Red Hat and Ericsson tackle conflict in multivendor autonomous networks

As networks strive for Level 4 autonomy, software agents often clash over resources. In this Telecom TV interview experts from Red Hat and Ericsson explain how a TM Forum Catalyst project called “Conflict Management in Intent-Based Networks – Phase 2” used knowledge graphs, shared intent and open APIs to allow multivendor applications to safely negotiate these conflicts with an O-RAN Alliance-compliant cloud platform to enable network slicing for emergency services in Stockholm.