Zero-touch network and Service Management (ZSM) – Means of Automation

Abstract

This work item will explore different existing means or approaches, to achieve automation. It will not address a survey of standardization activities and open-source solutions.Means to explore include (while not limited)-Alternatives for classic modelling such as Intent vs. imperative vs. declarative modeling-Lessons learnt from ‘model driven automation of service and policy orchestration, incl. closed loop-Framework for Self-managed VNFs based on Cloud native network functions and implications-Delineate service modeling against ‘machine learning’ inspired ‘closed loop automation’ modelling-Autonomous management Each of these topics should-Highlight the problems it solves for the zero-touch business goal-discuss potential implications to technical and functional architectureDeliverable will be informative © Copyright 2023, ETSI

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