Network as a service


Network as a service describes services for network transport connectivity. NaaS involves the optimization of resource allocations by considering network and computing resources as a unified whole.

Description

The term network-as-a-service is often used along with other marketing terms like cloud computing, along with acronyms such as infrastructure as a service, platform as a service, software as a service, and communication-as-a-service.
NaaS sometimes includes the provision of a virtual network service by the owners of the network infrastructure to a third party.
Often this includes network virtualization using a protocol such as OpenFlow.
Some service models are: