This infographic gives an overview of how orchestrated assurance works.

1. NFV Proof of Concept
Orchestrated Assuranceenabled by NFVLive demo, Oct 13-16 2015, Dusseldorf, Germany
PoC#36:
Participating PoC members:
This NFV Proof of Concept has been developed according to the ETSI NFV ISG Proof of Concept Framework.
NFV Proofs of Concept are intended to demonstrate NFV as a viable technology. Results are fed back to the
NFV Industry Specification Group. Neither ETSI, its NFV Industry Specification Group, nor their members
make any endorsement of any product or implementation claiming to demonstrate or conform to NFV. No
verification or test has been performed by ETSI on any part of this NFV Proof of Concept.
NFV Proof of Concept disclaimer

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Single solution using model-driven
orchestration and active VNF-based test agents
Three problems with current assurance solutions
SERVICE
MODEL
SERVICE
INSTANCE
ORCHESTRATOR
ACTIVE TRAFFIC &
REAL SERVICE REQUESTS
Deploy device configDeploy VTAs
Service activation tests
Customer-specific SLA monitoring
Test coordination
Result aggregation
Real-time KPIs
Test Controller
ENABLED BY NFVORCHESTRATED ASSURANCE
DESIGN-TIME
DONEO
NCE – CHANGED
EASILY
RUN-TIME
REPEA
TED EACH DEL
IVERY
Very hard to map device-centric
metrics to true end-user experience2
COUNTERS INVENTORY TRAPS QoS
QoE
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STATISTICS
KPI
THE GREAT MAPPING MACHINE
END-USER EXPERIENCE
ASSURANCE
3
FULFILMENT
Little or no coupling between fulfilment and assurance
Virtual Test
Agent (VTA)
VNF
x86 HW
Virtual Test
Agent (VTA)
VNF
x86 HW
Agile and orchestrated service delivery, providing fine-grained
assurance KPIs per service type and per service instanceRESULT
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3
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Limited insight into true end-user experience1
PROBE CHALLENGES: COST - MANAGEMENT – PLACEMENT – BINDING TO SERVICES
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3. Control Center
TestController(TC)
TestResultsAnalysis
Module(TRAM)
Mapping to ETSI NFV reference architecture
Watch a video presentation here
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Evolving fulfilment and assurance
Config
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experience?
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End-user
service
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Config
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Fulfilment
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Fulfilment
(Testing)
Assurance
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Fulfilment
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Fulfilment
(Testing)
Assurance
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Fulfilment
(Config)
Fulfilment
(Testing)
Assurance
(SLA+Trbl)
Yesterday - Manual Today - OrchestratedFulfilment Tomorrow - OrchestratedAssurance
Software-defined
testingandassurance
NetworkServicesController(NSO)enabledbyTail-f
CloudMetro
usingIntelhardware
OSS/BSS
NFV
Orchestrator
Service,VNF&
Infrastructure
Description
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VNF
VirtualCompute VirtualStorage VirtualNetwork
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