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- NFaaS offered on one or more Cloud Services (Telco, HCP, others) including at the Edge
- Network integration and Service Chaining
- Security Considerations including delegated User Authentication & Authorization
- Commercial arrangements including User Management
Multi
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Hybrid Cloud Enabled Edge Architecture
- The Telco Operator may own and/or have partnerships and network connections to utilize multiple Clouds
- for network services, IT workloads, external subscribers
- On Prem Private
- Open source; Operator or Vendor deployed and managed | OpenStack or Kubernetes based
- Vendor developed; Operator or Vendor deployed and managed | Examples: Azure on Prem, VMWare, Packet, Nokia, Ericsson, etc.
- On Prem Public: Commercial Cloud service hosted at Operator location but for both Operator and Public use | Example: AWS Wavelength
- Outsourced Private: hosting outsourced; hosting can be at a Commercial Cloud Service | Examples: Equinix, AWS, etc.
- (Outsourced) Public: Commercial Cloud Service | Examples: AWS, Azure, VMWare, etc.
- Multiple different Clouds can be co-located in the same physical location and may share some of the physical infrastructure (for example, racks)
| Type | System Developer | System Maintenance | System Operated & Managed by | Location where Deployed |
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| Private (Internal Users) | Open Source | Self/Vendor | Self/Vendor | On Prem |
| Private | Vendor | HyperscalersHCP | Self/Vendor | Self/Vendor | On Prem |
| Public | Vendor | HyperscalersHCP | Self/Vendor | Self/Vendor | On Prem |
| Private | HyperscalersHCP | Vendor | Vendor | Vendor Locations |
| Public (All Users) | HyperscalersHCP | Vendor | Vendor | Vendor Locations |
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