VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure is a purpose-built carrier-grade cloud services platform, with significant NFV-focused features that are designed to support the Communication Service Provider (CSP) requirements. This section provides details about the platform components and network topology of Telco Cloud Infrastructure Cloud Director Edition.

The following diagram shows the reference model for a Telco Cloud Infrastructure environment with functional abstractions and interactions in a tiered approach.

Figure 1. Layered Abstractions of the Telco Cloud Infrastructure Cloud Director Edition Environment
Layered Abstractions of the Telco Cloud Infrastructure Cloud Director Edition Environment