Key use cases[1] enabled by software defined transport are listed below:
- Coordinated outsourcing / insourcing:
- Ease desintegration, integration and control via standardized building blocks, unified multi-vendor APIs and communication protocols, transparent support practices
- Reuse multi-vendor architecture enablers[2] between Operational Companies
- New business opportunities with OTT-providers:
- Charge OTTs for transport services similarly as AWS[3] charges them for cloud services
- Differentiate service levels dynamically and granularly
- New revenue sources via new dynamic services:
- Bandwidth on demand
- Self-provisioned (e.g. via web-portal) VPNs, including optical
- Topology as a service
- Reduce overprovisioning; do more with less resources
Automated provisioning, assurance, and resource
[1] More use cases are in the Appendix
[2] Data models, model translators, software artefacts, etc.
[3] AWS – Amazon Web Services - https://aws.amazon.com/