This reference architecture guide provides guidance for designing and creating a telco cloud by using VMware Telco Cloud Platform™ – Public Cloud Edition.
Intended Audience
This guide is intended for telecommunications and solution architects, sales engineers, field consultants, advanced services specialists, and customers who are responsible for the Virtualized Network Functions (VNFs), Cloud Native Network Functions (CNFs), and the environment in which they run.
Acronyms and Definitions
The following table lists the acronyms used frequently in this guide.
Acronym |
Definition |
|---|---|
AMF |
Access and Mobility Management Function |
AUSF |
Authentication Server Function |
AWS |
Amazon Web Services |
CAPV |
Cluster API Provider vSphere |
CNCF |
Cloud Native Computing Foundation, a Linux Foundation project designed to help advance the container technology |
CNF |
Cloud Native Network Function executing within a Kubernetes environment |
CNI |
Container Network Interface |
CNS |
Cloud Native Storage, a storage solution that provides comprehensive data management for Kubernetes stateful applications. |
CSAR |
Cloud Service Archive |
CSI |
Container Storage Interface. vSphere CSI exposes vSphere storage to containerized workloads on container orchestrators, such as Kubernetes. It enables vSAN and other types of vSphere storage. |
CSP |
Communications Service Provider |
DHCP |
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
DPDK |
Data Plane Development Kit, an Intel-led packet processing acceleration technology |
EIP |
Elastic IP |
ETSI |
European Telecommunications Standards Institute |
FCAPS |
Fault, configuration, accounting, performance, and security |
K8s |
Kubernetes |
LCM |
Life Cycle Management |
NFV |
Network Functions Virtualization |
PCIe |
Peripheral Component Interconnect Express |
QCI |
Quality of Service Class Identifier |
SMF |
Session Management Function |
SBA |
Service-Based Architecture |
SBI |
Service-Based Interface |
SVI |
Switched Virtual Interface |
TCA |
Telco Cloud Automation |
TCA-CP |
Telco Cloud Automation-Control Plane |
ToR Switch |
Top-of-Rack Switch |
VDS |
vSphere Distributed Switch |
VMC |
VMware Cloud |
VNF |
Virtual Network Function |
VPC |
Virtual Private Cloud |
