The Network Services Platform, or NSP, is a distributed system that provides comprehensive infrastructure, service management, and resource control within and among multiple network domains.

The NSP manages multi-vendor physical and virtual network infrastructure, and supports a number of management mechanisms and protocols.

A variety of interfaces are available for management functions such as programmable multi-layer service provisioning, rollout, and activation. NSP service management extends to offerings that employ multiple technologies to:

• accelerate the creation and rollout of on-demand network services

• enable real-time service optimization and flow steering

• extend assurance capabilities and automate assurance functions

The NSP enables and automates network management using:

• an integrated suite of functions that are adaptable to your network management and service rollout use cases

• resource-control functions for real-time network control and traffic optimization

• an open, programmable platform for the automation of network operations and integration with in-house or third-party support systems