May 2021
Intermediate to advanced
1232 pages
41h 29m
English
Service Provider Programmability
This chapter covers a special use case for network programmability and automation: service provider network programmability. This domain poses some unique challenges due to the special nature of typical service provider networks in terms of size, scalability, and the diverse types of interfaces and traffic that these networks are expected to transport. Service provider networks are also bound by very stringent KPIs due to the probable revenue loss associated with any downtime. These challenges have recently been amplified due to the introduction and adoption of the 5G technology. This chapter begins with a look at the software-defined networking (SDN) framework.