NaaS Architecture through SDN-enabled NFV Network Openness towards Communication Service Providers
Résumé
The sharp rise of Over-The-Top (OTT) communication
services in recent years has called for greater network-toapplication
visibility. Application services like WebRTC represent
a foremost drive in the communication ecosystem changes.
Faced with such challenges, Telcos should address the current
limitations of their network infrastructures and have network
and application layers cooperate more closely. Several emerging
technologies exist to help change the static nature of networks
and facilitate such an evolution. In this respect, we rely in this
paper on the benefits of SDN-enabled NFV as a foundation to
propose a Telco “Network-as-a-Service” architecture leveraged
with a network exposition layer. We instantiate our architecture
within the WebRTC-based communication services, illustrating a
possible collaboration between network providers and Communication
Service Providers (CSPs). We then define three models
of architecture deployment to demonstrate the flexibility of our
approach : broad, customized and event-based dynamic models.
Finally, we present prospective business models and new roles
for Telcos in this new environment.