The white paper provides an overview of orchestration in the telecom industry, specifically in the context of cloud-native network functions (CNFs) and the challenges faced in managing telecom networks. It explains the need for orchestration tools and techniques to automate the creation, management, and operation of telecom networks, and highlights the limitations and challenges of existing solutions. The paper discusses different types of orchestrators required at various layers for end-to-end orchestration. Finally, it introduces the Zinkworks Orchestration Framework as a comprehensive solution that addresses the challenges and offers key features for end-to-end service orchestration.
