Onboard ETSI SOL004 v4.2.1 compliant VNF packages

Executive Summary - Enable a vendor provided ETSI SOL004 compliant VNF package including an ETSI SOL001 VNF Descriptor to  be onboarded into ONAP for composition into an ONAP Service

• Support for onboarding ETSI  SOL004 v4.2.1 CSAR Packages with CNF enhancements

• Support for onboarding ETSI  SOL001 v4.2.1 VNF Descriptor with CNF enhancements

• Support for mapping of ETSI SOL001 v4.2.1 VNF Descriptor with CNF enhancements into SDC AID Data Model

Business Impact - Enables operators and service providers to use same ETSI compliant VNF packages with ONAP and existing NFVO. Industry compatibility.

Business Markets - All operators that are currently using ETSI packages to deploy VNFs

Funding/Financial Impacts - Reduction in operations expense from using industry standard VNF packaging.  Reduction in capital expense from vendors using a single packaging methodology.

Organization Mgmt, Sales Strategies -There is no additional organizational management or sales strategies for this requirement outside of a service providers "normal" ONAP deployment and its attendant organizational resources from a service provider. 

5G Core Network Slice Subnets using ETSI NSD

R8 PRESENTATION:

Executive Summary: 5G Network Slicing is one of the key features of 5G. Each Network Slice is composed of a hierarchical set of Network Slice Subnets.  An End-to-End Network Slice consists of RAN, Transport and Core Network Slice Subnets. A Network Slice Subnet  that contains Virtual Network Functions will be implemented by a Network Service.  This requirement is for using an ETSI Network Service to implement the Network Service. 

• Enhance SDC to allow the inclusion of a reference to an ETSI NSD in the 5G Core NSST
• Enhance the NSSMF to use the SOL005 adapter to instantiate an NSD referenced from an NSST
• Enhance the ONAP SO/NFVO to instantiate the CNFs and VNFs in an NSD
• Enhance the ONAP SO/NFVO to update A&AI with the C/VNFs that are implemented

Business Impact:  Enable a operator that is using an ETSI NFVO to manage it's CNFs and VNFs to support Network Slicing It allows a service provider to improve their network efficiency by maximizing the network throughput more tailored to each user's use of the network. It is seen as an imperative for efficient and optimal use of their network. This will be particularly relevant as 5G is expected to have upwards of 10,000x the traffic load over 4G and 20GB peak data rates.

Business Markets: All operators and service providors that are currently using an ETSI NFVO.

Funding/Financial Impacts: Network slicing engenders the optimal use of resources for a Network. Thus, this represents OPEX savings for a service provider.

Organization Mgmt, Sales Strategies: There is no additional organizational management or sales strategies for this use case outside of a service providers "normal" ONAP deployment and its attendant organizational resources from a service provider.

Allotted Resource implementation in SO macro flow

R8 PRESENTATION:

Executive Summary:  Allotted Resource (AR) – represents a portion of a VNF/PNF/CNF that has been defined as sharable; it is used to configure/reserve use of an already-deployed VNF/PNF/CNF when a Service is instantiated for use by a customer. Currently AR is supported by SDC however it is not supported by SO macro flow.  We are enhancing the SO macro flow to implement use of allotted resources.

Business Impact:   It will enable the designers to make use to allotted resource while design a ‘macro’ service (i.e. instantiation type as ‘macro’ )

Business Markets:   In the context of 5G Core, AMF is connected to multiple SMFs and UPFs. Hence , it is ‘shared’ between multiple services. And therefore, a part of it, is ‘allotted’ to each connecting service. A, ‘allotted resource’ model can be used to model/represent this services relationship in AAI

Funding/Financial Impacts: n/a

Organization Mgmt, Sales Strategies: There is no additional organizational management or sales strategies for this use case outside of a service providers "normal" ONAP deployment and its attendant organizational resources from a service provider

Smart Intent Guarantee based on IBN - R9 Intent Instance

R9 PRESENTATION:

Key Contacts - Dong Wang (China Telecom), Henry Yu (Huawei), Lin Meng (CMCC), Swaminathan Seetharaman (Wipro)

Executive Summary - Intent-based network (IBN) is a self-driving network that uses decoupling network control logic and closed-loop orchestration techniques to automate application intents. An IBN is an intelligent network, which can automatically convert, verify, deploy, configure, and optimize itself to achieve target network state according to the intent of the operators, and can automatically solve abnormal events to ensure the network reliability. In R9, a scenario of intent guarantee is proposed, and the development of Intent instance will be done to support the use cases of both E2E Slicing and CCVPN.

Business Impact - It is a challenging problem to guarantee the users’ intents in run-time. The REQ of intent-based network provides a scenario of users’ intent guarantee and interacting.

Business Markets - This REQ provides a novel solution to support the SLA service.

• A users’ intent instance is proposed to monitor and analysis the network in run-time to satisfy the users’ SLA service.
  
• The users’ intents are updated in run-time based on the network situation and the interaction with users.
  

Funding/Financial Impacts - This function will provide more SLA services to increase the income of operators based on the current networks with few investments.

Organization Mgmt, Sales Strategies - (It is suggested that you use the following wording): There is no additional organizational management or sales strategies for this use case outside of a service providers "normal" ONAP deployment and its attendant organizational resources from a service provider.

Control Loop in TOSCA LCM

R8 PRESENTATION:

Key Contacts -  Michela Bevilacqua, Liam Fallon, Zu Qiang (Ericsson)

Executive Summary - CLAMP (Control Loop Automation Management Platform) functionalities, recently moved to Policy project , want to provide a Control Loop Lifecycle management architecture. A control Loop is a key concept for Automation and assurance Use Cases and remain a top priority for ONAP as an automation platform. This requirement wants to improve Control Loop LCM architecture focusing on an abstract CL management logic,  isolating CL logic vs ONAP component logic, providing a common CL Design time catalogue with a  generic CL definition, and elaborate API to integrate with other design systems as well as 3PP component integration. PoCs have been progressed in ONAP Rel G and H in this area, CL LCM redesign has reached a relevant viable set of features and it is ready to be moved in Rel I to mainstream as part of the Policy framework.

Business Impact - Deployment and orchestration of automation and control loop use cases across CNFs,  VNFs and PNFs in a model driven way simplifies the network management. Enables operators and service providers to manage the Life Cycle of a Network Service. Assuring continuity of operation of services is crucial for production and carrier grade environments. The actualization or upgrades of software and in consequence required changes in the service model is a natural part of service instance life cycle. Without the support of ONAP service update with schema change, service life cycle management by ONAP can be very difficult which can impact the quality and continuity of services.

Business Markets - All operators and service providers that are using ONAP for automation and assurance.

Funding/Financial Impacts - CL LCM wants to reduce operational expense  and its abstraction will provide an added value with multiple  integration points.

Organization Mgmt, Sales Strategies - (It is suggested that you use the following wording): There is no additional organizational management or sales strategies for this use case outside of a service providers "normal" ONAP deployment and its attendant organizational resources from a service provider. (This would typically describe the "WHO", but because use cases are all deployed with ONAP itself, these two areas come with the actual ONAP deployment and uses the organizational management and sales strategies of a particular service provider's ONAP deployment)

PM Data Collection Control: Subscription update

Key Contacts - Mark Scott, Zu Qiang (Ericsson), Michela Bevilacqua

Executive Summary - PM data collection control provides network operators with a dynamic and more efficient way to configure performance measurement collection on a selected subset of  PNFs/VNFs in the network and complements the existing PM data collection and processing capabilities in ONAP/DCAE. An initial version has been delivered in Rel 6 (REQ-129) then enhanced in Rel 7 (REQ-381). Planned enhancements for Rel 8 intend to improve the (PMSH) subscription management about subscription update.

Business Impact - PM control is a critical business function because it is vital to enable the PM data collection in ONAP.

Business Markets - All operators and service providers that want to use ONAP for PM data collection.

Funding/Financial Impacts - PM data collection control can provide OPEX savings for operators due to increased automation of a critical function. 

Organization Mgmt, Sales Strategies -There is no additional organizational management or sales strategies for this requirement outside of a service providers "normal" ONAP deployment and its attendant organizational resources from a service provider. 

Network CM Proxy

Key Contacts - Oskar Malm, Junfeng Wang  Michela Bevilacqua

Executive Summary - The Network CM Proxy (NCMP) is a component in CPS that will be responsible for Network CM access and synchronization in order that CPS CM data will be maintained aligned with CM data in the network (e.g. xNF instances). The complete solution will rely on integration with other ONAP components such as SDNC. The Network CM Proxy will also in turn provide an interface to other ONAP applications to access the network CM data.
NCMP is an evolution of the CPS NF Proxy component first introduced in Rel H. For release I it is proposed to continue work on use cases such as initial data synchronization and reading and writing network CM data. Development of this feature is expected to span multiple releases

Business Impact - CM data management is a central function for many applications and use cases. Network CM Proxy provides a common solution for Network CM data management in order to simplify the accessibility from any upper layer components

Business Markets - This feature applies to any domain (wireless, transport, optical, and wireline) that ONAP may manage

Funding/Financial Impacts - This feature represents a potential Operating Expense (OPEX) savings for operators because of the ability to retrieve network information and configure networks saving time and expenses. 

Organization Mgmt, Sales Strategies -There is no additional organizational management or sales strategies for this requirement outside of a service providers "normal" ONAP deployment and its attendant organizational resources from a service provider. 

A1 Policy Function Extensions (ORAN/ONAP/3GPP Harmonization)

Key Contacts -  John Keeney,  Zu Qiang (Ericsson) , Michela Bevilacqua

Executive Summary - This feature requirement enhances A1 Policy Management for the O-RAN A1 interface capabilities provided in Rel 6, 7 & 8. Work will continue by extending & evolving support for using A1 Policies to manage 5G RAN elements by providing intent based policies for optimization of the RAN network performance. Planned enhancements for Rel 9 include support of new A1 interface versions to align with new versions & improvements to O-RAN alliance specifications.

Business Impact - Continuing the convergency between ONAP and ORAN for A1 interface to used by all service providers and avoid duplicate development efforts.

Business Markets - Enhanced A1 capabilities will be usable by any service provider deploying and using ONAP.

Funding/Financial Impacts - A1 interface provides a flexible way for the operator to manage wide area RAN network optimization, reducing capex investment needs.

Organization Mgmt, Sales Strategies -There are no additional organizational management or sales strategies for this requirement outside of a service providers "normal" ONAP deployment and its attendant organizational resources from a service provider. 

5G OOF SON use case

R9 PRESENTATION:

Executive Summary - SON (Self-Organizing Networks) functionality is an essential part of existing 4G mobility networks, and will be even more critical for 5G. SON enables automation to improve network performance and efficiency, improve user experience, and reduce operational expenses and complexity. The objective of the OOF-SON (new name for OOF-PCI) use case is to develop an ONAP-based SON platform using the ONAP Optimization Framework (OOF). We have taken a phased approach since SON is complex, and SON for 5G is still evolving. We started with the Physical Cell Identity (PCI) optimization SON use case in Casablanca, then added some centralized Automated Neighbor Relations (ANR) aspects in Dublin. In Frankfurt, we addressed some enhancements such as basic CM-notify handling (as preparation for O-RAN alignment), adaptive SON, etc. In Guilin, we introduced use of AI/ML by onboarding an offline-trained ML-model to ONAP which will provide additional inputs to PCI optimization based on historical PM data, and stabilized the functionality in Honolulu. In Istanbul, we will align FM messages with relevant standards, move to new 3GPP NRM-based yang models and leverage CPS for RAN configuration.

Business Impact - SON is an essential feature in mobility networks, and relevant to every operator. Any ONAP-based network deployment for 5G will benefit from an ONAP-based SON solution, which provides a disaggregation of SON functions into modules aligned with the ONAP architecture. Operators and vendors will both benefit from the ability of vendors to bring best-in-class solutions to each module, while leveraging the benefits of a community-supported open platform. This will enable faster development of innovative solutions. The approach taken could very well be evolved to address SON use cases whose scope extends beyond just the RAN.

Business Markets - SON for 5G is relevant to all 5G operators and markets.

Funding/Financial Impacts - SON functions reduce Opex since the automated self-organizing functions are an efficient approach to continuously optimize network configurations to improve performance and respond to network conditions.

Organization Mgmt, Sales Strategies - There are no additional organizational management or sales strategies for this beyond whatever is required for ONAP deployment to support 5G.

End-to-end Network Slicing use case

R9 PRESENTATION:

Executive Summary - 5G Network Slicing is one of the key features of 5G. The essence of Network Slicing is in sharing network resources (PNFs, VNFs, CNFs) while satisfying widely varying and sometimes seemingly contradictory requirements to different customers in an optimal manner. Same network is expected to provide different Quality of Experience to different consumers, use case categories and industry verticals including factory automation, connected home, autonomous vehicles, smart cities, remote healthcare, in-stadium experience and rural broadband. An End-to-End Network Slice consists of RAN, Transport and Core network slice sub-nets. This Use Case intends to demonstrate the modeling, orchestration and assurance of a simple network slice (e.g. eMBB). While 3GPP standards are evolving and 5G RAN and core are being realized, this Use Case will start with realizing an E2E Network Slice with a simple example of a 5G RAN, Core and Transport Network Slice sub-nets. It will also align with relevant standard bodies (e.g., 3GPP, ETSI, TM Forum) as well as other open initiatives such as O-RAN where relevant, w.r.to both interfaces as well as the functional aspects.

Business Impact - Network Slicing is a feature that almost every service provider will leverage. It allows a service provider to improve their network efficiency by maximizing the network throughput more tailored to each user's use of the network. It is seen as an imperative for efficient and optimal use of their network. This will be particularly relevant as 5G is expected to have upwards of 10,000x the traffic load over 4G and 20GB peak data rates.

Business Markets - Network Slicing, for this use case, is specifically aimed at a 5G access, core and transport. In the future, this might be extended to other domains or applications such as fixed-wireless convergence, Wi-Fi access, all aspects of transport including fronthaul, or unified network management orchestration. Network Slicing functionality is what almost every wireless service provider will inevitably find valuable. The concepts and modeling work being done for Network Slicing will find applications in other areas as well. (Industries) Some applications and industries such as smart cities, remote maintenance, video streaming vs life-saving first-responder type applications will demand different requirements from Network slicing. (Markets/Regions) There are no regional specific aspects to Network Slicing.

Funding/Financial Impacts - Network slicing engenders the optimal use of resources for a Network. Thus, this represents OPEX savings for a service provider.

Organization Mgmt, Sales Strategies - There is no additional organizational management or sales strategies for this use case outside of a service providers "normal" ONAP deployment and its attendant organizational resources from a service provider.

Certificate Management Protocol (CMPv2)

R9 PRESENTATION:

Executive Summary - (Give a short description of your Use Case, the "Executive 2 min elevator pitch", this describes the "WHAT")

Business Impact - (This is the Business Impact which describes why this use case is important from a business perspective, this describes the "WHY").

Business Markets - (This is the marketing analysis, which can include but not limited to applicable markets, domains, marketing projections, this can describe the "WHERE").

Funding/Financial Impacts - (The Funding requirements and Financial impacts can describe the financial savings, or CAPEX, OPEX impacts for a Use Case).

Organization Mgmt, Sales Strategies - (It is suggested that you use the following wording): There is no additional organizational management or sales strategies for this use case outside of a service providers "normal" ONAP deployment and its attendant organizational resources from a service provider. (This would typically describe the "WHO", but because use cases are all deployed with ONAP itself, these two areas come with the actual ONAP deployment and uses the organizational management and sales strategies of a particular service provider's ONAP deployment)

CCVPN use-case

R9 PRESENTATION:

Executive Summary - We would like to enhance the CCVPN use-case to support Intent-based networking. Intent separates “what”(description of the desired outcome) from “how”(actual network configurations), and can be used to enable the full network automation. We will make CCVPN offer an Intent NBI that can be used to enable the closed-loop automation of the transport network.

Business Impact - Driven by use-cases such as IoT and 5G, the complexity of today’s transport network grows abruptly. Intent-Based Networking (IBN) is an emerging technology that aims to effectively manage network complexity and also aims for closed-loop automation.

Business Markets - Intent Based Networking (IBN) is an essential feature of future networking. Any operators who would like to deploy ONAP-based network automation solution would most likely require ONAP to support IBN.

Funding/Financial Impacts - Intent CCVPN provides service automation, assurance, and the optimal use of network resources. Thus, it helps reduce OPEX for a service provider.

Organization Mgmt, Sales Strategies - There is no additional organizational management or sales strategies for this use case outside of a service providers "normal" ONAP deployment and its attendant organizational resources from a service provider.

ONAP CNF orchestration - Istanbul Enhancements

R9 PRESENTATION:

Key Contacts - Lukasz Rajewski Seshu Kumar Mudiganti

Executive Summary - Provide CNF orchestration support through the integration of K8s adapter in ONAP SO

• Support for provisioning CNFs using an external K8s Manager
• Support the Helm based orchestration
• leverage the existing functionality of Multi cloud in SO
• Bring in the advantages of the K8s orchestrator
• Set stage for the Cloud Native scenarios

Business Impact - Enables operators and service providers to orchestrate CNFs based services along with the VNFs and PNFs

Business Markets - All operators and service providers that are intended to use the CNFs along with PNFs / VNFs

Funding/Financial Impacts - Reduction in the footprint of the ONAP for CNF support

Organization Mgmt, Sales Strategies - There is no additional organizational management or sales strategies for this requirement outside of a service providers "normal" ONAP deployment and its attendant organizational resources from a service provider