The VNFO (Virtual Network Function Orchestrators) - Ripe for Change

Table of Contents

1. Executive Summary

• 1.1. The End Applications
• 1.2. Challenges in NFVO Market Sizing
• 1.3. Principal Observations
• 1.4. Report Organization

2. The Journey of NFV

• 2.1. VM-based VNFs
  • 2.1.1. History and Progression
  • 2.1.2. NFV architecture
    • 2.1.2.1. VNFi/NFVi
    • 2.1.2.2. VNFs
    • 2.1.2.3. MANO
• 2.2. Containers - The Challengers
  • 2.2.1. What are Containers?
  • 2.2.2. Microservices
  • 2.2.3. Container Morphology
    • 2.2.3.1. Provisioning and Run-time Management Block
    • 2.2.3.2. Orchestration Block
    • 2.2.3.3. Application Deployment Block
  • 2.2.4. Container Deployment Methodologies
    • 2.2.4.1. Virtual Machine (VM)
    • 2.2.4.2. Bare Metal
    • 2.2.4.3. Cloud or Container as-a-Service (CaaS)
  • 2.2.5. Stateful and Stateless Containers
• 2.3. Contrasting Containers and VMs

3. Open-Source Initiatives in VNFO and Allied Areas

• 3.1. Introduction
• 3.2. Salient Observations
• 3.3. Company and Organization Summary
• 3.4. Open-Source MANO (OSM)
  • 3.4.1. OSM Information Model
  • 3.4.2. Release TWELVE
• 3.5. ONAP
• 3.6. Kubernetes
• 3.7. Nephio
  • 3.7.1. Features of Nephio
    • 3.7.1.1. Uniform Automation Control Plane
    • 3.7.1.2. Declarative Automation Framework
  • 3.7.2. Reference Architecture
• 3.8. Edge Multi-Cluster Orchestrator (EMCO)
  • 3.8.1. EMCO Architecture
  • 3.8.2. EMCO Functionality
  • 3.8.3. Partners and Customers

4. Proprietary Initiatives in VNFO and Allied Areas

• 4.1. Introduction
• 4.2. Salient Observations
• 4.3. Company and Organization Summary
• 4.4. O-RAN SMO and AMCOP from Aarna Networks
  • 4.4.1. SMO in O-RAN Architecture
  • 4.4.2. AMCOP O-RAN SMO Architecture v04.00
  • 4.4.3. O-RAN SMO Interfaces
  • 4.4.4. Partners and Customers
  • 4.4.5. AMCOP
  • 4.4.6. AMCOP Architecture
  • 4.4.7. AMCOP Functionality
  • 4.4.8. AMCOP 3.1
  • 4.4.9. Partners and Customers
• 4.5. Ensemble Orchestrator from Adva
  • 4.5.1. Features
  • 4.5.2. Partners and Customers
• 4.6. Kubernetes Services from Calsoft
  • 4.6.1. Telco focus
• 4.7. Charmed OSM from Canonical
  • 4.7.1. Support for Kubernetes and Other VIMs
  • 4.7.2. Charmed OSM in Development Stack
  • 4.7.3. Charmed OSM in Production Stack
  • 4.7.4. Release Eight
• 4.8. Altran MANO Platform from Capgemini
  • 4.8.1. Support for containers
  • 4.8.2. Other Developments
• 4.9. Network Services Orchestrator from Cisco
  • 4.9.1. NFVO Bundle Architecture
  • 4.9.2. Other Developments
• 4.10. Blue Planet NFVO from Ciena
  • 4.10.1. Major Blue Planet NFVO features
  • 4.10.2. Telco Response
• 4.11. Open TOSCA-based MANO from Cloudify
  • 4.11.1. Features
  • 4.11.2. Telco Response
• 4.12. Orchestrator from Ericsson
  • 4.12.1. Conventional NFVO Components
  • 4.12.2. Evolved VNF Management
  • 4.12.3. Telco Deployments
  • 4.12.4. Cloud Container Distribution
  • 4.12.5. Telco Response
• 4.13. BIG-IP Controller from F5
  • 4.13.1. Features
• 4.14. NFV Director from HPE
  • 4.14.1. CNF Orchestration
• 4.15. MANO Solution from Huawei
  • 4.15.1. Telco Response
• 4.16. Contrail Service Orchestration from Juniper
  • 4.16.1. Workflow
  • 4.16.2. Contrail For Kubernetes
• 4.17. SDN/NFV MANO from NEC/Netcracker
• 4.18. CloudBand from Nokia
  • 4.18.1. CloudBand Network Director
  • 4.18.2. CloudBand Application Manager
  • 4.18.3. Interworking with VMware vCloud NFV
• 4.19. Container Services from Nokia
• 4.20. SNO from Oracle
  • 4.20.1. NFV Orchestration
• 4.21. Managed Kubernetes Service from Platform9
  • 4.21.1. Luigi and 5G CNFs
• 4.22. OpenShift From Red Hat
  • 4.22.1. OpenShift Software-Defined Network (SDN)
  • 4.22.2. Certified Cloud-Native Network Functions for OpenShift Platform
• 4.23. vSphere for Kubernetes from VMWare
  • 4.23.1. Workload Cluster for Data Plane CNFs
  • 4.23.2. Software-Defined Networking Design for a vSphere with Tanzu Workload Domain
  • 4.23.3. Support for Cloud Native Network Functions (CNF)
  • 4.23.4. Telco Response
• 4.24. GitOps Enterprise from Weaveworks
• 4.25. WhiteNFV from White Stack
  • 4.25.1. WhiteNFV Denver Leverages Kubernetes

5. Telco Initiatives

• 5.1. Introduction
• 5.2. Salient Observations
• 5.3. Company and Organization Summary
  • 5.3.1. AT&T
  • 5.3.2. Bharti Airtel
  • 5.3.3. BT
  • 5.3.4. China Mobile
  • 5.3.5. China Telecom
  • 5.3.6. China Unicom
  • 5.3.7. Cox Communications Inc
  • 5.3.8. Deutsche Telekom AG
  • 5.3.9. Etisalat
  • 5.3.10. Reliance Jio
  • 5.3.11. TIM S.p.A.
  • 5.3.12. KT Corporation
  • 5.3.13. NTT Group
  • 5.3.14. Orange SA
  • 5.3.15. Saudi Telecommunication Company
  • 5.3.16. Singtel
  • 5.3.17. SoftBank Corp
  • 5.3.18. Swisscom AG
  • 5.3.19. Telefonica SA
  • 5.3.20. Telenor ASA
  • 5.3.21. Telstra Corp Ltd
  • 5.3.22. Turk Telekom
  • 5.3.23. Verizon
  • 5.3.24. Vodafone Group Plc
  • 5.3.25. T-Mobile

6. Quantitative Analysis and Forecasts

• 6.1. Research Methodology
• 6.2. Forecast Taxonomy
• 6.3. Global Market
  • 6.3.1. User Profile
  • 6.3.2. Geographical Regions
  • 6.3.3. Virtualization Methodology
  • 6.3.4. Product Profile
  • 6.3.5. Deployment Location
• 6.4. Switching and Routing Network Functions
  • 6.4.1. User Profile
  • 6.4.2. Geographical Regions
  • 6.4.3. Virtualization Methodology
  • 6.4.4. Product Profile
  • 6.4.5. Deployment Location
• 6.5. Core WAN Network Functions
  • 6.5.1. User Profile
  • 6.5.2. Geographical Regions
  • 6.5.3. Virtualization Methodology
  • 6.5.4. Product Profile
  • 6.5.5. Deployment Location
• 6.6. Interfaces and Gateways Network Functions
  • 6.6.1. User Profile
  • 6.6.2. Geographical Regions
  • 6.6.3. Virtualization Methodology
  • 6.6.4. Product Profile
  • 6.6.5. Deployment Location
• 6.7. IP Application Network Functions
  • 6.7.1. User Profile
  • 6.7.2. Geographical Regions
  • 6.7.3. Virtualization Methodology
  • 6.7.4. Product Profile
  • 6.7.5. Deployment Location
• 6.8. Security and Testing Network Functions
  • 6.8.1. User Profile
  • 6.8.2. Geographical Regions
  • 6.8.3. Virtualization Methodology
  • 6.8.4. Product Profile
  • 6.8.5. Deployment Location

Figures & Tables

• 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
• 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 2022-2027
• Figure 6-13: Market Share for Core WAN Functions VNFO, by Geographical Region 2022-2027
• Figure 6-14: Market Share for Core WAN Functions VNFO, by Virtualization Methodology 2022-2027
• Figure 6-15: Market Share for Core WAN Functions VNFO, by Product Profile 2022-2027
• 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)