02-21-24 - 5G SBP Bi-Weekly Status Meeting

Owned by LJ Illuzzi
Last updated: Mar 07, 2024
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LJ Illuzzi 

Linux Foundation
Zahir Patni Peraton Labs
Vijayakumar R Tawker Veltris

Ta Chen 

Peraton Labs
Muddasar Ahmed MITRE






















                        

Agenda:

  • Antitrust
  • Reminder to sign is on this page
  • Add meeting logistics/Zoom, etc to top of page
  • Welcome 1st Time Attendees
  • Events - ONE Summit Update
  • Project Updates

  • Upcoming Meetings

  • Any Other Business


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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


Events

  • Upcoming Events:


Project Updates:

5G SBP Use Case - MultiCloud HybridCloud NaaS (Network as a Service)

  • A meeting between IBM, Aarna Networks, and LFN took place on 02/16. to discuss high-level overview and scope.
  • IBM introduced the concept of application-centric connectivity  <---YouTube link
  • Potential to integrate connectivity APIs to CSP 4G and 5G cores - AT&T, as an example
  • Next Steps:
    • Overview and Deep Dive of IBM Hybrid Cloud Mesh. Targeted for Off-week working group meeting


SEDIMENT+KubeArmor

    • New Use Case/collaboration proposal (Muddasar):
      • Project L3AF uses eBPF for LSM (Linux Security Modules). There may be a potential for alignment around security; zero-trust capabilities- Ron to take it up with KubeArmor technical team
    • Muddasar asked if SEDIMENT can be ported to Linux to expand it capabilities to say, self-attestation.
      • Zahir shared that SEDIMENT can be used on Linux and uses the notion of user-defined functions so that for Linux devices, with much larger storage spaces then IoT devices, specific files can be specified to be attested to insure they have not been tampered with.
      • Drilling deeper it is proposed that SEDIMENT might be used to attest a Linux host before deployment. For example, when a CSP deploys Kubernetes infrastructure on Linux based platforms there is a capability where SEDIMENT can attest the host before deployment. A base-level Use Case can show the concept of using Linux to deploy different security-level SLAs
    • SEDIMENT presentation accepted for ONE Summit: https://onesummit2024.sched.com/event/1YUsm?iframe=no
    • Demo on environmental sensors Use Case was presented on 12/06.
    • Initial PoC:
    • Potential Hex Five sub project - Cesare/Rajesh - On hold. Remove
      • Investigative meeting took place between Peraton and Hex Five (Cesare).
      • Next Step- Hex Five to potentially come back with a proposal. in progress as of 11/01/23
    • Next Steps:
      • Muddasar new Use Case proposals. In progress
      • Zahir/LJ working on adding environmental sensors Use Case to Library
      • Looking to create an easy to use guidebook (Raj)
        • API work- working continuing
        • Would have to go through DARPA Public Release process
        • Aarno Labs- an MIT spin-off. Provides security for (currently) Java script. Whereas KubeArmor protects at the container level, Aarno protects at the Java script program level. SEDIMENT offers them an alternative where they may not be deploying on SGX (Software Guard Extensions). Contact Eric and Jeff Perkins also on SEDIMENT project. Raj to make introduction. Presented on Sept PI meeting. On hold. Remove
      • Identify and develop a security Use Case-Remove


SEDIMENT- Environmental Sensor Use Case

  • Notes from 02/06 and 02/20- Zahir/LJ

Action Items/discussion points:

    • Updated demo that includes RA failure. Target end of Feb
    • Submit for DARPA approvals by mid-March

Established Baselines:

    • Environmental Sensor Use Case will be a separate entry into the Library as opposed to adding to the existing SEDIMENT entry
    • DARPA approval is required. Both Environmental Sensor Use Case for Library submission, as well as ONE Summit presentation, and updated demo will be sent for approval at the same time.
      • April 25 deadline for ONE Summit material submission.
      • DARPA needs 15 business days (3 weeks) for approval process.
      • DARPA approval items should be summitted by mid-March
    • Repo: github.com/sediment-lfproject/remote-attestation



Enhancing Autonomous Network through Generative AI and Intent-Driven Technologies - Keguang He (China Mobile)

    • Autonomous network: A network composed of intelligent and automated infrastructure, operational managementsystems, and business systems. ChinaMobile has set the goal of reaching Level 4 advanced autonomous driving by the year 2025 and has initiated a large-scale, comprehensive autonomous network practice across its entire network.


Intent Driven Orchestration for an Autonomous 5G Network - Praveen Kumar Kalapatapu (Infosys)

    • Overview- Showcase Level 4 Autonomous 5G Network that can be provisioned using Intents and also maintain intents by effectively managing and resolving conflicts without manual interventions. Use case would use TMF 921 standards for the intent management. 

    • Operators are required to maintain highly complex 5G network based on the varied business requirements/intents. 

      Following are the solutions to be addressed in this usecase (Scope)

      1. Automatically manage network availability, scalability and other quality of services as per business requirements/intents with minimal or zero manual interventions.
      2. Standardize the construct used to write Intents and maintain the same.
      3. Scalable to fulfill Edge, Core and RAN Requirements using intents
      4. Provide agility to autonomously resolve conflicts between the intents
  • A ONE Summit session has been approved: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/one-summit-north-america/program/schedule/
  • There is a need to set up a recurring call on India/China friendly time to keep this moving forward. This may occur through the AI Task Force where an APAC-friendly time is being established
  • The AI Taskforce will serve as another platform to move this initiative forward


Orchestration of OAI Core and Amarisoft gNB with EMCO - Yogen/Vikas (Aarna Networks)

Next Steps:

  • Add to the 5G SBP Library.
    • Whats needed:
      • code- Put it in an Aarna repo
      • Additional documentation pending
  • Marketing:
    • Need ETA from Yogen
    • Align with LFN marketing for blog (LJ)
  • ONAP SMO?

ONAP SMO

        • Scope-
          • use ONAP SMO to exercise gNodeB. Showcase RAN connectivity (O1 interface)
          • Showcase orchestration
          • Connect gNodeB
            • Mitigation- UNH can host core but has no resources to implement; Yogen can implement
          • Potential reference point/tie-in with ORAN-SC
        • Requirements/Goals
          • Demonstate connectivity and orchestration
          • exercise Amarisoft gNodeB (UNH)
          • Stretch goal- tie-in with ORAN-SC
          • Stretch goal - Showcase RAN connectivity (O1 interface). OAI not ready with O1 interface
        •  Resources-
          • Aarna Networks
          • UNH - gNodeB. Note; gNodeB is T&M gear and will need to be shared among projects.
        • Next Steps-
          • Bring up OAI core and orchestrator with Amarisoft gNodeB - UNH lab
            • Create Ansible template / tasks that would deal with the gNodeB - Lincoln/Yogen
            • Bring up OAI core at UNH using the orchestrator. No update, been using SD-Core in the meantime
          • LaaS booking, extend the booking to last longer than 21 days - ping Lincoln by email.


Simplified E2E Network Slicing -Yogen (Aarna)


SABRES: Slice Selection, Path Validation, Multiparty Management - Lincoln Thurlow. (USC/ICI)

    • Agreement with the Linux Foundation has ended
    • All code commited to LF repos will remain intact and continue to be updated through at least Sept2024
    • Open source license is BSD3
    • A demo on Constraint-based search is created; needs legal approval to make available
    • Lumen technologies will act as distributor
    • What existing capabiliites can be included/added to the 5G Super Blueprint Library? Constraint-based search, demo
    • Next Steps:
      • Improve algorithms for constraint based search
      • Path validation with a different proof algorithm to improve the performance
      • Inclusion into 5G SBP Library
        • Scope: Constraint-based search, Can be done where RAN and other resources are deployed on a 5G network. If there are any contraints, for example disk space or CPU latency, and have a placement problem, thats where SABREs shines. The demo shows constraint-based search
      • Legal approval is needed to release the demo


Upcoming Meetings

  • Off-week Working Group and Deep Dive Meeting
  • Bi-weekly Status Meeting
  • Off-week Working Group and Deep Dive Meeting
    • Topic- Potential Accuknox/L3AF collaboration
  • Bi-weekly status meeting
  • Off-week Working Group and Deep Dive Meeting
    • Tentative Topic- SEDIMENT/Linux Use Case


Any Other Business


--------- Reference material below --------

5G Super Blueprint Library -

  • Page opened for viewing- send comments to lilluzzi@linuxfoundation.org
  • Proposal to add a column for higher level network function associated with each entry, example; slicing, security, UPF integration, IoT (visual inspection), etc.
  • Marketing Plan
      • The goal is that each completed project get the same marketing treatment (i.e. Marketing Plan execution) where the technology is highligthed and the participants and contributing companies are recognized.


5G Super Blueprint Whitepaper


Documentation - Deliverables to the 5G SBP

From Use Case Template:

Blueprint Outputs 

(Mandatory)

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
    • YouTube
  • Create a template for documentation collateral
  • Playbook-like theme
  • YouTube - independent of any D&TF YouTube postings, but cross-linked