Table of Contents

 1     Scope          
 2     References
 3     Definitions
        3.1     Terms defined elsewhere       
        3.2     Terms defined in this Supplement      
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms             
 5     Conventions            
 6     Introduction to network softwarization and its activity survey            
        6.1     General introduction
        6.2     SDN roadmap produced by JCA-SDN in ITU-T  
        6.3     IMT-2020/5G Workshop and Demo Day, Geneva, Switzerland, 11 July 2017      
 7     Standardization      
        7.1     3GPP for next generation system        
        7.2     Standardization activities in ETSI ISG NFV         
        7.3     Standardization activities in ETSI ISG MEC on mobile edge computing 
        7.4     Standardization activities in ETSI NTECH AFI WG on autonomic management and control    
        7.5     Standardization activities in IETF/IRTF
        7.6     Standardization activities in OIF on flexible Ethernet   
        7.7     Activities in IEEE on the IEEE SDN Initiative      
 8     Open source projects           
        8.1     O3 project     
        8.2     OpenAirInterface       
        8.3     OPNFV            
        8.4     ONOS              
        8.5     OPEN-O and ONAP    
 9     Prototyping activities            
        9.1     Generalized operating platform for network softwarization     
        9.2     5G end-to-end experimental platform in CTTC
        9.3     Testbed prototyping for network softwarization by NICT           
        9.4     A network slicing prototype for 5G      
10     Ongoing research projects
       10.1     5G!Pagoda project by Aalto University            
       10.2     5GPPP H2020 Crosshaul project         
       10.3     H2020 5GPPP 5G-XHaul project          
       10.4     H2020 5G SONATA project   
       10.5     5GPPP H2020 5GEx project   
       10.6     Inter-operator cooperation for small/microcell deployment in private areas   
       10.7     5G3ALT project by ATR