The Awakening Era of Telecom Network Virtualization: Technological Accumulation and Industrial Transformation from 2000 to 2012 (Part 1)

Introduction: From Hardware Dominance to Software-Defined Paradigm Shift In October 2012, Darmstadt, Germany. At the SDN and OpenFlow World Congress, the release of a joint white paper shook the global telecommunications industry. Seven leading telecom operators gathered to formally propose the concept of Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and issued a call to action to the … Read more