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draft-irtf-nfvrg-gaps-network-virtualization-09

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This is an older version of an Internet-Draft that was ultimately published as RFC 8568.
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Authors Carlos J. Bernardos , Akbar Rahman , Juan-Carlos Zúñiga , Luis M. Contreras , Pedro Andres Aranda , Pierre Lynch
Last updated 2018-09-01 (Latest revision 2018-02-28)
Replaces draft-bernardos-nfvrg-gaps-network-virtualization
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draft-irtf-nfvrg-gaps-network-virtualization-09
lt;http://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_gs/NFV-
              EVE/001_099/005/01.01.01_60/gs_NFV-EVE005v010101p.pdf>.

   [etsi_gs_nfv_per_001]
              ETSI GS NFV-PER 001 V1.1.2, "Network Functions
              Virtualisation (NFV); NFV Performance & Portability Best
              Practises", ETSI GS NFV-PER 001 V1.1.2 NFV-PER 001,
              December 2014, <http://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_gs/NFV-
              PER/001_099/001/01.01.02_60/gs_NFV-PER001v010102p.pdf>.

   [etsi_gs_nfv_sec_001]
              ETSI GS NFV-SEC 001 V1.1.1, "Network Functions
              Virtualisation (NFV); NFV Security; Problem Statement",
              ETSI GS NFV-SEC 001 V1.1.1 NFV-SEC 001, October 2014,
              <http://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_gs/NFV-
              SEC/001_099/001/01.01.01_60/gs_NFV-SEC001v010101p.pdf>.

   [etsi_nvf_whitepaper_3]
              "Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV). White Paper 3",
              October 2014.

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              Sushant Jain et al., "B4: experience with a globally-
              deployed Software Defined WAN", Proceedings of the ACM
              SIGCOMM 2013 , August 2013.

   [I-D.bagnulo-nfvrg-topology]
              Bagnulo, M. and D. Dolson, "NFVI PoP Network Topology:
              Problem Statement", draft-bagnulo-nfvrg-topology-01 (work
              in progress), March 2016.

   [I-D.bernardos-nfvrg-multidomain]
              Bernardos, C., Contreras, L., Vaishnavi, I., and R. Szabo,
              "Multi-domain Network Virtualization", draft-bernardos-
              nfvrg-multidomain-03 (work in progress), September 2017.

   [I-D.defoy-netslices-3gpp-network-slicing]
              Foy, X. and A. Rahman, "Network Slicing - 3GPP Use Case",
              draft-defoy-netslices-3gpp-network-slicing-02 (work in
              progress), October 2017.

   [I-D.gdmb-netslices-intro-and-ps]
              Galis, A., Dong, J., kiran.makhijani@huawei.com, k.,
              Bryant, S., Boucadair, M., and P. Martinez-Julia, "Network
              Slicing - Introductory Document and Revised Problem
              Statement", draft-gdmb-netslices-intro-and-ps-02 (work in
              progress), February 2017.

   [I-D.geng-coms-problem-statement]
              67, 4., Wang, L., Slawomir, S., Qiang, L., Matsushima, S.,
              Galis, A., and L. Contreras, "Problem Statement of
              Supervised Heterogeneous Network Slicing", draft-geng-
              coms-problem-statement-01 (work in progress), October
              2017.

   [I-D.irtf-sdnrg-layered-sdn]
              Contreras, L., Bernardos, C., Lopez, D., Boucadair, M.,
              and P. Iovanna, "Cooperating Layered Architecture for
              SDN", draft-irtf-sdnrg-layered-sdn-01 (work in progress),
              October 2016.

   [I-D.marin-sdnrg-sdn-aaa-mng]
              Lopez, R. and G. Lopez-Millan, "Software-Defined
              Networking (SDN)-based AAA Infrastructures Management",
              draft-marin-sdnrg-sdn-aaa-mng-00 (work in progress),
              November 2015.

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   [I-D.mlk-nfvrg-nfv-reliability-using-cots]
              Mo, L. and B. Khasnabish, "NFV Reliability using COTS
              Hardware", draft-mlk-nfvrg-nfv-reliability-using-cots-01
              (work in progress), October 2015.

   [I-D.natarajan-nfvrg-containers-for-nfv]
              natarajan.sriram@gmail.com, n., Krishnan, R., Ghanwani,
              A., Krishnaswamy, D., Willis, P., Chaudhary, A., and F.
              Huici, "An Analysis of Lightweight Virtualization
              Technologies for NFV", draft-natarajan-nfvrg-containers-
              for-nfv-03 (work in progress), July 2016.

   [I-D.rorosz-nfvrg-vbaas]
              Rosa, R., Rothenberg, C., and R. Szabo, "VNF Benchmark-as-
              a-Service", draft-rorosz-nfvrg-vbaas-00 (work in
              progress), October 2015.

   [intel_10_differences_nfv_cloud]
              Torre, P., "Discover the Top 10 Differences Between NFV
              and Cloud Environments", November 2015,
              <https://software.intel.com/en-us/videos/discover-the-top-
              10-differences-between-nfv-and-cloud-environments>.

   [itu-t-y.3300]
              ITU-T, "Y.3300: Framework of software-defined networking",
              ITU-T Recommendation Y.3300 (06/14), June 2014,
              <http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-Y.3300-201406-I/en>.

   [itu-t-y.3301]
              ITU-T, "Y.3301: Functional requirements of software-
              defined networking", ITU-T Recommendation Y.3301 (09/16),
              September 2016,
              <http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-Y.3301-201609-I/en>.

   [itu-t-y.3302]
              ITU-T, "Y.3302: Functional architecture of software-
              defined networking", ITU-T Recommendation Y.3302 (01/17),
              January 2017,
              <http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-Y.3302-201701-I/en>.

   [multi-domain_5GEx]
              Bernardos, C., Geroe, B., Di Girolamo, M., Kern, A.,
              Martini, B., and I. Vaishnavi, "5GEx: Realizing a Europe
              wide Multi-domain Framework for Software Defined
              Infrastructures", Transactions on Emerging
              Telecommunications Technologies vol. 27, no. 9, pp.
              1271-1280, September 2016.

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   [nfv_piecing]
              Luizelli, M., Bays, L., and L. Buriol, "Piecing together
              the NFV provisioning puzzle: Efficient placement and
              chaining of virtual network functions", 2015 IFIP/IEEE
              International Symposium on Integrated Network Management
              (IM) pp. 98-106, May 2015.

   [nfv_sota_research_challenges]
              Mijumbi, R., Serrat, J., Gorricho, J-L., Bouten, N., De
              Turck, F., and R. Boutaba, "Network Function
              Virtualization: State-of-the-art and Research Challenges",
              IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials Volume: 18, Issue:
              1, September 2015.

   [ngmn_5G_whitepaper]
              "NGMN 5G. White Paper", February 2015.

   [omniran]  IEEE 802.1CF, "Recommended Practice for Network Reference
              Model and Functional Description of IEEE 802 Access
              Network", Draft 1.0 , December 2017.

   [onf_tr_521]
              ONF, "SDN Architecture, Issue 1.1", ONF TR-521 TR-521,
              February 2016,
              <https://www.opennetworking.org/images/stories/downloads/
              sdn-resources/technical-reports/
              TR-521_SDN_Architecture_issue_1.1.pdf>.

   [openmano_dataplane]
              Lopez, D., "OpenMANO: The Dataplane Ready Open Source NFV
              MANO Stack", March 2015,
              <https://www.ietf.org/proceedings/92/slides/
              slides-92-nfvrg-7.pdf>.

   [RFC5810]  Doria, A., Ed., Hadi Salim, J., Ed., Haas, R., Ed.,
              Khosravi, H., Ed., Wang, W., Ed., Dong, L., Gopal, R., and
              J. Halpern, "Forwarding and Control Element Separation
              (ForCES) Protocol Specification", RFC 5810,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC5810, March 2010,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5810>.

   [RFC6241]  Enns, R., Ed., Bjorklund, M., Ed., Schoenwaelder, J., Ed.,
              and A. Bierman, Ed., "Network Configuration Protocol
              (NETCONF)", RFC 6241, DOI 10.17487/RFC6241, June 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6241>.

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   [RFC7252]  Shelby, Z., Hartke, K., and C. Bormann, "The Constrained
              Application Protocol (CoAP)", RFC 7252,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7252, June 2014,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7252>.

   [RFC7426]  Haleplidis, E., Ed., Pentikousis, K., Ed., Denazis, S.,
              Hadi Salim, J., Meyer, D., and O. Koufopavlou, "Software-
              Defined Networking (SDN): Layers and Architecture
              Terminology", RFC 7426, DOI 10.17487/RFC7426, January
              2015, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7426>.

   [RFC7498]  Quinn, P., Ed. and T. Nadeau, Ed., "Problem Statement for
              Service Function Chaining", RFC 7498,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7498, April 2015,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7498>.

   [RFC7665]  Halpern, J., Ed. and C. Pignataro, Ed., "Service Function
              Chaining (SFC) Architecture", RFC 7665,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7665, October 2015,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7665>.

   [RFC8030]  Thomson, M., Damaggio, E., and B. Raymor, Ed., "Generic
              Event Delivery Using HTTP Push", RFC 8030,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8030, December 2016,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8030>.

   [RFC8040]  Bierman, A., Bjorklund, M., and K. Watsen, "RESTCONF
              Protocol", RFC 8040, DOI 10.17487/RFC8040, January 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8040>.

   [RFC8172]  Morton, A., "Considerations for Benchmarking Virtual
              Network Functions and Their Infrastructure", RFC 8172,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8172, July 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8172>.

   [sfc_challenges]
              Medhat, A., Taleb, T., Elmangoush, A., Carella, G.,
              Covaci, S., and T. Magedanz, "Service Function Chaining in
              Next Generation Networks: State of the Art and Research
              Challenges", IEEE Communications Magazine vol. 55, no. 2,
              pp. 216-223, February 2017.

   [virtualization_mobile_device]
              William D. Sproule, "Virtualization of Mobile Device User
              Experience", Patent US 9.542.062 B2 , January 2017.

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   [vnf-p]    Moens, H. and Filip De Turck, "VNF-P: A model for
              efficient placement of virtualized network functions",
              10th International Conference on Network and Service
              Management (CNSM) and Workshop pp. 418-423, 2014.

   [vnf_benchmarking]
              Rosa, R., Rothenberg, C., and R. Szabo, "A VNF Testing
              Framework Design, Implementation and Partial Results",
              November 2016,
              <https://www.ietf.org/proceedings/97/slides/
              slides-97-nfvrg-06-vnf-benchmarking-00.pdf>.

Authors' Addresses

   Carlos J. Bernardos
   Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
   Av. Universidad, 30
   Leganes, Madrid  28911
   Spain

   Phone: +34 91624 6236
   Email: cjbc@it.uc3m.es
   URI:   http://www.it.uc3m.es/cjbc/

   Akbar Rahman
   InterDigital Communications, LLC
   1000 Sherbrooke Street West, 10th floor
   Montreal, Quebec  H3A 3G4
   Canada

   Email: Akbar.Rahman@InterDigital.com
   URI:   http://www.InterDigital.com/

   Juan Carlos Zuniga
   SIGFOX
   425 rue Jean Rostand
   Labege  31670
   France

   Email: j.c.zuniga@ieee.org
   URI:   http://www.sigfox.com/

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   Luis M. Contreras
   Telefonica I+D
   Ronda de la Comunicacion, S/N
   Madrid  28050
   Spain

   Email: luismiguel.contrerasmurillo@telefonica.com

   Pedro Aranda
   Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
   Av. Universidad, 30
   Leganes, Madrid  28911
   Spain

   Email: pedroandres.aranda@uc3m.es

   Pierre Lynch
   Ixia

   Email: plynch@ixiacom.com

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