View source for Topic2 - Automation in Multi-Stakeholder Ecosystems

= Description =
Telecom operators wanting to offer end-to-end services with potential global reach will typically require dynamic and automated interaction with other providers for enabling an Open Coopetitive  5G Service Ecosystem but 

•    How can they find out about the capabilities of other providers?

•    How can they handle the lifecycle of such services?

•    How can they ensure SLAs among providers? 

Presently, interconnection and wholesale environments are static requiring considerable interactions for any inter-provider connection, largely dependent on manual operation.

We should be able to leverage on virtualization & programmability for creating service offerings with

•    Proper mechanisms for trading these capabilities (at resource and XaaS/VNFaaS/ level)

•    Interfaces / APIs that could allow this to happen in an automated way

•    Configure and manage capabilities on the instantiated resources & functions

= Status =
<span style="color:green;">'''ACTIVE'''</span> (Approved at ZSM#04, Oct 2018)

= Points to prove/refute =
What aspects of automation were used to support the PoC, which means were used, and how did it enrich the PoC?

= Criteria of success =
Document how the scenarios, management solutions or management interfaces have been implemented. 

= Technical information to be provided by the PoC Team =
•    Scenario, management solution or management interface description 

•    High-level PoC architecture 

•    Specifics on the issues faced 

•    Specifics on the solutions provided 

•    Specifics on the lessons learnt

= Template for the PoC Feedback Contribution =
No specific template. POC Teams are expected to submit a Technical Report covering the points mentioned above. 

= Concerned WIs =
[https://docbox.etsi.org/ISG/ZSM/Open/Drafts ZSM-001] “Requirements based on documented scenarios”

[https://docbox.etsi.org/ISG/ZSM/Open/Drafts ZSM-003] “End to end management and orchestration of network slicing”