The document outlines Ericsson's NFVI (Network Functions Virtualization Infrastructure) solution, emphasizing its impact on 5G and IoT use cases through rapid deployment, automation, and improved service velocity. It details deployment models, operational transformations, and the importance of a target operating model for optimizing NFV resources. The solutions provided aim to accelerate innovation while ensuring flexibility and scalability in network management.

1. Ericsson nfvi solution
Francois Lemarchand – Head of NFVi Strategy
Gerry Feeney - Telco Cloud Transformation Lead

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5G & IOT use cases
LOW DATA VOLUMES
HIGH DATA VOLUMES
HIGH MOBILITY
LOW/NO MOBILITY
10-100X
End-user Data Rates
5X
Lower Latency
10-100X
Connected Devices
10X
Battery Life
1000X
Mobile Data Volumes
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Rapid deployment Fast Service Activation Accelerate innovation
New technologies for success
VNF Onboarding and
Instantiation
Automated
Configuration
Upgrade
Automation
Network Self-
healing
Close Loop
Management
& Devops
Virtualization & Cloud Orchestration & SDN Opensource & DevOps
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VNF VNF
Management & Orchestration & Analytics & Exposure
Virtualization Software Defined
Networking (SDN)
Distributed Cloud Network Slicing
Open, flexible and scalable
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Multi-vim & multi-site
Access Distributed
vDPI
vPGW
vCPE
CDN
EC: AR/VRCDN
CDN Security
Security
vMME
vMME
AAA
Web opt
Centralized
Security
Security
Security
Filtering
Filtering
Ericsson Cloud SDN
Transport Domain
Ericsson Cloud SDN
ECM NFV Orchestration
IP Transport
BW, Latency, FRR
BW, Latency, FRR
BW, Latency, FRR
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PNFs
NFVI
Hardware
NFVI Manager
VNFM
NFV-O
VNFM-G
VNFs
OSS/BSS
Physical
Network
Functions
Experience
Physical
Network
Functions
Ericsson full stack cloud portfolio
3PP Vendor
3PP
Vendor
VNF
Management &
Orchestration
Network
Functions
NFV
Infrastructure
3PP Vendor
3PP Vendor 3PP Vendor
3PP Vendor
BSP HDS
CCM
CEE VIM Cloud SDN
Network Manager
Cloud Manager
Multi Activation Adaptive Inventory Order Care Catalog Manager

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Multi-VM infrastructure
vN vN+1 Re-optimize
resource
allocation
Cloud analytics
NIC Memory StorageCPU
HDS Rack Scale Design – Pooled components w/ optical backplane
x86
x86
x86
VPOD1 VPOD2 VPOD3 VPOD4
Ericsson Cloud SDN
Multi-VIM – northbound plugins
Neutron #1 Neutron #2 CNI V-Center

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COMMUNITIESTECHNOLOGY PARTNERS
IN the heart of the Industry
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Deployment
Model 1
Deployment
Model 2
Deployment
Model 3
Deployment
Model 4
Deployment
Model 5
Vendor X
Vendor N
Vendor X
Vendor M
Vendor N
Vendor X Vendor X
Vendor M
Many vendors, own SI
Vendor XVendor Y Vendor Y Vendor Y Vendor Y
Full de-coupling
Complex vertical SI
Decoupling HW/SW
platform from VNFs
HW decoupled from
SW stack VNF islands
Full stack from
one vendor
Full de-coupling, complex
vertical & horizontal SI
VNF VNF VNF VNF VNF VNF VNF VNF VNF VNF
Virtualization
Hardware
Virt. Virt.
Hardware
Vendor N
Virtualization
Hardware Hardware Hardware
Virtualization Virtualization
Supporting different customer needs
NFVI - Flexible deployment models
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Why Ericsson NFVi?
Telefonica
Softbank
Telstra
Swisscom
NTT DoCoMo
Modular Certified & Verified Solution End-to-end Support
Vodafone
>80
contracts
12 live
networks
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11. Telco cloud Transformation
Opportunities & challenges
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Ericsson Target operating model
Target Operating Model an essential pre-requisite to successful transformation
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Network Slices for
Personalized Services
opportunities to create value
Minimize
CAPEX/OPEX
In-house
Domain
Server or Client for
Hosted Network Functions
Partner Domain Customer Domain
3 Dimensions of Telco Cloud Evolution
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14. Target Operating Model determines
division of responsibility between
cloud resource provider & consumer
Target Operating Model informs
engineering/operations requirements
Global Carrier #1
Shared DC infrastructure with
centralised operation
Global Carrier #2
NFVI SLA offered to VNF
service owners as consumers
European Operator
Optimised for utilisation
with demand management
Australian Operator
Optimised for performance
across multi-cloud domains
Target Operating model drives
technology strategy
NFVI Resource Consumption and Assurance Models
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Telco transformation services
Optimised SDN/NFV Solution Design
Business Benefits
Accelerated Delivery & Integration
NFV Test and DevOps framework
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Ericsson NFV factory
Accelerated verification & on-boarding
Workflow
Driven
Automation
Dashboards
Test
Management
Self Service
Web Portals
Services
• Onboarding
and Test
Strategy
• Onboarding
and Test
Automation
• Onboarding
and Test
Execution
• Vendor
Management
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17. Openstack devops experience
Industry leading proof point with us tier 1 early adopter
Development
Upstreaming CI/CD
Test & Release Continuous
Deployment
Multi year contract for all SI services – management, architecture, development
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Nfv impact on service velocity
Mobile VPN and IoT Services for tier-1 US operator
Manual Operations Automated Operations
 Add
capacity
ERICSSON NFVI
GUI
Automation
 Activate
new service
60 days
21 days
2 hours
15 min
30 staff 7 staff
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Early deployment experience
Telecom grade readiness
VNF requirements on NFVi
Operational and LCM processes
ETSI NFV interface maturity for multivendor testing
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Key Takeaways
Operational transformation is key to telco cloud success
Leverage Ericsson’s experience and innovation in
automated deployment engineering and operations
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