Data Architecture
Overview
The Modern Data Architecture work at TM Forum is exploring how to upgrade data architecture in telecoms, analyzing tech advancements, business model shifts, market dynamics, and environmental factors to define modern architecture features for today's telecoms landscape.
What is Different about a Modern Data Architecture for Telecommunications?
What makes a Modern Data Architecture different? What makes it Modern? We need to explore changes across the Telecommunications Industry from a technology perspective, the evolution of Telco business models, as well as the market dynamics and other environmental factors affecting Telcos today.
Why Modern Data architecture
The Modern Data Architecture (MDA) examines the latest requirements for upgrading data architecture in the telecoms industry. It delves into the technological advancements, shifts in telco business models, market dynamics, and environmental factors influencing telcos today to understand what distinguishes a modern architecture. By considering these factors, the project aims to define the characteristics that make an architecture “modern” in the current telecoms landscape.
This will be done through a focus on the following:
- Everyone wants data: The project is working to upgrade legacy architectures to ensure that collaboration on data can be effectively supported by Operators, and models can be shared, adapted and reused.
- There is more data: The project is providing the robust governance and policy enforcement mechanisms to ensure that data consumers only see the data for which they have permission to process.
- Data applications are more complicated: The project is defining the measures to be taken to enable data access whilst underpinning this with the appropriate data governance to minimize the risk of downstream application issues.
- Evolution: The autonomous operations goal of telcos: The project is enabling data management to be taken care of by the ‘machine’ itself, to realize the Zero-X, Self-X and Right-X efficiencies of an AI-enabled data architecture.
| Resource Name | Document version | Document type | Team Approved Date | Download |
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| 1.1.0 | Introductory Guide | 4 Jul 2024 | ||
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Autonomous Network Levels Evaluation Methodology v1.2.0 (IG1252) |
1.2.0 | Introductory Guide | 16 Jun 2023 | |
| 3.0.0 | Introductory Guide | 8 Nov 2024 | ||
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Autonomous Networks - Reference Architecture v1.0.1 (IG1251) |
1.0.1 | Introductory Guide | 11 Jul 2022 | |
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IG1345 Embracing Generative AI in Telecom: Amplifying Autonomous Network Evolution v1.0.0 |
1.0.0 | Exploratory Report | 3 May 2024 | |
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IG1339 Focus on Value: Operators' Key Requirements for Autonomous Networks v1.1.0 |
1.1.0 | Introductory Guide | 3 Sep 2024 |
Collaboration Projects
Modern Data Architecture project
Contributing companies and project leaders
Modern Data Architecture project
Contributing companies and project leaders
Modern Data Architecture project
Contributing companies and project leaders
