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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

Final Slides from Keynote

Communications:

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Slack workspace

Join the Slack workspace from any device.  

Ping Hanen Garcia Gamardo <hgarciag@redhat.com> with any questions. 

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:

Call Bridge

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Europe Lab with OAI/Eurecom (Sophia Antipolis, France):

Eurecom 5G Experimental Site Slide Deck

North American Lab with Kaloom (Montreal, Canada):

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

FaradayCageV2.pptx

FaradayCageV2.pdf

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.