The device supports the Network Cloud Engine (NCE). NCE is an innovative network cloudification engine of Huawei. Positioned as the brain of the future cloud-based network, NCE integrates functions such as network management, service control, and network analysis. It is the core enabling system that implements network resource pooling, network connection automation and self-optimization, and O&M automation.
NCE is located at the management and control layer of the cloud network.
NCE manages and controls IP devices on lower-layer networks, supports unified management and control of SDN and legacy networks, and supports automation of single-domain, multi-domain, and multi-layer services.
NCE can also connect to a third-party management and control system to implement multi-vendor service orchestration and automation.
In addition, NCE opens capabilities to support interconnection and integration with upper-layer OSSs, BSSs, and service orchestrators to support quick customization of the application layer.
NCE aims to build an intent-driven network (IDN) that is first automated, then self-adaptive, and finally autonomous:
Automation: Network deployment and maintenance are automated throughout the network lifecycle.
Self-adaptation: Service policies are automatically generated based on big data using the real-time analyzer to implement proactive maintenance and closed-loop optimization.
Autonomy: Artificial intelligence and machine learning are used to build an intelligent network that can automatically generate dynamic policies.