Future OSS Orchestration

Dr Lester Thomas
Chief Systems Architect, Vodafone Group
Greg Tilton
CEO, DGIT Systems

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Agenda

• Operational Network Domains Explained

• Our Catalyst Project - testing the concepts
• Open Digital Architecture collapsing OSS/BSS & Operational Network Domains
• What is 5G from an IT perspective
• The future begins now, take the Strategic approach

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An Operational Domain within ODA
The Custodian of Services

Serviceability

Service Spec
Inventory
Capacity
Catalog
• Expose Standard TMForum Open APIs

Events
Order

Test
• Standard Service Definition Formats
• Maintain and expose a catalog of services
• Operate and Assure Services
Closed Loop Service Orchestration
• Manage Service Lifecycle Concept to Exit
Inventory Catalog

Infrastructure Control

Resource Resource Resource Resource

Lifecycle

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Industry is Enabling NFV

• Industry projects TMF, ONAP, MEF have concluded that the industry should use a generic
interaction model to present both network and compute resources
• All the proposed models agree on the need for autonomous services with a standardized
presentation
• This reduced instruction set is made possible through dynamic APIs where API payloads are
abstracted and governed by meta-data

IT DIGITIZATION LAYER

share
Dynamic Data
Payloads Standardised APIs

Meta
Data
NaaS (Technology & Vendor Independent)

NETWORK SERVICE ORCHESTRATION

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AUTOMATING NETWORK AS A SERVICE
USING ODM, TM FORUM OPEN APIS & MEF LSO

CUSTOMER SERVICE PROVIDER DOMAIN PARTNER DOMAIN

DOMAIN BILLING
NETWORK OPERATOR A
(ORANGE ENVIRONMENT)
TMF ORDER API v2.0
[REST JSON]
SONATA
DYNAMIC WEB PORTAL
APIS
ORDER ORCHESTRATION (TMF622)
& OFFER CANVAS PARTY
SONATA
CATALOG (TMF622)
ORDER
INVENTORY SONATA (TMF622) NETWORK OPERATOR BACK-END
CANTATA (SIMULATOR)

SONATA
TMF640
TMF

NAL
TMF640 TMF633 TMF641
LEGATO
VENDOR API

LEGATO / TMF VENDOR API LEGATO / TMF

DOMAIN ORCHESTRATION DOMAIN ORCHESTRATION

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The same approach across all network domains
AUTOMATING NETWORK AS A SERVICE
USING ODM, TM FORUM OPEN APIS & MEF LSO

SONATA & CANTATA have now

CUSTOMER SERVICE PROVIDER DOMAIN PARTNER
been launched on the Vodafone NZ DOMAIN
DOMAIN BILLING
Wholesale & Global Platform.
Interact with this platform
tomorrow via TMF APIs at NETWORK OPERATOR A
(ORANGE ENVIRONMENT)
TMF ORDER API v2.0 tomorrow’s live demo.
[REST JSON]
SONATA
DYNAMIC WEB PORTAL
APIS
ORDER ORCHESTRATION (TMF622)
& OFFER CANVAS PARTY
SONATA
CATALOG (TMF622)
ORDER
INVENTORY SONATA (TMF622) NETWORK OPERATOR BACK-END
CANTATA (SIMULATOR)

SONATA
TMF640
TMF

NAL
TMF640 TMF633 TMF641
LEGATO
VENDOR API

LEGATO / TMF VENDOR API LEGATO / TMF

DOMAIN ORCHESTRATION DOMAIN ORCHESTRATION

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OPEN DIGITAL ARCHITECTURE
Making OSS BSS dynamic enough for NFV
Marketplace of customers & Partners

PORTALS eCOMMERCE MOBILE APPS SaaS B2B WEARABLES SOCIAL

DYNAMIC APIs CATALOG QUALIFY QUOTE ORDER INVENTORY EVENT TICKET + MORE!

META-DATA OFFER DYNAMIC PRODUCT / SERVICE COMPOSITION HUMAN

CATALOG MANAGEMENT INVENTORIES AUTOMATION MODELLING COORDINATION

DYNAMIC APIs CATALOG QUALIFY ORDER INVENTORY EVENT STATISTICS + MORE!

smarter networks NETWORK SERVICE ORCHESTRATION

INTENT / POLICY BASED COMPUTE RESOURCE NETWORK ASSIGNABLE SERVICE NETWORK

ORDERS MANAGEMENT CATALOGS INVENTORY MONITORING SELF-HEALING

NFV RESOURCES
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Commercial in Confidence
Evolution to 5G
Challenges
• Use-cases for 5G are still being defined.
• We are facing Tsunami of Integration.
• What is the role of a Communication
Service Provider in the 5G world?

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Step 1: Make every Technology Domain Programmable

Device Controller Software Programmable Access SDN Connectivity SDN DC SDN

VIM VNFm VIM VNFm
(Digital Twin) Radio Controller Controller Controller Controller

Programmability
VNF VNF VNF VNF
VNF VNF
VNF VNF
5G Radio

Technology
Devices Radio & Fixed Access Edge cloud Core Connectivity

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 Step 2: Technology Domain Component Services

Open APIs Open APIs Open APIs Open APIs Open APIs
Device Services RAN Services Access Services Core Connectivity Services Application/Network Functions
Analytics/ Domain Domain Analytics/ Domain Domain Analytics/ Domain Domain Analytics/ Domain Domain Analytics/ Domain
Assurance ML Orchestrator ML Orchestrator ML Orchestrator Assurance ML Orchestrator
ML Orchestrator Assurance Assurance Assurance
Enablement

Device Controller Software Programmable Access SDN Connectivity SDN DC SDN

VIM VNFm VIM VNFm
(Digital Twin) Radio Controller Controller Controller Controller

Programmability
VNF VNF VNF VNF
VNF VNF
VNF VNF
5G Radio

Technology
Devices Radio & Fixed Access Edge cloud Core Connectivity

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 Step 3: End-to-End Network-As-A-Service

Open APIs

End to End Service Management End to End Service Assurance Analytics / ML End to End Service Orchestration

Composition
Open APIs Open APIs Open APIs Open APIs Open APIs
Device Services RAN Services Access Services Core Connectivity Services Application/Network Functions
Analytics/ Domain Domain Analytics/ Domain Domain Analytics/ Domain Domain Analytics/ Domain Domain Analytics/ Domain
Assurance ML Orchestrator ML Orchestrator ML Orchestrator Assurance ML Orchestrator
ML Orchestrator Assurance Assurance Assurance
Enablement

Device Controller Software Programmable Access SDN Connectivity SDN DC SDN

VIM VNFm VIM VNFm
(Digital Twin) Radio Controller Controller Controller Controller

Programmability
VNF VNF VNF VNF
VNF VNF
VNF VNF
5G Radio

Technology
Devices Radio & Fixed Access Edge cloud Core Connectivity

End to End Service Managed By Vodafone

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 Step 4: Provide open digital platform for others to innovate on.

Innovation
Open APIs

End to End Service Management End to End Service Assurance Analytics / ML End to End Service Orchestration

Composition
Open APIs Open APIs Open APIs Open APIs Open APIs
Device Services RAN Services Access Services Core Connectivity Services Application/Network Functions
Analytics/ Domain Domain Analytics/ Domain Domain Analytics/ Domain Domain Analytics/ Domain Domain Analytics/ Domain
Assurance ML Orchestrator ML Orchestrator ML Orchestrator Assurance ML Orchestrator
ML Orchestrator Assurance Assurance Assurance
Enablement

Device Controller Software Programmable Access SDN Connectivity SDN DC SDN

VIM VNFm VIM VNFm
(Digital Twin) Radio Controller Controller Controller Controller

Programmability
VNF VNF VNF VNF
VNF VNF
VNF VNF
5G Radio

Technology
Devices Radio & Fixed Access Edge cloud Core Connectivity

End to End Service Managed By Vodafone

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Realisations and Next Steps !

• A common set of industry standard open APIs across all network and compute.
• Dynamic data payloads are the key to making this possible.
• Network Service Orchestration is a critical enabler for our future networks.

Come and see our Catalyst Project “Automating Network as Service”

Vodafone BUILT BY
Telflow
Telstra Networks 2020
Blue Planet
Orange Global & Wholesale Partnering
Implementing ONAP
LSO Architecture
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