CORD:APlatformfor“TheNewNetworkEdge”

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“Nearly40%ofallend-customers(residential,wirelessandenterprise,collectively)willhaveserviceprovidedbyCOsortheirequivalentsusingCORDby

mid-2021”RozRoseboroHeavyReading

“70%ofoperatorsworldwideareplanningtodeployCORD”

MichaelHowardIHSMarkit

ServiceProviderTraction

NorthAmerica• AT&T:R-CORD,M-CORD (Multi-Service Edge),vOLTHA• Verizon:M-CORD• Sprint:M-CORD• Comcast:R-CORD• CenturyLink:R-CORD• Google: CORD

Asia&Australia• ChinaUnicom:M-CORD, E-CORD• ChinaMobile:M-CORDandE-CORD• NTT:R-CORD• SKTelecom:M-CORD• Telstra:M-CORD• Reliance Jio:M-CORD

Europe• DeutscheTelekom:R+M-CORD (Hybrid

CORD)• Telefonica:R-CORD,M-CORD• Telecom Italia:M-CORD• Colt:R-CORD• TurkTelekom/Netsia: M-CORD &ONOS

SDNControl

Interestcontinuestogrowonamonthlybasis.

ManysuccessfulPOCsandlabtrialsandafewfieldtrials

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TelcoServiceProviders

ReinventCO

TelcoServiceProviders+

CableProviders

XGS-PON,vCMTS5GandApps

Providers+VendorsProviders,Vendors,Enterprises

WhyisCORDaBigDeal?

MobileEdgeComputingFogComputing

PlatformforNewNetworkEdge

PublicClouds

Users

EdgeCloud

EmergingMulti-TierCloudwithNewNetworkEdgeTelcoCloud

• Subscriberexperiencedictatedfromhere

• HumanReactiontime: 210ms• LatencytoCentralizedCloud: 100– 400ms

• EmergingApplicationsRequireEdgeProcessing• ARvisualoverlays• AutonomousVehicleCoordination• IoT BatteryLife(50-75%improvementwithedgeprocessing)

EdgeProcessingisVital

PublicClouds

Users

EdgeCloud

Multi-TierCloudNeeds:CORDfortheEdge&GlobalAutomationandOrchestration

TelcoCloud

GlobalAutomation &Orchestration

PublicClouds

Users

EdgeCloud

NetworkEdgeExtendingintoEnterprises

TelcoCloud

GlobalAutomation &Orchestration

CORDasaPlatformforNewNetworkEdge

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TelcoServiceProviders

ReinventCO

TelcoServiceProviders+

CableProviders

GPON,XGS-PON,vCMTS5GandApps

Providers+VendorsProviders,Vendors,Enterprises

WhatdoestheNewNetworkEdgerequire?

MobileEdgeComputingFogComputing

?PlatformforNewNetworkEdge

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WhatdoestheNewNetworkEdgerequire?Functionality

• Aservicedeliveryplatform• Forknown&yetunknown services

• Manydifferentconfigurations• Smalltolarge

• Abilitytoplug-indifferentaccessdevices/technologies

• Programmablecontrol&monitoring• Millisecond controlloops

• Economicsofadatacenter• Spaceandpowerefficient

• Zero-touch/automatedprovisioning,config,&operation

Approach

• Builtwith• Merchantsilicon

• Whiteboxes

• Opensource

• Vibrantcommunity

• Futureproof• Hardtopredictservices&accesstechnologies

• Proprietarycomponents as“tabasco sauce”

?Platformfor

NewNetworkEdge

#OpenCORD

CORD:TheNewNetworkEdm

SwitchingFabric

AccessDevice(Wired)

Server Server

SoftwareStack

AccessDevice(Wireless)

ToBackbone

NewNetworkEdgePlatformGenericArchitecture

ServiceDeliveryPlatform

Known&YetUnknownServices

Zero-touchProvisio

ning

Config

&Operatio

n

SwitchingFabric:• Leaf-SpineFabric• OpenFlow/P4enabled• WhiteBoxes• ONOSasSDNOS• FabricAppsonONOS

GPONOLT

OCPServer

OCPServer

SoftwareStack:• OpenStack/Docker/Kubernetes• ONOS,XOS

eNB w/xRAN

ROADM

CORDastheNewNetworkEdgePlatform:Specifics

Zero-touchProvisio

ning

Config

&Operatio

nWith

MAA

S,Ansible,D

ocker,

Kubernetes,X

OS

~25servicesresidential,mobile,&enterpriseusecases

XGS-PONOLT

RANDisaggregated

ROADM

Metro-Ethernet

SwitchingFabric:• Leaf-SpineFabric• OpenFlow/P4enabled• WhiteBoxes• ONOSasSDNOS• FabricAppsonONOS

GPONOLT

Server Server

SoftwareStack:• OpenStack/Docker/Kubernetes• ONOS,XOS

eNB w/xRAN

ROADM

CORDastheNewNetworkEdgePlatform:Specifics

Zero-touchProvisio

ning

Config

&Operatio

nWith

MAA

S,Ansible,D

ocker,

Kubernetes,X

OS

~25servicesresidential,mobile,&enterpriseusecases

XGS-PONOLT

RANDisaggregated

ROADM

Metro-EthernetBuiltwith• MerchantSilicon• WhiteBoxes• Opensource

TrellisFabric– Bare-metal+Open-Source+SDN

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WhiteBox WhiteBox WhiteBox

WhiteBox WhiteBox WhiteBox

WhiteBox WhiteBox WhiteBox WhiteBox

API (CLI+REST+Java)

Bare-metalOpen-source

WhiteBox

BRCMASIC

OF-DPA

IndigoOFAgent

OF-DPAAPIOCP

Software-

ONLONIE

OCP Bare Metal Hardware

BRCMSDKAPI

Switchsoftwarestack

ToR

SDNController(ONOSCluster)

FabricControl

McastControl

AAAControl

DHCPRelay

OpenFlow1.3

vRouterControl

…

NETCONF…

FlowObjectivesAPI

CORDSoftwareStack:EverythingasaService

XOS

Access-as-a-service

Subscriber-as-a-service

Internet-as-a-service

Monitoring-as-a-serviceCDN

Openstack/Docker/Kubernetes

Ceilometer vSG vCDN

(OCP) Servers

ComputingONOS

VTN Fabric Control

Multicast Control vRouter

SDN-enabled Leaf-Spine Fabric

Switching

XRAN Controller(ONOS)

vOLT

ONOS

VOLTHAOLTs RAN

vRAN

Access Devices

CORDSoftwareArchitecture:EverythingasaService

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Resources

CaaSONOS CtrlApp VNF

CORD Controller: XOS

CtrlApp VNF

Service Control Plane

Service Data Plane

XOS:ServiceOSorCORDController

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XOS

ONOS

Access-as-a-Service

Subscriber-as-a-Service

Internet-as-a-Service CDN

OpenStack / Docker/ Kubernetes

vSG vCDN

vOLT vRouterMulticastControl

FabricControlVTN

Ceilometer

Monitoring-as-a-Service

ONOS:SDNOSforServiceProviders

ONOS

AppsApps

GlobalNetworkView/StateGlobalNetworkView/State

• Eachinstanceisidentical

• Onecanaddandremoveinstancesseamlessly

• Eachinstanceisamasterforasub-setofswitches

• Itworkslikeasinglesystemforappsandnetworkdevices

ONOSInstance1 ONOSInstance2 ONOSInstance3

ONOSArchitectureTiers

Northbound - Application IntentFramework(policyenforcement,conflictresolution,virtualization,slicing)

OpenFlow NetConf ...

AppsApps

DistributedCore(scalability,availability,performance,persistence)

Southbound(discover,observe,program,configure)

NorthboundAbstraction:- networkgraph- applicationintents- virtualization&slicing

Core:- distributed- protocol independent

SouthboundAbstraction:- generalizedOpenFlow- pluggable&extensible

StateofONOS:Core• Provenoutitsstrongarchitecturefoundationforscalability,performance,HA,modularity

• Modelbaseddynamicconfigurationofdevicesandservices

• LatetothepartycomparedtoODL,butnowhaveseveralbenefitsbeyondODL

• ReadyforvendorsandusecasedeveloperstostartusingONOSfordynamicconfig

• WillbereadyforprimetimeinnextreleaseinJan2018

• In-servicesoftwareupgrade(ISSU)– takingONOSHAtothenextlevel• Basicmechanisms inplace

• Willbereadyforuseinnextrelease inJan2018

• PerformanceandScalability

• 12consecutivereleases: maintainedorimprovedperformance

• ~3Mflowops/sec,~225kintents/sec,lessthan10mslatency toreacttonetworkevents,…

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StateofONOS:SouthBound

• ONOSfirstfewreleases

• FocusonOpenFlow

• ONOSsubsequentreleases

• Focus(ledbyvendors)onlegacyprotocols– mostlegacyprotocolssupported

• ONOSrecentandfuturereleases– “backtothefuture”

• Focusisondevicedisaggregation:packetswitches(P4),OLT(VOLTHA),eNB/RAN(xRAN),ROADM

ValidateswisdomandpowerofprotocolanddeviceindependenceoftheONOSarchitecture

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StateofONOS: Applications

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• ONOSplatformnowsupports 125applications

• Smallplatformextensions&largeruserapps

• ContributedbyONFaswellasmanycommunitymembers

• ONOSbuildwillallowauser/vendor tobuildONOSwithspecifiedservicesforagivenusecaseorasolution

• Categoriesofappsinclude

• DeviceDrivers

• Protocols&Providers

• Models

• TrafficSteering

• Monitoring

• Security

• Utilities

• TestUtilities

XOS:ServiceOSorCORDController

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XOS

ONOS

Access-as-a-Service

Subscriber-as-a-Service

Internet-as-a-Service CDN

OpenStack / Docker/ Kubernetes

vSG vCDN

vOLT vRouterMulticastControl

FabricControlVTN

Ceilometer

Monitoring-as-a-Service

XOSConstructedfromMicro-Services

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CORDController(XOS)

Backend ServicesandResources

GUI RESTAPI

YANGTOSCA

XOSCore DBEvent

Bus

Views(UIs)

DataModel

Synchronizers

CORD:EverythingasaServiceandServiceGraphs

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CORD XOS Controller

vOLT

Controller

vSG

Controller

vRouterResidentialSubscribers

Controller

Controller

vCDN

Controller

OpenStack

Controller

Monitoring

Controller

ONOS

CORD:AutomatedProvisioning,Config,&Operation• Poweruphardware

• MASStodiscoverhardwareandinitialcomponentboot

• Ansible toinstall&configurefoundationalsoftware(e.g.,Docker)

• Docker toinstall&configureCORD-specificmanagementsoftware(e.g.,XOS,ONOS)• Workingongettingk8sworkingwithDocker

• XOS/ONOSinstall&configureservices(k8swillplayaroleheretoo)

• XOSdefinesthe"ServiceControlPlane"fromwhichoperatorscontrol& manage(i.e., operate)CORD

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XOS

CORDPODBuildsforCI

• AllNightlyJenkinsJobs:https://jenkins.opencord.org/

• Cord-in-a-Box(CiaB)VirtualBuilds:

• Cord3.0:http://tinyurl.com/nightly-ciab-3-0

• Cord4.0:http://tinyurl.com/nightly-ciab-4-0

• PhysicalPodBuilds(Calix,Flex,QCT):

• Cord3.0:http://tinyurl.com/nightly-3-0

• Cord4.0:http://tinyurl.com/nightly-4-0

• Cord4.1:http://tinyurl.com/nightly-4-1

CORDJourney:2015-Now

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CORD Solutions

Enable

Enrich

TheVirtuous Cycle

R-CORDM-CORDE-CORDA-CORD

CORDPlatform(Fabric+SoftwareStack)

GPONOLT

vSG

XGS-PONOLT

R-CORD:GPONandXGS-PONforResidentialCustomers

vAAA

vP-CTRL vCDN

PortfolioofServices

ApproachtoAccessDevices:OLTDisaggregation

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ONOS

vOLT Agent

OpenFlow Agent

OpenFlow

vOLT

GPONOLTPizzaBox

AAA Mcast

GPONOLTL2/OMCI

NetConf

NetConf

OLTAPI OMCIStack

…

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ONOS

VOLTHA:VirtualOLTHardwareAbstraction

OpenFlow

vOLT

GPONandXGS-PONOLTDevices

AAA Mcast

L2/OMCI

NetConf

…

CORDPlatform(Fabric+SoftwareStack)

vSG

M-CORD:Enabling5G

vBBU vRANSlicing

vCDN

eNB w/xRAN

RAN

CBRS

Disaggregated&VirtualizedRANWithRANSlicing

vSGW-c vSGW-u vPGW-c vPGW-u

vMME vHHS vEPC

Disaggregated&VirtualizedEPCEPCSlicing

MEC

M-CORDCapabilitiesDemonstratedatMWCSanFrancisco

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xRANINTEGRATION

OPEN SOURCEEPC

HYBRID CORD(MULTIACCESS

CORD)

ARM + XPLIANT BASED M-CORD

CBRS & PRIVATE LTE

E2E SLICING &LINK AGGREGATION

ü Observe,Control,Adapt

ü Programmableprobes

ü On-demandmonitoring

CustomServicesforEnterprises

ü Securityü Application

policycontrolü WAN

accelerationü SAASü …

VirtualNetworkasaService

IntegratedAnalytics

ü Self-serve portalü Zerotouch

provisioningü Simpleon-premü Combinationof

broadbandandSLAconnections

+

Carrier-gradeNetworkasaServiceBuiltonanopenplatform

Bringdatacentereconomyandcloudagility

E-CORD:ForEnterpriseServices

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CORD Platform(Fabric+SoftwareStack)

vEG

MetroEthernet

vEE vE-Line vCDN

[R,E,M]CORDService/VNF PortfolioAllOpenSourceButManyPOC/TrialQuality

• Common InfrastructureServices

• Monitoring-as-a-service, vRouter,Virtual-tenant-networking&Service-chaining (VTN)

• R-CORDservices

• vOLT(VOLTHA),vSubscriberGW (vSG– NAT,QoS,Access-control), IPv4multicast-video,AAA(802.1x),DHCP

• M-CORDservices

• vBBU,vSGW-c, vSGW-u, vPGW-c, vPGW-u, vMME,vHHS,EPC-as-a-service

• E-CORDservices

• CORD-basedcontrolofCPEandEthernetEdge(vCPE &vEE)

• Connectivity services forCarrierEthernetremaininhardwaredatapath (pseudowireservice)

• VirtualEnterpriseGateway(vEG)containerforDHCP,NAT,DNSandfirewall

• Edgeservices

• CDN,Parental-control

Bringyourfavorite(evenproprietary)VNF!LovetodemonstrateonCORD!

CORDJourney:2015-Now

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CORD Solutions

Enable

Enrich

TheVirtuous Cycle

R-CORDM-CORDE-CORDA-CORD

POCs/Demos

CORDReleases

ONS-2015 ONS-2016 ONS-2017MWC-2017 MWC-A-2017BBWF-2016 BBWF-2017

R1.0 R2.0 R3.0 R4.1R4.0

CORD 4.0and4.1Releases

CORDindividual subsystemsandtheintegratedplatformmoving

• FromPOCtodeveloperfriendly tooperatorfriendly

• FromPOCqualityto fieldtrialready

• On-boardingofservices(VNFs):Fromhandcraftedcomplexprocesstoaneasytofollow

• [R,E,M]-CORDs:FromseparatetointegratedR,MandE(servicesonsameplatform)

• Services(VNFs):Fromasmallsettoaportfolio ofrichservicesforR,M,E CORDs

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TimingisPerfect!

CORDisTakingOff!

LotofOpportunities toContribute

Wewanttodoeverything tohelpyoucontribute!

CORD’sAppealtoDevelopers?

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IntellectuallyChallenging&Rewarding

LatestTechnologies

TransformativeImpact

ShortestTimetoImpact

FunGlobalCommunity

CORDSummary

• Networkedgeisundergoingamajortransformation• Representsahugeopportunity

• CORDhasemergedasacompellingplatformforthenewnetworkedge• Leveragesdisaggregation,opensourceandwhiteboxes• PutsSDN,NFVandcloudtechnologiesintoacompellingsolution

• Manyserviceprovidersexperimentingandhaveplansfortrialsanddeployment• CORDhasagrowingcommunityof60+companiesrepresentingvariousstakeholders

• CORDhasbeendemonstratedtosupportallthreedomainsofuse• Residential(R-CORD)

• Mobile(M-CORD)• Enterprise(E-CORD)

Partner

TheONFEcosystemOperatorLedConsortium

Innovator(110+)

VolunteerVolunteers

Collaborator

Operators(8) Vendors(10)

(70+)

100s

ONF(&Stanford) Guru ParulkarNetworkOperators

AT&T AndreFuetsch – CTOChinaUnicom ShaoGuanglu - SVPComcast RobHowald– VPDT Jochen Appel -- VPGoogle AminVahdat – FellowNTTComm DaiKashiwa– DirectorTurkTelekom Cengiz Dogan,CTOVerizon Srini Kalapala – VP

Research&VendorCommunityNickMcKeown StanfordFabianSchneider NEC

ONFBoard

Including13Operators:ChinaMobile SwisscomSKTelecom Telecom ItaliaECITelecom TelefonicaFacebook TELUSGlobeTelecom VodafoneGoldmanSachs YahooMicrosoft

ONFMission

TransformingNetworksintoAgilePlatformsforServiceDelivery

LeveragingDisaggregationandOpenSourceto

BuildInnovativeSolutionsforOperatorNetworksand

Catalyzeourindustrytoaccomplishthistransformation

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DisaggregatedDevices/WhiteBoxesPacketswitches

OLTeNB/RANROADM

Controllers

Solution

VNFsMicro-Services

Buildingsolutionsfordifferentusecases

ONFOpenInnovationPipelineEnablingSolutionCustomization

Solutions

Differentpiecescanbepluggedtogethertobuildsolutions

1

SoftwareDefinedStandardssolidifyinterfacestoenableeasyintegrationofcomponents fromthebroaderecosystem

2

Solutions areeasiertobuild,customizeandconsume

3

ControlPlane

SolutionPlatform(s)

VNFsMicro-services

Integration&ServiceCreation

PacketSwitches

OLT/vOLT

SoftwareForwarders

xRAN/eNB

Integration

Verification

SolutionCustomization

3rd Party

Open/Prorprietary

OpenInnovationPipelines

M-CORD5GMobile

ProgrammableForwardingPlane

R-CORDResidential

E-CORDEnterprise

CORD

ONOS

AllONFMemberscanbringvalueandintroduceofferingsanywherealongtheInnovationPipeline

1

Vendorinnovationsthenhaveanopportunityto‘ridethepipeline’intooperatorstrialsasONFbuildsusecasesolutionsforOperatormembers

2

DisaggregatedDevicesWhiteBoxes

ONF UniqueApproach• Astrongpartnershipwithserviceproviders

• Complementedbyrestoftheecosystem

• Asmallandstrongindependentengineeringteam• Forarchitectureshepherding andcoreengineering

• Topursuedisruptive technologies&business models:whiteboxes,opensource

• Anopensourcedevelopercommunity• Withthe“brigademodel”toscalewithfocus andaccountability

• Focusonthevirtuouscycleofplatformsandsolutions• Platformsenablenewsolutions;andnewsolutionshelpplatforms

• Workattheleadingedgeoftechnology,takerisks,anddemonstratepotentialofinnovativetechnologies/platforms

• Acombinationofopensourceandsoftwaredefinedstandards(tobeproven)

Theapproachisnecessary& workingtomoveourindustryforwardandwewanttobuildonit