In order to meet the unprecedented demands for performance, latency, capacity and scale created by new applications such as Augment and Virtual Reality (AR & VR) and the Internet of Things (IoT), next-generation networks will require innovative methods in how they are architected.
The telecom industry has begun to adopt open source and virtualisation as the next step in the network evolution, says Al Balasco, and the momentum is beginning to pick up for virtualised network functions (VNF). As the telco industry embraces virtualised networks, standards such as Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) have become more popular.
