The current pandemic crisis has highlighted the utmost importance of communication networks. The dramatic development of teleworking imposed by strict confinement measures, the need to access educational materials from home, the likely degradation of social relationships are among the impacts of the pandemic that inevitably affect the operation and the performance of networks. The design and the operation of tomorrow’s networks will have to learn from the outbreak that exacerbates the critical need for massive digital inclusion, robust and resilient infrastructures, as well as dynamically adaptive networking to better cope with various, possibly degraded, network access conditions. Of course, the virus is not the only reason to rethink network design: current 5G deployments are among the networking technologies that encourage the emergence of new services, such as immersive services based upon Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality techniques that are pretty demanding in terms of QoS. This industry vision paper provides a network operator’s perspective on some of the forthcoming networking challenges. It explores a few technical options that are likely to be instrumental in the conception and the delivery of optimized, automated and protective networks, for the benefits of the end-user, regardless of his/her connectivity capabilities, whether he/she is in motion or not, and regardless of the nature of the service or contents he/she needs to access.

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优化、自动化和保护：运营商对未来网络的看法

当前的大流行危机凸显了通信网络的重要性。严格的限制措施导致远程办公的急剧发展，需要在家中获取教育材料，社会关系可能恶化，这些都是大流行的影响，不可避免地影响网络的运行和性能。未来网络的设计和运营必须从疫情中吸取教训，疫情加剧了对大规模数字包容、强大且有弹性的基础设施以及动态自适应网络的迫切需求，以更好地应对各种可能退化的网络访问条件。当然，病毒并不是重新思考网络设计的唯一原因：当前的 5G 部署是鼓励新服务出现的网络技术之一，例如基于增强现实/虚拟现实技术的沉浸式服务，这些技术对 QoS 的要求非常高。这份行业愿景文件提供了网络运营商对即将到来的一些网络挑战的看法。它探讨了一些可能有助于优化、自动化和保护性网络的概念和交付的技术选项，以造福最终用户，无论他/她的连接能力如何，他/她是否在运动中与否，无论他/她需要访问的服务或内容的性质如何。这份行业愿景文件提供了网络运营商对即将到来的一些网络挑战的看法。它探讨了一些可能有助于优化、自动化和保护网络的构想和交付的技术选项，以造福最终用户，无论他/她的连接能力如何，他/她是否在运动中与否，无论他/她需要访问的服务或内容的性质如何。这份行业愿景文件提供了网络运营商对即将到来的一些网络挑战的看法。它探讨了一些可能有助于优化、自动化和保护网络的构想和交付的技术选项，以造福最终用户，无论他/她的连接能力如何，他/她是否在运动中与否，无论他/她需要访问的服务或内容的性质如何。