Driving the Optical Networks towards Higher Autonomous Network Levels

2025-06-24 Posted by Steven Hill, MTN Group, ETSI GR F5G 019 Rapporteur 9 Hits

In April 2025, ETSI published a new Group Report (GR), ETSI GR F5G 019 (Fifth Generation Fixed Network (F5G); Fixed Network Autonomous Network level definition and evaluation), which was developed in the ETSI ISG F5G.

This document provides an evaluation basis for measuring the Autonomous Network levels (from L0 to L5) of a Fixed Network (including Optical Transport Network and the Access and Residential Networks) along with its components and workflows, and defines the evaluation methodology to score the level of a specific system in a Fixed Network.