On this page, we will have a list of the acronyms that are used in this course, and what they stand for, that will help you when going through the course content. These acronyms will be quickly accessible from anywhere within the course, just click on the Glossary tab.
A&AI - Active and Available Inventory
AAF - Authentication and Authorization Framework
AI - Artificial Intelligence
ANSI - American National Standards Institute
API - Application Programming Interface
APP-C - Application Controller
ARPU - Average Revenue per User
BPMN - Business Process Model and Notation
BRG - Bridged Residential Gateway
BSS - Business Support System
CCSDK - Common Controller SDK
CDAP - Cask Data Application Platform
CD - Continuous Deployment/Delivery
CGNAT - Carrier Grade NAT
CI - Continuous Integration
CIM - Customer Information Management
CLAMP - Closed Loop Automation Management Platform
CLI - Command Line Interface
CMSO - Change Management Scheduling Optimizer
CORD - Central Office Re-architected as a Data Center
CPU - Central Processing Unit
CSP - Communication Service Providers
DCAE - Data Collection, Analytics and Events
DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DMaaP - Data Movement as a Platform
ECOMP - Enhanced Control, Orchestration, Management, and Policy (AT&T project)
ELK - Elasticsearch-Logstash-Kibana
EMS - Element Management System
ESR - External System Registry
ETSI - The European Telecommunications Standards Institute
FCAPS - >Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, Security
gVNFM - Generic VNF Manager
HAS - Homing and Allocation Service
GUI - Graphical User Interface
ICE - Incubation & Certification Environment
IDS - Intrusion Detection System
IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force
IoT - Internet of Things
IPS - Intrusion Prevention System
ISG - Industry Specification Group
KPI - Key Performance Indicator
LFN - The Linux Foundation Networking Fund
LSO - Lifecycle Service Orchestration
LTE - Long-Term Evolution (in telecommunications)
MANO - Management and Orchestration
MEC - Multi-access Edge Computing
MEF - Metro Ethernet Forum
ML - Machine Learning
MSB - MicroServices Bus
MVNE - Mobile Virtual Network Enablers
MVNO - Mobile Virtual Network Operators
NAT - Network Address Translation
NETCONF - Network Configuration Protocol
NFV - Network Functions Virtualization
NFVI - Network Functions Virtualization Infrastructure
NFVO - NFV Orchestrator
OAM - Operations, Administration, and Management
OF - Optimization Framework
ONAP - Open Network Automation Platform
OOM - ONAP Operations Manager
OPEN-O - OPEN Orchestrator Project
OSS - Operations Support System
OVSDB - Open vSwitch Database Management Protocol
P&P - People and Process
PBX - Private Branch Exchange
PNDA - Platform for Network Data Analytics
PTL - Project Technical Lead
R&D - Research and Development
RPC - Remote Procedure Calls
SBC - Session Border Controller
SDC - Service Design and Creation
SDK - Software Development Kit
SDN - Software-Defined Networking
SDN-C - SDN Controller
SD-WAN - Software-Defined WAN
SLA - Service Level Agreement
SO - Service Orchestrator
sVNFM - Specific VNF Manager
TCO - Total Cost of Ownership
TIP - Telecom Infra Project
TM - TeleManagement Forum
TOSCA - Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications
TSC - Technical Steering Committee
UML - Unified Modeling Language
UUI - Usecase UI
vCPE - Virtual Customer Premise Equipment
vEPC - Virtual Evolved Packet Core
VF - Virtual Functions
VF-C - Virtual Function Controller
vFW - Virtual Firewall
vG - Virtual Gateway
VID - Virtual Infrastructure Deployment
VIM - Virtualized Infrastructure Manager
vIMS - Virtual IP Multimedia System
VM - Virtual Machine
VNF - Virtual Network Function
VNFM - VNF Manager
VNF-D - VNF Descriptor
VoLTE - Voice-over-LTE
VPN - Virtual Private Network
vRAN - Virtual Radio Area Network
WAN - Wide Area Network
XACML - eXtensible Access Markup Language
YANG - Yet Another Next Generation
ZOOM - Zero-launch Orchestration, Operations, and Management