Attendees & Representation (default sort: member first name)

TAC Members and Project representatives should mark their attendance below 

 Community: Olivier Smith  @Philppe Ensarguet Taylor Carpenter  @Ashan Carpenter @Nikola  @Richard Lopez @Philppe Enasr Lucina Stricko 

Agenda

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  • Antitrust Policy
• Roll Call
• Check Action Items & Topic Requests
• General Topics
  
  • Conformance testing
    • Cloud Native Telco Initiative status update
    • Anuket Assured assets
    • Project structure 
  • Infrastructure alignment for Thoth
  • Security Whitepaper refresh for ONE Summit 
• Any Other Topics
  • Project structure for 5G-SBP
  • Code of Conduct in LFN documentation

Action items

• Cloud Native Telecom Initiative to continue to regularly report progress to the TAC as it works to deliver first objectives by ONE Summit (End of April)

Minutes

Cloud Native Telco Initiative - Status Update by Olivier Smith 

The presentation is stored here:  Cloud Native Telco Initiative - CNTI

Started with presentation on the challenges in Cloud-Native Network Functions by Sana Tariq 

• Addressed challenges in achieving cloud-native network functions.
• Highlighted the need for transformation in design and deployment.

Questions raised on Technical Challenges by Gergely Csatari 

• Raised concerns about hardware dependencies in network functions.
• Questioned if these dependencies were due to lack of evolved technology or inherent needs of telecom networks.

Response to Technical Challenges

• Sana Tariq responded, acknowledging the historical and technical depth in telecom standards and network functions.
• Discussed the ongoing efforts in software level optimizations and the probable persistence of hardware dependencies.

Outlining of the 3 main focus areas for the CNTI by Olivier Smith 

• Best practices, test catalog, and certifications are the 3 main focus areas of the CNTI
• The Best Practices focus area will develop community agreed standards for solving challenges related to cloud native networking. It will collaborate with any/all LFN networking projects that are addressing cloud native networking aspects.  The goal is to identify mutually areas of interest that can drive greater best practices alignment.
• The Test Catalog focus area will develop, expand, and maintain vendor neutral cloud native networking tests that can easily be consumed by downstream projects. The goal is to expand the number of cloud native networking tests which are broadly applicable to any infrastructure and networking application (i.e. foundational cloud native and Kubernetes native tests)
• The Certification focus area will define and offer cloud native certifications based on community and project interest.

Community Building and Timeline by Olivier Smith 

• Emphasized the need for strong community involvement and setting achievable goals.
• Discussed the plans for achieving initial milestones by the ONE Summit.

Governance and Planning by Olivier Smith 

• Proposed a temporary governance structure to guide the initiative's early stages.

• Proposed 3 co-chairs representing service providers, CNF developers, and the Kubernetes community.
• CSP Co-Chair:  Looking for volunteer
• CNF Vendor Co-Chair: Olivier Smith
• Kubernetes Co-Chair:  Taylor Carpenter 

• Emphasized the need for community feedback and continued contributions in shaping the long-term goals and objectives of this initiative.
• Encouraged everyone interested in helping this initiative to learn more how they can assist by visiting: Cloud Native Telecom Initiative (CNTI) - LF Networking - LF Networking Confluence

Closing Remarks

• Agreed to continue regular reporting on CNTI progress
• Suggested a discussion on future of Anuket Assured/CVC to avoid overlaps
• Highlighted the importance of community contributions and involvement.