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Overview
This demo attempts to answer the following question: What will happen if NFaaS is brought into a service provider's network?
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- Simplified architecture - specialized middleboxes are replaced with commodity hardware i.e. uniform infrastructure.
- Reduced CapEx - the number of expensive, specialized components are replaced by commodity hardware and open source software.
- Decreased OpEx - through automation
- Flexibility - through infrastructure virtualization and the ability to manage functions at the service level
The following diagram shows an example implementation of a CO employing NFaaS:
This CO provides three service composed of various service primitives, each customized for different classes of customer. The service provider of this CO can easily assign these services to various subscribers, or scale them out based on demand through the XOS Service Management GUI.