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Webinar Infrastructure & Software 101Infrastructure for Core, Edge & RAN/Access with 5G Open Software
Arpit Joshipura GM, Networking, Edge & IOT
The Linux Foundation
Agenda & Topics
› Recap & Updates post Webinar 1: 5G 101
› Open Source Stacks and Global Foundations/SDO overview
› Key Open Source Projects
› Overview (Core, Edge, Access, AI)
› Spotlight Projects: Deployment and Blueprint Examples
› Networking (ONAP, ORAN SC)
› AI (Acumos)
› Edge (Akraino),
› Where do I start?
› Q&A
Recap & Updates 5G 101 (from Webinar 1)
January 2019 4
The Linux Foundation’s goal is to create the greatest shared technology investment in history by enabling open collaboration across companies, developers and users.
We are the nonprofit organization of choice to build ecosystems that accelerateopen source technology development and commercial adoption on a global scale.
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Technology Disruption and Rise of Open Source
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VIRTUALIZATION
DISAGGREGATION
AUTOMATION
CLOUD NATIVE
NETWORK FUNCTIONS
VIRTUALIZATION
SOFTWARE DEFINED
NETWORKING
5G & ORCHESTRATION
2010-2020
Technology building blocks for Open Source Software
Edge & Intent Based
Kubernetes& CNFs
Putting E2E OSS to use in vertical markets
AI, IOT, Open Collaboration across Cloud, Telecom &
Enterprise
2021+
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SMB/ROBO
Residential
Mobile
Service Provider EdgeUser Edge
End to End Open Source Software Collaboration
CarrierAccess
Enterprise & IIOT
Carrier Core
Apps/Internet / Web
Public Cloud
Enterprise Core & Cloud
Private Cloud
eg Google, Microsoft, AWS, IBM, Huawei, Alibaba, Baidu, Tencent..
NETWORK FUNCTIONS & APPS
MANAGEMENTORCHESTRATION & ANALYTICS
NETWORK CONTROL
INFRASTRUCTURE
VNFs CNFs Cloud Nati Core
* Sample projects only
Leading Open Interop & complianceLF Networking’s Anuket (OPNFV + CNTT)
LF Edge’s Akraino Blueprints
4Beyond CodePOC toProduction
Open Compliance & Verification
Open Interop & Testing
Open Training & Certification
LFN & LF Edge POC (RAN+Edge+Core)
› 2019 vCO Demo
› 2020 Cloud Native 5G Call (NFVI/ONAP)
› 2021 End to End 5G Super Blueprint (Adding RAN, Edge, Open Core)
BUILT ON END TO END OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS
Vertical Market Adoption of End to End Open Source Software
GOVERNMENTNA, APAC, EU
1. Built on end to end open source 5G
2. Training developing countries on 5G and edge
3. Drive global connectivity
ENTERPRISE NETWORKING
1. Private 5G/LTE
2. Workloads across clouds
3. End to end visibility and monitoring
BROADCAST INDUSTRY
1. Built on spectrum sharing
2. ONAP + ORAN SC
EDGE AND IOT MARKET ADOPTION
Industrial
Manufacturing
Energy (Oil,
Gas Utilities)
Commerce &
Retail
Home Automotive Fleet &
Transportation
Logistics Cities &
Government
HealthcareBuilding
Automation
Dedicated, Operated Shared, XaaS
Regional Data CentersDistributed Devices and Systems
Research and Reports
Buildings / Factories / Smart HomesAccess
Networks
User Edge Service Provider Edge
MCU-based devices
Smartphones, PCs, ruggedized IoT gateways and servers
in accessible to semi-secure areas
Server-based compute at TelcoNetwork and Edge Exchange Sites
Servers in secure on-prem data centers, MDCs
Embedded compute
Server-based compute at Regional Telco and Direct
Peering Sites
Servers in traditional cloud data centers
Last Mile N
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Applications
Infrastructure
Constrained Device Edge Smart Device Edge On-Prem DataCenter Edge Access Edge Regional Edge
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Aggregation Hubs/COs
Centralized Data Centers
Stage 1:
At Large ProjectsBaetyl, Secure Device
Onboard
Stage 2:
Growth ProjectsEVE, Fledge, Home Edge, Open Horizon, State of the
Edge
Stage 3:
Impact ProjectsAkraino,
EdgeX Foundry
LF Edge Projects
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LF Edge’s State of the Edge 2021 Report Predicts Global Edge Computing Infrastructure Market to be Worth Up to $800 Billion by 2028
Observations
1. Network is even more important in the new world! End Users (Enterprises, Governments, Countries) have a vast array of open options using “infra/software” right near their premises
2. Open Source Collaboration (beyond code) is the way to go. Driven by faster innovation, security and time to revenue & deployment Use Cases
3. Edge is new Cloud and is enabled with technologies like 5G+Cloud+AI+IOT
Open Source Stacks and Global Foundations/SDO Overview
Foundations & Standards
Open Source Software Foundations
› Linux Foundation & its sub-foundations (LFN, LFE, CNCF…)
› Open Infrastructure Foundation (Openstack, Airship..)
› Open Networking Foundation (CORD, Aether..)
› Eclipse Foundation (IOT)
› Apache Foundation (mostly around Big Data and Licensing)
› Others (Single Vendor/Open)
Standards/Specs/Ref Arch/API
› GSMA
› ETSI
› 3GPP
› ORAN Alliance
› TMForum
› MEF
› NGMN
› IETF
› TIP (Open hardware)
› OCP (Open hardware)
Open Alliances & Consortiums
› AECC
› IIC
› Several Vertical specific
* Not an exhaustive list, however listed the ones that are collaborating in Open Networking & Edge
Open Source Networking / SDO Landscape
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Standards and Open Source Implementation HarmonizedIn the ONAP Dublin release, both SO and VF-C are aligned with ETSI SOL003 (NFVO to VNFM) through collaboration with the ETSI NFV Industry Standard Group (ISG). The community is also aligning with SOL001 (Network Service Descriptor), SOL004 (VNF Package), and SOL005 (NB APIs). The ONAP community has also started working with the ETSI Zero Touch Network & Service Management (ZSM) ISG. ONAP represented at ETSI NFV plugtests (June 2019, France)
LF Networking (LFN) and the GSMA today announced a partnership to create a common industry framework for Network Functions Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVi). Thhe Common NFVi Telco Taskforce (CNTT) will operate as an open committee responsible for creating and documenting a Common NFVi Framework. A
The new TM Forum Catalyst proof of concept that is developing a common Business Operating System (BOS) described how ONAP will be used in its reference implementation. In addition, the ONAP community continues harmonization of northbound APIs with TMForum APIs.
The ONAP community continues harmonization of northbound APIs with MEF LSO.
The 5G blueprint team actively supports 3GPP standards in areas such as performance management data collection and others. 3GPP shared with the ONAP community where they are introducing the option of using ONAP VNF interfaces in the 3GPP standards.
Foundations & Standards
Open Source Software Foundations
› Linux Foundation & its sub-foundations
› LFN (data plane FDIO, control plane – ODL, TF, Mgmt & Orchestration – ONAP, Integration & Compliance – Anuket)
› LF Edge (Blueprints – Akraino, IOT Frameworks - EdgeX, Fledge, Others)
› CNCF (Kubernetes) & Telecom user group
› LF AI (Acumos)
› Hyperledger (Block Chain for Telecom SIG)
› ORAN Software Community
› Open Infrastructure Foundation
› Openstack, Airship
› Open Networking Foundation
› CORD, Aether
› Eclipse Foundation (mostly on IOT)
› Others (Single Vendor/Open) * Not an exhaustive list, however listed the ones that are collaborating in Open Networking & Edge
Open Source Data Plane and NOS ProjectsRapid feature iteration independent of hardware lifecycle
WhatInnovative features that may
not exist in commercial offerings.
WhyNFV options enable near-
instant delivery of new network services.
How ConsumeMay be OEM’d in commercial offerings, or implemented in
white box environments
SONiC
Open Source Control Plane ProjectsThe backbone of modern network management
WhatExecute the detailed network
requirements of larger orchestration and automation
frameworks (ONAP, OpenStack, CORD).
WhyAssume multi-vendor, mixed
P/V environments.
How ConsumeRange of open source and/or packaged distribution options.
Management Plane, Monitoring and Analytics ProjectsTranslate business layer intent to network - ensure healthy operations
WhatCapture large amounts of real-time data, cut down weeks/months of big data stack integration effort for network analytics to just 1
hour.
WhyCloud & carrier focus on network automation =
doubling of investment in orchestration layer in the
next 5 years.
How ConsumeMulti-team design,
implementation efforts
Open source platforms + custom development +
integration services.
AnuketBrief Description
Delivers a common model, standardized reference infrastructure specifications, and conformance and performance frameworks for virtualized and cloud native network functions. The project is a merger of Open Platform for NFV (OPNFV) and the Cloud iNfrastructure Telco Taskforce and was officially launched on January 27, 2021.
Key Contacts
Al Morton - TSC Co-chair, AT&T
Walter Kozlowski - TSC Co-chair, Telstra
Key Links
Website: anuket.io
Wiki: wiki.anuket.io
Documentation: docs.anuket.io
Bug Tracking / Reporting: jira.anuket.io
List of Current Projects: wiki.anuket.io/display/PROJ/Projects
List of all Technical Meetings and how to participate: Getting Started
Key LFN Contacts: Jim Baker - Technical Program Manager [email protected]
Brandon Wick - Sr. Marketing Manager [email protected]
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Anuket: enabling faster deployment of use casesCNTT/OPV/OPNFV - NFVi, VNF/CNF onboarding
5G deployments - ALL FULLY Automated END TO END (Zero touch)
FD.ioBrief Description
Open Source high-performance IO services framework for dynamic computing environments.
Contributed by
Cisco in 2016
Key Contacts
Edward Warnicke - TSC Chair, Cisco
Key Links
Website: fd.io
Wiki: wiki.fd.io
Code: github.com/FDio
Documentation: Can be found on the wiki
Bug Tracking / Reporting: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/
List of Current Projects: Approved Projects
List of all Technical Meetings and how to participate: Calendar
Mailing Lists: https://lists.fd.io/g/main
Key LFN Contacts
Trishan de Lanerolle - Technical Program Manager [email protected]
Jill Lovato - Sr. PR Manager - [email protected]
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Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP)
Brief DescriptionDesign, creation, orchestration, monitoring, and life cycle management of open source and commercial VNFs and CNFs and legacy networks.
Contributed byAT&T in February 2017, now adopted by majority of mobile operators
Key ContactsCatherine Lefevre, TSC Chair, AT&T Davide Cherubini, Vodafone (Marketing)
Key LFN STaff ContactsKenny Paul - Technical Program Manager [email protected] McBride - Senior Technical Release Manager [email protected] Wick - Sr. Marketing Manager [email protected]
Key Links
Website: https://www.onap.org
Wiki: wiki.onap.org - Questions option on the wiki.
Gerrit: https://gerrit.onap.org/
Documentation: docs.onap.org
Bug Tracking / Reporting: jira.onap.org
List of Current Projects: Approved Projects
List of all Technical Meetings and how to participate: Community Meetings & Calendar
Mailing Lists: [email protected] or [email protected]. Directly mail the PTL
Technical Steering Committee (TSC): https://wiki.onap.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=4719160
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OpenDaylightBrief Description
Open source SDN Controller with largest ecosystem and deployment footprint.
Contributed by
Cisco in 2013
Key Contacts
TSC Chair: Guillaume Lambert, Orange
Key LFN ContactsCasey Cain - Technical Program Manager [email protected]
Brandon Wick - Sr. Marketing Manager [email protected]
Key Links
Website: www.opendaylight.org
Wiki: wiki.opendaylight.org
Gerrit: git.opendaylight.org/gerrit
Documentation: docs.opendaylight.org
Bug Tracking / Reporting: Jira.opendaylight.org
List of Current Projects: Projects
Code: git.opendaylight.org
List of all Technical Meetings and how to participate: Meetings List
Mail Lists: [email protected] with #help in the subject line
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Tungsten FabricBrief Description
A software-defined network & security fabric built for rapid deployment at scale.
Contributed by
Juniper Networks in April 2018
Key Contacts
TSC Chair,
Key Links
Website: www.tungsten.io
Wiki: wiki.tungsten.io
Gerrit: gerrit.tungsten.io
Bug Tracking / Reporting: jira.tungsten.io
List of all Technical Meetings and how to participate: Meetings List
Mail Lists: Mailing List; [email protected]
Key LFN Contacts: Casey Cain - Technical Program Manager [email protected]
Brandon Wick - Sr. Marketing Manager [email protected]
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XGVelaBrief DescriptionAn open source cloud native PaaS for applications and telco network functions to enable new services.
Contributed by
Key Contacts
Key LFN Contacts
Louis Illuzi - Technical Program Manager [email protected]
Brandon Wick - Sr. Marketing Manager [email protected]
Key Links
Website: https://xgvela.org/
Wiki: https://github.com/XGVela/XGVela/wiki
Gerrit:
Documentation:
Bug Tracking / Reporting:
List of Current Projects:
Code:
List of all Technical Meetings and how to participate: Meetings List
Mail Lists: Tag with #help in the subject line
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Project Spotlight: ONAP
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Frankfurt Modular Architecture, no major changes since inception
ONAP Frankfurt Blueprints
Successful Open Source Development depends on the complete life cycle of projects, products that market will adopt and deploy ONAP Blueprints augment open source projects to address and accelerate Interoperability, Packaging, and Testing under open and neutral governance.
• ENHANCED 5G – Slicing support- End-to-end network slicing- Modeling and orchestration that includes 5G RAN, core, and
transport
• NEW Multi-Domain Optical Network Service (MDONS)- Automated orchestration and management of optical network
services- Focus is on L0/L1 layers that were largely manually set-up and
managed
• ENHANCED CCVPN – New features - E-Line service support- Blueprints from previous 5 releases (Broadband service (BBS),
vIMS, vCPE, VoLTE…)
5G technologies will generate $17 trillion in economic growth in the period to 2035, with the initial stimulus coming from smart-city applications piggybacking on urban 5G rollouts. Source: ABI Research, 2019
ONAP Cloud Native Evolution
VNFs PNFs
CNFsVNFs PNFs
CNFs
ONAP is established as the VNF-PNF solution
MultiCloud – Picturing Hybrid approach, Showcased deploying CNFs & VNFs (firewall use case) in Dublin
ONAP CNCF – Native to K8s:• Re-Use K8S Infra : logging, scaling, resiliency
• Identify and Focus on ONAP Value proposition : NF control loops, NF common inventory, NF common data collection and analytics, etc.
• ONAP-CNCF « Complementary » in the CNCF Landscape and aligned with CNF standards
Multi Cloud Project
2018
2019CNCF+LFN communitiescollaborating
2020+ONAP CN is underway+OVP Ph2 is underway
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ONAP Deployment updates June 2020UPDATED
1.NFVO Pilot TestAdopt customized ONAP components for
CMCC own orchestrator NFVO, which has
completed pilot tests in multiple provinces.
2.NFV Testing Automation TrialsEnd-to-End automated test management
system prototype for NFV product certification
and procurement testing, conducting internal
trials.
3. Community Contribution Focus● E2E 5G slicing management in
Frankfurt, with KPI monitoring and
exposure API.
● SDO alignment support in SO, VF-C and
catalog.
● OVP extensions to support automated
VNF certification
1. Broad Production DeploymentNew AT&T business service on top of
ONAP (Consumer Mobility services on
5G, 1st Responder Network Authority)
2. Community Partnerships FocusController Design Studio, Policy
Handler Enhancement to support new
Policy Lifecycle API’s; TOSCA
Compliant Policies; Control Loop Self
Serve.
3. Proof of Concepts & deploymentNew Control Loop use cases for
Mobility RAN operations; ONAP/O-RAN
Interworking, Cloud Native First.
4. Security by Design & DeployabilityEmbracing CII Badging as Security Best
Practice; Shared databases
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ONAP Deployment updates
1. Amsterdam Release in production since Q42017, now on track for Dublin upgrade• Continued feature development for
NFVi automation• Automated uCPE onboarding and
VNF deployment
1. Expanding use cases acrossCarrier and Internal IT Data Center automation. (OOM, CDS leadership & success deploying + CI/CD pipeline)
1. Bell launched a new VNS SD-WAN service using automation building blocks. ONAP
1. ONAP is the basis of internal Multi-tenant/Self Service Automation platform (NSO)
June 2020UPDATED
1. Focusing on E2E service orchestration with the composition of real-world complex VNF’s through vendor partnership.
2. Drive ETSI MANO Compliant interfaces among ONAP Components (SO/RO/VNFM) to enable inter-vendor operability.
3. Focusing on operational features and stability to integrate & operationalize ONAP in Verizon Ecosystem.
4. Drive E2E orchestration scenarios in the community through code contributions to SDC, SO & VF-C, Design & develop new use cases around orchestration. Focused participation towards 5G, RAN & Edge Computing use-cases.
1. China Telecom Global Company is
launching a new OSS system based on ONAP
2. Expanding CCVPN use case with SFC scenario and will launch a trial of SD-
WAN service3. ONAP and MEF Module and lateral
interface coordination
4. ONAP and 5G network management framework integration
5. China Telecom has adopted modules (e.g. SO, SDN-C, etc. ) from ONAP and
applied it to our new OSS system.
6. China Telecom is testing ONAP for 5G use case in the testbed.
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ONAP Deployment updates
1. OVP Ph1 & Ph2: Leading the CVC working group in alignment with GSMA/CNTT and OPNFV. Lab: Focus on SDC, A&AI, SO,DCAE & External API. Vodafone sees ONAP as a crucial platform for standardization across various areas for Telco Cloud adoption
1. On-Boarding: Focus on SDC, Compliance & Verification(On-Boarding) of Resources and Services - an industry standard for On-Boarding with OVP
1. Production of ONAP for SD-WAN started with the Casablanca release early in 2K19.
2. The current labs upgraded to Casablanca. Selected use case testing and POCs performed by using Casablanca and looking at newer releases
1. Gi.LAN, Datacenter and Voltha use cases move into POC
June 2020UPDATED
1. Lab: 10+ ONAP El-Alto Release instances installed and working in DT’s lab.
2. Pre-Production: Prepare all relevant steps to make DT’s ONAP Release pre-production grade.
3. Functional evaluation: Together with partners conducted several tests for vEPC, 5G Core and multi-vendor end-to-end Network Slicing. Concentrating on modelling integration and closed loop.
4. Trial Use Case: Planned trial use case for Access disaggregation with internal and various external partners to adopt O-RAN interfaces.
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ONAP Deployment updates
1. Open source software is in the core of most of Swisscom's products and internal systems and platforms.
1. BBS (Broadband Service) use case has been very helpful to progress in a pragmatic, applied and targeted manner
2. ONAP automatically detects the CPE move and reconfigures the customer facing service according to the policies and models defined by the service provider, increasing customer satisfaction, while reducing operational costs and complexity in IT procedures.
3. BBS is a great example of open collaboration, with Swisscom as service provider, two major telecom equipment vendors, open standards bodies like BBF and TMF, and the open source community working together.”
1. Production deployment of ONAP for SD-WAN connectivity orchestration. While delivering end-to-end service involving 3rd party networks. Tentative release is Casablanca. Q4 2019.
1. ONAP is to orchestrate SD-WAN cloud connectivity services. To deliver instant cloud connects for cloud applications and services. Tentative release is Casablanca. Q4 2019.
1. Appropriate POCs are in progress.
June 2020UPDATED
1. ONAP AdoptionONAP plays an important role in our network automation and transformation.
1. Use Cases and VNF/CNF OnboardingJio is exploring ONAP as a strategic fit for cloud native CNF transformation. Incorporating use cases and onboarding VNFs/CNFs as trials progress.
1. Test AutomationCreating a common framework for test automation across ONAP.
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ONAP Deployment updates
Frankfurt
• PoC for End-to-End Application Automation (demonstrated at MEF18)
• Intelligent Edge, Low Power IoT telemetry, Video Recognition with High Performance Edge Processing
• TMF API between ONAP and Blue Planet LSO Stacks
• Automated Deployment - Complex Network and Application Functions
• ONAP Service Design - Multi-Component IoT Application Function
• ONAP Service Instance - VNF and VF Module Creation (INTERLUDE)
• TMF633, 638 - ONAP Service Catalog & Service Inventory (LEGATO)
• API-driven Global Interconnection Orchestration• Automated Creation of Virtual Connections
• Between SP, Edge and Cloud Domains -Production Equinix Cloud Exchange Fabric
• Unified Automation of Network & Cloud IoT Resources
• Automated Provisioning and Deployment• Cloud IoT Resources and AWS Greengrass
IoT Edge Application Function
In partnership with
June 2020UPDATED
1. Lab: Verified El Alto. Based on vDNS automatic scaling out use case. Followed by verification of Run-time of Dublin release, moved forward to Design-time. Points to focus are as follows;
• Automatic scaling out by Closed-Loop• On-boarding• Creation, testing and service design• Control loop design and execution
1. Plan for 2020;• Evaluation of Frankfurt E2E slice
management using RAN/Core simulators
• Application of use case of E2E slice management in 5G blue-print
• Evaluation of ONAP Frankfurt or Guilin with KDDI 5GC testbed
Frankfurt
• ONAP El Alto as a Telco/MNO orchestrator for enabling network slice extension into multi-cloud, multi-MEC environment for enterprise services.
• LF Edge and LF Networking Collaboration: ONAP and Edge Use case for Public Cloud Edge Interface Blueprint (PCEI)
• ONAP can be used to represent the MNO Orchestration Functions for Mobile Edge.
• Deploying El Alto with Partners for POC
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ONAP Deployment updates - New June 2020
NEWFrankfurt
ONAP adoption as a key platform in Automation of various Commercial Services
Production deployment of select ONAP components, SDC, AAI integrated with vendor supplied orchestration for SDWAN Services
Proof of Concept VNF onboarding and VNF orchestration in areas of Security on CPE and Cloud
1. Based on ONAP component, such as VF-C/SDC-C/SO, China Unicom form across-network carrying solution onmulti-service. In the solution, IPRANand carrier A Network share one MANOwhich downwardly connects todifferent controllers and upwardlyconnects to service platform.
2. Built platform and interconnected thepublic network and the edge networkby onap, realized the cloud-edgecooperation of the services.
3. Based on ONAP component, built 3-tiers Communication Cloud structure.
NEWFrankfurt
Under embargo June 18 2020 9 AM PST,
1. Telecom Strategy now an integralpart of Public Cloud, 2 Acquisitions(Affirmed and Metaswitch) leadingto an overall strategy to enable 5G,IOT and Edge
2. ONAP running on Azure -announced at MWC 2019. Strongvendor ecosystem support
3. Affirmed network one of the first toreceive LFN OVP batch forCNTT/OPNFV compliance.
NEWFrankfurt
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ONAP Deployment updates
Frankfurt
June 2020UPDATEDNEW
El Alto
• ONAP Use Case on Partner Domain Management Proposed for Frankfurt release and is focused on building a capability for service provider to support orchestration of services from Partner / Third Party.
• ONAP as “VNF” Operational Domain Manager and as Cross Domain Operational Domain ManagerOngoing analysis for these use cases.
• Production Deployment of a Domain Orchestration using ONAP for Broadcast Media Deployed a domain orchestrator to govern the Broadcast itinerant services booking process, leveraging several ONAP components. Currently exploring the PNF capabilities introduced and enhanced in the Dublin release, and identifying change management functions to manage planned change impacts on customers.
• ONAP lab setup for R&D Telstra ONAP lab setup on Casablanca being used for POCs for the proposed use cases. Plan to upgrade to Dublin after the release.
• General Quality improvements ONAP defect fixes from Casablanca release.
ONAP lab for R&D • A dedicated lab since first release for in-depth
functional and not-functional ONAP maturity evaluation and for performing PoCs demonstrations.
Proof of Concepts• Setting up ONAP orchestration for 5G Core• Integration of TM Forum API for service
catalog, service inventory and service instance LCM
• ONAP orchestration of O-RAN preliminary features
Focus• ONAP and Kubernetes/CNF ecosystem
integration for seamless orchestration• Cross-collaboration with relevant standards
(e.g. O-RAN specifications, ETSI, TM Forum)
NEWFrankfurt
ONAP lab • Testing in progress, focus on services and e2e
service orchestration as part of digital transformation.
Use Cases• VPN, VNF/CNF onboarding• CNF in bare metal• Security• SD-WAN
Focus• OVP, OSS integration• Intent Based Workflows, API and Data
Driven, Network and Apps controllers, Enable Faster TTM to New Services, facilitates the operation with a close loop vision, enable Data Analytics for operational and BI feedback
• Avoiding vendor lock
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ONAP Commercial Ecosystem June 2020UPDATED
• Amdocs Service & Network Automation Platform announced in Jan 2020
(https://bit.ly/3eoe5CP). Cloud-native, modular microservices platform enables end-to-end service design, orchestration & inventory management spanning NFV and
hybrid networks, and is based on several ONAP components (A&AI, SDC). Multiple production implementations underway.
• Amdocs 5G Slice Manager announced in Feb 2020 (https://bit.ly/2yhtrsl). End-to-end 5G
network slice lifecycle management and monetization solution, integrated with ordering and charging. Leverages ONAP components and uses TOSCA modeling for
network slice building blocks as well as GSMA Generic Network Slice Templates (GST) to ensure commonality, flexibility and reusability. Multiple PoCs/trials underway.
• Open Source ONAP software company focusing on 5G/edge
• Successfully completed 12 ONAP engagements
• Aarna Networks ONAP
Distribution 4.0 (El Alto) available• New OVP-in-a-box offering for
VNF vendors to perform interop testing
• New ONAP integration with
Cloud Native 5G Demo, Akraino Private LTE/5G Blueprint
• Recently joined PAWR, 5G Open Innovation Lab to drive 5G use cases with ONAP
• Number#1 Instructor led ONAP training provider
• Accenture has developed a hybrid cloud
orchestration capability for ONAP, delivering a multi-cloud plug-in for orchestrating VNFs on
the AWS public cloud. Our plug-in supports existing infrastructure workload APIs from SO,
enabling the seamless orchestration of workloads across hybrid cloud including
OpenStack and AWS
• Accenture has implemented a new proof of concept (PoC) for 5G and Edge Compute Hybrid
Orchestration. Spanning virtualized 5G RAN running in OpenStack, edge applications
running in AWS Outpost as the edge compute
infrastructure, and 5G core components in the AWS public cloud, we continue to advance our
PoC through the ongoing simulation and execution of new workloads.
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ONAP Commercial Ecosystem
• Commscope and the recently acquired ARRIS Software Solution Services leverages best of breed and leading edge technologies and platforms for Orchestration and Automation including ONAP.
• ARRIS is committed to collaboration using open source and open standards to provide a highly performant and stable platform.
• Providing multi-domain orchestration for the following key domains: B2B services, Wireless including 5G slice orchestration, Broadband Access networks including Hybrid access and last but not the least, Media Delivery include contribution and distribution networks.
• Ampere eMAG powered production ready platforms available NOW! High performance per watt servers in a variety of form factors enabling efficient and scalable uCPE, MEC,EPC and Data Center deployments
• Software stacks that just run!Turnkey experience with platforms that are software ready - Akraino Edge Stack, ONAP, DPDK, Open Stack, Telco grade hypervisors, etc.
• Improved Quality of Service for VNFsHigh performance cores delivering best-in-class workload QoS and reliability
aarch64ONAP components validated on aarch64
● As part of CIA project: https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/CIA+Dublin+Release+Planning
○ A&AI○ DMAAP○ Portal○ Robot○ SDC○ SDNC○ VID○ AAF○ SO○ APPC○ CLAMP○ CCSDK
● As part of Integration project:○ vFW use case necessary
components
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ONAP Commercial Ecosystem
• BOCO Orchestrator and Data Collect Platform both incorporate ONAP components.
• BOCO contribute to the development of ONAP,such as VF-C ems driver,etc.
• BOCO Focus on SDN and NFV developments & integrations for Operators worldwide, including work on ONAP.
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ONAP for ARM and AkrainoEnea has contributed to ONAP and Akraino in collaboration with ARM, and are now part of the open source community around ONAP,targeting multi-architecture hardware support in project communities and in CI/CD infrastructure in particular.
• Ericsson is aligning its functional architecture and key interfaces with the ONAP architecture and integrating several components from ONAP in our OSS portfolio.
• Ericsson provides ONAP services including integrations, enhancements, deployments on various virtualization platforms across multi-vendor environments.
• As part of 5G network transformation, Ericsson is working with several global operators to increase the automation capabilities by leveraging ONAP paradigms.
• Ericsson is driving the industry alignment between standards and opensource, such as the convergence of ETSI MANO and ONAP.
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1. ONAP on IBM Cloud PrivateIBM Cloud Private is fully Kubernetes-based deployment for on-premise, bundled with capabilities from open source & IBM for core operational services1
2. IBM Services for ONAPFocus on SDN and NFV deployments & integrations worldwide, including work on ONAP for Operators. Services are augmented with IBM cloud and cognitive software and services
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1. MDONS (Multi-Domain Optical Network Services) use-case proposed & contributed to the ONAP Frankfurt rel.
2. Enabled ONAP alignment with open optical standards – OpenROADM, ONF T-API & MEF, for optical transport services & lifecycle management
3. Fujitsu’s OpenDaylight based Virtuora SDN controller integrated with ONAP supporting E2E automation
4. Supporting 5G Transport Slicing implementation as part of E2E Network Slicing blueprint in ONAP
5. Fujitsu’s Bandwidth-on-Demand MicroApp enables closed-loop functionality within ONAP environment
Fujitsu is committed to open source and continues to leverage & contribute to ONAP and LFN projects with commercial solutions & services offerings.
1.ONAP CCVPN and BBS use case demonstrates interoperability with Huawei SDN controllers.2. CCVPN extension provided support of E-LINE creation and management across multiple OTN transport domains through open standards and interfaces.3. ONAP based NSMF in 5G Network Slicing use case demonstrates interoperability with Huawei CN NSSMF.
Community Contribution FocusPNF software upgrade using an external Element Management System5G Network Resource Model (NRM) configuration management with RESTful protocolContributing to the NSMF in ONAP for 5G slicingProvide OTN model extensions to SDN-CContributing towards improving some of the key non-functional aspects like multi tenant mgmt, reduction of ONAP footprint
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• Lumina SDN Controller, based on OpenDaylight, plugs into ONAP to support service automation in multi-domain and multi-layer environments.
• Pure play open source solution enables network slicing, network optimization, end-to-end service automation.
• Resource: ONAP White Paper
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1. Intel ONAP Lab Equipment: Intel & partners hosts community lab for deployment, VNF onboarding, integration testing.
2. Driving intelligent scheduling of workloads on edges based on platform capabilities (HPA)
3. Driving security of ONAP secrets, private keys w/ hardware root of trust. e.g. Trusted Platform Modules (TPM).
4. Update “K8s-based Cloud region support” to deploy CNFs & CNAs on edge clouds, adding single-click deploy of geo-distributed CNFs & CNAs across regions.
5. Driving AI based Distributed network analytics platform to allow dynamic deployments of AI analytics apps.
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• 5G NFs ContainersContainers enable Operators to automate the roll out of 5G NF Service Slices. ONAP Dublin release enhances its customer offering with Kubernetes support
• 5G PCF and CHF NFsOpenet has deployed in PCF and CHF in Operators Labs for 5G Control Plane trials using Containers
• Observability & CI/CDOperators look to Automation and Observability as key lifecycle management tools found in the ONAP toolset
Frankfurt Frankfurt
• 5G support for ONAPMulti-domain product support in core networks, 5G radio, edge cloud and fixed BB services building PNF/VNF readiness with support of ONAP interfaces and API’s.
• Nokia services for ONAP
Services for ONAP integration into multi-vendor customer environments and use case implementation
• Customer use-casesUse-case customer pilot implementations and use-case development (e.g. fixed BB or edge cloud)
• Netsia's 5G Center-of-Excellence lab has been upgraded to Frankfurt RC0.
• Netsia will continue to integrate and test SEBA, vRAN & GiLAN use cases with the latest ONAP releas(es).
• Netsia is working in the LF Edge Akraino community to develop the SEBA blueprint which includes ONAP.
• 5G CoE Lab will be a regional excellence center where Aether + SEBA and vRIC solutions will have been co-located in Netsia’s multi access edge cloud and will be integrated with ONAP.
• Netsia will contribute to RAN Slicing: O-RAN <-> ONAP alignment activities.
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• Open-Source: development & support of custom solutions
• ONAP: tailor-made for service providers / integration and app development
• Linux Foundation Networking Projects: customization and upstream, open-source project development in DPDK, FD.io, Mininet, ONAP, OpenDaylight, lighty.io & OvS
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• ONAP AlignmentRibbon is in full support and architecturally aligned with ONAP
• ONAP AdoptionRibbon is closely following the evolution of ONAP and particularly how it provides support for MANO compliant interfaces, so that we can provide our VNFs into the widest possible range of orchestration environments
• RIFT Inc.’s Orchestration & Automation platform, RIFT.ware, delivers an open-sourced, standards-based product for multi-domain service orchestration, real-time service inventory, service assurance integration for real-time scaling and closed loop control
• RIFT.ware automates the onboarding, VNF/NS validation and VNF/NS launch across any cloud. We automate LCM functions with closed loop control.
• RIFT participates in all NFV MANO related open source and standards activities. RIFT is dedicated to contributing know-how and code via ETSI, ONAP, and other open-source communities
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ONAP Commercial Ecosystem
1. Proof of ConceptsSamsung RAN Central Unit with Closed Loop on
ONAP. Integration of Samsung MANO with ONAP:
LCM, FCAPS, TOSCA/VNFD model.
2. VNF/CNF enhancements MultiVIM/Cloud Native Function deployment
enhance (vFW use case). Driving ETSI alignment to
bridge VNFM and ONAP for VNF LCM. SDC UX for
VNF On-Boarding and LCM.
3. Security and QualitySecurity best practices (hardening), automated
penetration tests. Enhance quality assurance
process by providing automated Integration and
E2E (vCPE) tests. Introduce K8S Ingress Controller
for improved ONAP manageability and operations.
4. Platform ReleaseONAP offline installer for CentOS, RHEL, Ubuntu.
June 2020UPDATED
Frankfurt
• Multi-VIM project Wind
River is a contributor to the MultiCloud /
VIM project, helping insure federated
orchestration between heterogeneous
infrastructure platforms
• ONAP Test and Validation Lab Wind River contributes and maintains
Wind River Cloud Platform for the ONAP
test and validation lab; this enables
members of the community to validate
and test their ONAP-based solutions
• Validated with ONAP Frankfurt Wind River Cloud Platform is a private-
cloud platform validated with ONAP
Frankfurt release and works seamlessly
with ONAP via the Multi-VIM project.
Frankfurt
Our commitment to ONAP is to enable Telco operators to adopt ONAP and operationalize deployments in their production environment. At the same time contribute actively to ONAP Platform. Our ONAP Platform contributions•Standards based BSS integration specifically for 5G and slicing including E2E service order automation enhancements•Enable ONAP for cloud native workloads, container orchestration•Create a model based configuration design•Enable centralized logging and monitoring•Validate distributed ONAP deployment across multiple locations –edge and central – for vRAN architectureOur joint Telco operator initiatives•BSS integration for 5G slice ordering scenarios•Orchestration, instantiation, configuration of 5G Core containerized WL•Operations ready ONAP complemented by other open source / operator specific tools•Analysis and Design of ONAP deployments in a High Available and geo-redundant set-up•Customization of automated test framework for operator needs•Design and Analysis of ORAN integration with ONAP for operator specific deployment scenarios•Design, development and deployment of operator specific Service Assurance micro-services in ONAP with closed control loop operations
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• ZTE CloudStudio product and OES platform based on ONAP components, such as VF-C, MSB, HOLMES, etc.
• ZTE contributes key technology to enable ETSI MANO in ONAP and drives ONAP aligned with industry standards, such as ETSI, 3GPP, and TMF, etc.
• CCVPN use case demonstrates interop with ZENIC ONE, which is SDN Controller for SOTN and SDWAN
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Frankfurt Dublin
• Wipro Services using ONAP platform- Customer deployments and multi-vendor
solutions involving SDN domain controllers, orchestrators, VIMs and xNFs
- Integration Services for 3rd party OSS / BSS and SON Solutions
- Extensions to ONAP Network Slicing, and interfacing with vendor NSSMFs
- Extensions to cover RAN orchestration• Customer specific use cases
- Use-case specific enhancements, work-flow design, enhancements to ONAP, interface adaptations
• Carrier-grade ONAP R&D services- Offer enterprise-grade version of ONAP
components such as Policy and SDC- Customer-specific implementation and
verification services to make ONAP open source ready for commercial deployment
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ONAP Commercial Ecosystem, New in Frankfurt
Orion 5G Security Suite• Provides comprehensive control plane and data-plane
security to 5G networks through high performance, cloud native network functions (NFs). These network functions cover NAT, firewall, traffic steering, roaming and signaling security for GTP and DNS functions and scalable mitigation against multi-layered DDoS attacks.
• Enables modularized services as a service layer with a set of connected technologies that employ automated intelligence, machine learning and centralized visibility and control.
Ecosystem Integration• Actively participates in community and eco-system.• Participated in Linux Foundation’s end-to-end 5G cloud-
native network proof of concept (POC) in Nov 2019.• Proven integration with major MANO systems through
PoCs and interoperability testing with ETSI, ONAP.Operator Engagements • A10’s NF’s are deployed at multiple tier 1 mobile
operator for 5G and 5G-Ready launches, including SK Telecom.
• In production VM’s at various Telco’s and is in early Interoperable with vEPC in MEC topology.
• Cloud Native functions are in numerous on-going PoCs with tier 1 operators as they plan and deploy cloud-native and telco-cloud technology.
NEW
• Digital Commerce Platform (DCP)Our CNFs (Cloud Native Network
Functions) allow service providers to
harness elasticity, resilience, and cost
efficient scaling of their 5G CCS.
ONAP’s support for Kubernetes further
enables the industry evolution toward
CNFs.
• MATRIXX DCP – 5G CCSMATRIXX is beginning to deploy our
cloud native 5G CCS in service
provider labs where ONAP components
supporting Kubernetes can be utilized
in trials.
1. Robin is an automation platform for
the deployment, scaling and life cycle
management of any data- and
network-intensive application for 5G
service delivery across core, edge
and RAN.
2. Robin Platform, powered by
application- and infrastructure-
topology aware technology on
Kubernetes, supports policy-driven
orchestration and automation of
VNF’s and CNF’s.
3. Robin supports end-to-end, virtualized
cloud-native infrastructure for 5G at
scale at Rakuten Mobile.
4. Robin supports open standards and
open source communities like
OpenNESS and has planned
contributions to ONAP.
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1. SES teams with Amdocs to operationalise the first ONAP orchestration platform for scalable, automated delivery of satellite-enabled network services on Microsoft Azure
2. SES is a founding member of Linux Foundation Networking (LFN), which hosts the ONAP project, an initiative with widespread adoption as the preferred platform for open network automation and orchestration. By standardising on the same orchestration platform as leading telcos and mobile network operators, SES will make it easier and faster for its customers to deliver services over its high-performance satellite-based network.
3. Our vision is to make satellite-based networks a seamless and wholly integrated part of a global, cloud-scale network ecosystem
1. NFV MANO: We work with NFV providers and help them make their VNFs compatible with ONAP. We also investigate how to manage CNFs and how ONAP can support them in the future.
2. Ecosystem: Thanks to our experience with Tungsten Fabric we can identify potential gaps in the ONAP support for TF and find the way to fill them.
1. The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory hosts the LFN Lab as a Service (LaaS)community resources, providing developers with access to bare-metal resource where ONAP and other LFN projects can be deployed and tested.
1. The UNH-IOL is also working with LFN members to assist with testing their NFVI and VNF products for the OVP Badging Programs.
1. In May and September, the UNH-IOLparticipate in a number of demos, showing real usage of ONAP in a Cloud Native 5G environment and zero-touch broadband deployment.
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• CommScope, which recently acquired
ARRIS and its Software Defined Services
group, leverages best of breed and leading
edge technologies and platforms, including
ONAP, for Orchestration and Automation.
• CommScope is committed to collaboration
using open source and open standards to
provide a high performing and stable
platform for service providers.
• CommScope provides multi-domain
orchestration for the following key service
provider domains: B2B services, Wireless
(including 5G slice orchestration),
Broadband Access Networks (including
hybrid access) and Media Delivery include
contribution and distribution networks.
June 2020
1. PoC for End-to-end Service Orchestration
Customized modeling design
and ONAP alignment with
ETSI MANO for cross-domain
and automated provisioning
and deployment of resources
and services.
1. Prototype DevelopmentIntegrated ONAP with
CertusNet's SDN controller
for a carrier's centralized,
unified control prototype
system across multi-
manufacture.
1. API Fabric PoC : Netcracker developed an API
Fabric and integrated with ONAP Ext-API, SO,
SDC and A&AI to expose customized
application/use-case specific/standard specific
secure APIs to external applications. Showcased
the API Management and Marketplace
capabilities in ONS and ONAP events.
2. ONAP SDC Interoperability with Netcracker: Interoperability of SDC with Netcracker MANO to
support ONAP VNF models in the MANO runtime
environment. Built interoperability plugins to
transform ONAP VNF data models to standard
data models compatible with Netcracker’s
solution.
3. Policy Engine Deployment and Analysis: Deployed and evaluated ONAP Policy Engine for
reusability in a standalone mode.
4. SDN-C: Deployed ONAP-SDNC for YANG data
model-driven management for 5G network slicing
and multi-site NFV-PoPs, where ONAP-SDNC
with external SDN controllers manages VPN
services and traffic engineering.
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1. Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform Integrating and testing ONAP for Kubernetes run by KubeOne and Kubermatic.
1. R&D servicesLoodse is the top 5 corporate contributor to the Kubernetes project. Supporting the deployment of VNFs and CNFs.
1. Linux Foundation Networking ProjectsHeavily involved in CNTT to ensure smooth MANO of VNFs and CNFs on Kubernetes run by KubeOne and Kubermatic. Key contributor to OVP 2.0 workstream.
1. 5GIC is developing ONAP Plugins: rich and advance plugin for ETSI OSM and Ryu SDN Controller.
2. GSMA template descriptors: adaptation of GSMA template development.
3. AI-enabled Research: zero touch orchestrating for 3GPP network, non-3GPP network and NTN communication.
4. CAPIF functionality: Implementing east west communication for ONAP.
3. Business Platform Research: Secure service chaining support for different businesses and applications through intelligent network slicing and open APIs
ONAP adoption• Utilize ONAP as the automation
and orchestration tool for ULAK 5G Core and New Radio products.
5G Core VNF onboarding• Core Network VNFs successfully
deployed by utilizing comprehensive automation with Dublin (2019Q4)
• Participated OPNFV VNF verification challenge and awarded the first VNF badges (2020Q1)
Testing & PoC• DCAE, FCAPS, Policy executions,
Auto-scaling, Closed-loop operations
• 5G network slicing
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Project Spotlight: ORAN
Agenda & Topics
› Introduction to Open RAN (O-RAN)
› Open RAN (Generic)
› O-RAN or ORAN Refers to Alliance
› O-RAN Consortia and Communities
› O-RAN Usecases & Architecture
› Outlook for O-RANOpen Interfaces
RAN Intelligence
Whitebox SpecsFunctional Specs
Disaggregation, White Boxes, Open Hardware
Equipment- Core Telecom- Switches- Routers- Servers- Storage - Data Center IT- SDDC- RADIO ACCESS
NETWORK (RAN to ORAN)
Open RAN Overview
CN: Core NetworkCU: Central UnitDU: Distributed UnitRU: Remote/Radio UnitFH: Front HaulRIC: RAN Intelligent ControllerRRC: Radio Resource ControlPDCP: Packet Data Convergence ProtocolSDAP: Service Data Adaption ProtocolRFE: Radio Front EndUP: User or Data PlaneCP: Control PlaneUPF: User Plane Function
Open RAN
› The Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) represents the final frontier for open transport and core networks.
› By disaggregating the hardware and software used in base stations, open RAN promises lower capital expenditures by using general purpose platforms and introducing new areas of competition.
› Interoperability, standards, and licensing are key which is why we see the industry increasing participation in open source initiatives.
Open RAN Concept
› RAN disaggregated into:› The Radio Unit (RU)
› The Distributed Unit (DU)
› The Centralized Unit (CU)
› Interface(s)› Fronthaul between the
RU and the DU
› Midhaul between the DU and the CU
› Backhaul connecting the RAN to the core
ORAN Consortia & Communities
› 3GPP Interface specifications
› The ORAN Alliance & ORAN Software Community
› Multi-vendor Open ecosystem & Specification in RAN
› Implementing ORAN & 3GPP Specifications in OSS code
› TIP (Telecom Infra Project) Forum’s OpenRAN 5G NR Project Group & RAN Intelligence & Automation(RIA): AI/ML applications for a RAN use cases.
› Open Network Foundation’s SD RAN: Building xApps leveraging O-RAN Alliance & ORAN-SC specifications/implementations
› The Open RAN Policy Coalition: promote policies that will advance the adoption of open and interoperable solutions
› Other Industry lead efforts:
› NEC Open RAN laboratory in India
› Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo agreed to cooperate with 12 companies to move toward a “5G Open RAN Ecosystem,” ( Feb’21)
› DISH, Vodafone, Rakuten have spun up Open RAN based deployments
ORAN Software
Community
O-RAN Alliance & LF : O-RAN Software Community(De-facto Largest Community based Project)Key Goals· Drive an Open and Intelligent RAN· Align with O-RAN Alliance working groups and the
Minimum Viable Plan· Drive open interfaces and software interoperability
through intelligent applications (rApps, xApps)· Enable model and data driven operation and
automation for the RAN· Support collaboration and partnership through
software collaboration ( ONF, TIP, ONAP) · Demonstrate capabilities through plug-fests and
demonstrations (MWC)
Projects
O-RAN Architecture
ORAN Example Use Cases
› Traffic Steering (RAN automation) › QoE Prediction and Network Optimization (higher bandwidth/ lower
latency applications) › QoS Resource Optimization (increased throughput/congestion) › Performance & Security (eg. Signal Storm Protection)› Failure Detection and Recovery› Service Management & Orchestration › Massive MIMO Optimization (cell-centric networks) › RAN Slice SLA Assurance ( traffic densities, service availability and
very low latency)
ML enabled xAppTraffic Steering is a suite of interacting xApps:
• TS xApp• Finds UEs of interest (based on
A1-P)• Receives predictions from QP
xApp• Issues control instructions to
steer traffic
• QP driver xApp• Fetches metric data for use by
QP xApp for UEs of interest
• QP xApp• Predicts future throughput for
UEs and makes these available to TS xApp
• KPIMON xApp populates cell and UE metrics into the Redis databases
KPIMON
E2 Simulator
E2 KPI Sub
UE metrics
Cell metrics
QP driver xApp
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Data update
TS xAppQuery
Prediction Request for
UE list
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O-RAN Outlook
› Objective for the O-RAN vendor ecosystem: concept proven to work reliably, at scale, while delivering performance on a par with traditional RAN equipment and provide quantifiable operational cost benefits to CSPs.
› 2021-2023: Industry analysts expect the vendor community will incrementally harden the ecosystem of O-RAN solutions while delivering architecture frameworks that can be deployed at scale.
› By 2025: The industry is anticipated to reach a critical mass as more CSPs upgrade their network infrastructure.
› Brownfield: With the majority of CSPs worldwide already deploying 5G, O-RAN is likely to be deployed as an overlay on top of the existing infrastructure, rather than a replacement.
› Greenfield: Based on success with 5G, O-RAN would be adopted as the baseline architectural approach for 6G.
www.o-ran-sc.org
Architecture● Near-real-time(RT) RIC: enables near-real-time control and
optimization of O-RAN elements and resources via fine-grained data collection and actions over E2 interface.
● non-RT RIC: enables non-real-time control and optimization of RAN elements and resources, AI/ML workflow including model training and updates, and policy-based guidance of applications/features in near-RT RIC.
● NMS: A Network Management System● O-Central Unit(CU): a logical node hosting RRC, SDAP and PDCP
protocols● O-Central Unit (CU)-Control Plane : The RRC and the control plane
part of the PDCP protocol● O-CU-User Plane: The user plane part of the PDCP protocol and the
SDAP protocol● O-Distributed Unit (DU): RLC/MAC/High-PHY layers based on a lower
layer functional split.● O-Radio Unit (RU) : Low-PHY layer and RF processing based on a lower
layer functional split. This is similar to 3GPP’s “TRP” or “RRH” but more specific in including the Low-PHY layer (FFT/iFFT, PRACH extraction).
● O1: Interface between management entities in Service Management and Orchestration Framework and O-RAN managed elements, for operation and management, by which FCAPS management, Software management, File management shall be achieved.
● O1*: Interface between Service Management and Orchestration Framework and Infrastructure Management Framework supporting O-RAN virtual network functions.
● xAPP: Independent software plug-in to the Near-RT RIC platform to provide functional extensibility to the RAN by third parties.
Project Spotlight: Acumos AI
What is Acumos AI?
Open Source Platform to Harmonize AI Solutions
Distributed AI Marketplace
Interoperable Microservices
LFAI Ecosystem to Expedite Collaboration & Innovation
Use Cases
Video Analytics for Real Time Streaming Data
Build using Acumos AI open source platform
Uses AT&T Research Labs Acumos AI instance which provides various video analytics machine
learning models.
Streaming Video Analytics powered with following Acumos AI Models :
• Object – to classify the images in the video for ad insertion
• Sentiment – to detect the mood of the scene for ad insertion
• Face Detection – to detect human face
• Face Recognition – to recognize well known celebrities
• Privacy – to pixelate and provide privacy of the detected faces.
• Logo Recognition – to detect various company logos for advertising purposes
• Frame Ranking - compute the best frame in the video
Fast, Easy, Drag and Drop building of complex AI Applications using Acumos AI Design Studio by
chaining multiple ML models
Video Analytics System Powered by Acumos AI
Video Analytics Models Chaining in AccuCompose
Video Analytics System Flow
Acumos CollaborationAcumos Marketplace facilitates iterative ML model development, training and improvement among collaborators
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Deploy
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• Vendor Develops Model• Trains On Ideal Data• Federates Via Acumos• Model Retrained On
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Licensing
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Acumos AI for 5G/O-RAN/Intelligent Controller (RIC)
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Data Distribution Bus API
DU: RLC/MAC/PHY-high
3rd Party Apps at the edge
AECCell Sites AIC/NTC
RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) near-RT (CU-CP-H)
A1
Radio Network Information
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Orchestration & Automation (e.g., ONAP, MANO, NMS)
STEMPlug-in/
Mediator
eNB
5G RAN
eNB
Loop 1: per TTI/ msec resource scheduling
Loop 3: > 0.5 sec (policies, orchestration, SON)
NFVI Platform: Virtualization Layer and COTS Platform
Design Inventory Policy Configuration RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) non-RT
NGFI-I
3rd Party App Radio Connection Mgt. Mobility Mgt.QoS Mgt. Interference Mgt. Trained Model
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O-RAN / xRAN Defined Interfaces**To be standardized by SDO
3GPP Defined Interfaces
F1
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CatalogPublish models to
SDC Catalog
Machine Learning Analytic Model Design, Offline Training, Continuous Refinement Environment
Co-creation Candidate
Trained model
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O-RAN/ONAP platform supports both static policies and more sophisticated dynamic ML/AI models with per-UE control.
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Open Source Networking & Edge Summary
› Open Source Networking & Edge Projects now in deployment enabled by Use cases, Solutions, Blueprints
› Markets Intersection - enabled by 5G, Automation, & Edge Computing: Telecom Markets include Access (O-RAN) + Unified Edge + Core, Cloud and Enterprise
› Cross Domain/Tech collaboration: New Collateral including White Papers on deployment, Consumption, CNTT Whitepaper, Introductory Guides for Cloud Native and 5G
› Cloud Native Telecom Focus: Integrated cloud native initiatives launch across LFN & LF Edge to improve interoperability & agility, reduce operational costs
Edge & IOT Software Projects
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