VMware Telco Edge Architecture uses a specific set of abbreviations that apply to the NFV technology and the Telco industry.
| Abbreviation |
Description |
|---|---|
| AR |
Augmented Reality |
| BFD |
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection, for failure detection on the transport links. |
| CPF |
Control Plane Functions |
| IoT |
Internet of Things |
| MTTU |
Mean Time to Understand. |
| MTTR |
Mean Time to Repair. |
| VR |
Virtual Reality |
| UPF |
User Plane Functions |
| Abbreviation |
Description |
|---|---|
| CCP |
Centralized Control Plane in the NSX-T Data Center architecture.-- |
| CNF |
Container Network Function, executing within a Kubernetes environment. |
| LCP |
Local Control Plane r in the NSX-T Data Center architecture. |
| LIF |
Logical Interfaces |
| MANO |
Management and Orchestration components, a term originating from the ETSI NFV architecture framework. |
| NFVI |
Network Functions Virtualization Infrastructure. |
| NFVO |
Network Functions Virtualization Orchestrator. |
| NFV-OI |
NFV Operational Intelligence. |
| N-VDS (E) |
Enhanced mode when using the NSX-T Data Center N-VDS logical switch. This mode enables DPDK for workload acceleration. |
| N-VDS (S) |
Standard mode when using the NSX-T Data Center N-VDS logical switch. |
| VIM |
Virtualized Infrastructure Manager. |
| VNF |
Virtual Network Function, executing in a virtual machine. |
| VNFC |
Virtual Network Function Component. |
| VNFM |
Virtual Network Function Manager. |
| Abbreviation |
Description |
|---|---|
| 5GC |
5G Core functions. |
| BSS |
Business Support Systems. |
| CDN |
Content Delivery Network. |
| EMS |
Element Management System. |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency. |
| EPC |
Evolved Packet Core. |
| HSS |
Home Subscriber Server in the mobile evolved packet core 4G architecture. |
| MEC |
Mobile edge computing. |
| MVNO |
Mobile Virtual Network Operator. |
| NMS |
Network Management Systems. |
| OSS |
Operational Support Systems. |
| PCRF |
Policy, Charging and Rating Function, in the mobile evolved packet core 4G architecture. |
| PGW |
Packet Gateway in the mobile evolved packet core 4G architecture. |
| SGW |
Service Gateway in the mobile evolved packet core 4G architecture. |
| UPF |
User Plane Function. |
| UPF (B) |
Breakout User Plane Function |
| vEPC |
Virtualized Evolved Packet Core |
| vRAN |
Virtual Radio Access Network |
