1. Terminology

Experiment: In 5GinFIRE it is defined as a set of experimentation activities that will be conducted during an allocated time-slot (probably spanning for several days); the experiment may probably involve multiple 5GinFIRE test-beds; it might require the utilization of several network services, which will be indicated during the experiment definition and will be validated by the 5GinFIRE operations; these network services may be used by the experimenter during the allocated timeslot. it is a set of experimentation activities that will be conducted during an allocated time-slot (probably spanning for several days); the experiment may probably involve multiple 5GinFIRE test-beds; it might require the utilization of several network services, which will be indicated during the experiment definition and will be validated by the 5GinFIRE operations; these network services may be used by the experimenter during the allocated timeslot.

VxF: complex constellations of virtual functions, all running on a mix of real and virtual network or computing elements. We refer to virtual functions as VxFs when we do not want to distinguish between network-centric functions and vertical-centric functions.