Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
1.1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The End Applications
1.2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Challenges in NFVO Market Sizing
1.3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Principal Observations
1.4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Report Organization
- The Journey of NFV
2.1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â VM-based VNFs
2.1.1Â Â Â Â History and Progression
2.1.2Â Â Â Â NFV architecture
2.1.2.1Â VNFi/NFVi
2.1.2.2Â VNFs
2.1.2.3Â MANO
2.2        Containers – The Challengers
2.2.1Â Â Â Â What are Containers?
2.2.2Â Â Â Â Microservices
2.2.3Â Â Â Â Container Morphology
2.2.3.1Â Provisioning and Run-time Management Block
2.2.3.2Â Orchestration Block
2.2.3.3Â Application Deployment Block
2.2.4Â Â Â Â Container Deployment Methodologies
2.2.4.1Â Virtual Machine (VM)
2.2.4.2Â Bare Metal
2.2.4.3Â Cloud or Container as-a-Service (CaaS)
2.2.5Â Â Â Â Stateful and Stateless Containers
2.3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Contrasting Containers and VMs
- Open-Source Initiatives in VNFO and Allied Areas
3.1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Introduction
3.2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Salient Observations
3.3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Company and Organization Summary
3.4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Open-Source MANO (OSM)
3.4.1Â Â Â Â OSM Information Model
3.4.2Â Â Â Â Release TWELVE
3.5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ONAP
3.6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Kubernetes
3.7Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Nephio
3.7.1Â Â Â Â Features of Nephio
3.7.1.1Â Uniform Automation Control Plane
3.7.1.2Â Declarative Automation Framework
3.7.2Â Â Â Â Reference Architecture
3.8Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Edge Multi-Cluster Orchestrator (EMCO)
3.8.1Â Â Â Â EMCO Architecture
3.8.2Â Â Â Â EMCO Functionality
3.8.3Â Â Â Â Partners and Customers
- Proprietary Initiatives in VNFO and Allied Areas
4.1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Introduction
4.2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Salient Observations
4.3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Company and Organization Summary
4.4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â O-RAN SMO and AMCOP from Aarna Networks
4.4.1Â Â Â Â SMO in O-RAN Architecture
4.4.2Â Â Â Â AMCOP O-RAN SMO Architecture v04.00
4.4.3Â Â Â Â O-RAN SMO Interfaces
4.4.4Â Â Â Â Partners and Customers
4.4.5Â Â Â Â AMCOP
4.4.6Â Â Â Â AMCOP Architecture
4.4.7Â Â Â Â AMCOP Functionality
4.4.8Â Â Â Â AMCOP 3.1
4.4.9Â Â Â Â Partners and Customers
4.5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Ensemble Orchestrator from Adva
4.5.1Â Â Â Â Features
4.5.2Â Â Â Â Partners and Customers
4.6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Kubernetes Services from Calsoft
4.6.1Â Â Â Â Telco focus
4.7Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Charmed OSM from Canonical
4.7.1Â Â Â Â Support for Kubernetes and Other VIMs
4.7.2Â Â Â Â Charmed OSM in Development Stack
4.7.3Â Â Â Â Charmed OSM in Production Stack
4.7.4Â Â Â Â Release Eight
4.8Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Altran MANO Platform from Capgemini
4.8.1Â Â Â Â Support for containers
4.8.2Â Â Â Â Other Developments
4.9Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Network Services Orchestrator from Cisco
4.9.1Â Â Â Â NFVO Bundle Architecture
4.9.2Â Â Â Â Other Developments
4.10Â Â Â Â Â Â Blue Planet NFVO from Ciena
4.10.1Â Â Major Blue Planet NFVO features
4.10.2Â Â Telco Response
4.11Â Â Â Â Â Â Open TOSCA-based MANO from Cloudify
4.11.1Â Â Features
4.11.2Â Â Telco Response
4.12Â Â Â Â Â Â Orchestrator from Ericsson
4.12.1Â Â Conventional NFVO Components
4.12.2Â Â Evolved VNF Management
4.12.3Â Â Telco Deployments
4.12.4Â Â Cloud Container Distribution
4.12.5Â Â Telco Response
4.13Â Â Â Â Â Â BIG-IP Controller from F5
4.13.1Â Â Features
4.14Â Â Â Â Â Â NFV Director from HPE
4.14.1Â Â CNF Orchestration
4.15Â Â Â Â Â Â MANO Solution from Huawei
4.15.1Â Â Telco Response
4.16Â Â Â Â Â Â Contrail Service Orchestration from Juniper
4.16.1Â Â Workflow
4.16.2Â Â Contrail For Kubernetes
4.17Â Â Â Â Â Â SDN/NFV MANO from NEC/Netcracker
4.18Â Â Â Â Â Â CloudBand from Nokia
4.18.1Â Â CloudBand Network Director
4.18.2Â Â CloudBand Application Manager
4.18.3Â Â Interworking with VMware vCloud NFV
4.19Â Â Â Â Â Â Container Services from Nokia
4.20Â Â Â Â Â Â SNO from Oracle
4.20.1Â Â NFV Orchestration
4.21Â Â Â Â Â Â Managed Kubernetes Service from Platform9
4.21.1Â Â Luigi and 5G CNFs
4.22Â Â Â Â Â Â OpenShift From Red Hat
4.22.1Â Â OpenShift Software-Defined Network (SDN)
4.22.2Â Â Certified Cloud-Native Network Functions for OpenShift Platform
4.23Â Â Â Â Â Â vSphere for Kubernetes from VMWare
4.23.1Â Â Workload Cluster for Data Plane CNFs
4.23.2Â Â Software-Defined Networking Design for a vSphere with Tanzu Workload Domain
4.23.3Â Â Support for Cloud Native Network Functions (CNF)
4.23.4Â Â Telco Response
4.24Â Â Â Â Â Â GitOps Enterprise from Weaveworks
4.25Â Â Â Â Â Â WhiteNFV from White Stack
4.25.1Â Â WhiteNFV Denver Leverages Kubernetes
- Telco Initiatives
5.1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Introduction
5.2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Salient Observations
5.3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Company and Organization Summary
5.3.1Â Â Â Â AT&T
5.3.2Â Â Â Â Bharti Airtel
5.3.3Â Â Â Â BT
5.3.4Â Â Â Â China Mobile
5.3.5Â Â Â Â China Telecom
5.3.6Â Â Â Â China Unicom
5.3.7Â Â Â Â Cox Communications Inc
5.3.8Â Â Â Â Deutsche Telekom AG
5.3.9Â Â Â Â Etisalat
5.3.10Â Â Reliance Jio
5.3.11Â Â TIM S.p.A.
5.3.12Â Â KT Corporation
5.3.13Â Â NTT Group
5.3.14Â Â Orange SA
5.3.15Â Â Saudi Telecommunication Company
5.3.16Â Â Singtel
5.3.17Â Â SoftBank Corp
5.3.18Â Â Swisscom AG
5.3.19Â Â Telefonica SA
5.3.20Â Â Telenor ASA
5.3.21Â Â Telstra Corp Ltd
5.3.22Â Â Turk Telekom
5.3.23Â Â Verizon
5.3.24Â Â Vodafone Group Plc
5.3.25Â Â T-Mobile
- Quantitative Analysis and Forecasts
6.1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Research Methodology
6.2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Forecast Taxonomy
6.3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Global Market
6.3.1Â Â Â Â User Profile
6.3.2Â Â Â Â Geographical Regions
6.3.3Â Â Â Â Virtualization Methodology
6.3.4Â Â Â Â Product Profile
6.3.5Â Â Â Â Deployment Location
6.4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Switching and Routing Network Functions
6.4.1Â Â Â Â User Profile
6.4.2Â Â Â Â Geographical Regions
6.4.3Â Â Â Â Virtualization Methodology
6.4.4Â Â Â Â Product Profile
6.4.5Â Â Â Â Deployment Location
6.5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Core WAN Network Functions
6.5.1Â Â Â Â User Profile
6.5.2Â Â Â Â Geographical Regions
6.5.3Â Â Â Â Virtualization Methodology
6.5.4Â Â Â Â Product Profile
6.5.5Â Â Â Â Deployment Location
6.6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Interfaces and Gateways Network Functions
6.6.1Â Â Â Â User Profile
6.6.2Â Â Â Â Geographical Regions
6.6.3Â Â Â Â Virtualization Methodology
6.6.4Â Â Â Â Product Profile
6.6.5Â Â Â Â Deployment Location
6.7Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â IP Application Network Functions
6.7.1Â Â Â Â User Profile
6.7.2Â Â Â Â Geographical Regions
6.7.3Â Â Â Â Virtualization Methodology
6.7.4Â Â Â Â Product Profile
6.7.5Â Â Â Â Deployment Location
6.8Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Security and Testing Network Functions
6.8.1Â Â Â Â User Profile
6.8.2Â Â Â Â Geographical Regions
6.8.3Â Â Â Â Virtualization Methodology
6.8.4Â Â Â Â Product Profile
6.8.5Â Â Â Â Deployment Location
Figure 1-1: Global Market Share for VNFO, by User Profile 2022-2027
Figure 2-1: VNF versus CNF Stacks
Figure 3-1: OSM Information Model      Â
Figure 3-2: OSM Interfaces
Figure 3-3: ONAP – Honolulu Release
Figure 3-4: ONAP Projects in 5G Blueprint
Figure 3-5: Nephio Configuration layers
Figure 3-6: Nephio Functional Building Blocks
Figure 3-7: Nephio Reference Implementation and Google Open Source
Figure 3-8: EMCO Architecture Schematic
Figure 4-1: O-RAN Architecture Schematic
Figure 4-2: AMCOP O-RAN SMO Architecture v04.00 Schematic
Figure 4-3: AMCOP Architecture Schematic
Figure 4-4: AMCOP Task Sequence Schematic
Figure 4-5: Adva Ensemble Features
Figure 4-6: Charmed OSM Framework
Figure 4-7: Altran MANO Platform in the context of NFV MANO Architecture
Figure 4-8: Altran’s MANO platform service architecture
Figure 4-9: Schematic representation of Cisco NSO
Figure 4-10: Abstraction schematic of Cisco NSO
Figure 4-11: Ciena Blue Planet Orchestrator
Figure 4-12: Cloudify MANO Architecture
Figure 4-13: Cloudify-VMware Hybrid Cloud Orchestration
Figure 4-14: Ericsson Orchestrator-Functional Components
Figure 4-15: F5 BIG-IP Container Ingress Services
Figure 4-16: HPE Director-NFV MANO Orchestrator
Figure 4-17: HPE NFV Director Container Orchestration
Figure 4-18: Huawei NFV Architecture
Figure 4-19: MANO embedded in Juniper CSO
Figure 4-20: Contrail Kubernetes Architecture
Figure 4-21: Netcracker SDN/NFV MANO
Figure 4-22: CloudBand Open MANO
Figure 4-23: Nokia CBND
Figure 4-24: Nokia CBAM
Figure 4-25: Nokia Container Services Architecture
Figure 4-26: Oracle SNO
Figure 4-28: VMware With Kubernetes
Figure 4-29: vSphere Kubernetes cluster
Figure 4-30: CNFs on Telco Cloud Platform
Figure 4-31: WhiteNFV MANO
Figure 6-1: VNFO Market Forecast Taxonomy
Figure 6-2: Global Market Share for VNFO, by User Profile 2022-2027
Figure 6-3: Global Market Share for VNFO, by Geographical Region 2022-2027
Figure 6-4: Global Market Share for VNFO, by Virtualization Methodology 2022-2027
Figure 6-5: Global Market Share for VNFO, by Product Profile 2022-2027
Figure 6-6: Global Market Share for VNFO, by Deployment Location 2022-2027
Figure 6-7: Market Share for Switching and Routing VNFO, by User Profile 2022-2027
Figure 6-8: Market Share for Switching and Routing VNFO, by Geographical Region 2022-2027
Figure 6-9: Market Share for Switching and Routing VNFO, by Virtualization Methodology 2022-2027
Figure 6-10: Market Share for Switching and Routing VNFO, by Product Profile 2022-2027
Figure 6-11: Market Share for Switching and Routing VNFO, by Deployment Location 2022-2027
Figure 6-12: Market Share for Core WAN Functions VNFO, by User Profile 2022-2027Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Figure 6-13: Market Share for Core WAN Functions VNFO, by Geographical Region 2022-2027Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Figure 6-14: Market Share for Core WAN Functions VNFO, by Virtualization Methodology 2022-2027Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Figure 6-15: Market Share for Core WAN Functions VNFO, by Product Profile 2022-2027Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Figure 6-16: Market Share for Core WAN Functions VNFO, by Deployment Location 2022-2027
Figure 6-17: Market Share for Interfaces and Gateways VNFO, by User Profile 2022-2027
Figure 6-18: Market Share for Interfaces and Gateways VNFO, by Geographical Region 2022-2027
Figure 6-19: Market Share for Interfaces and Gateways VNFO, by Virtualization Methodology 2022-2027
Figure 6-20: Market Share for Interfaces and Gateways VNFO, by Product Profile 2022-2027
Figure 6-21: Market Share for Interfaces and Gateways VNFO, by Deployment Location 2022-2027
Figure 6-22: Market Share for IP Applications VNFO, by User Profile 2022-2027
Figure 6-23: Market Share for IP Applications VNFO, by Geographical Region 2022-2027
Figure 6-24: Market Share for IP Applications VNFO, by Virtualization Methodology 2022-2027
Figure 6-25: Market Share for IP Applications VNFO, by Product Profile 2022-2027
Figure 6-26: Market Share for IP Applications VNFO, by Deployment Location 2022-2027
Figure 6-27: Market Share for Security and Testing VNFO, by User Profile 2022-2027
Figure 6-28: Market Share for Security and Testing VNFO, by Geographical Region 2022-2027
Figure 6-29: Market Share for Security and Testing VNFO, by Virtualization Methodology 2022-2027
Figure 6-30: Market Share for Security and Testing VNFO, by Product Profile 2022-2027
Figure 6-31: Market Share for Security and Testing VNFO, by Deployment Location 2022-2027
Table 1-1: Global Market for VNFO, by End-application 2022-2027 ($ million)
Table 3-1: Open Source NFVO Organization Summary
Table 4-1: Proprietary Open Source NFVO Company and Organization Summary
Table 5-1: Proprietary Open Source NFVO Telco Summary
Table 6-1: Global Market for VNFO, by User Profile 2022-2027 ($ million)
Table 6-2: Global Market for VNFO, by Geographical Region 2022-2027 ($ million)
Table 6-3: Global Market for VNFO, by Virtualization Methodology 2022-2027 ($ million)
Table 6-4: Global Market for VNFO, by Product Profile 2022-2027 ($ million)
Table 6-5: Global Market for VNFO, by Deployment Location 2022-2027 ($ million)
Table 6-6: Market for Switching and Routing VNFO, by User Profile 2022-2027 ($ million)
Table 6-7: Market for Switching and Routing VNFO, by Geographical Region 2022-2027 ($ million)
Table 6-8: Market for Switching and Routing VNFO, by Virtualization Methodology 2022-2027 ($ million)
Table 6-9: Market for Switching and Routing VNFO, by Product Profile 2022-2027 ($ million)
Table 6-10: Market for Switching and Routing VNFO, by Deployment Location 2022-2027 ($ million)
Table 6-11: Market for Core WAN Functions VNFO, by User Profile 2022-2027 ($ million)
Table 6-12: Market for Core WAN Functions VNFO, by Geographical Region 2022-2027 ($ million)
Table 6-13: Market for Core WAN Functions VNFO, by Virtualization Methodology 2022-2027 ($ million)
Table 6-14: Market for Core WAN Functions VNFO, by Product Profile 2022-2027 ($ million)
Table 6-15: Market for Core WAN Functions VNFO, by Deployment Location 2022-2027 ($ million)
Table 6-16: Market for Interfaces and Gateways VNFO, by User Profile 2022-2027 ($ million)
Table 6-17: Market for Interfaces and Gateways VNFO, by Geographical Region 2022-2027 ($ million)
Table 6-18: Market for Interfaces and Gateways VNFO, by Virtualization Methodology 2022-2027 ($ million)
Table 6-19: Market for Interfaces and Gateways VNFO, by Product Profile 2022-2027 ($ million)
Table 6-20: Market for Interfaces and Gateways VNFO, by Deployment Location 2022-2027 ($ million)
Table 6-21: Market for IP Applications VNFO, by User Profile 2022-2027 ($ million)
Table 6-22: Market for IP Applications VNFO, by Geographical Region 2022-2027 ($ million)
Table 6-23: Market for IP Applications VNFO, by Virtualization Methodology 2022-2027 ($ million)
Table 6-24: Market for IP Applications VNFO, by Product Profile 2022-2027 ($ million)
Table 6-25: Market for IP Applications VNFO, by Deployment Location 2022-2027 ($ million)
Table 6-26: Market for Security and Testing VNFO, by User Profile 2022-2027 ($ million)
Table 6-27: Market for Security and Testing VNFO, by Geographical Region 2022-2027 ($ million)
Table 6-28: Market for Security and Testing VNFO, by Virtualization Methodology 2022-2027 ($ million)
Table 6-29: Market for Security and Testing VNFO, by Product Profile 2022-2027 ($ million)
Table 6-30: Market for Security and Testing VNFO, by Deployment Location 2022-2027 ($ million)