Network Function Virtualization

1. NFV
Network Functions Virtualization
Oded Rotter
oded1233@gmail.com
Based On:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Functions_Virtualization
http://bit.ly/1e4NkRU
http://portal.etsi.org/NFV/NFV_White_Paper.pdf
http://wikibon.org/wiki/v/Network_Function_Virtualization_or_NFV_Explained

2. What is NFV ?
• An industry specifications group under the
European Telecommunications Standards
Institute (ETSI)
• Network Functions Virtualization is different
from Network virtualization as it is concerned
with virtualizing only the network functions
and not the network as a whole.

6. SDN & NFV

7. What is good it for ?
• Reduced CapEx (equipment) costs and
reduced OpEx (energy consumption, labor)
through consolidating equipment
• Reduce Time to Market from operation point
of view
• Do a single PoP/Site design based on
commodity compute hardware