ing network-wide invariants in real time," in Proceedings of USENIX NSDI, 2013. 111 "Openstack," https://www.openstack.org/. 112 "Opendaylight," https://www.opendaylight.org. 113 "Opnfv," https://www.opnfv.org/. 114 "Cord," https://www.opencord.org/. Index network functions virtualization 5 Amazon Web Services (AWS) benefits 6-7 anchor point 109 challenges Angluin's algorithm 58-59 software-defined networking anomaly detection, SDN 80-82 benefits 6-7 application programming interfaces challenges 7-8 (APIs) 37 network routers and switches Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) technical idea of 25-26 communications service providers (CSPs) community cloud base station (BS) 32,43 complex traffic steering basic traffic steering 116-117 consistency models binary integer programming (BIP) containers, virtualization 21-22 black box model 58-59 content delivery network (CDN) broadcast domain controller, SDN Apps on 77-78 components 74 carrier-grade properties connectivity loss cellular data growth controller to switch connectivity cellular technology evolution 111,112 deploying multiple controllers Central Office Re-architected as a Data 91-94 Center (CORD) 154-155 fat-tree network protection 89-90 chain-aware service function Internet2 network protection chain-unaware service function 89-90 cloud computing 8-9, link and node failures architecture 13-15 routing 89-91 benefits and risks 16-17 correctness 77 challenges 16-18 coupling 77 network function virtualization (NFV) distributed NIB 76 39-40 downstream vs. upstream nodes types of 15-16 94-95 cloud-enabled 5G ecosystem 77 Network Function Virtualization: Concepts and Applicability in 5G Networks, First Edition. Ying Zhang. © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Published 2018 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Index controller, SDN (contd.) Fault Configuration Accounting hot-standby model Performance Security (FCAPS) hybrid model 76 network 23 link failure 88 fault tolerance 17-18 network information base (NIB) 5G mobile networks node vs. link failure 94-95 advent of 37 overview of 73-74