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This page serves as the working document for the Use Case as it is developed. All contributors are asked to add contributions to the project on this page. The table below may be modified in anyway to fit the needs of the project. Meeting notes along with meeting recording links are captured at the bottom of the page.

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Use Case Name:

Application Centric Connectivity

Use Case Description:

Deploy containerized and distributed applications to bare Linux and Kubernetes endpoints in any location in conjunction with a dedicated network overlay and any needed infrastructure (software-defined).  And when various components of that application are moved to a new environment or locations, move the connectivity along with it without any downtime.  The configuration of the application and corresponding connectivity should be represented by declarative intent.

Overview-

LF-Networking, a Linux Foundation initiative, extends network functionalities to deliver real-time data services at the edge - without reliance on the cloud. This innovative integration combines EdgeLake (a Virtual Data Layer), Open Horizon (an Edge Orchestration Platform), and advanced networking capabilities to empower telecom companies to provide edge data services traditionally dominated by cloud providers.

In today’s landscape, organizations face challenges of cost, latency, and compliance by transferring edge data to the cloud. LF-Networking disrupts this dependency by enabling data to remain at the edge while being serviced to applications as seamlessly as if hosted in a centralized cloud database.

This groundbreaking approach transforms telecom companies from being mere data pipelines to full-fledged edge data service providers. Importantly, it requires no investments in data centers, software development, or modifications to existing telecom infrastructure. With LF-Networking, telecom companies can capitalize on new revenue opportunities and strengthen their competitive position in the rapidly evolving data economy.

-Epic

-Problem Statement

Separate teams currently manage network access and overlays, and application deployments.  This approach removes barriers and empowers those deploying applications to also specify, provision, and stand up the connectivity within provided guardrails.

Industry Use Cases Descriptions

Use Cases from existing demo

  1. Using CI/CD automation to connect deployed applications to remote services. Nephio? Joe Pearson 

  2. Moving a network overlay to a new location without disrupting an application’s connectivityMuddasar Ahmed to provide detail (gNodeB components):  RAN Components are CU-CP, CU-UP, DU-CP, DU-UP, RU.  ORAN RAN gNodeB implementation components are SMO(Service Management, and Orchestration controller), CU-CP, CU-UP, DU-CP, DU-UP, RU.  SMO has subcomponents- Non-Realtime RIC, and Near Realtime-RIC, xApps and r-Apps.

  3. Resilliency and Redundancy capabilities- Showing application connectivity resilliency in the face of a network segment going down

  4. Enabling application mobility

Users Stories

  • Muddasar Ahmed after watching the video will add to user story(s)

  • Company A is researching options for deploying an edge solution. The company is offered a plug and play solution that would make the starting point a virtual data lake or a virtual cloud where queries can be run against the edge (rather then sending engineers to the edge and moving huge amounts of data to the virtual cloud.)

  • Company B needs to move across the virtual cloud. A solution is offered where the data can be moved by expressing an SQL query(s) (rather then sending engineers to the edge to move the data).

  • ….

Business Justications

Requirements

  • Portability of Workloads- Workloads have to be capabile of running in each of 3 environments (private virtualized data center, AWS/Google Clould/Azure, or 3rd party) relatively unchanged both in the cloud and at the edge.

    • decription or information model that describes the appplication itself @joe

  • Transparently move components of a complex application, or the whole application itself between the locations with no downtime.

Interaction with other open source projects and components

  • Open Horizon

  • Edgelake

  • L3AF, L3AF wiki - for observerability (potential/option)

  • ORAN (detailed discussion from 06/11)

  • Nephio - How is Nephio different then what Open Horizon is doing?

Resources -people

Resources (people) to execute on the blueprint:

  • Moshe Shadmon (AnyLog)

  • Joe Pearson (IBM)

  • ...

Steps to Realization

  • What is the very 1st step to realization?

  • 2nd step?

  • 3rd step?

High-level architecture diagram

High level lab topology diagram

Dependencies - list of any dependencies that rely of future releases of a specfic component.

  •  Yes

    • Enter details:

or

  •  No

High-level timeline

  • Month that build can begin: enter month/year

  • Approximate duration of build: enter number of weeks or months

  • Approximate completion of outputs: ONE Summit Nov 2024

Upstreaming Opportunities

  • enter project(s) and details

Blueprint Outputs 

(Suggested. Not all may apply)

check all that apply:

  •  Code repository
  •  Configuration files (e.g. Helm charts, etc.)
  •  Upstreaming to relevant projects 
  •  Continuous Integration
  •  Test requirements and test results (if applicable)
  •  Documentation:
    •  Overview and Theory of Operation (i.e., what does it do?)
    •  Deployment and setup
  •  Videos
    •  demo
    •  lab setup/behind the scenes
    •  other

Links to existing documentation (Build Guide, Slideware, etc), if available.

Links to existing demo/video, if available.

Links to existing code/repos, if available.

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  • Webinar wiki

    Outreach follow-up

    • - Sabetha SI

    • Pre-event marketing

    • Blog Post draft - Moshe Shadmon focus on the technology

    • Next meeting - 9am PT/12noon ET- use the bi-weekly meeting slot

  • Outreach follow-up

    • Followup meeting with Beth for Verizon introductions

    • LFN Board member from Verizon might be interested, Ranny Haiby to followup

    • Telus- bring in Sana? What is the ask? Ranny Haiby can reach out.

    • Outreach to LFN TAC- proposal for at the earliest

  • Webinar planning with LFN marketing, April 8

  • Outreach with Beth Cohen April 9. Send to Eric

  • Outreach- Ranny met with Orange CTO org during Kubecon, there might be some interest. Ranny Haiby to make introduction

  • Outreach- LFN Board member from Verizon might be interested, Ranny Haiby to followup

  • Outreach to LFN TAC- proposal for April 30

  • Outreach followup

    • Telus- Moshe/Eric

    • ONAP SECCOM and ONAP TSC

    • Member Summit

  • GSM Fraud & Security group

    • Eric (Anylog) connected with Eric Gathere (Orange/GSM Security group chair).

    • Next Steps:

      1. Build story and value prop around security Moshe Shadmon

      2. Get on a GSM Fraud & Security group agenda working through Eric G.

  • Other events inside and outside the LF.

  • LJ PTO to

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  • Review Architecture slides for Machine Builder Use Case

  • Articulate problem scenarios and solution benefits and value props based on architectures

    • Benefits

      • Cost savings - cloud services cost reductions, storage, less proprietry logic

      • Speed - real time

      • Accuracy

      • Plug and Play → Kansas City example. Is there a demo available? Or specs that can be shared?

      • Data doesn’t move

      • same system services multiple verticals and Use Cases (telco, oil/gas, metro/smart city, nautical, IoT applications….)

      • Reduces data duplication

      • Data not centralized. Data is on virtual layer vs physical data. No transfer of data.

      • Deployment advantages

        • starting point - virtual datalake

      • Security advantages

    • What are the generic attribute(s) that can be used cross-vertically, AND specific benefits for Service Providers?

      • Processing at the edge (AI is a driver)

      • Day 0 - a plug and play solution that would make the starting point a virtual data lake or a virtual cloud where queries can be run against the edge. User story is updated in above table.

      • Day 2- to move data express an SQL query of what is needed. User story is updated in above table.

  • Next Meeting

    • is Member Summit. Meeting canceled

    • is next scheduled call. Do we want to meet before that? Nov26? (Thanksgiving week in the US)

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  • Separate industry Use Cases (Muddasar)

    • Muddasar Ahmed to look at the demo video and extract some industry use cases

  • Create User Stories:

    • Create a Lab for HW infrastructure

    • Bring in 2-3 components (Data Lake for example)

  • Build component BOM open source and proprietary/commercial

  • What can we do as far as demo for ONE Summit in Nov?

  • Next Steps and Action Items:

    • Muddasar Ahmed to look at the demo video and extract some industry use cases.

      • Extract business justications from Use Cases

    • @Mark Davidson (AnyLog) provide Whitepaper written for AnyLog

    • AnyLog working with Cisco to integrate with there 5G solutions. Explore what we can do with Cisco. Frank Brockner is LFN resource.

  • Identify other open source components that can be used to glue the pieces together.

  • Next Meeting?

Meeting Recording and Next Steps:

  • Build the business justification

  • Define requirements

  • Validate among the group

  • Reference Open Horizon project

  • Identify other open source components that can be used to glue the pieces together.

  • What are the standards that we would use for the data models for the interfaces, and so on.

    • Insights into applicable existing standards that should be followed

  • Next steps from 05/21 (below)

    • Is previous Whitepaper available? 5G and Telco whitepaper available (Mark). written around AnyLog

    • Ask Frank Brockner (Cisco) to particiapte Muddasar Ahmed to reach out.

    • What can we do as far as demo for ONE Summit in Nov?

  • Next Meeting is 1600 UTC

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