E-LAN Service (EP-LAN, EVP-LAN)

Overview

CCVPN in Casablanca release included the creation of Point-to-Point connectivity services (e.g., E-Line). The CCVPN Use Case extension for Dublin should include MultiPoint-to-MultiPoint connectivity Service Creation and Modification. This sub-use case extension makes use of the concepts of Unified and Composite Services as depicted in the attached presentation.

From an Operator perspective, it is important to introduce the capability to manage the performance of the CCVPN End-to-End E-LAN service in order to guarantee the adherence to the agreed SLS.

Dublin Goals

  1. Enhancements to Information & Data Model - Extend CCVPN IM &DM for Composite Services

  2. Service Order & Activation/Configuration -  NorthBound API extension to include Composite Services (extension from Casablanca)

  3. Direct Service Modification - Implementation of Change service API following what proposed in Introduction an API at ‘service’ level.pptx. E.g., Inter-Carrier change bandwidth /elastic bandwidth  for E-LAN (Access E-line, Access E-LAN)

  4. Service Catalog Notification - Notify to partner SP that the Service has been created in the Service Catalog

  5. Performance Monitoring modelling in Service Catalog - Model SOAM in Service Catalog for   E-LAN (Access E-line, Access E-LAN)

  6. Future Releases (El Alto and beyond)

    1. Managed Access E-LINE Services (as per MEF 62)

    2. Automatic import/export of TOSCA csar in other provider’s Service Catalog (SDC)

    3. Service characteristics visibility in Service Inventory (A&AI)

Business Requirement

E-LAN Services are used by Operators to connect different Customers (especially Enterprise Customers). For example, multiple Cloud Consumers can be connected to one or more CSP Technology Centers. This service could also be used to deliver Public Cloud services or enable secure (encrypted) connectivity to Private Clouds. 

Participating Companies

Vodafone

Scope

Dublin release will focus on MP2MP Service Creation and Modification.  If possible we may attempt to complete Performance Monitoring modeling as well. 

CCVPN E-LAN Service (sub-)Use Case Presentations

Use Case Subcommittee December 5th, 2018

External API Subcommittee February 13th, 2019

CCVPN E-LAN Service Use Case Team Meetings

For Dublin we will be using the weekly CCVPN Use Case Extension calls to progress the CCVPN E-LAN Service (sub-)Use Case.

Meeting Logistics

Weekly Scaling Meeting

Day: TBD

Meeting Minutes 



Impacts

It is envisioned that the CCVPN E-LAN Service (sub-)Use Case for Dublin will have impacts on the following projects:  External API, SDC, SO, A&AI, DCAE.

The modeling sub-committee will be engaged for the definition of the IM & DM.

Please see the Impacts page for a more detailed list of requirements in each project. 

Project Commitments



Project

PTL

Commitment

Notes

Project

PTL

Commitment

Notes

A&AI

@James Forsyth

NA 

Support Composite Service Instances (multi-operator)

SDC

@Ofir Sonsino

NA

  1. Support Composite Services creation

  2. Must be able to model LCM operations/Interfaces and expose the modification capabilities through the Service Catalog

DCAE

@Vijay Kumar

r5

Performance management - Stretched GOAL (postponed to El Alto)

Modeling

@Hui Deng

 NA

Need to support Composite Services

External API

@Matthieu Geerebaert

 NA

  1. Implement TMF 641 for external BSS Portal (parameters passed as one composite/single orerItem)

  2. implement East-West cross-operator  External API-External API ("patch service" for service modification)

SO

@Seshu Kumar Mudiganti

 NA

  1. Implement ability to "decompose" the End-to-End service (in collaboration with SDC). The same applies for the Service Change. 

  2. Implement Service Modification API and associated workflows to interact with other projects (SDN-C, A&AI & ExtAPI)

OOF

@Sarat Puthenpura

NA

TBR

SDN-C

@Dan Timoney

NA

TBR