on ETSI BRIGHTTALK CHANNEL
The accelerated worldwide deployment of 5G networks drives a radical change in the way networks and services are created, orchestrated and managed. Evolving towards zero-touch and full end-to-end network and service automation have become an urgent necessity to manage this complexity and deliver services with agility and speed, while adapting, assuring and ensuring the economic sustainability of the highly diverse service portfolio. The ultimate target is to achieve the highest degree of automation, ideally 100%, while enabling fully autonomous operation driven by high-level business goals and policies. The autonomous networks will be able to self-manage and self-organize (configuration, healing, assurance, optimization, etc.) without human intervention beyond the initial transition of the business intents.
Realizing this vision requires a novel end-to-end architecture framework and enablers designed for self-management, near-real-time closed-loop automation and optimized for data-driven analytics. Advanced machine-learning algorithms and Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be essential tools to deal with the complexity and the diverse services.
The ETSI ZSM (Zero-touch network and Service Management) group was formed in December 2017 with the goal to define a future-proof, end-to-end operable framework and solutions, key automation technologies (e.g. closed-loop and AI enablers, intent), as well as countermeasures and solutions to high-priority security risks/issues.
The speakers will present the ETSI ZSM deliverables and their contribution to the industry automation journey. They will also provide an update on the ongoing work, Proof of Concepts (PoCs), and share the ZSM outlook.