A Semantic Model to Assist Policy Refinement Mechanisms for NFV-MANO Systems

• Michel Bonfim UFPE
• Fred Freitas UFPE
• Stenio Fernandes UFPE

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wpietf.2021.15780

Resumo

Management in NFV scenarios is a complex task. In this scenario, automated policy refinement can be used to enforce NFV-MANO functions to deal with the increased complexity. However, existing solutions do not perform policy analysis. Therefore, in this work, we propose a semantic model in OWL 2, named Onto-Planner, to assist the policy refinement process for NFV-MANO systems. Preliminary results show that Onto-Planner provides policy analysis when a DL reasoner is applied.

Palavras-chave: Network function virtualization, ontology, description logic, policy, intents

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