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Guanyu Zhu (zhuguanyu)
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Agenda Items
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Presented By
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Presos/Notes/Links/
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ONAP takeaways
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LFN Cross-Organization Updates
MAC, SPC, TAC, EUAG, LFN Board
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Discussions between Arpit Joshipura, Byung-Woo Jun, Jill Lovato, Louis Illuzzi and Sunny Cai:
Highlight the value proposition of ONAP, including overall statistics (e.g., contributors, LOC, etc.) over its lifetime.
Provide deployment examples with links to DT, CMCC, China Telecom, Huawei, Ericsson, AT&T, TATA, Capegemini and others: hope we can finish our input for LFN by February 20th.
Deutsche Telekom
- Deutsche Telekom adopted ONAP core components as part of their TNAP automation solution in their production environment this year. Based on specific use cases, components such as SO, AAI, CPS, CDS and Policy, Portal-NG, and others are being selected; Development is centered around SO, AAI, CDS/CPS and Policy Framework.
To support this, ONAP streamlining efforts and OOM script enhancements for building and deploying individual network orchestration functions using CD-based workflows are underway. Additionally, further integration and development efforts are focused on NonRT-RIC functions and SMO integration. Close collaboration with the O-RAN Alliance and O-RAN Software Community (SC) is essential to align SMO development and avoid duplication of efforts across O-RAN SC, ONAP, and Nephio. Deutsche Telekom also supports the disaggregation of the ONAP platform towards a more project-oriented community model, similar to CNCF.
- DT is developing a SMO solution, which enables S-RAN automation e.g. for NW slicing, RAN optimization including NonRT-RIC / rApp capabilties and aims to manage the O-RAN network stack in Deutsche Telekom.
China Mobile (input from Keguang He)
- China Mobile has contributed to large model-related developments in the New Delhi and Oslo releases of ONAP, introducing large model technologies into the ONAP community to enable more intelligent decision-making, optimization capabilities, and enhanced customer experiences in network orchestration. Additionally, China Mobile has provided an intent-driven, end-to-end autonomous network reference implementation as a demonstration application.
- Notably, in the Oslo release, China Mobile developed the Knowledge Assistant Project based on the MaaS (Model-as-a-Service) platform. This project includes capabilities for knowledge base management, knowledge assistant management, and interfaces for invoking knowledge assistants. By encapsulating large model capabilities into standardized service interfaces, the project reduces the barriers to adopting large model technologies. This initiative expands ONAP’s application scope in network automation and lays the groundwork for future innovations in large models and MaaS-related technologies.
China Telecom (input from Dong Wang)
- China Telecom is a founding member of ONAP. From R8 to R14, the company focused on research and development of intent-based networking to support autonomous networks, particularly through the CCVPN and E2E Slicing use cases.
- Currently, China Telecom is focusing on 6G network research, aiming to enhance orchestration capabilities by integrating network, sensing, intelligence, and computing. In 2024, the company built a lightweight orchestration platform inspired by the ONAP architecture. Now, it is developing an end-to-end experimental platform to support both research and standardization efforts for 6G.
- Deutsche Telekom adopted ONAP core components as part of their TNAP automation solution in their production environment this year. Based on specific use cases, components such as SO, AAI, CPS, CDS and Policy, Portal-NG, and others are being selected; Development is centered around SO, AAI, CDS/CPS and Policy Framework.
AT&T use case; Dan Timoney, is working on this; will provide AT&T input soon
Ericsson (Ramesh Murugan Iyer, Toine Siebelink)
- Ramesh's input for Policy:
Ericsson's new SMO offering is known as EIAP (Ericsson Intelligent Automation Platform) where the non-Real time RIC features in that are provided by EIC (Ericsson Intelligent Controller) component. EIAP aims to provide advanced automation and orchestration capabilities for diverse RAN environments (both traditional and ORAN).
Refer : https://www.ericsson.com/en/ran/intelligent-ran-automation/intelligent-automation-platform
Policy-clamp component from ONAP Policy Framework plays a major role inside EIC functionality in EIAP. Policy-clamp is responsible for the lifecycle management of rApps in EIC. It works together with EIC adapter microservices for the complete lifecycle management of rApps.
Apart from this, EIAP is also interested to use the opa-pdp component from ONAP's Policy Framework in their coordination-management component . This is at the initial level of discussion at the moment. But opa-pdp has a strong potential to be used in the coordination-management use case.
- CPS/NCMP, which is part of Ericsson EIAP, provides the transparent proxy to multiple RAN OAM CM SMOS. It exposes the 3GPP ProvMnS, which serves as the foundation for RAN OAM CM.
- Ramesh's input for Policy:
- TechMahindra (Deena Mukundan):
Tech Mahindra is a services-driven organization that collaborates closely with its customers to deliver tailored technology solutions, enabling them to achieve their desired use cases effectively. In the past, Tech Mahindra has partnered with leading global enterprises, including AT&T, Bell Canada and Telus, to drive innovation and transformation using ONAP. Currently, the company is working with Deutsche Telekom on ORAN (Open Radio Access Network) integration, showcasing its commitment to advancing next-generation network technologies.
Tech Mahindra has a highly skilled team with extensive expertise in ONAP. As a founding Platinum member of ONAP, the company has been a significant contributor to its development, actively contributing to multiple components such as DMaaP, DCAE, SO, AAI, APPC, Policy, SDNC, and more.
Since its inception, Tech Mahindra has contributed over 370 KLOC to ONAP, reinforcing its leadership in network automation and orchestration. These contributions have supported Telco operators in adopting ONAP for cloud-native workloads and operationalizing deployments across edge and central locations for advanced architectures like vRAN and 5G slicing.
- Capgemini (Viresh Navalli):
Capgemini focusing to transform telecom Network with ONAP
Unlocking the full potential of the ORAN Network using ONAP, the leading open-source platform for Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) in the O-RAN ecosystem. ONAP empowers telcos to efficiently manage and optimize Radio Access Network (RAN) components, driving innovation and excellence.
Capgemini's deployments and use cases
- Capgemini use ONAP mainly for RAN FCAPS Management using the SDNR component
- PM KPIs processing using DCAE (VES collector, PM Mapper, File Collector, etc) , and DMaaP (Message Router, Data Router)
- DMaaP MR will be replaced with Kafka in future releases. Capgemini is currently working on this feature based on our discussion with ONAP community
- CapGemini offers O-RAN compliant CU/DU. Currently, interoperability testing between ONAP based SMO with Capgemini CU/DU is ongoing, to support various features like Provisioning Management, Fault Management, File management, etc..
Why Capgemini choose ONAP
- Scalability: Effortlessly manage large-scale RAN deployments, ensuring network grows with business.
- Flexibility: Embracing multi-vendor environment for interoperability and innovation.
- Efficiency: Reduce operational complexity and costs with automation and open-source solutions.
- Future-Ready: Stay ahead of the curve with support for technologies like 5G and edge computing.
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Huawei, @zhuguanyu , please summarize how Huawei uses ONAP
- Tata, please summerize how Tata uses ONAP
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Emphasize the product integration of ONAP
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Use headlines like: "From Control loops and Intent-based to full AI Orchestration and Management."
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Highlight security contributions, such as those provided during the OPS 5G project by US Government for Networking slicing
Byung-woo Jun plans to add details about ONAP's service mesh and Ingress architecture and implementation
Mitre, NSA might be able to provide some info
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Address past criticisms of ONAP being too large and complex by emphasizing recent efforts, such as "streamlining microservices and modules, archiving legacy software, etc."
Byung-Woo Jun explained the ONAP Streamlining Evolution initiative to address these concerns
Has gone from a full “platform” to a collection of “network automation components”
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Guanyu Zhu (zhuguanyu) | Huawei | |||
China Telecom |
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Strategy (45 minutes) | ONAP takeaways | We are encouraging ONAP consumers to share with us their feedback, so we could prioritize our activities and make ONAP better suited their needs and requirements. | ||||||||||||||||||||
LFN Cross-Organization UpdatesMAC, SPC, TAC, EUAG, LFN Board |
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TCC / ONAP Liaison Updates | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Task Force Updates | ||||||||||||||||||||||
LF GenAI Commons | Byung-Woo Jun |
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ONAP DTF Days 2025 | Byung-Woo Jun |
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TSC Strategy | TSC | From the Paris release, TSC needs to discuss ONAP focus areas and strategies / roadmaps
Let's discuss more this year for Paris + Any questions or feedback? Byung-Woo Jun presented the brainstorm at the TSC meeting this week. Brainstorm:
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Operations (40 minutes) | TSC Activities and Deadlines |
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Paris Release Status | Byung-Woo Jun |
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GoLang Job issues |
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Subcommittee UpdatesArch, Lab, Modeling, Seccom, Requirements |
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SECCOM | Paweł Pawlak |
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OOM Update | Andreas Geißler |
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O-RAN Update | N.K. Shankaranarayanan |
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Events & Meetings (5 minutes) | Upcoming Events & Housekeeping |
Reach out to Jill Lovato if you want to volunteer at the LFN booth or have a project or collaborative demo to showcase at the booth
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