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TY - JOUR
T1 - Industry-Academia Research toward Future Network Intelligence
T2 - The NG-CDI Prosperity Partnership
AU - Race, Nicholas
AU - Eckley, Idris
AU - Parlikad, Ajith
AU - Rotsos, Charalampos
AU - Wang, Ning
AU - Piechocki, Robert
AU - Stiles, Philip
AU - Parekh, Arjun
AU - Burbridge, Trevor
AU - Willis, Peter
AU - Cassidy, Stephen
N1 - ©2022 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or to reuse any copyrighted component of this work in other works must be obtained from the IEEE.
PY - 2022/3/23
Y1 - 2022/3/23
N2 - Ever since the first automation provided by the introduction of the Strowger telephone exchange in the late 19th century, networks have been increas- ingly automated. Fast forward to 2022, and the challenge facing network providers is scaling up this level of automation considering massive increases in complexity, new levels of agility to operate ser- vices, and rising demand from customers within the modern telecommunications ecosystem. This article describes a significant new industry-academia part- nership to address these challenges: Next Gener- ation Converged Digital Infrastructure (NG-CDI) is creating a vision for the building and operation of a future-proof network infrastructure and its autonomic management. In this article, we high- light three exemplar activities within the NG-CDI research program that illustrate the benefits of tak- ing a highly collaborative interdisciplinary approach and show how academia and industry working closely together have delivered a range of direct and positive impacts on business.
AB - Ever since the first automation provided by the introduction of the Strowger telephone exchange in the late 19th century, networks have been increas- ingly automated. Fast forward to 2022, and the challenge facing network providers is scaling up this level of automation considering massive increases in complexity, new levels of agility to operate ser- vices, and rising demand from customers within the modern telecommunications ecosystem. This article describes a significant new industry-academia part- nership to address these challenges: Next Gener- ation Converged Digital Infrastructure (NG-CDI) is creating a vision for the building and operation of a future-proof network infrastructure and its autonomic management. In this article, we high- light three exemplar activities within the NG-CDI research program that illustrate the benefits of tak- ing a highly collaborative interdisciplinary approach and show how academia and industry working closely together have delivered a range of direct and positive impacts on business.
U2 - 10.1109/MNET.001.2100405
DO - 10.1109/MNET.001.2100405
M3 - Journal article
JO - IEEE Network
JF - IEEE Network
SN - 0890-8044
ER -