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ONAP SO NFVO Architecture & Functions
Rationale
Many operators have their own ETSI-compliant NFVOs, and there is a strong desire for us to have both ETSI- and ONAP-compliant NFVO. So, we propose the ONAP SO NFVO "platform", which is based on ONAP and leveraging modular and extensible plugin-based microservice API management, such as an enhanced MSB, Gravitee, Kong or Kubernetes. Once we build this NFVO platform in ONAP, operators including us can focus on the proprietary development of truly differentiating value-added capabilities on top of the NFVO platform. We believe this approach provides cost saving over implementation of proprietary code, both for initial development, ongoing standardization support and enhancements.
VFC would be still a valid NFVO reference implementation. And, we want to have this NFVO platform which provides modular and extensible capabilities.
Component Diagram
The following diagram depicts the NFVO component architecture
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Gliffy Diagram macroId 8a4b5048-c8b6-4d47-874e-7cfaabed8d83 name ONAP NFVO component interfaces pagePin 24
Rationale & Benefits
Rationale
Many operators have their own ETSI-compliant NFVOs, and there is a strong desire for us to have both ETSI- and ONAP-compliant NFVO. So, we propose the ONAP SO NFVO "platform", which is based on ONAP and leveraging modular and extensible plugin-based microservice API management, such as an enhanced MSB, Gravitee, Kong or Kubernetes. Once we build this NFVO platform in ONAP, operators including us can focus on the proprietary development of truly differentiating value-added capabilities on top of the NFVO platform. We believe this approach provides cost saving over implementation of proprietary code, both for initial development, ongoing standardization support and enhancements.
VFC would be still a valid NFVO reference implementation. And, we want to have this NFVO platform which provides modular and extensible capabilities.
Benefits
- Boosts industry compatibility by leveraging ETSI compliant models, interfaces and package management
- Provides pluggable NFVO functional blocks that are modular and extensible
- Enables Operators to focus on the proprietary development of truly differentiating value-added capabilities on top of ONAP SO NFVO
- Provides cost saving over implementation in proprietary code, both for initial development, ongoing standardization support and enhancements
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