Foundational data model is the ke=
y to open collaboration @HJ Han
Massimo Banzi mentioned that Huawei has done some work=
in this area - "catalyst" effort =3D POC - on network intelligence a=
nd machine learning. Focus was to demonstrate functionality that could be p=
ractically applied. TM Forum sponsored.
@HJ Han sometimes what is demonst=
rated is not what people are actually doing.
Synchronization of NFV testing white paper and webinar
Published initial NFV white paper at the end of March
Thanks to Beth & Randy & Lei for a great webinar
Community contributions made the white paper a complete perspective of =
the NFV testing topic
Future white papers: 5G SDN adoption
End user requirements in Anuket
EUAG participants cover a very broad range of networking topics
EUAG would provide another set of eyes to review the conformance testin=
g objectives of Anuket releases
Randy Levensalor should include K8s =
- but many features are in beta/early development phases
Hardware acceleration (eg. FGPAs) is one area that could use some atten=
tion
FPGAs - No common programming language
Smart NICs - largely testing well
Interop testing of acceleration is under-tested - Anuket Reference Mode=
l - has started to pick up HW acceleration
VSperf is broadening a bit - unsure if that is covered or still a gap=
li>
ODIM also investigating how to uniformly report on acceleration facilit=
ies