2020

Aether Management Platform– Operationalizing Disaggregated Systems –

Larry PetersonOpen Networking Foundation

Managed 4G/5G Edge Cloud for EnterprisesAn ONF Open Source Project

Securing the Internet Using Verifiable Closed-Loop ControlA DARPA Research Project: Stanford, Cornell, Princeton, ONF

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Aether Overview

Visitors

Sensors

Surveillance

IoT

Multimedia

Employees

Small Cell

Small Cell

Small Cell

Enterprise Edge

RANCentral Unit

Mobile CoreUser Plane

Edge Apps

Control andManagement

Platform

EnterprisePortal

Mobile Core Control Plane

Distributed Mobile Core User Planeprovides local breakout at all

remote Edge sites

Central Cloud

Central Apps

ONOS SDN Controller

Inband Network Telemetry

SD-Core

NICNICP4 NIC P4 NICStratum OS

P4 Switch

Stratum OS

P4 Switch

Control App

Control AppFabricSD-RAN

Verifier

High-LevelSpecification

Closed

Loop

Pronto Overview

Aether Is Operational

AMP, ACC

ACE

Aether Connected Edge (ACE)

Kube

rnet

esRIC

xApps

RAN

ONOS

Edge Platforms/Apps

Sensors

Surveillance

IoT

Multimedia

Employees

Visitors

Central Cloud

Aether Connectivity Control (ACC)

Aether Management Platform (AMP)

Fabric EdgeAppUPF Pronto

P4

P4

P4

P4

EdgeAppEdgeApp

Aether ComponentsSDN Substrate

Edge Apps

SD-Core (User/Control Plane)Verifiable Closed-Loop ControlSD-RAN

AMPOperationalizes

Disruptor’s Dilemma

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Disaggregate to Catalyze Innovationà Value proposition of open networking and SDN

Integrate to Facilitate Adoptionà Requirement for operational deployment

BundledAppliance Disaggregate Integrate

Platform

App

App

App

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App

Closed Point-Solution Open Extensible Solution

Disruptor’s Dilemma

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Disaggregate to Catalyze Innovationà Value proposition of open networking and SDN

Integrate to Facilitate Adoptionà Requirement for operational deployment

Integrate

Platform

App

App

App

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.

App

ContinuousInnovation

ContinuousDeployment

ContinuousOperation

Operate

ContinuousIntegration

Mgmt Platform

Disruptor’s Dilemma

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Disaggregate to Catalyze Innovationà Value proposition of open networking and SDN

Integrate to Facilitate Adoptionà Requirement for operational deployment

Our goal is to sustain the innovate/deploy/operate cycleà Build extensible/evolvable systems (not just modular point solutions)à Democratize the operationalization of disaggregated components

Edge Platforms/Apps

Central Cloud

Aether Connectivity Control (ACC)

Aether Management Platform (AMP)

Aether Components

Aether Connected Edge (ACE)

RAN

Sensors

Surveillance

IoT

Multimedia

Employees

Visitors

Kube

rnet

esRIC

xApps

ONOS

Fabric EdgeAppUPF Pronto

P4

P4

P4

P4

EdgeAppEdgeApp

ACE Platform(COTS HW, ONOS, K8S)

SD-RAN SD-Core ProntoEdgeApps

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Edge Platforms/Apps

Central Cloud

Aether Connectivity Control (ACC)

Aether Management Platform (AMP)

Aether Management Platform

Aether Connected Edge (ACE)

RAN

Sensors

Surveillance

IoT

Multimedia

Employees

Visitors

ACE Platform(COTS HW, ONOS, K8S)

Aether Management Platform (AMP)

Enterprise Portal Ops Portal

Runtime Ops Control

Logging andMonitoring

LifecycleManagement

App Provider Portal

CodeRepo

Image Repo

Env Repo

ProductionPODs

ConstructPlan

ExecutePlan

StagingPODs

...

BuildComponents

CI Env

CLA

License

Testing

CodeReview

QA POD

Testing

Lifecycle Management: CI/CD Pipeline

Continuous DeploymentContinuous Integration

Monitoring Dashboard

Edge Platforms/Apps

Central Cloud

Aether Connectivity Control (ACC)

Aether Management Platform (AMP)

Aether Management Platform

Aether Connected Edge (ACE)

RAN

Sensors

Surveillance

IoT

Multimedia

Employees

Visitors

ACE Platform(COTS HW, ONOS, K8S)

Aether Management Platform (AMP)

Enterprise Portal Ops Portal

Runtime Ops Control

Logging andMonitoring

LifecycleManagement

App Provider Portal

Runtime Operations Control

API with RBAC

onos-config(YANG Models)

AtomixK/V Store

WorkflowEngine

gNMI

SD-RAN SD-Core(UP)

SD-Core(CP) Pronto

Adaptor Adaptor Adaptor Adaptor

EnterprisePortal

OpsPortal

App ProviderPortal

Modeling the Connectivity Service– Subscribers– Enterprises / Sites– User Equipment / Devices– Usage Profiles– QoS Parameters– Network Slices– Service Chains– …

(Devices)

Services

An Invitation to Join Us

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Enterprisesà Explore ACE deployments for a POCs or trials

Ecosystem Partnersà Integrate your IoT/ML platforms & apps into Aetherà Port Aether to your hardware/software platform

University Campusesà Deploy ACE for your research and campus automation

Open Source Developersà Collaborate to realize Aether’s full potential

2020

Thank Youhttps://aetherproject.org

Aether Connected Edge (ACE)

Kube

rnet

esRIC

xApps

RAN

ONOS

Edge Platforms/Apps

Sensors

Surveillance

IoT

Multimedia

Employees

Visitors

Central Cloud

Aether Connectivity Control (ACC)

Aether Management Platform (AMP)

Fabric EdgeAppUPF Pronto

P4

P4

P4

P4

EdgeAppEdgeApp

Aether Components