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NFV#38, a post-COVID19 pandemic reunion
The COVID-19 pandemic stopped ETSI NFV Industry Specification Group (ISG) face-to-face meetings for more than two years. As a result, the ISG blog posts for the plenary sessions were interrupted as well. Although people have been used to regarding...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/blogs/technologies/entry/nfv-38-a-post-covid19-pandemic-reunionETSI Publishes First Specifications for Network Functions Virtualisation
Antipolis, France – 14 October 2013 ETSI has published the first five specifications on Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV). This is a major milestone towards the use of NFV to simplify the roll-out of new network services, reduce deployment and...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/news/700-2013-10-etsi-publishes-first-nfv-specificationsRelease of new NFV specifications V5.2.1
The ETSI Industry Specification Group for Network Functions Virtualization (ISG NFV) has published its specifications of Release 5 second drop as version 5.2.1. In this version, some features were further progressed introducing additional enhancements...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/blogs/entry/release-of-new-nfv-specifications-v5-2-1Interim face-to-face meeting of ETSI NFV IFA (Interfaces and Architecture) working group in Munich
The weather in Munich in late April was still a bit cold, but it did not prevent the ETSI NFV’s IFA working group (WG) from gathering in an interim face-to-face meeting under the warm hospitality of DOCOMO Euro-Labs. IFA WG is mainly responsible for...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/blogs/technologies/entry/interim-face-to-face-meeting-of-etsi-nfv-ifa-interfaces-and-architecture-working-group-in-munichNFV#44
couple of events. Firstly, the 3rd Telco Cloud Roundtable, which took place on Monday afternoon, and gathered regular ETSI NFV meeting delegates with delegates from the industry, like network operators, academia, and open source community. Representing...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/blogs/entry/nfv-44NFV IFA and EVE Interim meeting – a step to NFV evolution
This September, the IFA and EVE working groups of the ETSI ISG NFV met face-to-face in Munich from 3rd to 5th September, 2024. The meeting was hosted by NTT DOCOMO in their premises in the west of Munich. Edition ed521 of NFV specifications in Release...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/blogs/technologies/entry/2024-10-eve-ifaISG NFV Activity Report 2023
Industry Specification Group (ISG) Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) Activity Report 2023 Chair: Yoshihiro Nakajima, NTT DOCOMO Supporting the development of an open, interoperable and mature industry ecosystem for virtualized network functions...
https://www.etsi.org/committee-activity/activity-report-nfvNFV ISG tutorials filmed at NFV#11 in San Jose
During their 11th Plenary in San Jose, California, ETSI ISG NFV Officials and Working Group chairs provided an overview of the group's achievements to date (Phase 1: 2013-2014) together with a snapshot of the ongoing Phase 2 work due for completion...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/blogs/entry/nfv-isg-tutorials-filmed-at-nfv-11-in-san-joseMEF and ETSI NFV ISG Collaborate To Advance NFV For Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Services Enabled By Lifecycle Service Orchestration
Los Angeles and Sophia Antipolis, 8 October 2015 The ETSI Network Functions Virtualisation Industry Specification Group (NFV ISG) and the MEF are collaborating to advance Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) service agility for CE 2.0 (Carrier...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/news/1011-2015-10-news-mef-and-etsi-nfv-isg-collaborate-to-advance-nfv-for-carrier-ethernet-2-0-services-enabled-by-lifecycle-service-orchestrationNFV#43 transitions to Release 6 studies and Release 5 normative work
The ETSI NFV community met September, 18th-22nd 2023 in Copenhagen, which has been a change after several meetings in ETSI headquarters. NFV#43 was hosted by Huawei and we had a wonderful location at the Royal Golf Club which was just next door to the...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/blogs/technologies/entry/nfv-43-transitions-to-release-6-studies-and-release-5-normative-workFlying start for NFV Release 4
For its 27th plenary meeting, the ETSI Industry Specific Group (ISG) on Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) met at Orange Gardens, the recent Research and Innovation Campus of Orange, located in Châtillon, a small town in the outskirts of Paris,...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/blogs/entry/flying-start-for-nfv-release-4ETSI NFV Release 5 (Version 5.1.1) is now available!
Sophia Antipolis, 5 September 2024 The ETSI Industry Specification Group for Network Functions Virtualization (ISG NFV) has just published its specifications of Release 5 first drop as version 5.1.1.
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/press-releases/2439-etsi-nfv-release-5-version-5-1-1-is-now-availableNFV#25 – Strong start for the ISG in 2019 (several features ready for Release 3 drop 2)
the celebrations over Beijing city. Several elections were held during February and the formal appointments were made at the NFV#25 plenary. Two ISG Vice-chair positions were filled, by the re-election of Cristina Badulescu, Ericsson and Bruno Chatras,...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/blogs/entry/nfv-25-strong-start-in-2019-isg-several-features-ready-for-release-3-drop-2NFV#23 – Quebecois Summer
and work so productive. And a productive week it was indeed. It was the first meeting after I was appointed chair of ETSI NFV for a second term, an honor I really appreciate and that I can only respond to by committing to do my best to keep ISG NFV...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/blogs/entry/nfv-23-quebecois-summerNFV#21: Even the snow couldn’t stop the ramp up of Release 3 work or the improvement in Release 2 specifications
The NFV community met for the 21st time (NFV#21) from February 26 to March 2, in a familiar setting: ETSI headquarters in Sophia Antipolis, France. The flawless organization, the friendly faces greeting us, the countless wonderful coffee machines,...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/blogs/entry/nfv-21-even-the-snow-couldn-t-stop-the-ramp-up-of-release-3-work-or-the-improvement-in-release-2-specificationsETSI NFV Release 3: update on protocols and data model specification outcomes
demonstrated their efficacy in keeping people and businesses connected. More concretely, Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) proved its feasibility by enabling the operators to gracefully manage high demand for network connectivity. Undaunted by this...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/blogs/entry/etsi-nfv-release-3-update-on-protocols-and-data-model-specification-outcomesOpen Networking Foundation and ETSI announce strategic collaboration for SDN support of NFV
NFV & SDN Summit, Paris, 18 March 2014 Expanded relationship to further NFV adoption; OpenFlow-enabled SDN and NFV Solutions Brief published to outline how OpenFlow-enabled SDN can accelerate NFV deployments ETSI, the European Telecommunications...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/news/764-2014-03-onf-and-etsi-announce-strategic-collaboration-for-sdn-support-of-nfvSecurity a challenge - and opportunity - for NFV development, says ETSI
Düsseldorf, 19 October 2015 Dealing with security and coordinating SDO developments are the big issues for 2016, say ETSI ISG NFV Officials at Layer123 SDN Conference. Security in the NFV/SDN environment is one of the major challenges the industry needs...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/news/1019-security-a-challenge-and-opportunity-for-nfv-development-says-etsi4th NFV Plugtests
The 4th NFV Plugtests report is now available for download! In the context of the NFV Plugtests Programme, ETSI's Centre for Testing and Interoperability organised the 4th NFV Plugtests™ event from 3 to 7 June 2019. The event was hosted in ETSI's...
https://www.etsi.org/10-events/1550-nfv-plugtests-4Embracing NFV: Open Networking and Open Daylight Summits
speakers included. Vinod Khosla, a VC pioneer and Founder of Khosla Ventures, who touched on a number of issues, including NFV and declared that SDN is the beginning of the software era; AT&T's John Donovan, Sr. EVP talked about how SDN can help...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/blogs/entry/embracing-nfv-open-networking-and-open-daylight-summitsProposed NFV Research Agenda for 2014
The TSC#23 meeting of the NFV ISG endorsed the proposed 2014 NFV research agenda aimed at providing guidance to the global research community on topics of relevance to the NFV industry. Academic researchers and workshop organizers are encouraged to...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/blogs/entry/proposed-nfv-research-agenda-for-2014Roundtable at NFV#45
March 18 2024 On March 18, the ETSI NFV cloud-native roundtable was held as an activity associated with the NFV#45 F2F meeting hosted by Orange in Orange Gardens, Paris. This roundtable focused on sharing the views, challenges for the current telco...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/blogs/entry/roundtable-at-nfv-45ETSI unveils NFV&MEC 2020 Interoperability Report: Strong focus on Containerized and 5G Network Services
ETSI unveils NFV&MEC 2020 Interoperability Report: Strong focus on Containerized and 5G Network Services Sophia Antipolis, 22 September 2020 ETSI is pleased to release the report of its NFV&MEC PlugtestsTM event that took place remotely in June 2020....
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/press-releases/1826-2020-09-etsi-unveils-nfv-mec-2020-interoperability-report-strong-focus-on-containerized-and-5g-network-servicesFirst ETSI NFV API conformance test event in remote mode
First ETSI NFV API conformance test event in remote mode Sophia Antipolis, 10 May 2019 From February 4 to April 15, 2019, ETSI organized a remote NFV API Plugtests® event with the support of its Centre for Testing and Interoperability. The Remote NFV...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/news/1596-first-etsi-nfv-interoperability-event-in-remote-modeNFV&MEC IOP Plugtests 2021
In the context of the NFV Plugtests Programme, ETSI's Centre for Testing and Interoperability organised the NFV&MEC IOP Plugtests 2021 event from 1 to 15 October 2021. The event was held remotely.
https://www.etsi.org/10-events/1935-nfv-mec-iop-plugtests-202110 years of ETSI NFV - its Network Operators Council's perspective on the past, present and future
Sophia Antipolis, 24 February 2023 In the light of ten years from the NFV introductory whitepaper, is the new whitepaper the ETSI ISG NFV Network Operator Council (NOC), an advisory group of ISG NFV, launched this week, 10 years after the introductory...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/press-releases/2198-10-years-of-etsi-nfv-its-network-operators-council-s-perspective-on-the-past-present-and-futureNFV&MEC Plugtests 2020
In the context of the NFV Plugtests Programme, ETSI's Centre for Testing and Interoperability organized the NFV&MEC Plugtests™ 2020 event from 15 to 19 June 2020. The event was held remotely.
https://www.etsi.org/10-events/1683-nfv-mec-plugtestsETSI’s 4th NFV Plugtests event broadens its scope with edge computing testing
ETSI’s 4th NFV Plugtests event broadens its scope with edge computing testing Sophia Antipolis, 29 July 2019 The 4th ETSI NFV PlugtestsTM event was one of the sunny June highlights in ETSI, as it took place from 3 to 7 June in Sophia Antipolis.
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/news/1630-2019-07-etsi-s-4th-nfv-plugtests-event-broadens-its-scope-with-edge-computing-testingNFV&MEC Remote API Plugtests 2021
In the context of the NFV Plugtests Programme, ETSI's Centre for Testing and Interoperability organized the NFV&MEC Remote API Plugtests 2021 event from 1 to 28 February 2021. The event was held remotely.
https://www.etsi.org/10-events/1840-nfv-mec-remote-api-plugtests-2021One more step towards NFV MANO interoperability
This blogpost provides a snapshot report on the progress of ETSI NFV standardization. The ETSI NFV Industry Specification Group (ISG) has completed an essential step towards enabling an open ecosystem where Virtualised Network Functions (VNFs) will be...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/blogs/entry/one-more-step-towards-nfv-mano-interoperabilityNFV prepares the standards evolution
NFV#13 took place on 16-19 February in Dublin, Ireland at the impressive Croke Park stadium, the fourth largest stadium in Europe. Thanks to the hosts Cobham Wireless and the sponsors OPENET, ETSI NFV ISG members were treated to a pre-event workshop on...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/blogs/entry/nfv-prepares-the-standards-evolutionETSI NFV and MEC IOP Plugtests Report 2021 published
ETSI NFV and MEC IOP Plugtests Report 2021 published Sophia Antipolis, 26 November 2021 In the context of the NFV Plugtests Programme and in order to accelerate NFV and MEC adoption and interoperability, ETSI organized the NFV&MEC IOP Plugtests 2021...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/news/2000-2021-11-etsi-nfv-and-mec-iop-plugtests-report-2021-publishedRemote NFV API Plugtests
In the context of the NFV Plugtests Programme, ETSI's Centre for Testing and Interoperability organised a Remote NFV API Plugtests™ during the February-April 2019 timeframe.
https://www.etsi.org/10-events/1380-remote-nfv-api-plugtestsFirst deliverable for NFV Release 5 feature: applying SBA design style to NFV-MANO
The ETSI Industry Specification Group (ISG) NFV has published the report ETSI GR NFV-IFA 039 titled " Report on Service Based Architecture (SBA) design ". This document is the first deliverable for the NFV Release 5 feature on “Service based...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/blogs/entry/first-deliverable-for-nfv-release-5-feature-applying-sba-design-style-to-nfv-mano-1ETSI Network Functions Virtualisation completes first phase of work
Sophia Antipolis, 13 January 2015 Full set of NFV Phase 1 documents available for industry ETSI’s Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) Industry Specification Group (ISG) has successfully completed Phase 1 of its work with the publication of 11 ETSI...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/news/864-2015-01-press-etsi-network-functions-virtualisation-completes-first-phase-of-workETSI NFV Release 5 kicks off with increased support for cloud-enabled deployments
ETSI NFV Release 5 kicks off with increased support for cloud-enabled deployments Sophia Antipolis, 9 November 2021 The ETSI Industry Specification Group (ISG) for Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) has started working on its next specification...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/press-releases/1992-2021-11-etsi-nfv-release-5-kicks-off-with-increased-support-for-cloud-enabled-deploymentsETSI NFV Releases Architecture Enhancements to Support Cloud-Native Network Functions
Sophia Antipolis, 26 January 2023 The ETSI Industry Specification Group for Network Functions Virtualization (ISG NFV) has just published its next drop of specifications around new enhancements of the NFV architecture that will support cloud-native...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/press-releases/2180-etsi-nfv-releases-architecture-enhancements-to-support-cloud-native-network-functionsETSI’s conference for NFV 10th anniversary looks to the future
Sophia Antipolis, 14 March 2023 To celebrate the 10th anniversary of ETSI NFV, ETSI organized a conference on the “Evolution of NFV towards the next decade” on 6 and 7 March at its facilities. The face-to-face event provided a unique opportunity for...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/news/2204-etsi-s-conference-for-nfv-10th-anniversary-looks-to-the-futureETSI unveils a New NFV Architecture to Support Telco Cloud Networks for 6G
Sophia Antipolis, France, 7 April 2025 ETSI announces the publication of two documents, a White Paper “NFV evolution: Towards the Telco Cloud” and a Group Report.
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/press-releases/2518-etsi-unveils-a-new-nfv-architecture-to-support-telco-cloud-networks-for-6gETSI NFV announces new features to its architecture to support 5G
ETSI NFV announces new features to its architecture to support 5G Sophia Antipolis, 1 July 2019 ETSI NFV has enhanced the system as well as designed new features to support 5G networks. Specifically, 5G resource management and orchestration aspects...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/press-releases/1622-2019-07-etsi-nfv-announces-new-features-to-its-architecture-to-support-5gETSI new White Paper on evolving NFV towards the next decade
Sophia Antipolis, 30 May 2023 ETSI is pleased to publish its new White Paper on “Evolving NFV towards the next decade” written by delegates of the ETSI Industry Specification Group on Network Function Virtualization (ISG NFV).
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/press-releases/2240-etsi-new-white-paper-on-evolving-nfv-towards-the-next-decadeInsights on API conformance testing for NFV-MANO
ETSI GS NFV-TST 010 (TST010) is a published API conformance testing specification for NFV Management and Orchestration (NFV-MANO) APIs. Specifically, it contains conformance tests for the APIs used on the following reference points: Os-Ma-Nfvo, defined...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/blogs/entry/insights-on-api-conformance-testing-specification-for-nfv-management-and-orchestration-nfv-mano-apisETSI NFV ISG publishes security and reliability specifications
Sophia Antipolis, 13 October 2015 ETSI Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) Industry Specification Group has just released 3 new specifications on security and reliability, providing guidance on lawful interception implementation in an NVF...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/news/1015-2015-10-news-etsi-nfv-isg-publishes-security-and-reliability-specificationsETSI NFV and MEC API 2021 testing event Report now available
ETSI NFV and MEC API 2021 testing event Report now available Sophia Antipolis, 16 April 2021 The ETSI NFV&MEC API Plugtests™ 2021 event, which ran remotely during the whole month of February, allowed participants to self-evaluate the conformance of...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/news/1909-etsi-nfv-and-mec-api-2021-testing-event-report-now-availableETSI NFV Release 4 empowers orchestration and cloud enabled deployments
ETSI NFV Release 4 empowers orchestration and cloud enabled deployments Offers increased support for automation Sophia Antipolis, 8 October 2019 The ETSI Industry Specification Group (ISG) for Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) has started working...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/press-releases/1652-2019-10-etsi-nfv-release-4-empowers-orchestration-and-cloud-enabled-deploymentsNFV Plugtest: a great success to help NFV move forward
I'm the Vice-Chair of the Testing, Implementation and Open Source (TST) Working Group at the ETSI NFV ISG. In the test industry for the past 20 years, I have been working at Ixia for the past 11 years, always in the product management team for wireless...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/blogs/entry/nfv-plugtest-a-great-success-to-help-nfv-move-forwardNext step in NFV feature development published
When ETSI ISG NFV met in Sophia Antipolis recently for their 41st plenary meeting, it was not only collocating the 10 year anniversary celebration (see separate blog post here) with a week full of technical discussions. It was also a major step to...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/blogs/technologies/entry/next-step-in-nfv-feature-development-published2nd ETSI NFV Plugtests demonstrate high interoperability levels and increased feature support
2nd ETSI NFV Plugtests demonstrate high interoperability levels and increased feature support Sophia Antipolis, 20 February 2018 The second global ETSI NFV Plugtests® event saw high rates of test execution and interoperability for multi-vendor network...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/news/1276-2018-02-news-2nd-etsi-nfv-plugtests-demonstrate-high-interoperability-levels-and-increased-feature-supportETSI Network Function Virtualization enters Phase 2
organization, and renewed focus on implementation The ETSI Network Functions Virtualization Industry Specification Group (NFV ISG) has completed its 8 th meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona, with over 200 participants kicking-off Phase 2 of the work.
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/news/850-2014-12-news-etsi-network-function-virtualization-enters-phase-2Nine more NFV documents opened for industry comment
Santa Clara, 1 August 2014 At the 7th meeting of ETSI’s Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) Industry Specification Group (ISG), co-hosted by Citrix and Ericsson in Santa Clara from 29 July to 1 August 2014, nine draft NFV documents were released for...
https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/news/817-2014-08-press-release-nine-more-nfv-documents-opened-for-industry-comment