For decades, networks have been built on the same fundamental principle: dedicated hardware appliances for each network function. Need a firewall? Buy a box. Need load balancing? Purchase another ...

Network slicing is crucial to the 5G architecture because it enables the virtualization of network resources into a logical network. Network slices are created, isolated, and managed using ...

NICE, France — Here at the TM Forum Live conference, NEC and Netcracker Technology today launched the Agile Virtual Platform (AVP), a sprawling network functions virtualization (NFV) platform designed ...