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 Overview
7 Functional architecture for supporting virtualization of control network
entities in next generation network evolution
7.1 Functional architecture
7.2 Reference points
8 Security considerations
Annex A – Information flows for virtualization of a control network
A.1 On-boarding VCNE package
A.2 Delete VCNE package
A.3 VCNE instantiation
A.4 Scale out of VCNE
A.5 Scale in of VCNE
A.6 Scaling of VCNE manually
A.7 Termination of VCNE
A.8 Network service instantiation flows
A.9 Network service instance scale-out
A.10 Network service instance scale-in
A.11 Network service instance termination flow