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5G Core and RAN Infrastructure

5G networks demand disaggregated, cloud-native architectures with hundreds of microservices distributed across core, edge, and tower locations. smartNOC provides:

• Immutable infrastructure for VNFs/CNFs — No configuration drift, deterministic deployment, cryptographic validation
• Service mesh integration — mTLS for all inter-service communication, policy enforcement from CMDB
• Real-time dependency tracking — Understands UPF depends on SMF depends on AMF, detects broken chains immediately
• Zero-touch site activation — New tower comes online, self-provisions, validates baseline, enters production without human intervention

Fiber and Transport Networks

Managing thousands of fiber nodes, metro aggregation sites, and DWDM endpoints requires deterministic provisioning and continuous compliance:

• Role-based certificates for routers, switches, and optical equipment tied to CMDB identity
• Automated firmware validation — Every node verifies package manifest against signed baseline before boot
• Evidence chain for auditors — Complete record of firmware versions, configuration changes, and certificate lineage

Mobile Edge Computing (MEC)

Micro-data centers at tower sites running latency-sensitive workloads need security and automation without on-site staff:

• Zero-trust enforcement from physical boot through application runtime
• ML-driven anomaly detection tailored to edge workload patterns
• Self-healing infrastructure — Nodes quarantine on drift, request reimage, validate, return to service

Declarative Service Chains

Traditional NOC systems treat services as independent entities. smartNOC understands dependencies:

• UPF (User Plane Function) requires connectivity to AMF (Access and Mobility Management)
• SMF (Session Management Function) requires UDM (Unified Data Management) reachability
• NEF (Network Exposure Function) requires valid certificates from NRF (NF Repository Function)

When a service fails, smartNOC immediately identifies downstream impact and triggers remediation starting at the root cause, not the symptom.

Per-Site Baseline Learning

Not all edge sites behave identically. smartNOC learns per-site baselines:

• Traffic patterns — Stadium site has event-driven spikes, suburban site has daily commute patterns
• Service mix — Some sites run full 5G core, others only UPF for local breakout
• Resource utilization — ML models learn normal CPU/memory/network for each site, detect anomalies specific to that environment

Compliance for Carrier Infrastructure

Carriers face regulatory requirements (CALEA, CPNI, FCC rules) and security frameworks (CMMC for defense contracts, ISO27001 for enterprise customers). smartNOC delivers:

• Continuous evidence collection — Audit logs, configuration state, certificate lineage
• Tamper-evident storage — All evidence cryptographically linked to CMDB, timestamped, immutable
• Real-time compliance queries — Auditors can query "show me all nodes running firmware version X in region Y" and get instant, verifiable answers
• Automated control validation — CMMC controls mapped to platform architecture, continuously validated

Zero-Touch Site Activation

1. Site defined in CMDB (tower ID, geographic coordinates, service requirements)
2. Equipment delivered and powered on
3. Nodes boot from trusted image, self-identify via hardware characteristics
4. CMDB provides role-specific configuration and certificates
5. Nodes validate baseline, enter production, begin serving traffic

No field technician configuration. No VPN into the site. No manual certificate enrollment.

Incident Response

When a VNF fails or performance degrades:

• Contextual alerts — "SMF instance at site 4473 lost connectivity to UDM, affecting 234 active sessions"
• Automated correlation — ML models compare current state to baseline, identify probable root cause
• Evidence preservation — Complete state snapshot captured automatically, available for post-incident analysis
• Self-healing — Failed VNF instance restarted, validated, sessions migrated without human intervention

Certificate and Key Management

Thousands of sites, tens of thousands of certificates. smartNOC automates:

• Certificate issuance during node provisioning
• Pre-expiration renewal (no 3am "certificate expired" alerts)
• Revocation when nodes are decommissioned or compromised
• Complete audit trail for compliance validation

• Native zero-trust — Not bolted on, designed in from boot through application layer
• Service-aware operations — Understands 5G core, VNF dependencies, service chains
• Compliance automation — CMMC, ISO27001, regulatory requirements met by architecture
• Sublinear scaling — Deploy thousands of edge sites without proportional growth in operations staff
• Continuous attestation — Real-time proof of security posture, not quarterly audits

Schedule a technical briefing for carrier operations and compliance teams. We'll discuss:

• Your 5G architecture, edge computing strategy, and compliance requirements
• Deterministic provisioning for VNFs/CNFs and physical infrastructure
• Service dependency mapping and automated remediation
• Pilot deployment at selected sites and success metrics