5G Management and Orchestration – From Cloud-Native to 5G-Ready Applications

In the complex scenario of highly virtualized “softwarized” networking that has been progressively unveiled by the emergence of 5G in its enhanced integration of wired and wireless resources, network management and control strategies have become increasingly relevant. Their role entails orchestration of the lifecycle of all needed functionalities, supervision and optimization in the allocation of resources, satisfaction of Key Performance Indicators and constraints, creation and lifecycle maintenance of network slices, among others, all under the dynamic evolution of user-generated traffic, multiple tenants, service and infrastructure providers. This section tries to highlight the evolution of the orchestration functionalities from the world of cloud-native applications to the Telecom Operators’ telcos) world and their mutual interaction through the mediation of the telcos’ Operations Support Systems.