* The NFV portal part of OpenSlice was initially developed in H2020 European Research project [5GinFIRE](https://5ginfire.eu) by University of Patras, Greece
* OpenSlice core services, APIs was further developed and maintained in H2020 European project [5G-VINNI](https://5g-vinni.eu/) by University of Patras, Greece
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Please cite our [![paper]](https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.03290) if you use OpenSlice in your research
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@misc{tranoris2021openslice,
title={Openslice: An opensource OSS for Delivering Network Slice as a Service},
author={Christos Tranoris},
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In general Network as a Service (NaaS) is a service model that allows users to consume network infrastructure and services , similar to how they would consume other cloud services like Software as a Service (SaaS) or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). NaaS abstracts the complexity of managing physical network infrastructure, providing users with virtualized network resources that can be dynamically allocated and managed through software.
# OpenSlice and NaaS
## OpenSlice and NaaS
OpenSlice makes extensive use of TMFORUM's models and APIs. Therefore if one is familiar with TMF APIs the terminology and ideas are the same.