Glossary

Definition of terms

Different SDOs and communities use different terminology related to NFV/Cloud/SDN. This list tries to define an OPNFV terminology, mapping/translating the OPNFV terms to terminology used in other contexts.

CPE

Customer Premises Equipment

CSP

Communication Service Provider

DC

Data Center

NFV

Network Function Virtualization

NFVI

Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure

vE-CPE

Virtual Enterprise-Customer Premises Equipment