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1 Framework and requirements for cloud computing

NGN Next Generation Network

NNI Network-Network Interconnect
OB Open Broadband

OBL Open Broadband Laboratories
OS Operating System

OVF Open Virtualization Format
PaaS Platform as a Service
PII Personally Identifiable Information

PKI Public Key Infrastructure
PNF Physical Network Function

REST Representational State Transfer
RFID Radio Frequency Identification
RG Residential Gateway

SaaS Software as a Service
SDF Service Delivery Framework

SDN Software-Defined Networking
SDO Standards Development Organization

SLA Service Level Agreement
SLO Service Level Objective

SMASH System Management Architecture for Server Hardware
SMI Service Management Interface
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol

SPMF Scalable Platform Management Forum
SQO Service Qualitative Objective

UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply
ViLTE Video over Long-Term Evolution
VM Virtual Machine

VNF Virtualized Network Function
VoLTE Voice over Long-Term Evolution

XML Extensible Markup Language

5 Conventions
None.

6 Landscape of cloud computing from ITU-T perspective
Cloud computing is a paradigm for enabling network access to a scalable and elastic pool of shareable physical
or virtual resources with self-service provisioning and administration on demand.

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