17 FCC, see Federal Communications Commission NFoD, 217-218 FDD, see Frequency-division duplexing optimizing virtual environment, 208-212 FD-MIMO, see Full dimension MIMO optimizing VNF performance, 213 FEC, see Forward error correction packet processing capabilities, 207-208 Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 1, 67, 143 technology innovations, 203 Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 143 uCPE, 218-222 "Federated" plugin model of OpenStack, 395 virtualization of network functions, 204-207 Federation between network controllers, 94 Enterprise resource planning (ERP), 398 Femtocells, see Customer premise-based small cells ENUM, see E.164 Number to URI mapping FFA, see First field application Environment abstraction layer (EAL), 63, 213 FFT, see Fast Fourier Transform EOC, see Embedded operations channel Fiber optic cables, 267 EPC, see Enhanced packet core; Evolved Packet Core "Fiber to the home" (FTTH), 17 ERP, see Enterprise resource planning FIBs, see Forwarding information bases Error handling, VF, 77 Field programmable gate array (FPGA), 213, 227 Ethernet, 25-26, 249, 276 Firewalls (FWs), 172 interfaces, 249 First field application (FFA), 342 multiplexing, 251 5G networks, 8, 241-242 network traffic, 208 5G wireless, 244 virtual circuits, 252 advanced multielement antenna structures, 245-246 virtual networks using VLANs, 27 dual connectivity, 246-247 Ethernet VPN (EVPN), 26, 258, 260 flexible carrier configuration, 247-248 BGP signaling, 261, 262 types of capabilities of 5G, 245 integrated routing and bridging in, 261 ultrahigh density and self-backhaul, 247 in nominal operating state, 261 Fixed network, 1 rerouting psuedowires, 262 Flavor Series, 64, 65 "Ethical hackers," 183 Flexibility level, 268 ETSI, see European Telecommunications Standards Institute Flexible European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), carrier configuration, 247-248 13, 109-111, 395 management models, 218 ETSI NFV effort, 15 software-controlled optical networks, 272-273 Evolved Packet Core (EPC), 293 Flexible access grooming