5G Cloud Native Network
As global communications providers prepare to deliver high-speed connectivity to support new services and use cases, the need for low-latency, high-bandwidth, scalable networks is more important than ever. Conventional industry hardware won’t sustain next-generation mobile technology; the need for cloud native is essential for delivering the performance, capabilities, and automation 5G requires. Benefits include operational consistency, application resilience, simplified and responsive scaling at the microservice level, simplified integration with enterprise-facing cloud native applications, and improved portability between public, private, and hybrid cloud environments.
To address these needs, Linux Foundation’s LF Networking community built a vibrant end-to-end 5G infrastructure Proof of Concept (PoC) by validating residential, enterprise, and mobile (LTE) use cases using open source and proprietary NFV/SDN technologies. In mid 2019, this working group set out to prove that an end-to-end 5G cloud native network could be built on open source cloud native infrastructure across multiple, interoperable vendors and globally dispersed labs. The strategy illustrates how to build, connect, and manage a global 5G network – including on-prem, cloud, and edge operations – on open architecture running cloud native network functions (CNFs) in Kubernetes clusters.
80+ volunteers across 4 open source communities, 15 partner companies, and 2 end users collaborated to build a live prototype unveiled during a keynote demo at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2019. The 5G network was built across PoPs in San Diego and Montreal, and an LTE network was built in France. The demo culminated in an end-to-end video call initiated on a 5G handset and radio in a faraday cage on stage, then routed through the labs and over public cloud. The Proof of Concept illustrates how the telecom industry can use cloud native architectures and open source to build out next gen networks and shows solution providers and developers what’s possible in this exciting new space.
Learn more about the POC here and get a list of demo assets.
Learn more and participate in the current version of the Demo: 5G Cloud Native Network + ONAP (Phase II)
VCO 3.0 Slides
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Trello Board (Project Management)
https://trello.com/b/5gGqBLqF/opnfv-vco-30
Call Schedule
Currently bi-weekly on Wednesdays, 8:00 - 9:00 AM PT.
- Meeting Minutes 1/16
- Meeting Minutes 2/13
- Meeting Minutes 3/06
- Meeting Minutes 3/20
- Meeting Minutes 4/4
- Meeting Minutes 4/10 & Eurecom presentation
- Meeting Minutes 4/24
- Meeting Minutes 5/8
- Meeting Minutes 5/22
- Meeting Minutes 6/5
- Meeting Minutes: 6/26
- Meeting Minutes: 7/24
- Meeting Minutes: 7/7 & VCO 3.0 Showcase presentation
- Meeting Minutes: 8/21 & Updated Showcase presentation
- Meeting Minutes: 8/28
- Meeting Minutes: 9/04
- Meeting Minutes: 9/11
- Meeting Minutes: 9/18
- Meeting Minutes: 9/23
- Meeting Minutes: 9/24
- Meeting Minutes: 10/02
- Meeting Minutes: 10/9 & Draft Network Animation Sketch
- Meeting Minutes: 10/16 & VCO 3.0 Hybrid Cloud Deck & Network Diagram Image (v2)
- Meeting Minutes: 10/23
- Meeting Minutes: 10/30
- Meeting Minutes: 11/06 & Draft Keynote Deck
- Meeting Minutes: 12/12 & Slide Deck
- Meeting Minutes 1/22/20
San Diego Participants
We need to know who will be in attendance in person in San Diego for On-site POP configuration and testing, booth duty, and presence during the keynote. Please indicate on the VCO Demo Wiki page if you will be in attendance:
Name | Company | Phone | Arrival / Departure Times | On Site Plans (Onsite Testing Team, Keynote Demo Attendance, Booth Staff) | |
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Brandon Wick | Linux Foundation | bwick@linuxfoundation.org | 1-917-282-0960 | Sunday, 1:00 PM – Friday, 2:30 PM | Testing Team, Keynote Demo Attendance |
Heather Kirksey | Linux Foundation | hkirksey@linuxfoundation.org | 1-512-917-7938 | Keynote Demo Attendance | |
Sebastian Scheele | Loodse | sebastian@loodse.com | Sunday 9:00/Friday 9:00 | Keynote Demo, Booth Staff | |
Haresh Kheskani | Loodse | haresh@loodse.com | 1-408-607-3756 | Sunday 1:00 pm/Friday 11 am | Keynote Demo Attendence, Booth Staff |
Tobias Hintze | Loodse | tobias.hintze@loodse.com | Sunday 9:00/Friday 19:00 | Keynote Demo, Booth Staff | |
Bill Mulligan | Loodse | bam@loodse.com | Sunday 9:00/Friday 11:00 | Keynote Demo, Booth Staff | |
Chadie Ghadie | Lenovo | cghadie@lenovo.com | Monday 9am-Thursday 5pm | Demo, Attendance, Booth, Meetings | |
Hal Humrickhouse | Lenovo | hhumrickhous@Lenovo.com | Monday 9am-Thursday 5pm | Demo, Attendance, Booth Staff | |
Ahmed Murad | Lenovo | amurad@lenovo.com | Tuesday 9am- Thursday 5pm | Attendance | |
Mark Wallis | Lenovo | mwallis@lenovo.com | Monday 9am-Thursday 5pm | Demo, Attendance, Booth Staff | |
Chris Gu | Lenovo | gulj1@lenovo.com | Monday 9am-Thursday 5pm | Demo, Attendance, Booth Staff | |
Per Andersson | Kaloom | per@kaloom.com | 1-514-806-3885 | Sunday-1300-Friday 0700 | Demo, Attendance, meetings |
Adrian Stroila | Kaloom | adrian@kaloom.com | +1 514 591-0905 | Sunday | Demo, Attendance, meetings |
Jim Capobianco | A10 Networks | jcapobianco@a10networks.com | +1-408-499-7405 | Monday 4pm - Thursday 5pm | Demo, A10 Booth |
Konstantin Dunaev | A10 Networks | kdunaev@A10networks.com | +49-173-705-0023 | Sunday - Thursday | Testing if needed, Demo and A10 Booth |
Tom Nadeau | Red Hat | tnadeau@redhat.com | Monday-Weds | keynote, booth, rh booth | |
Dave Cain | Red Hat | dcain@redhat.com | Sat - Thurs | Setup, testing, keynote, rh booth | |
Hanen Garcia | Red Hat | hgarciag@redhat.com | Sat- | ||
Azhar Sayeed | Red Hat | asayeed@redhat.com | Sun- | ||
Pasi Vaananen | Red Hat | pvaanane@redhat.com | Sun@noon - Fri@evening | Setup, testing, booth / demo talks post keynote, meetings | |
James Oakley | Turnium | james.oakley@multapplied.net | Sunday - Thursday | Testing & Setup, Demo, Attendance, Meetings | |
Brandon Cazander | Turnium | brandon.cazander@multapplied.net | Sunday - Wednesday | Remote Support & Setup Team. Not attending | |
Ben Tremblay | Turnium | ben.tremblay@multapplied.net | Sunday - Wednesday | Remote Support & Setup Team. Not attending | |
Josh Hicks | Turnium | josh.hicks@multapplied.net | Sunday - Thursday | Testing & Setup, Demo, Attendance, Meetings | |
Geoff Hultin | Turnium | geoff.hultin@multapplied.net | Sunday - Thursday | Demo, Attendance, Meetings | |
Sandeep Panesar | Turnium | sandeep@turnium.com | +1 514 992 2085 | Saturday - Friday | Demo, Attendance, Meetings |
Sam Diep | Intel | sam.diep@intel.com | +1-714-307-8860 | Sun - Tues | Testing & Setup, Demo, Attendance |
Raymond Knopp | EURECOM/OSA | raymond.knopp@eurecom.fr | +33632388155 | Mon-Thurs | Demo Attendance, Meetings |
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Europe Lab with OAI/Eurecom (Sophia Antipolis, France):
Eurecom 5G Experimental Site Slide Deck
Lab Elements | Details |
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Lab Overview | Indoor/outdoor FR1 (below 6GHz) radio experimentation site. Available technologies, 4G LTE (Band 38), 5G NR (Band n78), 4G LTE-M (Bands 14 and 68). CumulusOS switching fabric. OpenShift VIM. Remote ONAP-based orchestration. Interconnection with 5GPPP ICT-17 5G-EVE. |
Contact Person | Raymond Knopp, EURECOM |
Mailing Address | raymond.knopp@eurecom.fr |
Remote Connectivity | via ssh on jump server for VCO3.0 partners. VPN access for ONAP orchestration and management of computing resources. |
Onboarding Info | |
Other | SD-WAN Edge, Turnium |
North American Lab with Kaloom (Montreal, Canada):
Lab Elements | Details |
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Lab Overview | Kaloom SDF Switching Fabric, Lenovo Servers |
Contact Person | Adrian Stroila, Kaloom |
Mailing Address | Adrian.Stroila@kaloom.com |
Remote Connectivity | Openvpn |
Onboarding Info | |
Other | SD-WAN Edge, Turnium |
Wiring and Configuration, VM, Baremetal and Machines requirements spreadsheet, Lab information (Based on 2.0, needs to be updated)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-TUAg-XnoY0DFycbngD-1tHEgaFxTXYBZ34gf-GU5Vo/edit#gid=0
Faraday Cage dismantling & packaging guide
Topology Information (Based on 2.0, may need to be updated)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zE8d9yF2NdUDVYjuw4eJHUwBSyL6BkTkhY64KdRtRac
Hardware and software components (Based on 2.0, may need to be updated) See which HW was used in the VCO 2.0 Demo here.
If your organization is willing to volunteer the following components, please indicate that below. Please re-configure chart as necessary.
Item | Description | Vendor | Confirmed? | Europe or NorAM? | Comments |
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Jump Server | Supermicro server | EURECOM | Yes | Europe | Provides SSH network to computing nodes and switching fabric. |
Leaf Switches | Barefoot Tofino | Kaloom | Yes | NorAM | Can provide hardware and software for the switch fabric |
Spine Switches | Barefoot Tofino | Kaloom | Yes | NorAM | Can provide hardware and software for the switch fabric |
Switch Software | Kaloom SDF | Kaloom | Yes | NorAM | Can provide hardware and software for the switch fabric |
Leaf Switches | Mellanox | Yes | Europe | OAI Lab | |
Spine Switches | Mellanox | Yes | Europe | OAI Lab | |
Switch Software | Cumulus | Yes | Europe | OAI Lab | |
Compute | 6 ;high-end Dell Servers (36 core Xeon Gold 6154) | EURECOM | Yes | Europe | Minimum Requirements: 12-18 Dual-socket, 12-core/socket servers with 256GB memory per compute node. More compute nodes will be added at the end of 2019. |
Firewall | Gi-FW, GTP-FW | A10 Networks | Yes | NorAm | Container based GiLAN and Roaming Firewall Network Function |
CGNAT | Carrier Grade NAT Network Function | A10 Networks | Yes | NorAm | Container based Advance Carrier Grade NAT Networks Function |
Multi cluster orchestration for Kubernetes | Kubermatic | Loodse | Yes | In the demo, we want to show how to install and operate a multi-site and multi-cluster Kubernetes platform from a central location. Each worker cluster manages local resources on a specific site while still being managed from a centralized single pane of glass. The idea is to show a blueprint for how providers could manage 100x or even 1000x Kubernetes clusters in a centralized fashion and have the ability to build their own Kubernetes-as-a-service platform offering. | |
Base Compute OS | Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS, RHEL | Red Hat | Yes | Europe and NorAM | RHEL with RT |
Kubernetes | OpenShift | Red Hat | Yes | Europe and NorAM | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform for Container Management and Orchestration. |
NG-Core | 5G core | Altran | Yes | NorAM | |
NG-Core/EPC | Altran + OAI | Yes | Europe and NorAM | ||
Service Assurance | NetScout | ??? | NorAM and Europe | Container implementation of Netscout exists today | |
Service Assurance | SA Framework | Red Hat | Yes | NorAM and Europe | Planned |
NSA Radio - LTE | Intel | Yes | NorAMstage | ||
NSA Radio - mmwave | Intel/CommScope | Yes | NorAm/stage | ||
Faraday Cage | Red Hat | Yes | NorAm/stage | ||
Demo User Equipment, per location | 5G Phone/UE(s): - n78 b38 for OAI site -mmwave (band TBD) FWA site(s) | OAI, Red Hat (Samsung S105G, S9 + LG 5G), Intel | Yes | Europe (OAI 5G) NorAm (mmwave) Demo site (mmwave) | Prefer to use commercial vendor UEs, whenever possible to demo interoperability, like in VCO 2.0 demo - any phone should be Android based, e.g. potentially Galaxy S10 5G for (need to check the bands compatibility/availability). |
Radio Equipment HW (Basestation / Network side) | 4G/5G Radio units | EURECOM | Yes | Europe | 1 16-antenna 4G/5G cell site (80 MHz in band n78, 20 MHz in band 38) ~ 500m coverage in one sector Indoor RRU network in band 38 (20 MHz) LTE/LTE-M/NB-IoT cells in bands 14 and 68 (10-15 km coverage in one sector) |
EPC | EURECOM/OAI | Yes | Europe | ||
IMS/VoLTE | Clearwater | MetaSwitch | ??? | NorAM | To be confirmed |
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RU - DU - CU split vBBU SW (4G –> 5G NR) | OAI 4G/5G RAN software | EURECOM/OAI | Yes | Europe & NorAM | OAI code to be use in all locations where ever needed for DU and CU |
Real-Time Object Recognition Software | ? | Open Source software - e.g. YOLO is a potentially good candidate: https://pjreddie.com/darknet/yolo/ – needs NVIDIA GPU enabled HW for RT recognition | |||
SD-WAN | SD-WAN Software & Platform | Turnium | Yes | All | RHEL 8. Complete cloud-native containerized layer-3 solution |