The New Intelligent Edge Akraino Edge Stack Project Overview

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1 The New Intelligent Edge Akraino Edge Stack Project Overview John Craig, Lead Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Travis Broughton, Community Manager, Intel May 2018

2 Emerging Technologies in IOT and Networks are demanding lower latency and accelerated processing at the edge NFV Edge Infrastructure Wireless (vran,vepc) Wireline (PON) ucpe (SD-WAN) IP Enterprise Services Autonomous Devices Drones Autonomous Vehicles Industry Robots Medical Immersive Experiences Virtual Reality Augmented Reality 60 Video Wearable Cognitive Assistance IoT & Analytics Industrial Sensors Home Devices Retail Healthcare On-Demand NFV Hardware Acceleration A.I. Microservices 5G 6/6/18 2

New Edge Requires End-to-End Automation &

Residential Services Enterprise Services IOT

Defined Data Centers (SDDC) Data Centers

Cloud Network Public/Hybrid Cloud Service

3 New Edge Requires End-to-End Automation & Interworking Services Cloud Services Residential Services Enterprise Services IOT Services AI Services Software & Automation Cloud Automation Network Automation IOT Automation Infrastructure Enterprise Software Defined Data Centers (SDDC) Data Centers Carrier Network Service Providers MSO/CableCo Cloud Network Public/Hybrid Cloud Service Providers Cloud Hosting Private Cloud Providers Web Service Providers

The New Edge Requirements for Akraino Project Edge Challenges Large

Zero-touch operations Zero-touch lifecycle Akraino Edge Stack is the

on integrated distributed cloud edge platform.

innovation but with right integration Akraino Edge Stack integrates

4 The New Edge Requirements for Akraino Project Edge Challenges Large Scale >1000 Locations Need Simple Operations Zero-touch provisioning Zero-touch operations Zero-touch lifecycle Akraino Edge Stack is the first open source collaborative community project exclusively focused on integrated distributed cloud edge platform. Solution Low Cost Start-up, Build, Run Multiple Edge Use Cases Faster innovation but with right integration Akraino Edge Stack integrates multiple open sources to supply holistic Edge Platform, Edge Application, and Developer APIs ecosystem. 6/6/18 4

Development of Edge Middleware & API Fully Integrated Open Edge Stack Deliverable + +

Develop Edge API Develop framework for interoperability with rd party Edge providers

5 What is Akraino? Everything About Edge Akraino is Edge Project Development of Edge Applications Development of Edge Middleware & API Fully Integrated Open Edge Stack Deliverable + + Scope Develop Edge Middleware, SDKs, applications and create an app/vnf ecosystem Develop Edge API Develop framework for interoperability with rd party Edge providers & hybrid cloud models Create & Integrate Edge stack to address Edge use cases (Blueprints) Edge Stack Life Cycle - CI/CD & Tooling Upstream collaboration 6/6/18 5

6 LF Announcement March 2018 First Open Source Project at Edge gathers momentum, complements other standards & consortiums Edge now an integral part of Open Source Software Ecosystem The Linux Foundation Announces Expanded Industry Commitment to Akraino Edge Stack 6/6/18 6

Akraino Edge Stack Key Principles Design Build Operate Finite set of configurations reduce complexity Cloud native applications design application to be optimized

introduction Platform, VNF and application assessment and ga

evolvable Low latency placement and processing support the edge drivers Plug and play modular architecture building blocks using multiple cloud management

7 Akraino Edge Stack Key Principles Design Build Operate Finite set of configurations reduce complexity Cloud native applications design application to be optimized from the beginning Simplified security secure platform and services while not being a burden Autonomous, turn-key solution for service enablement enable rapid introduction Platform, VNF and application assessment and gating assess whether the application is fit to run at the edge (e.g.., latency sensitiveness, code quality) Low startup cost space, power, capital but scalable and evolvable Low latency placement and processing support the edge drivers Plug and play modular architecture building blocks using multiple cloud management technologies Zero touch provisioning, operations and lifecycle reduce OpEx Automated maturity measurement operations, designs and services Software abstraction based homogeneity hide any hardware differences via software Common platform and service orchestration ONAP 6/6/18 7

8 Akraino is Complementary Akraino Interfaces With Adjacent Projects Zero Touch Edge Cloud Automation Container Orchestration Multi-cloud portability IIOT Framework at Edge Open Source Software for Creating Private and Public Clouds AI Framework Across Projects Networking Analytics/Automation Disaggregated Networking Whitebox Operating Systems 6/6/18 8

Akraino Benefits Enables New Business Ecosystem & Cost Savings Users (Enterprises) New

Source Collaboration Public Cloud Provider New Cloud Services More Footprint ROI New

Extended Portfolio Telco Operator Edge Processing Reduced Backhaul Traffic NFV

9 Akraino Benefits Enables New Business Ecosystem & Cost Savings Users (Enterprises) New Services Open Source-Based Application Developers New Edge Applications Global Open Source Collaboration Public Cloud Provider New Cloud Services More Footprint ROI New Offerings to Existing Customer Base Suppliers Infrastructure (H/W) Support as a Service Extended Portfolio Telco Operator Edge Processing Reduced Backhaul Traffic NFV Infrastructure (5G, Etc.) Edge Services (Public Edge Cloud, API, Analytics) Edge Real Estate 6/6/18 9

10 Edge Optimal Zone For Edge Placement Customer Devices Mobile AR/VR End User Drones Autonomous Vehicles Device* ~2 ms Edge Placement Millions Thousands Tens Customer Premises Home Small Enterprises Enterpris es Smart Cities Stadiums Public buildings Last Mile Network* <5 ms Access Methods 5G LTE WiFi Wireline Access* 1- ms * Estimates Telco Network Edge Backbone Backbone Tower Central Offices Other Telco Real Estates (Wire Centers, etc.) Edge Computing ~5-20 ms Telco Operated Backbone ~2-100 Centralize d Clouds Public Clouds Non-Accelerated Processing ~5-50 ms Burst Capacity Optimal Edge Zone Not Optimal Source: AT&T 6/6/18 10

Akraino Blueprints & release Reference Architecture For Edge Use cases Blueprints Declarative Configuration CI/CD, Integration, & Testing "A" Hardware & Software POD Declarative Configuration CI/CD,

11 Akraino Blueprints & release Reference Architecture For Edge Use cases Blueprints Declarative Configuration CI/CD, Integration, & Testing "A" Hardware & Software POD Declarative Configuration CI/CD, CI/CD, Integration, Integration, & Testing & Testing "N" Hardware & Software POD POD Blueprints Approved and tested declarative configuration based on use cases, set of Hardware & Software, Point of delivery (POD). Reference Architecture Defines Akraino building blocks Declarative Configuration Hides lower layer complexity to user CI/CD, Integration & Testing Tools Drive product quality Akraino release End Product Blueprints1 Blueprints n Akraino Release TSC will provide acceptance criteria for release Source: AT&T 6/6/18 11

Edge Point of Delivery (POD) Hosted @ Telco or Provider ( e.g., Network Cloud) Customer s Premises Cruiser Large POD Tricycle Medium POD Unicycle POD Satellite Rover R-Leaf Pod-1 Agg- Leaf Spine

12 Edge Point of Delivery (POD) Telco or Provider ( e.g., Network Cloud) Customer s Premises Cruiser Large POD Tricycle Medium POD Unicycle POD Satellite Rover R-Leaf Pod-1 Agg- Leaf Spine R-Leaf Pod-1 Agg- Leaf Spine C-Leaf Tricycle C-Leaf M-SW M-SW M-SW Control Nodes M-SW 1 C-Agg R-Leaf M-SW 1 C-Agg R-Leaf M-SW Control Nodes 1 M-SW 1 C-Agg C-Agg M-SW 1 M-SW Term Server M-SW Data Plane Compute Nodes Data Plane Compute Nodes Characteristics - 6 Racks POD - Containerized Control plane (OpenStack, Ceph, etc.,) - K8 based resiliency - Racks POD - Containerized Control plane - K8 based resiliency - 1 Rack POD - Containerized Control plane - K8 based resiliency - Possible - Data plane/control Plane mixed - Remote Edge 1 or 2 servers - Containerized Control plane - No K8 based resiliency - Data plane/control Plane mixed - customer or public buildings - DANOS based - White boxes Use Cases (e.g.,) - 5G Core - 5G access - IP Services - 5G Access -IoT, - Wireline (PON), Store - Remote Edge( Analytics, etc.) - Over the top edge applications - Over the top edge applications. - SD-WAN Source: AT&T 6/6/18 12

13 Akraino Building Blocks - Proposed Akraino GUI Dashboard Admin GUI User GUI Akraino Chest Akraino Workflow Edge Application and APIs Edge Application and Orchestration Platform Workflows APIs Applications & VNFs Lightweight Edge App Orchestration Camunda Edge APIs Any Edge Applications Community - TBD Edge Cloud(s) Integration APIs Akraino Upper Cloud Lifecycle Tools Declarative Configuration AI Tools box ETE Operations tools CICD NFV Orchestration Edge Platform Software NFV & Domain Specific Orchestrator Infra Orchestration Storage Network Control Plane Network Data Plane Operation System Network Edge Cruiser Tricycle Customer Edge OpenStack SDS(Ceph) Simple SDN SR-IOV Linux Flavor ONAP Kubernetes Calico OVS-DPDK Thin Linux Unicycle CNI Satellite Rover AirShip Under Cloud Lifecycle Community - TBD ETE Security tools Narad (Inventory) ETE Testing Framework (infra, UCP, VNF, App) PINC (N/W Orchestration) Documentation Source: AT&T 6/6/18 1

14 Akraino AT&T contributions to kick start the community Demonstration of working Blueprint Real world Edge Architecture and Knowledge Blueprint based on Kubernetes, OpenStack, Airship, Workflow, GUI etc., Integration of Platform Life cycle tools Airship VNF Orchestration based on ONAP Orchestration Sample Edge Applications CI/CD& Testing documentation Future Narad, PINC, DANOS Integration Source: AT&T 6/6/18 14

15 Akraino Community Labs (Unison) NFV Edge Infrastructure Autonomous Devices Immersive Experiences IoT & Analytics Akraino Flocks Akraino Consistent Edge APIs Akraino Community to drive interoperable Edge APIs Applications Area Experiment Edge application Community CI/CD Share Results Community Lab(s) Supplier Lab(s) rd Party Cloud(s) Certification Demonstrate Interoperability 6/6/18 15

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