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From an implementation perspective, a DE, as a software module or an executable behavioural specification
that enhances management and control intelligence capabilities, may be (re)-loaded or replaced in nodes
and in the network centralized management and control plane. This is directly related to the notion of
software-driven networks (also referred to as software-empowered networks).

Indeed, DEs (software components) are meant to empower the networks and the management and control
planes to realize self-* properties: auto-discovery of information/resources/capabilities/services; self-
configuration; self-protection; self-diagnosis; self-repair/heal; self-optimization; self-organization
behaviours; as well as self-awareness.
6.1.4.2 Instantiation of the Autonomic Management & Control reference model

Autonomics-enabled implementation-oriented architectures are a result of GANA instantiations onto various
reference architectures defined by standardization organizations such as: 3GPP (e.g., ETSI TR 103.404 that
has also been presented and discussed with 3GPP SA2 and SA5, Broadband Forum (BBF) (a TR on autonomics
in the BBF architectures to be produced in early 2017), IEEE, ITU-T, and other SDOs.

6.1.4.3 ETSI NTECH Call for Autonomics Proof of concept
ETSI NTECH AFI has produced a GANA Proof of Concept (PoC) Framework specification 0 and is now calling
for PoC projects. One of the PoCs to be launched in 2016 is a 5G PoC that will be used to demonstrate the
complementarities of paradigms of AMC, SDN, NFV, E2E Service Orchestration and Big-Data Analytics for
AMC in addressing the dynamics, flexibility in network & service compositions, and intelligence expected in
5G networks. The 5G Network Slicing PoC of ETSI-NTECH/AFI will demonstrate 5G Network Slice Creation,
Management and Orchestration use case empowered by intelligence brought by AMC. This is a very generic
NGMN 5G use case.

6.1.4.4 Standardization efforts in Joint SDO/Fora Industry Harmonization Initiative for Unified
Standards for AMC, SDN, NFV, E2E Service Orchestration and Big-Data Analytics for AMC
This initiative was created by SDOs/Fora in 2014, and it starts demonstrating the success factors for effective
cross-SDO collaboration.
Over 12 SDOs / Fora are engaged by the initiative, including ETSI TC NTECH and ITU-T SG13, SG2 and JCA on
SDN standards.
Figure 6.1.4-5 below extracted from this report illustrates what the Industry is expecting in terms of standard
harmonisation.

Figure 6.1.4-5 – Cross SDO Combined approach SDN NFV AMC

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