• RN365 Release Notes for IG1141 Procurement and Onboarding Suite R18.0

    Maturity Level: Level 4 - Forum Approved

    Document version: 2.0.1

    Release Status: Archived

    Details:

    We believe a standards-based model-driven approach is essential to scale with the growing demand for interoperability and to evolve as technology advancement and innovation happens. The IG1141 suite advocates a future-forward architecture approach th...

    Standard(s): Best Practices

  • RN359 Release Notes for TR263 Design and Implementation Patterns and Best Practices for HIP R18.0

    Maturity Level: General availability (GA)

    Document version: 3.0.1

    Release Status: Production

    Details:

    A complete listing of the contents, version numbers and indication of those documents modified since the previous release.

    Standard(s): Integration Framework

  • NaaS Network Model and Termination Point Composition Best Practice R18.0.0 (IG1165)

    Maturity Level: Level 3 - Team Approved

    Document version: 1.0.2

    Release Status: Production

    Details:

    TR 262 Management Platforms identified that the main challenge for Network as a Service (NaaS) operational domains is the current plethora of highly diverse and fragmented management systems that tightly couple network resources to the products offer...

    Standard(s): Best Practices

  • Network as a Service (NaaS) Package R18.0.1 (IG1170)

    Maturity Level: Level 4 - Forum Approved

    Document version: 1.0.3

    Release Status: Production

    Details:

    Network as a Service (NaaS) as a concept has been growing in importance as service providers are coming under increased pressure to be more agile, both in the way that they change their product offers to the marketplace, and how they incorporate and ...

    Standard(s): Best Practices

  • Network as a Service (NaaS) Requirements R18.0.1 (IG1169)

    Maturity Level: Level 4 - Forum Approved

    Document version: 1.0.3

    Release Status: Production

    Details:

    Many service providers are actively looking at how to improve the agility with which they provide and modify the products they offer to their customers. One impediment is that traditional OSS and BSS implementation practice has tightly coupled the te...

    Standard(s): Best Practices

  • IG1141M Onboarding Automation: Metrics Support R18.0.1

    Maturity Level: General availability (GA)

    Document version: 1.0.2

    Release Status: Production

    Details:

    As part of the IG1141 Onboarding Automation document series, this document (i.e., IG1141M) focuses on "metrics" with respect to onboarding. This document first explains the importance of a "common metrics definition" in operation environments that ar...

    Standard(s): Best Practices

  • IG1141C Onboarding Automation: VF Categorization and Orchestrateability R18.0.1

    Maturity Level: General availability (GA)

    Document version: 2.0.2

    Release Status: Production

    Details:

    This document is a subset of the TM Forum IG1141 Procurement and Onboarding of Virtualization Package document family. It provides detailed analysis and recommendation on how a standardized Virtual Function (VF) categorization and package type may he...

    Standard(s): Best Practices

  • IG1141A Onboarding Automation: Package ID, Software Assets and License Management Support R18.0.1

    Maturity Level: General availability (GA)

    Document version: 2.0.2

    Release Status: Production

    Details:

    The key issue this document addresses is how virtualization in Service Providers networks and associated resources and services will impact the licensing models. The flexible usage model allowed by virtualization of network resources also implies a ...

    Standard(s): Best Practices

  • IG1141 Procurement & Onboarding of Virtualization Packages R18.0.1

    Maturity Level: Level 4 - Forum Approved

    Document version: 3.0.2

    Release Status: Archived

    Details:

    Onboarding automation has been cited by multiple service providers, such as AT&T, Orange, Vodafone, Verizon and others, as an unexpectedly difficult challenge and a major business priority for pragmatic resolution. This document highlights the c...

    Standard(s): Best Practices

  • IG1166 ODA Architecture Vision R18.0.0

    Maturity Level: Level 3 - Team Approved

    Document version: 1.0.1

    Release Status: Production

    Details:

    The Open Digital Architecture (ODA) offers an industry-agreed blueprint, language and set of key design principles to follow. It will provide pragmatic pathways for the journey from maintaining monolithic, legacy software solutions, towards managing ...

    Standard(s): Best Practices

  • TMF071 ODA Terminology R18.0.1

    Maturity Level: Level 4 - Forum Approved

    Document version: 1.0.3

    Release Status: Archived

    Details:

    This document provides a glossary of terminology relevant within ODA documentation published in Release 18.0. In addition to ODA terms that are introduced in the R18.0 ODA documents, there are terms taken or derived from external industry publicatio...

    Standard(s): Best Practices

  • IG1164 Requirements Analysis for the Ordering and Configuration of Services and Resources R18.0.1

    Maturity Level: Level 4 - Forum Approved

    Document version: 1.0.2

    Release Status: Production

    Details:

    The debate over when to use orders versus configuration requests has spanned at least several decades. This document offers some general requirements (somewhat independent of orders and configuration requests), provides a summary of existing TM Foru...

    Standard(s): Best Practices