Amar Kapadia

Onap Demystified Amar Kapadia

5G, edge computing and IoT are driving a once-in-a-generation network transformation for communications service providers that will completely change how network services are built and operated. At the same time, open source projects, that have played a critical role in enterprise IT systems to-date, are now transforming how network services and next-generation applications are developed, deployed, and scaled. The open source Linux Foundation ONAP project orchestrates and manages these next generation network services based on Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and Software Defined Networking (SDN) to bring agility, higher customer satisfaction and lower costs. This book provides the basics of NFV and SDN, an introduction to The Linux Foundation ONAP project, a discussion on the the challenges ONAP solves, and an overview of the ONAP project's architecture, subprojects and blueprints. If your organization is embarking on an SDN/NFV transformation journey, you believe open source software will play a critical role in this journey, and you are unclear how to manage and orchestrate network services for your SDN/NFV use case then this book is for you. This book is designed to provide a high-level understanding and business perspective of the ONAP project and a guide for navigating, participating, and benefiting from the ONAP community. The book is also meant for vendors that wish to determine how to position or sell their products into the ONAP ecosystem.