The document discusses Ericsson's NFV (Network Functions Virtualization) infrastructure showcased at Mobile World Congress 2017, highlighting its role in automating service deployments and enhancing operational efficiency. It emphasizes a strategic partnership with Swisscom to develop a private telco cloud aimed at virtualizing network functions and improving service delivery. Key features include flexible deployment models, support for multiple vendors, and projected advancements in network virtualization by 2020.

1. NFV Infrastructure
Mobile World Congress 2017

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Operators will deploy NFV/SDN
Will adopt NFV within
this or next year
Will adopt SDN within
this or next year
Source: TBR NFV/SDN Customer Adoption Study H2 2016
Revenues for new services and cost reduction are service provider’s
main drivers for NFV/SDN adoption.
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The NFV Infrastructure provides automation to support the
SLAs expected by emerging services
VNF Onboarding and
Instantiation
Automated
Configuration
Upgrade
Automation
Network Self-
healing
Close Loop
Management
Cooperative development
Productized Automation
focus on automation
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Ericsson Cloud Manager
Ericsson NFVI Solution
MODULAR - CERTIFIED SOLUTION - END-TO-END SUPPORT
Ericsson Cloud Execution Environment
Ericsson Cloud SDN
Hyperscale Datacenter System / Blade Server Platform 8000
Services
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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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Private telco CLOUD
[Swisscom, Switzerland]
Ericsson and Swisscom
entered a strategic
partnership to build the most
cost-effective, reliable and
flexible private telco cloud
architecture in order to
migrate all Swisscom mobile
services and build new
convergent services. Private
telco cloud is an essential
pillar of Swisscom’s
competitiveness.
We have such trust in our partnership with Ericsson that
we believe our private telco cloud and network
virtualization will be completed over the next few years",
said Heinz Herren at Ericsson-Swisscom Joint Mobile
Day. “Our goal is that most mobile and fixed network
functions will be virtualized by 2020"
.
.
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Private Telco cloud
[Swisscom, Switzerland]
› Managing scalability and
performance
› Increasing operational costs
› Difficult migrations
› Complex manageability
› Keeping business continuity in a
virtualization environment
› Insufficient operational efficiency
THE CHALLENGE
› First VoLTE Call on telco cloud
› Two production environments
and two labs up and running
› 3PP Solution for SME Enterprise
on boarding
› Migration of MBB service started
THE RESULT
 Virtualized network functions on
standardized hardware and
cloud framework
 Shared private telco cloud
infrastructure
 Converged wireless/wireline
 Automated processes
 New business opportunities
(network slicing and 5G)
THE SOLUTION
CHALLENGES &
CONCERNS
FIRST SWISSCOM
RESULTS
TRANSFORMATION
& ROADMAPS

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Why Ericsson NFVi?
Telefonica
Softbank
Telstra
Swisscom
NTT DoCoMo
Modular Certified Solution End-to-end Support
Vodafone
>60
contracts
11 live
networks
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