5 overlay network design, 322 Networking Network device abstraction model, 95 functionality, 13 Network edge, 17-18, 249; see also Network access hardware, 52 core paradigm, 249-250 Network interface card (NIC), 34, 63 flexible access grooming and universal cloud overlay, Network interface controllers (NICs), 52 258-261, 262 Network management systems (NMS), 105, 214 future evolution, 261 Call Home function, 215 network cloud edge platforms, 253-258 data modeling for network design, 215-216 open configuration and programing of packet VF deployment and management, 216-217 processors, 262-263 Network measurement reports (NMRs), 139 open control of packet processors, 263-264 Network measurements, 365 open packet processors, 262 AT&T's SDN-Mon framework, 370-372 traditional edge platforms, 250-253 network capacity planning, 360-364 Network element layer (NEL), 374 NFV data and measurements, 373-379 Network equipment, see Networking hardware optimization algorithm improvements, 385 Network Functions on Demand (NFoD), 217-218 real-time network data with SDN, 356-360 Network functions virtualization (NFV), 7, 13, 25, 46-47, SDN controller measurement framework, 364-370 50, 68, 105, 158, 171, 224 SDN controller resiliency, 385-386 benefits, 29-31 SDN data and measurements, 354-356 data and measurements, 373 telemetry measurements, 372-373 data measurement framework, 377-379 VNF efficiency measurements and KCI reporting, data model, 374 383-384 Index Network measurements (Continued) perimeter model, 172 VNF measurements for optimal placement and sizing, platforms, 189-199 384-385 Network service(s), 88, 89 VNF reporting metrics, 379-381 abstraction model, 94-95 VNF scaling measurements, 381-383 implementation abstraction model, 95 Network monitoring, 340 order-driven process, 92 Network on demand solution (NOD solution), 50, 232 Network terminating equipment (NTE), 232-233 Network operating system (NOS), 256 Network time protocol (NTP), 253 A&AI system, 128-130 Neutron, 54-55 control loop systems, 130-133 Next Generation 