Anuket Task Force

Lincoln Lavoie

Should Anuket TF hold off until SPC make a decision:

Activities are parallel, we should continue
How do we get the cloud providers to participate?
- targeting the right cloud providers and getting to the right business units
Anuket is not being reference in RFPs

Verizon actively uses Anuket as a reference as are other telecos but it's not being advertised

Why not?
Is there a need

Can we get a user group to implement Anuket and make adjustments accordingly?

This was one of the pulls for Matrix the original idea of being compliant with telcos
You want to be able to show that it works and this will draw more participants
what are the carrots for getting the participants -
Is there an opportunity with TM Forum to showcase?

What do we want to achieve with the PoC?

Prove the original concept that Anuket can deliver a common model, standardized reference infrastructure specs and conformance and performance framework for virtualized and cloud native network functions.
Missing piece applications
- We have 2/3 of the solution participating in the TF (operator and cloud provider).
- Take feedback to SPC meetings to see if we can get the application piece and target a working group to work on the PoC.

20 Jun 2023

Attendees:

Gergely Csatari

Petar Torre (Deactivated)

Agenda

Brainstorm discussion

Identified actionable items Anuket can implement now
- More cross community collaboration - Identify communities to collaborate with:
  - Nephio – Get the cloud vendors on board at the same time. Mostly an orchestrator and automation tool. Need to confirm that the two communities are in alignment. This is potentially the most fruitful approach. As the cloud providers are working hard on attracting the Telcos to use their cloud infrastructure, this might be a win -win strategy.
  - Sylva – Already in alignment, but if Anuket goes into maintenance mode, there is a danger that Sylva might have trouble continuing as well.
  - O-RAN? – Needs a definition of the underlying infrastructure and need to make sure that the projects are in alignment
- selective and focused collaboration
- Ask the vendors to participate on the implementation piece
- Find a project (developing markets)to assist
- Approach cloud vendors to contribute to projects by aligning with specs

Overall, what do the different communities need from Anuket? Does Anuket need to change to be more attractive to these other communities? It does, but we don't have a good idea of what it is. Discussion of conformance, is it useful? We have launched several conformance projects that have not been adopted by the larger community. Quality specs and quality code is needed, but the backing of the Telcos is needed to drive adoption by the vendors. We lost the backing of one of the major Telcos due to changes in strategy.

Meeting Recording:Anuket Taskforce 06_20_2023.mp4

13 Jun 2023

Attendees:

Gergely Csatari

Agenda

SPC update
D&TF
Brainstorm discussion

Identified actionable items Anuket can implement now
- More cross community collaboration
  - selective and focused collaboration
  - Ask the vendors to participate on the implementation piece
  - Find a project (developing markets)to assist
  - Approach cloud vendors to contribute to projects by aligning with specs

Meeting was adjourned due to lack of attendees

30 May 2023

Attendees:

Agenda

1. Brainstorming Exercise Action/Priority Matrix

Objective - Find commonality to assist with prioritizing what we should resolve first
Ground rules
Identify low hanging fruit, if there's any
Action/Priority Matrix Exercise
- Action Priority Matrix-[1685451700109].pdf

2. Discussion

Identified actionable items Anuket can implement now
- More cross community collaboration
  - selective and focused collaboration
  - Ask the vendors to participate on the implementation piece
  - Find a project (developing markets)to assist
  - Approach cloud vendors to contribute to projects by aligning with specs

3. Timeline - Target Date

Implement the actionable quick wins by the end of June
Waiting to hear back from the GB for direction on the longer term next steps

Meeting Recording: Anuket TaskForce 05_30_2023.mp4

23 May 2023

Attendees:

Meeting postponed due to low attendance.

Agenda

1. Brainstorming Exercise Action/Priority Matrix

Objective - Find commonality to assist with prioritizing what we should resolve first
Ground rules
Identify low hanging fruit, if there's any

2. Discussion

3. Timeline - Target Date

09 May 2023

Attendees:

Walter.kozlowski

Scot Steele

Lincoln Lavoie

Kenny Paul

Last Meeting Follow-up

Priorities and scope

What was your company’s objective when you first started?
What value can Anuket provide your company now?
What is a success story for Anuket/what are we trying to achieve?

New Business

UNH RI Testing
Brainstorming exercise
- Objective
- Ground rules

Minutes

Priorities and scope

What was your company’s objective when you first started?

Support virtual network platforms, struggle with tools. User story for virtualizing network.
Building a network in private cloud
There was not specific representation of the telcos

Series of specifications that suppliers agree to comply

Adoption has been better in Europe than in the US

Scope of interest in different from what it was 4 years

2. UNH RI Testing

RI2 running in UNH

Goal- add CNF and track the effort

There's downstream affects to not continue with Anuket

Demonstrate the value via demo -show that it works

Suggestion of a demo at MWC for the appropriate level of visibility
May be difficult without a professional services org to help support
Possibility for a keynote comparing the cost of implementation of services with & without use of Anuket
If we can't get in front of the execs for them to see the WIIFM there is little chance of getting traction - "follow the money"
Suggestion for the creation of a tool to compare with/without Anuket, wrap around a whitepaper and focus on promotion.

Meeting Recording: Anuket Taskforce 05_09_2023.mp4

02 May 2023

Attendees:

Walter.kozlowski