs and services• NFVmonetizationscenarios(forexample,VNFaaS,IaaS)• Resourceconsumptionbasedbilling/charginginNFV

Amdocs Challenge 4: “NFV Security”

Possible research topics:• Securitypolicies• TopologyValidationandEnforcement• User/TenantAuthentication,Authorizationand

Accounting • PrivateKeyswithinClonedImages

Amdocs Challenge 5: “Telco Orchestration Capacity Optimization”

Possible research topics: • DefinitionofKPIsforOrchestrationCapacityManagement

• Orchestrationdeploymentoptimizationforbestcost effective deployment; for example, power consumption,siterental,numberofVMs/servers, and so on

• PerformanceScalabilityPlanner• Recommendersystemforbestdeploymentplan

(for example, optimizing deployment cost to meet performance SLA)

Amdocs Challenge 6: “Hybrid Network End-to-end Service Orchestration”

Possible research topics: • VNFlifecyclemanagement(LCM)inhybrid(legacy

and cloud) environment• VNFmanagementbylegacyEMSversusVNFManager(VNF-M)

For more information on Amdocs NFV careers and how you can join the network revolution visit www.amdocs.com/NFVcareers