The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) is a standards organization that develops protocols for mobile telephony. Its best known work is the development and maintenance of: GSM and related 2G and 2.5G standards, including GPRS and EDGE.

Fifth-generation wireless (5G) is the latest iteration of cellular technology, engineered to greatly increase the speed and responsiveness of wireless networks. GSMA Intelligence hypothesizes that the coming 5G network architecture is “a real opportunity to create an agile network that adapts to the different needs of specific industries and the economy

A key enable of 5G reality is network slicing; which allows the creation of multiple virtual networks atop a shared physical infrastructure. The clear benefits for network operators will be the ability to deploy only the functions necessary to support particular market segments and specific customers.

Automation is the use, or introduction, of an automatic equipment in manufacturing or other processes or facilities. SDN programming will drive network automation and orchestration that better supports the ever-changing demands of users, as well as the devices and data accessing the network.

Cloud native is a term used to describe container-based environments. Cloud-native technologies are used to develop applications built with services packaged in containers, deployed as microservices and managed on elastic infrastructure through agile DevOps processes and continuous delivery workflows

Containerization is a lightweight alternative to a virtual machine that involves encapsulating an application in a container with its own operating system. ... When we refer to an application container, we mean packaging software. Containerization has recently gained hypes with an open source tool Docker

A core network - also known as network core of backbone network - is a telecommunication network's core part. It offers numerous services to the customers who are interconnected by the access network, and its key function is to direct telephone calls over the public-switched telephone network.

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is an independent, not-for-profit, standardization organization in the telecommunications industry (equipment makers and network operators) in Europe, headquartered in Sophia-Antipolis, France, with worldwide projection.

Hybrid cloud is a cloud computing environment that uses a mix of on-premises, private cloud and third-party, public cloud services with orchestration between the two platforms.

The internet of things, or IoT, is a system of interrelated computing devices, mechanical and digital machines, objects, animals or people that are provided with unique identifiers ( UIDs ) and the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction.

Kubernetes (commonly stylized as k8s) is an open-source container-orchestration system for automating application deployment, scaling, and management. It was originally designed by Google, and is now maintained by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation.

The management and orchestration (MANO) layer is responsible for orchestration and complete lifecycle management of hardware resources and virtual network functions (VNFs). In other words, the MANO layer coordinates NFV infrastructure (NFVI) resources and maps them efficiently to various VNFs.

Net neutrality is the idea that all internet traffic should be treated equally – with no internet service provider (ISP) having the power to favor one source over another by blocking, throttling, or a means of paid prioritization.

Network infrastructure is a category of information technology that is used to provide network services that allow devices to connect and communicate. This includes foundational networking hardware, software, services and facilities. The following are common examples of network infrastructure.

Network Orchestration, also known as Software-defined networking (SDN) Orchestration is the process of automatically programming the behavior of the network, so that the network smoothly coordinates with the hardware and the software elements to further support applications and services.

Network slicing is a form of virtual network architecture using the same principles behind software defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualisation (NFV) in fixed networks. SDN and NFV are now being commercially deployed to deliver greater network flexibility by allowing traditional network architectures to be partitioned into virtual elements that can be linked (also through software).

Network virtualization (NV) is using network resources through a logical segmentation of a single physical network. Network virtualization is achieved by installing software and services to manage the sharing of storage, computing cycles and applications.

NFV Infrastructure (NFVI) is a key component of the NFV architecture that describes the hardware and software components on which virtual networks are built. ... NFVIstandards help increase the interoperability of the components of the virtual network functions and aim to enable multivendor environments.

Private cloud refers to a model of cloud computing where IT services are provisioned over private IT infrastructure for the dedicated use of a single organization. A private cloud is usually managed via internal resources. ... Private clouds may also be referred to as enterprise clouds.

The public cloud is defined as computing services offered by third-party providers over the public Internet, making them available to anyone who wants to use or purchase them. They may be free of charge or sold on demand, allowing customers to only pay per usage for the CPU cycles, storage or bandwidth they consume.

SD-WAN stands for Software Defined Wide Area Networking. It's a combination of Software Defined Networking (SDN), which was created for use in cloud datacenters, and Wide Area Networking (WAN) which is the network outside of your office (e.g. the Internet, or site-to-site networks like MPLS and Metro Ethernet).

SDN is short for software defined networking. Software defined networking (SDN) is an approach to using open protocols, such as OpenFlow, to apply globally aware software control at the edges of the network to access network switches and routers that typically would use closed and proprietary firmware.

Virtualization refers to the creation of a virtual resource such as a server, desktop, operating system, file, storage or network.The main goal of virtualization is to manage workloads by radically transforming traditional computing to make it more scalable.

A computer network that spans a relatively large geographical area. Typically, a WAN consists of two or more local-area networks (LANs). Computers connected to a wide-area network are often connected through public networks, such as the telephone system. They can also be connected through leased lines or satellites.