Table of Contents

 1     Scope          
 2     References
 3     Definitions 
        3.1     Terms defined elsewhere        
        3.2     Terms defined in this Recommendation            
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms             
 5     Conventions             
 6     Requirements of software-defined NICE     
        6.1     Introduction to S-NICE               
        6.2     Requirements of service control           
        6.3     Requirements of open environment  
        6.4     Requirements of content and context analysis               
        6.5     Requirements of policy control              
        6.6     Requirements of traffic scheduling      
        6.7     Requirements of access and core transport     
        6.8     Requirements for support of virtualized network and virtualized network functions    
 7     The capability framework for software-defined NICE             
        7.1     Overview of the capability framework
        7.2     The S-NICE orchestration capabilities at the service layer           
        7.3     The S-NICE controller capabilities at the transport layer              
        7.4     The S-NICE infrastructure capabilities at the transport layer     
 8     Security considerations        
Appendix I – Differences between NICE capabilities and S-NICE capabilities    
Bibliography