Webinar Infrastructure & Software 101 Infrastructure for Core, Edge & RAN/Access with 5G Open Software

Arpit Joshipura GM, Networking, Edge & IOT The 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) 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 accelerate open source technology development and commercial adoption on a global scale.

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4 *Updated* Technology Disruption and Rise of Open Source

2010-2020 2021+

Technology building blocks for Open Source Software Putting E2E OSS to use in vertical markets

Edge & Intent Based

AI, IOT, Open Collaboration CLOUD NATIVE across Cloud, Telecom & Enterprise Kubernetes AUTOMATION & CNFs

5G & DISAGGREGATION ORCHESTRATION SOFTWARE VIRTUALIZATION DEFINED NETWORKING NETWORK FUNCTIONS VIRTUALIZATION

5 End to End Open Source Software Collaboration

NETWORK VNFs CNFs Cloud Nati Core Apps/Internet / FUNCTIONS & APPS Web

Mobile MANAGEMENT Carrier ORCHESTRATION Access & ANALYTICS Private Cloud

NETWORK Residential CONTROL

Carrier Core INFRASTRUCTURE

SMB/ROBO Public Cloud Enterprise & IIOT eg Google, Microsoft, AWS, IBM, , Alibaba, Baidu, Tencent..

Enterprise User Edge Service Provider Edge Core & Cloud

* Sample projects only Beyond4 Code POC to Production

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) › Leading Open Interop & compliance › 2021 End to End 5G Super Blueprint LF Networking’s Anuket (OPNFV + CNTT) (Adding RAN, Edge, Open Core) LF Edge’s Akraino Blueprints Vertical Market Adoption of End to End Open Source Software

EDGE AND IOT MARKET ADOPTION

Industrial Energy (Oil, Commerce & Home Automotive Fleet & Logistics Building Cities & Healthcare Manufacturing Gas Utilities) Retail Transportation Automation Government

ENTERPRISE GOVERNMENT BROADCAST NETWORKING NA, APAC, EU INDUSTRY

1. Private 5G/LTE 1. Built on end to end open source 5G 1. Built on spectrum sharing 2. Workloads across clouds 2. Training developing countries on 5G and edge 2. ONAP + ORAN SC 3. End to end visibility and monitoring 3. Drive global connectivity

BUILT ON END TO END OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS Stage 1: Stage 2: Stage 3: LF Edge Projects At Large Projects Growth Projects Impact Projects Baetyl, Secure Device EVE, Fledge, Home Edge, Akraino, Onboard Open Horizon, State of the EdgeX Foundry Edge

Research and Reports Applications LF Edge’s State of the Edge 2021 Report Predicts Global Edge Computing Infrastructure Market to be Worth Up to $800 Billion by 2028

NEW Infrastructure LOCATION LastMile Networks S

Access Aggregation Regional Data Centralized Data Distributed Devices and Systems Buildings / Factories / Smart Homes Networks Hubs/COs Centers Centers

Smartphones, PCs, ruggedized Server-based compute at Servers in traditional MCU-based Embedded Servers in secure on-prem Server-based compute at Telco IoT gateways and servers Regional Telco and Direct cloud data centers devices compute in accessible to semi-secure areas data centers, MDCs Network and Edge Exchange Sites Peering Sites

On-Prem Data Access Edge Constrained Device Edge Smart Device Edge Center Edge Regional Edge

User Edge Service Provider Edge Dedicated, Operated Shared, XaaS 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, Observations 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 Standards/Specs/Ref Arch/API Open Alliances & Foundations Consortiums › GSMA › Linux Foundation & its sub- › AECC › ETSI foundations (LFN, LFE, › IIC CNCF…) › 3GPP › Several Vertical specific › Open Infrastructure › ORAN Alliance Foundation (Openstack, Airship..) › TMForum › Open Networking › MEF Foundation (CORD, Aether..) › NGMN › Eclipse Foundation (IOT) › IETF › Apache Foundation (mostly › TIP (Open hardware) around Big Data and Licensing) › OCP (Open hardware) › Others (Single Vendor/Open)

* Not an exhaustive list, however listed the ones that are collaborating in Open Networking & Edge Open Source Networking / SDO Landscape AUTOMATION OF NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CLOUD + APPS + IOT STANDARDS

APP LAYER

MANAGEMENT & ANALYTICS & TEST AUTOMATION TEST & SYSTEM INTEGRATION INTEGRATION SYSTEM

NETWORK CONTROL SONiC NETWORK

OPERATING SYSTEMS LF HOSTED & DATA PATH IO ABSTRACTIONCI / CD LFN

* ALL OTHER PROJECTS HOSTED OUTSIDE LF

13 2020 LF Networking / LF Edge: Active Standards Collaboration AUTOMATION OF NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CLOUD + APPS + IOT STANDARDS APP

LAYER

MANAGEMENT& ANALYTICS & TEST AUTOMATION SYSTEM INTEGRATION INTEGRATION SYSTEM

NETWORK CONTROL SONiC

NETWORK

LF HOSTED OPERATING SYSTEMS LF Networking & DATA PATHCI / CD IO ABSTRACTION * ALL OTHER PROJECTS HOSTED OUTSIDE LF Standards and Open Source Implementation Harmonized In 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 Projects Rapid feature iteration independent of hardware lifecycle

What Why How Consume Innovative features that may NFV options enable near- May be OEM’d in commercial not exist in commercial instant delivery of new offerings, or implemented in offerings. network services. white box environments

SONi C Open Source Control Plane Projects The backbone of modern network management

What Execute the detailed network Why How Consume requirements of larger Assume multi-vendor, mixed Range of open source and/or orchestration and automation P/V environments. packaged distribution options. frameworks (ONAP, OpenStack, CORD). Management Plane, Monitoring and Analytics Projects Translate business layer intent to network - ensure healthy operations

What How Consume Why Capture large amounts of Multi-team design, Cloud & carrier focus on real-time data, cut down implementation efforts network automation = weeks/months of big data doubling of investment in stack integration effort for Open source platforms + orchestration layer in the network analytics to just 1 custom development + next 5 years. hour. integration services. Anuket Key Links Website: anuket.io Brief Description Wiki: wiki.anuket.io Delivers a common model, standardized reference infrastructure specifications, and conformance and Documentation: docs.anuket.io performance frameworks for virtualized and cloud native Bug Tracking / Reporting: jira.anuket.io 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. List of Current Projects: wiki.anuket.io/display/PROJ/Projects Key Contacts List of all Technical Meetings and how to participate: Getting Started Al Morton - TSC Co-chair, AT&T Walter Kozlowski - TSC Co-chair, Telstra Key LFN Contacts: Jim Baker - Technical Program Manager - [email protected]

Brandon Wick - Sr. Marketing Manager - [email protected]

20 Anuket: enabling faster deployment of use cases CNTT/OPV/OPNFV - NFVi, VNF/CNF onboarding

5G deployments - ALL FULLY Automated END TO END (Zero touch) FD.io Key Links

Brief Description Website: fd.io Open Source high-performance IO services framework for Wiki: wiki.fd.io dynamic computing environments. Code: github.com/FDio Contributed by Documentation: Can be found on the wiki Cisco in 2016 Bug Tracking / Reporting: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/ Key Contacts List of Current Projects: Approved Projects Edward Warnicke - TSC Chair, Cisco 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]

22 Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP)

Brief Description Key Links Design, creation, orchestration, monitoring, and life cycle Website: https://www.onap.org management of open source and commercial VNFs and CNFs and legacy networks. Wiki: wiki.onap.org - Questions option on the wiki. Gerrit: https://gerrit.onap.org/ Contributed by AT&T in February 2017, now adopted by majority of mobile operators Documentation: docs.onap.org

Key Contacts Bug Tracking / Reporting: jira.onap.org Catherine Lefevre, TSC Chair, AT&T Davide Cherubini, Vodafone (Marketing) List of Current Projects: Approved Projects List of all Technical Meetings and how to participate: Key LFN STaff Contacts Community Meetings & Calendar Kenny Paul - Technical Program Manager - [email protected] Mailing Lists: [email protected] or onap- David McBride - Senior Technical Release Manager - [email protected]. Directly mail the PTL [email protected] Brandon Wick - Sr. Marketing Manager - Technical Steering Committee (TSC): [email protected] https://wiki.onap.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=4719160

23 OpenDaylight Key Links Website: www.opendaylight.org Wiki: wiki.opendaylight.org Brief Description Open source SDN Controller with largest ecosystem and Gerrit: git.opendaylight.org/gerrit deployment footprint. Documentation: docs.opendaylight.org Contributed by Cisco in 2013 Bug Tracking / Reporting: Jira.opendaylight.org

Key Contacts List of Current Projects: Projects TSC Chair: Guillaume Lambert, Orange Code: git.opendaylight.org Key LFN Contacts List of all Technical Meetings and how to participate: Meetings Casey Cain - Technical Program Manager - List [email protected] Brandon Wick - Sr. Marketing Manager - Mail Lists: [email protected] [email protected] Tag with #help in the subject line

24 Tungsten Fabric

Brief Description Key Links A software-defined network & security fabric built for rapid Website: www.tungsten.io deployment at scale. Wiki: wiki.tungsten.io Contributed by Gerrit: gerrit.tungsten.io Juniper Networks in April 2018 Bug Tracking / Reporting: jira.tungsten.io Key Contacts List of all Technical Meetings and how to participate: Meetings TSC Chair, List

Mail Lists: Mailing List; [email protected]

Key LFN Contacts: Casey Cain - Technical Program Manager [email protected] Brandon Wick - Sr. Marketing Manager [email protected]

25 XGVela Key Links Brief Description Website: https://xgvela.org/ An open source cloud native PaaS for applications and telco network functions to enable new services. Wiki: https://github.com/XGVela/XGVela/wiki Contributed by Gerrit:

Documentation: Key Contacts Bug Tracking / Reporting:

Key LFN Contacts List of Current Projects:

Louis Illuzi - Technical Program Manager - Code: [email protected] List of all Technical Meetings and how to participate: Meetings Brandon Wick - Sr. Marketing Manager - List [email protected] Mail Lists: Tag with #help in the subject line

26 Project Spotlight: ONAP Frankfurt Modular Architecture, no major changes since inception

28 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 5G technologies will generate $17 trillion in • ENHANCED CCVPN – New features - E-Line service support economic growth in the period to 2035, with - Blueprints from previous 5 releases (Broadband service (BBS), the initial stimulus coming from smart-city vIMS, vCPE, VoLTE…) applications piggybacking on urban 5G rollouts. Source: ABI Research, 2019 ONAP Cloud Native Evolution

2018 ONAP is established as the VNF-PNF solution

VNFs PNFs

2019 MultiCloud – Picturing Hybrid approach, CNCF+LFN Multi Cloud Project Showcased deploying CNFs & VNFs (firewall use communities case) in Dublin VNFs CNFs collaborating PNFs

2020+ ONAP CNCF – Native to K8s: ONAP CN is • Re-Use K8S Infra : logging, scaling, resiliency underway • Identify and Focus on ONAP Value proposition : + NF control loops, NF common inventory, NF OVP Ph2 is CNFs common data collection and analytics, etc. underway • ONAP-CNCF « Complementary » in the CNCF Landscape and aligned with CNF standards ONAP Deployment updates UPDATED June 2020

Frankfurt Frankfurt Frankfurt

1.NFVO Pilot Test 1. Broad Production Deployment Adopt customized ONAP components for New AT&T business service on top of CMCC own orchestrator NFVO, which has ONAP (Consumer Mobility services on completed pilot tests in multiple provinces. 5G, 1st Responder Network Authority) 2.NFV Testing Automation Trials 2. Community Partnerships Focus End-to-End automated test management Controller Design Studio, Policy system prototype for NFV product certification Handler Enhancement to support new and procurement testing, conducting internal Policy Lifecycle API’s; TOSCA trials. Compliant Policies; Control Loop Self 3. Community Contribution Focus Serve. ● E2E 5G slicing management in 3. Proof of Concepts & deployment Frankfurt, with KPI monitoring and New Control Loop use cases for exposure API. Mobility RAN operations; ONAP/O-RAN ● SDO alignment support in SO, VF-C and Interworking, Cloud Native First. catalog. 4. Security by Design & Deployability ● OVP extensions to support automated Embracing CII Badging as Security Best VNF certification Practice; Shared databases 31 ONAP Deployment updates UPDATED June 2020

Frankfurt Frankfurt Frankfurt

1. China Telecom Global Company is 1. Amsterdam Release in production since 1. Focusing on E2E service orchestration with launching a new OSS system based on Q42017, now on track for Dublin the composition of real-world complex upgrade ONAP VNF’s through vendor partnership. • Continued feature development for 2. Expanding CCVPN use case with SFC NFVi automation scenario and will launch a trial of SD- 2. Drive ETSI MANO Compliant interfaces • Automated uCPE onboarding and WAN service among ONAP Components (SO/RO/VNFM) VNF deployment to enable inter-vendor operability. 3. ONAP and MEF Module and lateral 1. Expanding use cases across interface coordination 3. Focusing on operational features and Carrier and Internal IT Data Center 4. ONAP and 5G network management stability to integrate & operationalize ONAP automation. (OOM, CDS leadership & framework integration in Verizon Ecosystem. success deploying + CI/CD pipeline) 5. China Telecom has adopted modules 4. Drive E2E orchestration scenarios in the 1. Bell launched a new VNS SD-WAN (e.g. SO, SDN-C, etc. ) from ONAP and community through code contributions to service using automation building applied it to our new OSS system. SDC, SO & VF-C, Design & develop new use blocks. ONAP 6. China Telecom is testing ONAP for 5G cases around orchestration. Focused participation towards 5G, RAN & Edge 1. ONAP is the basis of internal Multi- use case in the testbed. tenant/Self Service Automation Computing use-cases. platform (NSO)

32 ONAP Deployment updates UPDATED June 2020

Frankfurt Frankfurt Frankfurt

1. OVP Ph1 & Ph2: Leading the CVC 1. Lab: 10+ ONAP El-Alto Release 1. Production of ONAP for SD-WAN working group in alignment with instances installed and working in started with the Casablanca GSMA/CNTT and OPNFV. Lab: Focus on release early in 2K19. SDC, A&AI, SO,DCAE & External API. DT’s lab. 2. Pre-Production: Prepare all relevant Vodafone sees ONAP as a crucial 2. The current labs upgraded to platform for standardization across steps to make DT’s ONAP Release various areas for Telco Cloud adoption Casablanca. Selected use case pre-production grade. testing and POCs performed by 3. Functional evaluation: Together using Casablanca and looking at 1. On-Boarding: Focus on SDC, with partners conducted several newer releases Compliance & Verification(On-Boarding) tests for vEPC, 5G Core and multi- of Resources and Services - an industry vendor end-to-end Network Slicing. 1. Gi.LAN, Datacenter and Voltha standard for On-Boarding with OVP Concentrating on modelling use cases move into POC 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.

33 ONAP Deployment updates UPDATED June 2020

Frankfurt Dublin Frankfurt

1. ONAP Adoption 1. Production deployment of ONAP 1. Open source software is in the core of ONAP plays an important role in for SD-WAN connectivity most of Swisscom's products and internal our network automation and orchestration. While delivering systems and platforms. transformation. end-to-end service involving 3rd 1. BBS (Broadband Service) use case has party networks. Tentative release been very helpful to progress in a 1. Use Cases and VNF/CNF is Casablanca. Q4 2019. pragmatic, applied and targeted manner Onboarding 2. ONAP automatically detects the CPE Jio is exploring ONAP as a 1. ONAP is to orchestrate SD-WAN move and reconfigures the customer strategic fit for cloud native CNF facing service according to the policies cloud connectivity services. To and models defined by the service transformation. Incorporating use deliver instant cloud connects for provider, increasing customer cases and onboarding cloud applications and services. satisfaction, while reducing operational VNFs/CNFs as trials progress. Tentative release is Casablanca. costs and complexity in IT procedures. Q4 2019. 3. BBS is a great example of open 1. Test Automation collaboration, with Swisscom as service provider, two major telecom equipment Creating a common framework 1. Appropriate POCs are in progress. vendors, open standards bodies like BBF for test automation across ONAP. and TMF, and the open source community working together.”

34 ONAP Deployment updates UPDATED June 2020

NEW In partnership Frankfurt Frankfurt with 1. Lab: • PoC for End-to-End Application • ONAP El Alto as a Telco/MNO Verified El Alto. Based on vDNS Automation (demonstrated at MEF18) orchestrator for enabling network automatic scaling out use case. • Intelligent Edge, Low Power IoT telemetry, slice extension into multi-cloud, Followed by verification of Run- Video Recognition with High Performance Edge Processing multi-MEC environment for time of Dublin release, moved • TMF API between ONAP and Blue Planet LSO enterprise services. forward to Design-time. Points to Stacks • LF Edge and LF Networking focus are as follows; • Automated Deployment - Complex Network Collaboration: ONAP and Edge Use • Automatic scaling out by Closed-Loop and Application Functions • On-boarding • ONAP Service Design - Multi-Component IoT case for Public Cloud Edge Interface • Creation, testing and service design Application Function Control loop design and execution • ONAP Service Instance - VNF and VF Module Blueprint (PCEI) • Creation (INTERLUDE) • ONAP can be used to represent the • TMF633, 638 - ONAP Service Catalog & MNO Orchestration Functions for 1. Plan for 2020; Service Inventory (LEGATO) • Evaluation of Frankfurt E2E slice • API-driven Global Interconnection Orchestration Mobile Edge. management using RAN/Core • Automated Creation of Virtual Connections • Deploying El Alto with Partners for simulators • Between SP, Edge and Cloud Domains - • Application of use case of E2E slice Production Equinix Cloud Exchange Fabric POC management in 5G blue-print • Unified Automation of Network & Cloud IoT Evaluation of ONAP Frankfurt or Guilin Resources • with KDDI 5GC testbed • Automated Provisioning and Deployment • Cloud IoT Resources and AWS Greengrass IoT Edge Application Function

35 ONAP Deployment updates - New NEW June 2020

NEW NEW NEW Frankfurt Frankfurt Frankfurt

ONAP adoption as a key platform in Automation of various Commercial 1. Based on ONAP component, such as VF- 1. Telecom Strategy now an integral Services C/SDC-C/SO, China Unicom form a part of Public Cloud, 2 Acquisitions cross-network carrying solution on (Affirmed and Metaswitch) leading Production deployment of select ONAP multi-service. In the solution, IPRAN to an overall strategy to enable 5G, components, SDC, AAI integrated with and carrier A Network share one MANO vendor supplied orchestration for IOT and Edge which downwardly connects to SDWAN Services 2. ONAP running on Azure - different controllers and upwardly announced at MWC 2019. Strong Proof of Concept VNF onboarding and connects to service platform. VNF orchestration in areas of Security 2. Built platform and interconnected the vendor ecosystem support on CPE and Cloud public network and the edge network 3. Affirmed network one of the first to by onap, realized the cloud-edge receive LFN OVP batch for cooperation of the services. CNTT/OPNFV compliance. 3. Based on ONAP component, built 3- tiers Communication Cloud structure.

Under embargo June 18 2020 9 AM PST, 36 ONAP Deployment updates UPDATED June 2020 NEW

El Alto Frankfurt Telecom NEW Argentina Frankfurt

• ONAP Use Case on Partner Domain Management ONAP lab for R&D ONAP lab Proposed for Frankfurt release and is focused on • A dedicated lab since first release for in-depth • Testing in progress, focus on services and e2e building a capability for service provider to support functional and not-functional ONAP maturity service orchestration as part of digital orchestration of services from Partner / Third Party. evaluation and for performing PoCs transformation. • ONAP as “VNF” Operational Domain Manager and demonstrations. as Cross Domain Operational Domain Manager Use Cases Ongoing analysis for these use cases. Proof of Concepts • VPN, VNF/CNF onboarding • Setting up ONAP orchestration for 5G Core • CNF in bare metal • Production Deployment of a Domain Integration of TM Forum API for service • Security Orchestration using ONAP for Broadcast Media • Deployed a domain orchestrator to govern the catalog, service inventory and service instance • SD-WAN LCM Broadcast itinerant services booking process, Focus leveraging several ONAP components. Currently • ONAP orchestration of O-RAN preliminary features exploring the PNF capabilities introduced and • OVP, OSS integration enhanced in the Dublin release, and identifying • Intent Based Workflows, API and Data change management functions to manage planned Focus Driven, Network and Apps controllers, ONAP and Kubernetes/CNF ecosystem change impacts on customers. • Enable Faster TTM to New Services, integration for seamless orchestration facilitates the operation with a close loop • ONAP lab setup for R&D • Cross-collaboration with relevant standards Telstra ONAP lab setup on Casablanca being used (e.g. O-RAN specifications, ETSI, TM Forum) vision, enable Data Analytics for operational for POCs for the proposed use cases. Plan to and BI feedback upgrade to Dublin after the release. • Avoiding vendor lock • General Quality improvements ONAP defect fixes from Casablanca release.

37 ONAP Commercial Ecosystem UPDATED June 2020

Frankfurt Frankfurt Frankfurt • Amdocs Service & Network Automation Platform announced in Jan 2020 • Open Source ONAP software • Accenture has developed a hybrid cloud (https://bit.ly/3eoe5CP). Cloud-native, company focusing on 5G/edge orchestration capability for ONAP, delivering a modular microservices platform enables • Successfully completed 12 multi-cloud plug-in for orchestrating VNFs on end-to-end service design, orchestration & ONAP engagements the AWS public cloud. Our plug-in supports inventory management spanning NFV and • Aarna Networks ONAP existing infrastructure workload APIs from SO, hybrid networks, and is based on several Distribution 4.0 (El Alto) available enabling the seamless orchestration of ONAP components (A&AI, SDC). Multiple • New OVP-in-a-box offering for workloads across hybrid cloud including production implementations underway. VNF vendors to perform interop OpenStack and AWS • Amdocs 5G Slice Manager announced in Feb testing • Accenture has implemented a new proof of 2020 (https://bit.ly/2yhtrsl). End-to-end 5G • New ONAP integration with concept (PoC) for 5G and Edge Compute Hybrid network slice lifecycle management and Cloud Native 5G Demo, Akraino Orchestration. Spanning virtualized 5G RAN monetization solution, integrated with Private LTE/5G Blueprint running in OpenStack, edge applications ordering and charging. Leverages ONAP • Recently joined PAWR, 5G running in AWS Outpost as the edge compute components and uses TOSCA modeling for Open Innovation Lab to drive 5G infrastructure, and 5G core components in the network slice building blocks as well as use cases with ONAP AWS public cloud, we continue to advance our GSMA Generic Network Slice Templates • Number#1 Instructor led ONAP (GST) to ensure commonality, flexibility and training provider PoC through the ongoing simulation and reusability. Multiple PoCs/trials underway. execution of new workloads.

38 ONAP Commercial Ecosystem Dublin Rls

• Ampere eMAG powered production aarch64ONAP components validated on • Commscope and the recently ready platforms available NOW! aarch64 ● As part of CIA project: acquired ARRIS Software Solution High performance per watt servers in a Services leverages best of breed and variety of form factors enabling efficient https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/CIA+ leading edge technologies and and scalable uCPE, MEC,EPC and Dublin+Release+Planning ○ A&AI Data Center deployments platforms for Orchestration and ○ DMAAP Automation including ONAP. ○ Portal • Software stacks that just run! • ARRIS is committed to collaboration ○ Robot Turnkey experience with platforms that using open source and open are software ready - Akraino Edge ○ SDC ○ SDNC standards to provide a highly Stack, ONAP, DPDK, Open Stack, performant and stable platform. Telco grade hypervisors, etc. ○ VID ○ AAF • Providing multi-domain orchestration • Improved Quality of Service for ○ SO for the following key domains: B2B VNFs ○ APPC services, Wireless including 5G slice ○ CLAMP High performance cores delivering orchestration, Broadband Access best-in-class workload QoS and ○ CCSDK ● As part of Integration project: networks including Hybrid access reliability ○ vFW use case necessary and last but not the least, Media components Delivery include contribution and distribution networks.

39 ONAP Commercial Ecosystem UPDATED June 2020

Dublin Frankfurt Frankfurt

• Ericsson is aligning its functional architecture and ONAP for ARM and Akraino • BOCO Orchestrator and Data key interfaces with the ONAP architecture and Enea has contributed to ONAP and Collect Platform both incorporate integrating several components from ONAP in our Akraino in collaboration with ARM, ONAP components. OSS portfolio. and are now part of the open source • BOCO contribute to the community around ONAP, • Ericsson provides ONAP services including targeting multi-architecture hardware development of ONAP,such as VF- integrations, enhancements, deployments on support in project communities and in C ems driver,etc. various virtualization platforms across multi- CI/CD infrastructure in particular. vendor environments. • BOCO Focus on SDN and NFV developments & integrations for • As part of 5G network transformation, Ericsson is Operators worldwide, including working with several global operators to increase work on ONAP. 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.

40 ONAP Commercial Ecosystem UPDATED June 2020

Frankfurt Frankfurt Frankfurt

1. MDONS (Multi-Domain Optical Network 1.ONAP CCVPN and BBS use case demonstrates Services) use-case proposed & 1. ONAP on IBM Cloud Private interoperability with Huawei SDN controllers. contributed to the ONAP Frankfurt rel. IBM Cloud Private is fully 2. CCVPN extension provided support of E-LINE 2. Enabled ONAP alignment with open creation and management across multiple OTN Kubernetes-based deployment optical standards – OpenROADM, ONF transport domains through open standards and for on-premise, bundled with T-API & MEF, for optical transport interfaces. capabilities from open source & services & lifecycle management 3. ONAP based NSMF in 5G Network Slicing use 3. Fujitsu’s OpenDaylight based Virtuora IBM for core operational case demonstrates interoperability with Huawei CN 1 SDN controller integrated with ONAP services NSSMF. supporting E2E automation 2. IBM Services for ONAP 4. Supporting 5G Transport Slicing Focus on SDN and NFV implementation as part of E2E Network Community Contribution Focus Slicing blueprint in ONAP PNF software upgrade using an external Element deployments & integrations Management System 5. Fujitsu’s Bandwidth-on-Demand worldwide, including work on MicroApp enables closed-loop 5G Network Resource Model (NRM) ONAP for Operators. Services functionality within ONAP environment configuration management with RESTful protocol are augmented with IBM cloud Contributing to the NSMF in ONAP for 5G slicing Fujitsu is committed to open source and and cognitive software and continues to leverage & contribute to ONAP Provide OTN model extensions to SDN-C and LFN projects with commercial solutions Contributing towards improving some of the key services & services offerings. non-functional aspects like multi tenant mgmt, reduction of ONAP footprint

41 ONAP Commercial Ecosystem UPDATED June 2020

Frankfurt Frankfurt

1. ONAP Lab Equipment: Intel & • Lumina SDN Controller, based on partners hosts community lab for deployment, VNF onboarding, OpenDaylight, plugs into ONAP to integration testing. support service automation in multi- 2. Driving intelligent scheduling of domain and multi-layer workloads on edges based on environments. platform capabilities (HPA) 3. Driving security of ONAP secrets, • Pure play open source solution private keys w/ hardware root of trust. enables network slicing, network e.g. Trusted Platform Modules (TPM). optimization, end-to-end service 4. Update “K8s-based Cloud region automation. support” to deploy CNFs & CNAs on edge clouds, adding single-click • Resource: ONAP White Paper deploy of geo-distributed CNFs & CNAs across regions. 5. Driving AI based Distributed network analytics platform to allow dynamic deployments of AI analytics apps.

42 ONAP Commercial Ecosystem UPDATED June 2020

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• Netsia's 5G Center-of-Excellence lab • 5G support for ONAP • 5G NFs Containers has been upgraded to Frankfurt RC0. Multi-domain product support in core Containers enable Operators to

• Netsia will continue to integrate and test networks, 5G radio, edge cloud and automate the roll out of 5G NF SEBA, vRAN & GiLAN use cases with fixed BB services building PNF/VNF Service Slices. ONAP Dublin release the latest ONAP releas(es). readiness with support of ONAP enhances its customer offering with interfaces and API’s. Kubernetes support • Netsia is working in the LF Edge Akraino community to develop the SEBA • services for ONAP blueprint which includes ONAP. • 5G PCF and CHF NFs Services for ONAP integration into Openet has deployed in PCF and • 5G CoE Lab will be a regional multi-vendor customer environments CHF in Operators Labs for 5G excellence center where Aether + and use case implementation Control Plane trials using SEBA and vRIC solutions will have been co-located in Netsia’s multi access edge • Customer use-cases Containers cloud and will be integrated with ONAP. Use-case customer pilot implementations and use-case • Observability & CI/CD • Netsia will contribute to RAN Slicing: O- Operators look to Automation and development (e.g. fixed BB or edge RAN <-> ONAP alignment activities. Observability as key lifecycle cloud) management tools found in the ONAP toolset

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• • Open-Source: development & • ONAP Alignment RIFT Inc.’s Orchestration & Automation support of custom solutions Ribbon is in full support and platform, RIFT.ware, delivers an open- architecturally aligned with ONAP sourced, standards-based product for multi-domain service orchestration, real- • ONAP: tailor-made for service • ONAP Adoption time service inventory, service assurance providers / integration and app integration for real-time scaling and Ribbon is closely following the development closed loop control evolution of ONAP and particularly • Linux Foundation Networking how it provides support for MANO • RIFT.ware automates the onboarding, Projects: customization and compliant interfaces, so that we VNF/NS validation and VNF/NS launch upstream, open-source project can provide our VNFs into the across any cloud. We automate LCM development in DPDK, FD.io, widest possible range of functions with closed loop control. Mininet, ONAP, orchestration environments • OpenDaylight, lighty.io & OvS 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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1. Proof of Concepts Our commitment to ONAP is to enable Telco operators to adopt ONAP Samsung RAN Central Unit with Closed Loop on and operationalize deployments in their production environment. At the • Multi-VIM project Wind same time contribute actively to ONAP Platform. ONAP. Integration of Samsung MANO with ONAP: River is a contributor to the MultiCloud / Our ONAP Platform contributions VIM project, helping insure federated LCM, FCAPS, TOSCA/VNFD model. •Standards based BSS integration specifically for 5G and slicing 2. VNF/CNF enhancements including E2E service order automation enhancements orchestration between heterogeneous MultiVIM/Cloud Native Function deployment •Enable ONAP for cloud native workloads, container orchestration infrastructure platforms enhance (vFW use case). Driving ETSI alignment to •Create a model based configuration design •Enable centralized logging and monitoring bridge VNFM and ONAP for VNF LCM. SDC UX for • ONAP Test and Validation Lab •Validate distributed ONAP deployment across multiple locations – Wind River contributes and maintains VNF On-Boarding and LCM. edge and central – for vRAN architecture Wind River Cloud Platform for the ONAP 3. Security and Quality Our joint Telco operator initiatives test and validation lab; this enables Security best practices (hardening), automated •BSS integration for 5G slice ordering scenarios •Orchestration, instantiation, configuration of 5G Core containerized members of the community to validate penetration tests. Enhance quality assurance WL and test their ONAP-based solutions process by providing automated Integration and •Operations ready ONAP complemented by other open source / E2E (vCPE) tests. Introduce K8S Ingress Controller operator specific tools •Analysis and Design of ONAP deployments in a High Available and • Validated with ONAP Frankfurt for improved ONAP manageability and operations. geo-redundant set-up Wind River Cloud Platform is a private- 4. Platform Release •Customization of automated test framework for operator needs cloud platform validated with ONAP ONAP offline installer for CentOS, RHEL, Ubuntu. •Design and Analysis of ORAN integration with ONAP for operator Frankfurt release and works seamlessly specific deployment scenarios •Design, development and deployment of operator specific Service with ONAP via the Multi-VIM project. Assurance micro-services in ONAP with closed control loop operations

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• Wipro Services using ONAP platform • ZTE CloudStudio product and - Customer deployments and multi-vendor OES platform based on ONAP solutions involving SDN domain controllers, components, such as VF-C, orchestrators, VIMs and xNFs MSB, HOLMES, etc. - Integration Services for 3rd party OSS / BSS and SON Solutions - Extensions to ONAP Network Slicing, and • ZTE contributes key technology interfacing with vendor NSSMFs to enable ETSI MANO in ONAP - Extensions to cover RAN orchestration and drives ONAP aligned with • Customer specific use cases industry standards, such as - Use-case specific enhancements, work-flow ETSI, 3GPP, and TMF, etc. design, enhancements to ONAP, interface adaptations • CCVPN use case demonstrates • Carrier-grade ONAP R&D services interop with ZENIC ONE, which - Offer enterprise-grade version of ONAP components such as Policy and SDC is SDN Controller for SOTN and - Customer-specific implementation and SDWAN verification services to make ONAP open source ready for commercial deployment

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Orion 5G Security Suite • Provides comprehensive control plane and data-plane 1. Robin is an automation platform for security to 5G networks through high performance, the deployment, scaling and life cycle cloud native network functions (NFs). These network • Digital Commerce Platform (DCP) management of any data- and functions cover NAT, firewall, traffic steering, roaming network-intensive application for 5G and signaling security for GTP and DNS functions and Our CNFs (Cloud Native Network scalable mitigation against multi-layered DDoS attacks. Functions) allow service providers to service delivery across core, edge • Enables modularized services as a service layer with a and RAN. set of connected technologies that employ automated harness elasticity, resilience, and cost intelligence, machine learning and centralized visibility efficient scaling of their 5G CCS. 2. Robin Platform, powered by and control. ONAP’s support for Kubernetes further application- and infrastructure- Ecosystem Integration topology aware technology on • Actively participates in community and eco-system. enables the industry evolution toward • Participated in Linux Foundation’s end-to-end 5G cloud- CNFs. Kubernetes, supports policy-driven native network proof of concept (POC) in Nov 2019. orchestration and automation of • Proven integration with major MANO systems through VNF’s and CNF’s. PoCs and interoperability testing with ETSI, ONAP. • MATRIXX DCP – 5G CCS Operator Engagements MATRIXX is beginning to deploy our 3. Robin supports end-to-end, virtualized • A10’s NF’s are deployed at multiple tier 1 mobile cloud native 5G CCS in service cloud-native infrastructure for 5G at operator for 5G and 5G-Ready launches, including SK scale at Rakuten Mobile. Telecom. provider labs where ONAP components • In production VM’s at various Telco’s and is in early supporting Kubernetes can be utilized 4. Robin supports open standards and Interoperable with vEPC in MEC topology. open source communities like • Cloud Native functions are in numerous on-going PoCs in trials. with tier 1 operators as they plan and deploy cloud- OpenNESS and has planned native and telco-cloud technology. contributions to ONAP.

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1. SES teams with Amdocs to operationalise the first ONAP orchestration platform for 1. NFV MANO: We work with NFV 1. The University of New Hampshire scalable, automated delivery of satellite- providers and help them make InterOperability Laboratory hosts the enabled network services on Microsoft LFN Lab as a Service (LaaS) Azure their VNFs compatible with ONAP. We also investigate how community resources, providing developers with access to bare-metal 2. SES is a founding member of Linux to manage CNFs and how ONAP Foundation Networking (LFN), which hosts the resource where ONAP and other LFN ONAP project, an initiative with widespread can support them in the future. projects can be deployed and tested. adoption as the preferred platform for open network automation and orchestration. By 2. Ecosystem: Thanks to our 1. The UNH-IOL is also working with LFN standardising on the same orchestration platform as leading telcos and mobile network experience with Tungsten Fabric members to assist with testing their operators, SES will make it easier and faster we can identify potential gaps in NFVI and VNF products for the OVP for its customers to deliver services over the ONAP support for TF and find Badging Programs. its high-performance satellite-based network. the way to fill them. 1. In May and September, the UNH-IOL 3. Our vision is to make satellite-based networks participate in a number of demos, a seamless and wholly integrated part of a showing real usage of ONAP in a global, cloud-scale network ecosystem Cloud Native 5G environment and zero-touch broadband deployment.

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1. PoC for End-to-end Service • CommScope, which recently acquired 1. API Fabric PoC : Netcracker developed an API Orchestration ARRIS and its Software Defined Services Fabric and integrated with ONAP Ext-API, SO, group, leverages best of breed and leading SDC and A&AI to expose customized Customized modeling design application/use-case specific/standard specific edge technologies and platforms, including and ONAP alignment with secure APIs to external applications. Showcased ONAP, for Orchestration and Automation. ETSI MANO for cross-domain the API Management and Marketplace • CommScope is committed to collaboration capabilities in ONS and ONAP events. and automated provisioning using open source and open standards to 2. ONAP SDC Interoperability with Netcracker: Interoperability of SDC with Netcracker MANO to and deployment of resources provide a high performing and stable and services. support ONAP VNF models in the MANO runtime platform for service providers. environment. Built interoperability plugins to • CommScope provides multi-domain transform ONAP VNF data models to standard data models compatible with Netcracker’s 1. Prototype Development orchestration for the following key service solution. Integrated ONAP with provider domains: B2B services, Wireless 3. Policy Engine Deployment and Analysis: CertusNet's SDN controller (including 5G slice orchestration), Deployed and evaluated ONAP Policy Engine for for a carrier's centralized, Broadband Access Networks (including reusability in a standalone mode. 4. SDN-C: Deployed ONAP-SDNC for YANG data unified control prototype hybrid access) and Media Delivery include model-driven management for 5G network slicing system across multi- contribution and distribution networks. and multi-site NFV-PoPs, where ONAP-SDNC manufacture. with external SDN controllers manages VPN services and traffic engineering.

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1. Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform 1. 5GIC is developing ONAP ONAP adoption Integrating and testing ONAP for Plugins: rich and advance plugin for • Utilize ONAP as the automation Kubernetes run by KubeOne and ETSI OSM and Ryu SDN Controller. and orchestration tool for ULAK 5G Kubermatic. 2. GSMA template descriptors: Core and New Radio products. adaptation of GSMA template 1. R&D services development. 5G Core VNF onboarding Loodse is the top 5 corporate 3. AI-enabled Research: zero touch • Core Network VNFs successfully contributor to the Kubernetes project. orchestrating for 3GPP network, non- deployed by utilizing Supporting the deployment of VNFs 3GPP network and NTN comprehensive automation with and CNFs. communication. Dublin (2019Q4) 4. CAPIF functionality: Implementing • Participated OPNFV VNF 1. Linux Foundation Networking east west communication for ONAP. verification challenge and awarded Projects 3. Business Platform Research: the first VNF badges (2020Q1) Heavily involved in CNTT to ensure Secure service chaining support for smooth MANO of VNFs and CNFs on Testing & PoC different businesses and applications Kubernetes run by KubeOne and • DCAE, FCAPS, Policy executions, through intelligent network slicing and Kubermatic. Key contributor to OVP Auto-scaling, Closed-loop open APIs 2.0 workstream. operations • 5G network slicing

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› 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 Open Interfaces › Outlook for O-RAN RAN Intelligence Functional Specs Whitebox 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 Network CU: Central Unit DU: Distributed Unit RU: Remote/Radio Unit FH: Front Haul RIC: RAN Intelligent Controller RRC: Radio Resource Control PDCP: Packet Data Convergence Protocol SDAP: Service Data Adaption Protocol RFE: Radio Front End UP: User or Data Plane CP: Control Plane UPF: 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 ORAN › Multi-vendor Open ecosystem & Specification in RAN Software › Implementing ORAN & 3GPP Specifications in OSS code Community › 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 O-RAN Alliance & LF : O-RAN Software Community (De-facto Largest Community based Project) Key Goals Projects · 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) 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 xApp Traffic Steering is a suite of Data update QP driver QP ML A1Med interacting xApps: xApp xApp

• TS xApp Prediction Request for Prediction • Finds UEs of interest (based on UE list A1-P) Query • Receives predictions from QP A1 xApp Policy • Issues control instructions to steer traffic Query Cell UE TS xApp metrics metrics • QP driver xApp • Fetches metric data for use by Write QP xApp for UEs of interest KPIMON • QP xApp E2 • Predicts future throughput for CONTROL UEs and makes these available to TS xApp E2 KPI Sub E2Term Near-RT • KPIMON xApp populates cell and UE RIC metrics into the Redis databases Viavi RANSim E2 Simulator Data 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 ● 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. Architecture ● 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

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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 Collaboration

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Improve Train • Model Deployed Develop • No Company-specific data • Refinements Shared Learn With Collaborators Train Historical Company A Data Company B Ideal Data Procurement Licensing Acumos AI for 5G/O-RAN/Intelligent Controller (RIC) 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 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 Project Spotlight: LF Edge Akraino