CORD Platform

Refactor Platform and Stabilize Interfaces

(In general, working design notes are collected in a Google Drive folder.)

• Refactor XOS (see Overview)
  • Isolate "XOS Core" with a well-defined API
    • Convert to gRPC/protobufs (see Design Notes)
    • Upgrade service on-boarding (see Design Notes)
    • Support REST
    • Support TOSCA
  • Refactor Data Model
    • Object Lifecycle (see Design Notes)
    • Intermediate Representation (see Design Notes)
    • Revisit access control
  • Replace Admin GUI with Single Page Application (see Design Notes)
  • Add better diagnostic support using Elastic Stack
  • Clean up Synchronizer framework
  • Apply best practices (and new API) to services
• Refactor Build-and-Deploy Process
  • Deploy XOS as a containerized set of micro-services
    • Service Discovery (see Design Notes)
  • Refactor platform-install and service-profile stages (see Design Notes)
  • Reconcile CORD-in-Box and Multi-Node POD (See Design Notes)
  • Create private certificate authority (See Design Notes)
  • Discover Environment – Dynamic Fabric Configuration (See Design Notes)
  • Service/Instance Restart
• Platform Support for E-CORD
  • Add Pseudo-wire extensions to Fabric
  • Provide global credentials to Local POD
• Light-and-Right CORD

  • Depends on containerization (done as part of refactoring work)

  • Minimizes management overhead (e.g., w/o OpenStack)

  • Supports no-hit upgrades of management infrastructure

  • Supports NBI plugins (Views) for different “OSS/BSS” regimes

  • Integrate with upstream data centers (where other VNFs run)

  • Refactor vSG/vBNG to take advantage of Qumran-based switches

  • Supports KVM natively (w/o OpenStack)
• Support for Scalable vSG/vBNG
  • Support 10k subscribers per Haswell-class server
  • Support up to 10Gbps for one subscriber
  • Support per-subscriber QoS (both inbound and outbound)
  • Support bulk statistics collection on a per-subscriber basis
  • Support per-subscriber ACL filtering policy (both inbound and outbound)
  • Mirror traffic on a per-subscriber VLAN basis
• Fabric Features & Improvements
  • Access trunk VLAN
  • Support 802.1X authentication (configure switch-port to block unauthenticated traffic)
  • Support for IPv6 transport on Segment Routing App
  • Support for Multi-homing of Leaf switches and failover support (vRouter)
  • Support to create and update ACLs
  • Configure switch to use Mac-Sec (Netconf/Yang support for config)
  • Configure 1588v2 timing to the switch (Netconf/Yang support for config)
• Expand QA coverage
• Expand Service Inventory

VOLTHA

Integrate into Reference Implementation

• PM Monitoring
• Support for Microsemi
• Deployment Automation
• Add Netconf Support
• Publish Yang Model

Dependencies on CORD

• Fabric: X-Connect
• VTN: OLT Agent

Enterprise CORD

Zero Touch Provisioning

• Automate E-CORD deployment
• vEE: Hardware-based QoS
• vEG: R-CORD vSG + Captive Portal
• vUNI: UNI model & MicroSemi NDI
• Refactor CE App
• Options for transport network control

Dependencies on CORD

• Pseudowire
• Global to Local Credentials
• Merge with XOS Refactoring

Dependencies on ONOS

• YANG SB - Dynamic config
• VPLS - Deployment brigade

Mobile CORD

End-to-end Slicing with Open Source EPC 

• Automate M-CORD deployment
• Disaggregated MME (session/mobility)
• Connectionless GW
• Open source EPC
• MME Service
• SGW Service
• APN-based Slicing
• Disaggregated PGW ONOS App
• IMSI Number-based Slicing
• Public Safety
• PassiveTest

Dependencies on CORD

• Merge with XOS Refactoring
• Upgrade OpenStack
• Mirror of select flows from OvS

Analytics for CORD

Harden Implementation and Extend Probe Inventory

• CI/CD for A-CORD Components
• Framework to onboard Analytics Apps
• Refactor Service Internals
• Expand set of Monitoring Probes
• Define Central Probe Inventory
• Monitor North- and Southbound APIs
• Build Richer Dashboard (e.g., Grafana)

QA (Test/Automation)

• `cord-tester` framework enhancements

• New Framework support for vSG, VTN components
• Functional Tests (vSG, VTN)
• Convergence of Data plane and Control Plane framework
• Enhanced API Tests
• New CI/CD based tests ("serverspec", "xos,platform_install")
• Automated test executions through Jenkins jobs
• End-end tests on CiaB