03-21-23 - Bi-Weekly Status Meeting

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Last updated: Apr 04, 2023 by Rajesh Krishnan
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Name

Company

@LJ Illuzzi

Linux Foundation

@Parthiban Nalliamudali 

Wavelabs Technologies Inc.

@Muddasar Ahmed 

MITRE

@Rahul 

AccuKnox

@Yogendra Pal 

Aarna Networks

@Ankur Kothiwal 

AccuKnox

@Ganesh Venkatraman (Deactivated) 

Kaloom

@Rajesh Krishnan 

Peraton Labs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                        

Agenda:

  • Antitrust

  • Start Recording- helps facilitate minutes and Action Items

  • Welcome 1st Time Attendees

  • Accuknox Introduction

  • Equinix - Free5GC deployment on Network Edge

  • Work Activities - defining a central Use Case for next sprint

  • Lab Updates

  • Upcoming Meetings

  • Any Other Business

 

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LF Anti-trust

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Start Recording

 

Welcome 1st Time Attendees

Welcome all. new attendees. If you have any questions about participating in this community, please contact Louis Illuzzi (lilluzzi@linuxfoundation.org).

5G Super Blueprint Overview and Getting Started

 

Accuknox Introduction

 

Equinix - Free5GC deployment on Network Edge

 

  • Infrastructure as a Service, network placement and orchrestration as a Service

  • Contribution opportunity around observability; Equinix would be interested conversations in insert observability features into the framework

  • Equinix is using gnodeb built into Free5GC

  • Potential 5G SBP Use Cases

    • Slicing latency at the network edge. Find the characteristcs of the slice, example; maximum number of UEs, maximum number of videos sessions that can be supported; latency at the core and RAN

    • Use Case- RAN deployment at the edge. Create a cell site (leveraging Equinix metro site availability) and place CU/DU workloads at the cell site. for slicing Use Case and cell site deployment (edge placement) Use Case.

    • Use Case- Automation. Equinix has a script to deploy Free5GC and gnodeb. We can look into how that fits into automation and auto deployment for an automation Use Case.

      • How are KubeArmor be integrated into the automated deployment (Muddasar).

    • Use Case- Secure Orchestration- using Enterprise and corporate policies, and well as standards requirements, demostrate the capability to deploy workloads securely, and then create network slices based on an SLA

    • Use Case- Overlay networks. Demonstarte the mapping of a 5G network slice to where the overlay gateway and controllers are located, and demonstrate how the placement of the UPF or RIC, where the traffic can be broken out to, support the overlay networks.

    • Muddasar summarized the Use Cases at a high level-

      • RAN deployment at the edge

      • Segregated core deployment- core cloud and edge cloud

      • Secure orchestration

 

Work Activities Overview

  1. Establish/Re-establish permanet 5G Network capability in the labs

    • Must have requirments:

      1. Core

      2. RAN

      3. Automation

      4. Security orchestration

    • Workplan:

      1. Define a central Use Case(s)

  2. NaaS

    • Must have requirments:

      • LFN and LF Edge projects at the core, cloud, & edge

      • Enterprise Use Case(s)

      • ..

  3. Enterprise Use Case

 

 

Lab Updates

  • UNH-IOL 

    • Will have a gNodeB (Amarisoft) available in March time-frame, that can be shared to the 5GSB.  System is already setup in RF isolation chamber.  Limited 5G eMBB UE are available as well.

    • LaaS is online / can be booked / connected to the gNodeB.

  • Kaloom (Montreal)

    • RU brought into the lab

    • SD-Core installed- Next- connect Kaloom UPF to SD-Core

    • Adding Use Cases with IBM- retail and IoT

    • Open5GS install is pending

  • Wavelabs (Hyderabad)

    • EMCO is working with Free5GC

 

Upcoming Meetings

  • Deep Dive Meeting (placeholder) Mar 28, 2023  Sprint Planning Meeting

    • Topic proposal: Use Cases for Next sprint. Identify low hanging fruit. What can we accomplish in the next 3 months, 6 months, 9 months

      • sort Use Cases into LOE buckets; Sprint Backlogs for 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months

  • Next Bi-Weekly Status meeting Apr 4, 2023 

 

Any Other Business

 

 

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5G Network-as-a-Service (NaaS)

 

Nephio

  • NaaS tie-in

    • IP Transport as a Service. Front haul/backhaul

    • RAN as a service

    • Core as a Service

    • MEC as a Service

  • Skills needed:

    • SD-Core

    • RAN

    • Anuket

    • Kubernetes

    • Nephio/EMCO

 

IBM Use Cases (in the hopper)

  • Potential retail Use Case - MWC has priority

  • Weather & Agriculture Use Case with GXC

 

Lab Updates

  • UNH-IOL 

    • Will have a gNodeB (Amarisoft) available in March time-frame, that can be shared to the 5GSB.  System is already setup in RF isolation chamber.  Limited 5G eMBB UE are available as well.

    • LaaS is online / can be booked / connected to the gNodeB.

  • Kaloom (Montreal)

    • RU brought into the lab

    • SD-Core installed- Next- connect Kaloom UPF to SD-Core

    • Adding Use Cases with IBM- retail and IoT

    • Open5GS install is pending

  • Wavelabs (Hyderabad)

    • EMCO is working with Free5GC

 

 

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