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16 Oct 2023

November D&TF Planning
- Opportunities-
  - 2023-11 - 5G SBP: Orchestration of OAI Core and Amarisoft gNB with EMCO
  - End-to-End deployment of an eBPF-based Free5GC Core
    - first, generic capabilty of secure workloads
    - then show how secure workloads of eUPF in 5G Use case can be accomplished
  - 5G SBP Library - LJ
    - What is the 5G SBP Library? (mind maps). Inform users/readers and be able to take the next steps with find the right capability and use the information. Different capabilities to put together 5G services
    - High level overview of each project currently in development (SABREs, SEDIMENT, ORAN SMO, Edge site selection)
    - How to get involved
    - Process- how to submit a proposal
    - Build out talking points; work with Muddasar

02 Oct 2023

Attendance: LJ Illuzzi

Agenda:

5GSBP Library is ready to go
- Proposal to add a column for higher level network function associated with each entry, example; slicing, security, UPF integration, IoT (visual inspection), etc.
End-to-End deployment of an eBPF-based Free5GC Core - Library inclusion?
- Might be of interest to orgs with sensitive standards for deployment (sensitive workload segmentation), finance, government, etc.
November D&TF Planning
- Opportunities-
  - End-to-End deployment of an eBPF-based Free5GC Core
    - first, generic capabilty of secure workloads
    - then show how secure workloads of eUPF in 5G Use case can be accomplished
  - 5G SBP Library - LJ
    - What is the 5G SBP Library? (mind maps). Inform users/readers and be able to take the next steps with find the right capability and use the information. Different capabilities to put together 5G services
    - High level overview of each project currently in development (SABREs, SEDIMENT, ORAN SMO, Edge site selection)
    - How to get involved
    - Process- how to submit a proposal
    - Build out talking points; work with Muddasar

21 Aug 2023

Attendance: LJ Illuzzi Muddasar Ahmed Ranny Haiby

Agenda:

LFN Antitrust Policy
5G Super Blueprint Library
- Additional Inputs -
  - May need to adjust titles to make it more intuitive- gear it toward the end user, (IT manager, busines need)
  - RA can be/may be split into 2 titles
- Rollout Plan
November D&TF Planning
- Opportunities-
  - RA with Accuknox and KubeArmor - show existing demo to larger audience.
  - SABREs
  - ORAN SMO (Aarna)
  - Nephio- deploying RAN work loads, etc. (Muddasar). Interest from Research Group in India (NgKore.io?). Funding for intership.
What are the SABREs capabilities plan for 2024, as needed for DARPA. Sync with David
Simplified Slicing- what are the baselines for 5G?

12 Jun 2023

Attendance: LJ Illuzzi ,Rodney Elder , Ganesh Venkatraman

Turn "finished" 5G SBP D&TF sessions into deliverables:
- 2023-06 - 5G SBP: Simplified E2E Network Slicing. Cannot be scaled. Free5GC not a production platform. Shows orchestration and slicing end-to-end.
- 2023-06 - L3AF: Integration with 5G-UPF(User Plane Function) - potential Use Cases from Equinix (Rodney/Oleg)

Blueprint Outputs

check all that apply:

Code repository
Configuration files (e.g. Helm charts, etc.)
Upstreaming to relevant projects
Continuous Integration
Test requirements and test results (if applicable)
Documentation:
- Overview and Theory of Operation (i.e., what does it do?)
- Deployment and setup
Videos
- demo
- lab setup/behind the scenes
- other
Presentation

Input on Wednesday meeting (instead of Tuesday)

15 May 2023

Attendance: LJ Illuzzi Rodney Elder Ranny Haiby Ganesh Venkatraman David McBride

New wednesday meeting time starting 05/17
June D&TF - need to urge session topics and registration:
- Potential 5G SBP Topics: not intended to be finished PoC; rather discussions on current work with the intent to promote collaboration and interest.
  - Edge Placement - "Deploying and Scaling Edge Infrastructure from an Operator Perspective"
  - 5G SBP: KubeArmor + SEDIMENT project - "SEDIMENT + KubeArmor = IoT Device Authenication & Security"
  - Slicing Free5GC and EMCO
  - Lab setup?- Kaloom
5G SBP Whitepaper/eBook: Lessions Learned- input from the community
Wednesday 05/17 meeting will include SABRES presentation

01 May 2023

Attendance:Rodney Elder Ranny Haiby David McBride LJ Illuzzi

How do we jump start Edge Placement Project?

5G SBP: KubeArmor + SEDIMENT project
Enterprise Multi Cloud NaaS

17 Apr 2023

Attendance:

Agenda-

2023 events planning on 04/18 call - Heather

Virtual D&TF session guidelines

New Projects (Equinix/Accuknox)- updates

Edge Placement - link to Use Case
SEDIMENT packaging for Accuknox deployment for 5G SBP use case

PCEI Project Updates

03 Apr 2023

Attendance:

LJ Illuzzi Rodney Elder Ranny Haiby

Agenda:

Central Use Case for next work sprint
5G SBP community survey
Public Cloud Edge Interface as a new project
- Starting point: 5G SBP Use Case - Public Cloud Edge Interface

20 Mar 2023

Attendance:

LJ Illuzzi Ranny Haiby Rodney Elder

Agenda

Proposal for a 5G SBP community survey
Work Activities- defining and laying out a workplan
LFN Mentorship Program

Initial Thoughts:

Proposal for a 5G SBP community survey.
- Purpose- to identify community skill-sets, time availability to contribute (more then just meeting attendance), interest areas, .....

Opening- Thank you for being part of the 5G Super Blueprint community and taking this brief 8 question survey. The purpose of this survey is to discover additional skill-sets within the community, interest areas within the community, and gain insights into what accomplishments the community would like the 5G Super Blueprint to achieve in the next 12 months.

- Types of questions:
  - Page 1- anonymity
    - What originally drew you to attend 5G SBP meetings - pick list of reasons + other (fill-in)
      - Business development for my company (getting in touch with potential customers)
      - Providing expertise and positioning myself/my company as a thought leader
      - Participating in a common learning experience with a community
      - Driving the technology solution in a direction that is aligned with my/my company's vision
      - Just curious
      - Other (please specify)
    - What are your current interest areas in the 5G SBP if different?
      - 5G RAN
      - Mobile packet core
      - Automation
      - NaaS
      - Enterprise Networking
      - Public Cloud/Edge Cloud
      - Networking apps
      - Edge workloads
      - Other (please specify)
    - How does your company benefit from the 5G SBP?
      - Leveraging community shared knowledge
      - Showcasing our leadership
      - External exposure
      - Other (please specify)
    - List 3 things you and/or your company would like to see the 5G SBP community accomplish in the next 12 months?
      - Use cases:________
      - Software components:________
      - Target market:_______
      - Publications:_________
      - Industry event participation:_________________
      - Other:_______
  - Page 2 - no anonymity
    - What specific contributions would you and/or your company like to make to the 5G SBP in the next 12 months?
      - Engineering resources to build and document the solution
      - Physical lab
      - Cloud/Edge infrastructure resources
      - Other (please specify)
    - What skill sets can you and/or your company bring to the 5G SBP?
      - Solution Architecture Expertise
      - System Integration Engineering
      - Technical writing and marketing (Whitepapers, blogs, e-book, webinars)
      - Other (please specify)
    - Do you have experience with automation?
      - ONAP
      - Nephio
      - EMCO
      - Closed source automation/orchestration
      - Other (please specify)
    - Can you and/or your company commit development time in the 5G SBP labs? If so quantify
    - ~~multiple choice options~~
  - Can we followup with you with an email?

Work Activities- defining and laying out a workplan:

Establish/Re-establish permanet 5G Network capability in the labs
- Must have requirments:
  1. Core
  2. RAN
  3. Automation end-to-end
  4. .....
- Workplan:
  1. Step 1
    - Task
    - Technical resources needed
  2. Step2
    - Task
    - Technical resources needed
  3. Step 3 ....
NaaS
- Must have requirments:
  1. LFN and LF Edge projects at the core, cloud, & edge
  2. Enterprise Use Case(s)
  3. ...
Enterprise Use Cases

Potential for the a 5G SBP project under the LFN Mentorship Program
- During the LFN TAC meeting on 03/01 the question was asked if the 5G SBP could benefit from the mentorship program and vise-verse.
- Considerations:
  - Will need a community member to serve as "Mentor"
  - Draft a project proposal:
    - Bring Nehio into the lab?
    - Automation? Leverage EMCO in Hyderabad (Wavelabs)
    - Time is of the essense (program deadlines)

20 Feb 2023

Attendance:

LJ Illuzzi Muddasar Ahmed Kenny Paul

Agenda/Notes

Ops5G Demo- "Over the Air 5G UE Connection to SD-Core". The Ops-5G team would like to present this demop to the 5G SBP community. Potential for a Deep Dive call
- Value statement . Ask for a preview
NaaS Use Cases
2023-02 - 5G SBP: Birds of Feather: Is there value in adding Nephio?
- Next Steps-
  - Community participation. Top priority
    - GXC- Hardik
    - Amar
    - Satish (IBM)
    - Wavelabs (K8?)
    - Kaloom
    - Needed skills: K8 (Wavelabs/UNH), RAN (GXC/Kaloom), Core (Amar/Kaloom)
    - As needed support
    - Project Plan & Skills needed per phase.
    - Phases
      - Where do we get network. Who is supplying the network, IP pool, VLAN design
      - Build K8 (or VM)
      - Nephio/EMCO
      - Network Functions; RAN and Core
      - Network Functions Day 1 configurations
      - Enterprise Application(s)/Use Case(s)
  - MEC Use Case/application (agriculture, medical, retail, etc.)
  - NaaS tie-in
    - IP Transport as a Service. Front haul/backhaul
    - RAN as a service
    - Core as a Service
    - MEC as a Service

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06 Feb 2023

Attendance:

LJ Illuzzi Ranny Haiby Muddasar Ahmed Ganesh Venkatraman

Notes:

NaaS Use Cases
- how do we break down NaaS in terms of 5G
  - Slicing & sub-components
- What are the User Story(s)
  - MNOs will have order fulfillment self- service portal
  - 5G needs- network connectivity, need edge compute facitlities, intelligent data sharing
  - What are the network components/sub-components?: RAN, backhaul, edge cloud, 5G application services
  - varying SLAs
Next steps with IBM Use Cases
- Ganesh- IBM has disconnected and is reusing training server for MWC. Working with Jason Hunt
- IoT Use Case weather and agriculture (soil testing, moisture, etc)
  - Develop User Story- need to highlight 5G attributes. how do we build on hard hat Use Case to add open source platforms, automation, etc.
  - Develop architecture- currently in prelim stage
- Retail Use Cases- (after MWC)
  - IBM/Walmart
  - IBM/TMobile
Self-Assessing SLAs with Hyperledger Fabric
- Webinar on Feb 9
- Post Webinar questions:
  - Is there value/Use Case(s) for 5G SBP?
  - What is the LOE to include in 5G SBP?
  - High level of technical guidance needed- Hyperledger Telecom SIG as use case owner?
- Assessment- this is very forward looking technology. Nice-to-have
  - consider roadmapping this technology
02-07-23 - Bi-Weekly Status Meeting - Draft Agenda

12 Dec 2022

Attendance:

LJ Illuzzi

Muddasar Ahmed

Ganesh Venkatraman

Agenda:

Antitrust Policy
Lab Updates (Ganesh):
- RAN solution- eliminate faraday cage
- Creation of BOM as consumable for end-users
  - Each participating company provide a BOM, then consolidate into an overall
- Next steps with IBM use case(s) - demo at IBM Dallas lab
- How to position ORAN-SC
- How to utilize Wavelabs lab in Hydrabad- lacency may be an issue
  - potential to install ORAN-SC to create gNB
  - automation dev and test
  - Setup call with Wavelabs call after documentation.
Looking ahead to 2023:
- Tigher alignment with the LFN TAC
- Lab automation and creation of consumable collateral for end-users (DoD)
- Network as a Service (NaaS) Use Case
  - NaaS e-book https://lfnetworking.org/resources/research/ebook-network-as-a-service/
Next Advisory Group meeting January 9, 2023

28 Nov 2022

Agenda:

Antitrust Policy
Visual Inspection Use Case Documentation: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dkk84woawkCiLBGSDrcEddXypmD5JFk6/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115348460061026676315&rtpof=true&sd=true
- Ask- review and provide commentary.
- Release date is Dec 08
Remote Attestation exploratory call with Peraton Labs; 11/28, 10am PT/1pm ET
Planning for next work streams:
- Automate existing Use Case with EMCO
  - Use Case- deploy & manage edge compute
  - LOE - 6 months?
  - Whats needed for documentation so that at least EMCO orchestration of Free5GC is consumable?
    - Identify integration points
- ORAN-SC SMO (Martial/AT&T)
  - LOE
  - Needed for deploy & manage edge compute (O-cloud)/(O2 interface) Use Case

Attendance:

LJ Illuzzi

Muddasar Ahmed

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17 Oct 2022

Attendance:

LJ Illuzzi

Martial

Muddasar

Ganesh

Antitrust Policy
Current Proof Point in progress: 5G SBP Use Case - Factory Floor Visual Inspection - ONE Summit Demo (November 2022)
Looking ahead:
- Kaloom has committed to providing the 5G SBP Lab on a permanent basis.
- Potential for quarterly 5G SBP webinars. Potential Issue- webinar/Zoom fatigue; is this the right platform
- Use Cases and Placeholders
Flush out: 5G SBP Use Case -ORAN-SC: RAN Slice SLA Assurance on 10/31 meeting

19 Sep 2022

Attendance:

LJ Illuzzi

Heather Kirksey

Rodney Elder

David Armbrust (Mitre)

Ben Posthuma (GXC)

Ranny Haiby

Abhijit Patil

Martial Ngueko (AT&T)

Sundar Nadathur (Intel, EMCO)

Bob Heinemann

Ganesh Venkatraman (Kaloom)

Muddasar Ahmed (Mitre)

Antitrust Policy
5G Super Blueprint Work Tracks (Buckets) - DRAFT
Current work item: 5G SBP Use Case - Factory Floor Visual Inspection - ONE Summit Demo (November 2022)
Use Case Wiki Clean Up

25 Jul 2022

Attendance:

Agenda;

Antitrust Policy
What are the core requirements of a 5G Super Blueprint and Use Case?
- Open Source Core?
- Open Source Orchestration?
- ORAN?
- Reference: https://wiki.lfnetworking.org/x/4wAyAw
- Are the right questions being asked to get to the core requirements?
How is a 5G Super Blueprint documented?
- Are the right questions being asked to get to a documentation process?

Action Items:

Muddasar Ahmed Fishbone diagram for foundational Use Cases

11 Jul 2022

Attendance:

Agenda:

Antitrust Policy
Review Use Case wiki page and Use Case submission template
Security Lead
Meeting day/time and cadence
Next 5G SBP meeting: 07-12-22 - 5G SBP Regular Bi-weekly Status Meeting
Michael August (DoD) ONE Summit CPF submission
- Demo- Secure slicing, and DDoS

Action Items:

Muddasar Ahmed Fishbone diagram for foundational Use Cases

06 Jun 2022 Next meeting 11:30am ET, 8:30am PST

Recording

Chat File

Attendance:

@Abhi Patil

@lawrence Kerr

@Ryan McAllister

Agenda:

Review Use Case Wiki Page and Use Case submission template
Proposal- 5G SBP "Releases"- New use cases, updated use cases, etc. Proposal for every quarter: "5G SBP Fall2022 Release", "5G SBP Winter2023 Release", "5G SBP Spring2023 Release", etc.
Proposal- "Tracks" and "Use Cases"
- Track: Orchestration
  Use Case (under Orchestration Track): Orchestration of Magma with ONAP
  Use Case (under Orchestration Track): Orchestration of Free5GC with EMCO
Security SIG- Muddasar Ahmed (Mitre)- asked about non-functional reuirements; "security orchestration". Ranny suggests we will need to have the capability to demostrate security capabilities. Ranny suggests a security "champion" needs to step foreward. Potential for a security SIG under the Advisory Council - add to June 6 agenda
Meeting day/time and cadence
June 5G SBP Meetings

Attendance:

23 May 2022 Kickoff Meeting

Recording not available

Attendance:

@Haseem Ahmed

Bob Monkman

@Oleg Berzin

LJ Illuzzi(LFN)

Ranny Haiby (LF)

@martialNgueko(AT&T)

Nadathur Sundar(Intel)

Proposed Agenda:

Meeting recording to facilitate meeting notes
Introductions
Level set on Advisory Group purpose
Proposed Use Cases
- Use Case: 3Gpp NTN (Haseem)
- Fixed Wireless Access (FWA)
Process for use case submission and review
How is the proposal to be documented? (INPUTS)
- Use Case discription
- Problem statement/ what probel is solved?
- Users stories
- Demo storyline
- Interaction with other Open-source components
- Links to existing documentation (Build Guide, Slideware, etc), if available.
- Links to existing demo/video, if available.
- Links to existing code/repos, if available
What does a 5G Super Blueprint look like? How is it documented? (OUTPUTS)

Use Case discription
Problem statement/ what problem is solved?
Users stories
Build Guide
Slideware
Demo Video

Can we leverage existing Proof Points?
- 5G SBP: Realizing multiple network slices & MEC Apps in each slice with LFN/LFE/CNCF projects
- 5G SBP: ORAN SMO Package - Combining multiple open sources into an E2E package
  - documentation links:
    - https://wiki.o-ran-sc.org/display/IAT/Automated+deployment+and+testing+-+using+SMO+package+and+ONAP+Python+SDK
    - https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/gitweb?p=it/dep.git;a=blob;f=smo-install/README.md;h=7c76d09658b5642907b1f40342d878a084b15444;hb=HEAD

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Discussion on 5G Core- Magma TSC is looking at a dual core approach, with the 2nd core being Free5GC or OAI. Recommendations have been put forth that 5G SBP should wait on a core decision until this is sorted out.

Magma
- Magma TSC is looking at a dual core approach, with the 2nd core being Free5GC or OAI
Free5GC
OAI
Open5GS
Reference: Lab Architecture Draft

Meeting Cadence and Next Meeting - June 6, 11:30am EST

Action Items:

@martialNgueko(AT&T) - provide documentation/code links to 5G SBP: ORAN SMO Package - Combining multiple open sources into an E2E package
LJ Illuzzicreate Use Cae wiki and Use Case submission template
Test case for "New" Use Case
Test case for "Existing" Use Case