Feature Tracking
Introduction
| Current mirror date: 2022.06.07 | This page is a mirror of the Feature Tracking page on the NFV private wiki. Feature tracking information is frequently updated on the private wiki page , and regularly mirrored onto the present public page. Links to contributions will require authentication with an ETSI Online Account. |
Feature Overview
| Feature | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FEAT01: NFV-MANO Upgrades | completed (Rel 4) | not started | not started |
| FEAT02: VNF software modification | completed (Rel 3) | completed (Rel 3) | completed (Rel 3) |
| FEAT03: NFVI software modification | completed (Rel 3) | completed (Rel 3) | completed (Rel 3) |
| FEAT04: Host Reservation | n/a | completed (Rel 3) | completed (Rel 3) |
| FEAT05 Network Slicing | completed (Rel 3) | completed (Rel 3) | completed (Rel 3) |
| FEAT06: Enhancement Network Service (NS) Package | n/a (part of Rel 2) | n/a (part of Rel 2) | n/a (part of Rel 2) |
| FEAT07: MANO Policy Management (MANO_PLC) | completed (Rel 3) | completed (Rel 3) | completed (Rel 3) |
| FEAT08: Support of composite NS across multi-domain (MANOMD_NS) | completed (Rel 3) | completed (Rel 3) | completed (Rel 3) |
| FEAT10: Mgmt & Connectivity Multi-Site Services (MCMSS) | completed (Rel 3) | completed (Rel 3) | partially completed (Rel 3).
See note 2. |
| FEAT11: NFV_M&M (NFV-MANO management) | completed (Rel 3) | completed (Rel 3) | completed (Rel 3) |
| FEAT12: Enhancement support for MEC in NFV deployments | n/a | completed (Rel 3).
See note 3. |
completed (Rel 3).
See note 3. |
| FEAT13: Licensing | completed (Rel 4) | not started | not started |
| FEAT15: VNF Snapshotting | completed (Rel 3) | completed (Rel 3) | completed (Rel 3).
See note 1. |
| FEAT16: Service Availability Level | n/a | completed (Rel 3) | completed (Rel 3) |
| FEAT17: Cloud-Native VNFs and Container Infrastructure management | completed (Rel 3) | ongoing (Rel 4) | ongoing (Rel 4) |
| FEAT18: Security | completed (Rel 3) | completed: architecture (Rel 3), interfaces (Rel 4). See note 3. |
not started |
| FEAT19a: NFV-Connect - container networking | completed (Rel 4) | ongoing (Rel 4) | not started |
| FEAT19b: NFV-Connect - connectivity integration and operationalization | ongoing (Rel 5) | not started | not started |
| FEAT20: Auto | completed (Rel 4) | ongoing (Rel 4) | not started |
| FEAT21: 5GNFV | completed (Rel 4) | ongoing (Rel 4) | not started |
| FEAT22: M-Tenant | ongoing (Rel 5) | not started | not started |
| FEAT23: MANO-SBA | ongoing (Rel 5) | not started | not started |
| FEAT24: VNF-OAM | completed (Rel 4) | not started | not started |
| FEAT25: VNF-CI | ongoing (Rel 4) | not started | not started |
| FEAT26: Policy-models | completed (Rel 4) | ongoing (Rel 4) | not started |
| FEAT27: NFV for vRAN | ongoing (Rel 5) | not started | not started |
| FEAT28: Fault management models | ongoing (Rel 5) | ongoing (Rel 5) | not started |
| FEAT29: Green NFV | ongoing (Rel 5) | not started | not started |
| FEAT30: VNF configuration | ongoing (Rel 5) | not started | not started |
| FEAT31: Flexible VNF deployment | ongoing (Rel 5) | not started | not started |
| FEAT32: Reliability for cloud-native VNF | ongoing (Rel 5) | not started | not started |
| FEAT19a (Rel. 5 extensions): Enhanced container networking | ongoing (Rel 5) | not started | not started |
| FEAT24 (Rel. 5 extensions): VNF generic management functions | not started | not started | not started |
| ENH01: Security enhancements See note 5. |
ongoing (Rel 4) | ongoing (Rel 4) | not started |
| ENH02: Special technical enhancements See note 4. |
completed (Rel 4) none applied yet (Rel 5) |
completed (Rel 4) none applied yet (Rel 5) |
ongoing (Rel 4) none applied yet (Rel 5) |
| NOTE 1: The specification of other "non-core" parts of the feature is ongoing. NOTE 2: The specification of the NFV-MANO APIs and NFV Descriptors is completed. Informative profiling of "protocol and data models" for the interfaces exposed by WIM is completed. Normative profiling of "protocol and data models" is ongoing. NOTE 3: Additional specification/enhancements have been carried over to Release 4. NOTE 4: Concrete enhancement features and their status is available here. NOTE 5: Concrete security enhancement features and their status is available here | |||
Introduction
Some introduction will be put here including guidelines, process description and tutorials.
- Link to Release 3 implementation process
- Link to the "consolidated IFA Release 3 Feature plan". Refer to NFVIFA(17)000914 and revisions. Latest version NFVIFA(17)000914r4
- Training for Feature Primes
- Process
- Wiki editing
- Naming conventions: e.g. FEAT00_IFA007_[Contribution name]
- To build a link to all contributions belonging to a feature, replace FEAT99 in the link stated below with the Feature short name for your feature e.g. FEAT15:
https://portal.etsi.org/Contribution.aspx?Tb_Id=789&searchText=FEAT99&IncludeSubTb=True&sort=pk_contribution&sortorder=DESC&NbItemsPerPage=50&Year=2017,2018,2019
- Note: Agreed content can be added to Pseudo meeting --> If the access is restricted, this may only work within a workgroup.
- Related/Dependent Features: Please indicate other features which relate to the ongoing work. Details can be given in the implementation plan or in the issues section.
FEATxx: Feature Title
Overview
| Feature Prime | Name, Company, E-Mail |
| Feature description | Short Description of the Feature |
| Target Release | Stage 2: Release 3 (2018-X-X)
Stage 3: Release 3 (2019-X-X) |
| Impacted WIs | Stage 2: IFAxx, IFAyy, SOLzz
Stage 3: SOLzz |
| MegaCRs | Stage 2:
IFAxxx MegaCR NFVIFA(18)000xxx (CR Status) IFAyyy MegaCR NFVIFA(18)000yyy (CR Status) Stage 3: SOLzzz MegaCR NFVSOL(19)000zzz (CR Status) |
| Related/Dependent Features | FEATxx FEATyy |
| New Specifcations | Stage 2: none
Stage 3: SOLaaa |
| Status | Stage 2: Completed
Stage 3: Ongoing (20% completed) |
| Contributions | All feature contributions Agreed content |
| Feature team | Stage 2: Name (Company)
Stage 3: Name (Company) |
| Last Updated | 20xx-xx-xx |
Stage 2 Implementation Plan
Items to consider in the implementation plan
- Detailed description what has to be done in which work item.
- Timeplan of when the team plans to conclude a particular action in the implementation plan.
IFA
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Add interface X in to IFA007. CR draft [LINK] | IFA | March-2018 | Open |
SOL
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Add interface X in to SOL001. CR draft [LINK] | SOL | March-2018 | Open |
Stage 3 Implementation Plan
Items to consider in the implementation plan
- Detailed description what has to be done in which work item.
- Timeplan of when the team plans to conclude a particular action in the implementation plan.
SOL
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Add interface X in to SOL001. CR draft [LINK] | SOL | March-2018 | Open |
Issues
List of issues raised based on the feature implementation.
Security Considerations
List of security considerations implied by the feature.
FEAT02: VNF software modification
Overview
| Feature Prime | Stefan Arntzen, Huawei |
| Feature description | This feature addresses the initiation and the coordination of the software modification process related to VNFs. Goal is to minimise the impact of software modification on service availability. |
| Target Release | Release 3 |
| Impacted WIs | Stage2:
IFA007, IFA008, IFA011, IFA013, IFA010 Stage3: SOL001, SOL002, SOL003 |
| MegaCRs | MegaCR Index in NFVIFA(19)000117r1
IFA007: NFVIFA(19)000059r4 Status: Approved MegaCR (IFA#137) IFA008: NFVIFA(19)000058 Status: Approved MegaCR (IFA#137) IFA010: NFVIFA(19)000060 Status: Approved MegaCR (IFA#137) IFA011: NFVIFA(19)000061r3 Status: Approved MegaCR (IFA#137) IFA013: NFVIFA(19)000077r3 (single contribution for IFA013) |
| Related/Dependent Features | N/A |
| Status | Stage 2: Completed
Stage 3: Completed |
| Contributions | All feature contributions Agreed content |
| Feature team | Stefan Arntzen (Huawei) Maria Toeroe (Ericsson) Shaoji Ni (Huawei) Dmytro Gassanov (NEC) Lijuan Chen (ZTE) Gerald Kunzmann (DOCOMO) Joan Triay (DOCOMO) |
| Last Updated | 2021-12-17 |
Implementation Plan
Items to consider in the implementation plan
- Detailed description what has to be done in which work item.
- Timeplan of when the team plans to conclude a particular action in the implementation plan.
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Add functionality description of VNF software modification synchronisation in to IFA010.
CR drafts: NFVIFA(18)000869r3 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#124) NFVIFA(19)000051r2 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#136) |
IFA010 | January-2019 | Completed |
| 002 | Define metadata to allow to synchronize the software modification process
CR drafts: - NFVIFA(18)000936r2 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#125) - NFVIFA(18)0001037r1 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#129) - NFVIFA(18)0001122r3 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#136) - NFVIFA(18)0001125r2 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#132) - NFVIFA(18)0001126r1 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#132) - NFVIFA(18)0001149r1 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#134) - NFVIFA(18)0001150r2 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#134) - NFVIFA(18)0001151r6 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#137) - NFVIFA(18)0001155r4 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#135) - - NFVIFA(19)000049r1 Status: not handled in v3.2.1 - NFVIFA(19)000056 Status: not handled in v3.2.1 - NFVIFA(19)000082 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#137) - NFVIFA(19)000083r2 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#137) - NFVIFA(19)000101r2 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#137) - NFVIFA(19)000105r1 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#137) |
IFA011 | January-2019 | Completed |
| 003 | Derive the requirements from REL006 for an interface for the coordination of VNF software modifications actions on the Or-Vnfm reference point | IFA007 | December-2018 | Completed |
| 004 | Derive the requirements from REL006 for an interface for the coordination of VNF software modifications actions on the Ve-Vnfm reference point | IFA008 | December-2018 | Completed |
| 005 | Specify the interface for the coordination of the NFVI software modifications with the hosted VNFs on the Or-Vnfm reference point
CR drafts: - NFVIFA(18)000937r3 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#125) - NFVIFA(18)000935r2 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#125) - NFVIFA(18)0001154r2 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#135) - NFVIFA(19)000115r1 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#137) |
IFA007 | January-2019 | Completed |
| 006 | Specify the interface for the coordination of the NFVI software modifications with the hosted VNFs on the Ve-Vnfm reference point
CR drafts: - NFVIFA(18)000938 Status: Obsolete (superseeded by 107r2) - NFVIFA(19)000106 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#137) - NFVIFA(19)000107r2 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#137) - NFVIFA(19)000116 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#137) |
IFA008 | January-2019 | Completed |
| 007 | Add annex with information flows to document the procedures for the VNF software modifications
CR drafts (IFA007): - NFVIFA(18)000933r6: Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#128) - NFVIFA(19)000094r1 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#137) - NFVIFA(19)000096r1 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#137) - NFVIFA(19)000097r3 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#137) CR drafts (IFA013): - NFVIFA(18)000934 Status: not handled in v3.2.1 |
IFA007,
IFA013 |
January-2019 | Completed |
| 008 | Finalize CRs for the changes from 001, 002, 005, 006, 007 and create MegaCRs | IFA | February-2019 | Completed |
| 009 | Security analysis:
- NFVIFA(18)0001147r1 Status: Agreed by SEC WG |
IFA | January-2019 | Completed |
| 010 | Requirements and operations for NS LCM interface:
- NFVIFA(19)000077r3 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#137) |
IFA013 | January-2019 | Completed |
Issues
List of issues raised based on the feature implementation.
Security Considerations
List of security considerations implied by the feature.
FEAT03: NFVI software modification
Overview
| Feature Prime | Maria Toeroe (Ericsson), Gerald Kunzmann (DOCOMO) |
| Feature description | This feature addresses the support for the coordination of the NFVI software modification process with the VNFs hosted on the NFVI in order to minimize impact on service availability. |
| Target Release | Stage 2: Release 3 drop 3 (2019-06)
Stage 3: Release 3 (2019-12) |
| Impacted WIs | Stage 2: IFA005, IFA006, IFA007, IFA008, IFA010, IFA011
Stage 3: SOL001, SOL002, SOL003, SOL005, SOL006, SOL014 |
| MegaCRs | Stage 2:
IFA005: NFVIFA(19)000455 Baseline (Approved in IFA#159) IFA007: N/A (was IFA010: NFVIFA(19)000038r7 Baseline (Approved in IFA#159) Stage 3: |
| Related/Dependent Features | N/A |
| Status | Stage 2: Approved (IFA#159). MegaCR Index available in NFVIFA(19)000603r1
Stage 3: Completed |
| Contributions | Stage 2:
All feature contributions Stage 3: |
| Feature team | Stage 2:
Maria Toeroe (Ericsson) Stage 3: |
| Last Updated | 2021-12-10 |
Stage 2 Implementation Plan
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Based on REL006 add functionality description of NFVI software modification support to IFA010 for the VIM, VNFM and NFVO. CR Drafts:
NFVIFA(18)000631r4 Status: Agreed
NFVIFA(19)000092r1 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#141) NFVIFA(19)000287r3 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#148) NFVIFA(19)000345r2 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#149) NFVIFA(19)000360r7 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#152) NFVIFA(19)000361r6 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#152) NFVIFA(19)000377r5 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#152) NFVIFA(19)000384r3 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#152) NFVIFA(19)000400r1 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#152) NFVIFA(19)000426r2 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#152) NFVIFA(19)000464r7 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#155) NFVIFA(19)000539r1 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#155) NFVIFA(19)000571 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#157) NFVIFA(19)000577 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#157) |
IFA010 | June 2019 | Completed |
| 002 | Based on REL006 specify the requirements for an interface for the coordination of the NFVI software modifications with the hosted VNFs on the Or-Vi reference point | IFA005 | December-2018 | Withdrawn |
| 003 | Based on REL006 specify the requirements for an interface for the coordination of the NFVI software modifications with the hosted VNFs on the Vi-Vnfm reference point | IFA006 | December-2018 | Withdrawn |
| 004 | Based on REL006 specify the requirements for an interface for the coordination of the NFVI software modifications with the hosted VNFs on the Ve-Vnfm reference point | IFA008 | December-2018 | Withdrawn |
| 005 | Based on REL006 specify the requirements for an interface for the coordination of the NFVI software modifications with the hosted VNFs on the Or-Vnfm reference point | IFA007 | December-2018 | Withdrawn |
| 006 | Specify the interface for the coordination of the NFVI software modifications with the hosted VNFs on the Or-Vi reference point. CR Drafts:
|
IFA005 | June 2019 | Withdrawn |
| 007 | Specify the interface for the coordination of the NFVI software modifications with the hosted VNFs on the Vi-Vnfm reference point. CR Drafts: NFVIFA(18)000296r9 Status: Agreed
NFVIFA(18)0001054r4 Status: Agreed NFVIFA(19)000033 Status: Agreed
NFVIFA(19)000318r4 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#148) NFVIFA(19)000449r3 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#153) NFVIFA(19)000460r5 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#155) NFVIFA(19)000462r5 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#155) NFVIFA(19)000461r1 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#157) NFVIFA(19)000463r1 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#154) NFVIFA(19)000551r4 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#154) NFVIFA(19)000563r1 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#154) |
IFA006 | June 2019 | Completed |
| 008 | Specify the interface for the coordination of the NFVI software modifications with the hosted VNFs on the Ve-Vnfm reference point. CR Drafts: NFVIFA(19)000102r8 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#144)
NFVIFA(19)000371r9 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#152) |
IFA008 | June 2019 | Completed |
| 009 | Specify the interface for the coordination of the NFVI software modifications with the hosted VNFs on the Or-Vnfm reference point. CR Drafts: NFVIFA(19)000069 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#141)
NFVIFA(19)000515 Status: Candidate for Agreed FEAT in IFA#155 |
IFA007 | June 2019 | Completed |
| 010 | Specify the VNF constraints parameters for NFVI software modifications in the VNFD. CR Drafts: NFVIFA(18)000456r5 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#129) NFVIFA(18)000873r3 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#129) NFVIFA(19)000091 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#141) NFVIFA(19)000090r2 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#144) NFVIFA(19)000087 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#141) NFVIFA(19)000265r1 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#144) NFVIFA(19)000319r3 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#148) |
IFA011 | June 2019 | Completed |
Stage 3 Implementation Plan
Items to consider in the implementation plan
- Detailed description what has to be done in which work item.
- Timeplan of when the team plans to conclude a particular action in the implementation plan.
SOL
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Specification of NfviMaintenanceInfo
- NFVSOL(21)000475. Status: approved |
SOL001 | November-2021 | Completed |
| 002 | Specification of NfviMaintenanceInfo
- NFVSOL(20)000002. Status: open - NFVSOL(20)000043. Status: open |
SOL006 | November-2021 | ongoing |
| 003 | Extension FM interface
- NFVSOL(21)000576r5 and NFVSOL(21)000678. Status approved |
SOL002 | November-2021 | Completed |
| 004 | Specification of changeStatusNotification
- NFVSOL(21)000453 and NFVSOL(21)000462. Status approved |
SOL014 | November-2021 | Completed |
Issues
- Policy content is expected to fulfil FEAT03 usecase in Rel4.
Security Considerations
Security considerations for the feature are in NFVIFA(19)000036r2
FEAT04: Host Reservation
Overview
| Feature Prime | Gerald KUNZMANN (DOCOMO Communications Lab.) |
| Feature description | The present enhancement proposes adding the capability to the NFV-MANO architectural framework to support the reservation of compute hosts (see clause 3.1 in GS NFV-PER 001) in the NFVI. Detailed feature proposal is available in IFA_Enhancement_Host_Reservation |
| Target Release | Release 3 drop 1 (2018-05) |
| Impacted WIs | IFA005, IFA007, IFA010, IFA013 |
| MegaCRs | IFA005 MegaCR in NFVIFA(18)000420r1 (Approved MegaCR) (new text in clauses 2.2, 5.2, 5.3.X, 5.3.Y, 5.3.Z, 7.X, 7.Y, 8.X; updates clause 8.7.4) IFA007 MegaCR in NFVIFA(18)000421r1 (Approved MegaCR) (updates clauses 6.3.2 "Grant VNF Lifecycle Operation operation" and 8.3.3 "GrantInfo information element") IFA010 MegaCR in NFVIFA(18)000419r3 (Approved MegaCR) (new text in clauses 2.2, 3.1, 6.1.6, 6.X, 8.2.3, 8.X, A.2) IFA013 MegaCR in NFVIFA(18)000422r2 (Approved MegaCR) (new text in clauses 5.2, 5.X, 7.X, 8.X) |
| Related/Dependent Features | N/A |
| Status | Completed.
MegaCR Index available in NFVIFA(18)000475r1 |
| Contributions | Stage2:
All feature contributions Stage 3: SOL003 Grant operation: NFVSOL(19)000223 SOL005 NFVI capacity: NFVSOL(19)000359r2, NFVSOL(19)000358r3, NFVSOL(19)000373r1, NFVSOL(19)000372r1 and NFVSOL(20)000276r1 |
| Feature team | Arturo Martin De Nicolas (Ericsson LM) Bertrand Souville (DOCOMO Communications Lab.) Joan Triay (DOCOMO Communications Lab.) |
| Last Updated | 2021-12-10 |
Implementation Plan
NOTE: below contributions are marked as "OBSOLETE" as all content has been migrated to the MegaCRs (see above) and FEAT04 has been approved at IFA#101.
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Specify a requirement for the VIM to support the capability of handling reservation of resources at the host level. Specify a requirement for the NFVO to support requesting the reservation of resources at the host level. CR drafts: NFVIFA(17)0001086 (VIM) Status: Obsolete NFVIFA(18)000146 (NFVO) Status: Obsolete |
IFA010 | January-2018 | Completed |
| 002 | Specify requirements for an interface specialized on NFVI management on the Or-Vi to support the reservation of resources at the host level. CR draft NFVIFA(18)000053 Status: Obsolete |
IFA005 | January-2018 | Completed |
| 003 | Specify an interface and its operations to support the reservation of resources at the host level. CR draft NFVIFA(18)000145r2 Status: Obsolete |
IFA005 | February-2018 | Completed |
| 004 | Extend Annex A.2 to introduce physical compute host reservation. CR draft NFVIFA(18)000205 Status: Obsolete |
IFA010 | March-2018 | Completed |
| 005 | Extend clause 6.3.2 Grant VNF Lifecycle Operation operation. CR draft NFVIFA(18)000206r2 Status: Obsolete |
IFA007 | March-2018 | Completed |
| 006 | Enhancements of capacity management due to new functionality of host reservation: - Specify a requirement for the VIM to support NFVI capacity management. - Specify a requirement for the NFVO to support NFVI capacity management. CR drafts: NFVIFA(18)000207r2 (NFVO) Status: Obsolete NFVIFA(18)000208r1 (VIM) Status: Obsolete |
IFA010 | March-2018 | Completed |
| 007 | Specify an interface (IFA005, clause 7.X) and its operations to support Compute Hosts Capacity Management. CR draft NFVIFA(18)000364 Status: Obsolete |
IFA005 | March-2018 | Completed |
| 008 | A new interface and its operations may be needed in IFA013 for notifications from the NFVO related to resource capacity shortage. CR drafts: NFVIFA(18)000365r1 Status: Obsolete NFVIFA(18)000418 Status: Obsolete |
IFA013 | March-2018 | Completed |
Issues
- Support host reservation when SOL014 supports reservation.
Security Considerations
List of security considerations implied by the feature.
FEAT05 Network Slicing
Overview
The latest version of NFV EVE Network Slicing Report (EVE012 V3.1.1) can be downloaded at EVE012.
| Feature Prime | Anatoly Andrianov (Nokia), Cristina Badulescu (Ericsson), Ulrich Kleber (Huawei), Bhumip Khasnabish (ZTE) |
| Feature description | EVE to IFA REL SEC Feature NFVSLICE EVE012 network slicing
Support Network Slicing by defining the necessary requirements and enhancements of interfaces, as discussed in NFV(17)000252. |
| Target Release | Release 3 Drop 2 |
| Impacted WIs | IFA010, IFA013, IFA014, IFA024 |
| MegaCRs | MegaCR for IFA010: NFVIFA(18)000844r7_IFA010_MegaCR_FEAT05_Slicing.docx MegaCR for IFA013: NFVIFA(19)000014r1_IFA013_MegaCR_FEAT05_Slicing.docx |
| Related/Dependent Features | After analysis and LS exchange with 3GPP no dependencies for the time frame of this feature are seen anymore. |
| Status | Completed |
| Reliability Review | Done in REL#270 on January 15, 2019 |
| Security Review | Reviewed in SEC#139 on January 24, 2019 See NFVIFA(19)000054r2_FEAT05_security_considerations.docx or NFVSEC(19)000008r1_FEAT05_security_considerations.zip |
| Contributions | Latest status on Feature Dashboard |
| Feature team |
Anatoly Andrianov, Nokia |
| Last Updated | 2019-01-28 |
Summary of decisions / agreed concepts
- Based on 3GPP's answer below, FEAT05 assumes that current NS LCM can be used by slicing to build slices and slice subnets.
- Based on 3GPP's answer below, FEAT05 can concentrate on analysing the use of NS priority only.
- Based on 3GPP's answer below, FEAT05 expects that a NS instance doesn't need to keep track of different consumers of a NS instance, but the existing multi-tenancy concept can be used by 3GPP.
- Based on 3GPP's answer below, FEAT05 closes the work on slice specific policies and multi-domain issues.
It is expected that Slice management functions can build the slices by using (instantiating) NS instances. NFV MANO is not aware of the network slices. Thus slice consumers / tenants are not known by MANO. Only the NS tenant is seen.
Depending on the use cases (contributed to an Annex for IFA010), it will be decided whether NS priorities need to be propagated to VNFM or VIM.
Overview Liaison Exchange
Specific Liaisons with 3GPP SA5 on Network Slicing
- LS to 3GPP SA5 on NFV support for Network Slicing: NFV(18)000065r2
- LS reply from 3GPP SA5 on NFV support for Network Slicing: NFV(18)000088
Summary of the answers:
- The definition of slice specific policies is not within the scope of ongoing Rel-15 work items
- Assurance data and Performance Management work item may have potential impacts on ETSI GS IFA027, but no detailed information
- 3GPP relies on the use of ETSI NFV NS concept. Current expectations are for the support of priorities at the NS level (e.g. expressed as attribute value in the NSD).
- Fixed mapping of slice tenant and NS tenant was not explicitly confirmed. Keeping track of multiple consumers doesn't seem to be necessary. 3GPP is aware of the NS tenants and will use the concept by some mapping between the slice consumer and the tenant of supporting NS(s).
- According to the answer, 3GPP is not planning to share NS instance between two slices if isolation is needed.
- 3GPP expects that slicing management will use Os-Ma-nfvo and Ve-Vnfm-em reference points only.
A second set of questions has been sent to 3GPP SA5:
- LS to 3GPP SA5 on usage of NS priority in NFV MANO in support for Network Slicing: NFV(18)000264
- LS from 3GPP SA5 as first answer: NFV(18)000276
- LS Reply to SA5 with clarifications on questions: NFV(18)000288r1
- Preparation material for requested joint call: NFVIFA(18)000964_Prep_material_for_joint_session_3GPP_SA5.pptx
- LS Reply from 3GPP SA5 containing a set of answers: NFV(18)000299_Reply_LS_from_3GPP_SA5_on_clarifications_topics_for_NFV_NS_i.zip
- Main statements, see some questions in report from FEAT05 drafting call NFVIFA(18)000995_Report_of_FEAT05_Drafting_19_November_20.docx
Reply by SA5: NFV(18)000299_Reply_LS_from_3GPP_SA5_on_clarifications_topics_for_NFV_NS_i Main issues that could be clarified:
- Priorities are meant for LCM operations and resolution of resource conflicts in case of shortage
- MANO can act autonomously using the priority values
- If priority values are the same, MANO should act “first come first served”
- There should be a top priority, i.e. one that cannot be pre-empted.
- SA5 prefers the priority as attribute in NSD-DF.
Open questions collected:
- 2.1.1: “3GPP will expect to receive a notification” might be understood that the consumer will receive the notification.
- 2.1.3: “For LCM actions on NFV NSs that potentially impacts 3GPP communication services, MANO should ask permission for such LCM actions the 3GPP management system and not use the provided NS priority” is unclear in the wording.
- What should MANO use instead if it shouldn’t use the priority?
- 2.1.3: It is unclear how NFV should know which NS would impact 3GPP communication services and not be allowed to use the priority.
- 2.1.4.1: 3GPP doesn’t acknowledge here that there might be other consumers for NS/resources that may use resources and need to be considered in the setting of priorities.
- 2.1.4.2: The wording allows also pre-emption in case a low priority NS instance is fully instantiated. Does 3GPP intend this or do they refer only to NS LCM operations being in execution at the same time concurrently?
- Should MANO use priority during autohealing and “kill” a low priority NS instance to be able to heal a high priority NS instance in a resource shortage situation?
Other Liaisons with SA5
LS received in cc, but containing valuable inputs:
- Reply LS from 3GPP SA5 on draft Recommendation Y.3103: NFV(18)000277
- LS from SA5 to GSMA informing about documents: NFV(18)000282, referenced documents are 3GPP Rel-15 TS 28.530, 3GPP Rel-15 TS 28.531, 3GPP Rel-15 TS 28.541
Liaisons with other SDOs
Reply LS from ITU-T SG13 on consent of Recommendation Y.3103 (addressing network slicing) see NFV(18)000302_Reply_LS_from_ITU-T_SG13_on_consent_of_Recommendation_Y3103
Implementation Plan
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Add Functional requirements to support NFVSLICE in IFA010
|
IFA010 | Jan-2019 | Completed |
| 002 | Identify and add new parameters for NSD to allow support of the network slice and network slice subnet.
|
IFA014 | Jan-2019 | Completed |
| 003 | Investigate whether any new parameters in VNFD may be needed. | IFA011 | Jan-2019 | No update needed Completed |
| 004 | Investigate whether any new parameters in Os-Ma-Nfvo reference point may be needed to realize NFVSLICE lifecycle capabilities which include:
- Determining the requirements on the lifecycle of the Network Service used as part of a Network Slice - Determining the requirements for the lifecycle of the Network Service used as part of a Network Slice Subnet |
IFA013 | Jan-2019 | No update needed Completed |
| 005 | Investigate whether any new parameters in Os-Ma-Nfvo reference point may be needed to realize NFVSLICE feature capabilities which include:
- Determining the requirements for policy handling for Network Service instance - Determining the requirements for performance and fault data handling - Determining the requirements for LCM handling
Note: According to EVE012 further analysis is necessary on whether there is any impact on the IFA013 |
IFA013 | Jan-2019 | Completed |
| 006 | Investigate whether any new parameters in Or-Vi reference point may be needed to realize NFVSLICE feature capabilities which include:
- Determining the resource requirements for Network Service instance - Communicating resource prioritization related data |
IFA005 | Jan-2019 | No update needed Completed |
| 007 | Investigate whether any new parameters in Vnfm-Vi reference point may be needed to realize NFVSLICE feature capabilities which include:
- Determining the resource requirements for VNF/C instances - Communicating resource prioritization related data |
IFA006 | Jan-2019 | No update needed Completed |
| 008 | Investigate whether any enhancements are needed for Application and Service Management Interface
and Information Model Specification. |
IFA012 | Jan-2019 | Completed: No change needed: Use cases will be covered in IFA010, Touchpoints in IFA024. Not necessary to re-open Document in drop 2. |
| 009 | Investigate whether any Security requirements may be needed to realize the following features:
Note: Affected documents to be discussed with SEC WG |
SEC012 | Jan-2019 | No update need to be initiated from FEAT05 Completed |
| 010 | Reliability requirements to realize the following features: - The NS instantiation which is used in the creation of a network slice instance, or in the network slice subnet instance
|
REL010 | June-2019 | Completed Delegate to REL10 No CR in drop 2 from FEAT05 |
| 011 | The touchpoint between NFV and network slice management functions needs to be specified. The diagram illustrating it can be found in LS from SA5 NFV(18)000282_Reply_LS_from_3GPP_SA5_on_GSMA_Network_Slicing_Use_Case_Requ
|
IFA024 | Feb-2019 | Completed |
CRs abandoned
- NFVIFA(18)000876r1_FEAT05_IFA010_priority_support_in_software_image_distributio noted in IFA
- NFVIFA(18)000104r6_FEAT05_IFA010_priority-based_NS_resource_Mngmnt_by_NFVO replaced by 732
- NFVIFA(18)000102r2_FEAT05_IFA010_priority-based_NS_resource_Mngmnt_by_VIM not needed according to SA5 LS
- NFVIFA(18)000103r2_FEAT05_IFA010_priority-based_NS_resource_Mngmnt_by_VNFM not needed according to SA5 LS
- NFVIFA(18)000101r2_FEAT05-IFA010-Arch_Level_Req_to_Support_Additional_NS_Featur Noted in IFA#129
- NFVIFA(18)000108r2_FEAT05_IFA010_policy__priority__and_isolation_based_Multiple Noted in IFA#129
- NFVIFA(18)000109_FEAT05_IFA010_policy__priority__and_isolation_based_Multiple Noted in IFA#129
- NFVIFA(18)000110_FEAT05_IFA010_policy__priority__and_isolation_based_Multiple Noted in IFA#129
- NFVIFA(18)000866r3_FEAT05_IFA010__priority_support_in_NFP_management Noted in IFA#129
- NFVIFA(18)000877r1_FEAT05_IFA010_priority_support_in_NS_performance_management Noted in IFA#129
Other Contributions
- Presentation for Webinar "Network Slicing and ETSI NFV": NFV(17)000328
- Analyse NGMN Requirements on Slicing: NFVIFA(18)000017r1
- LS from 3GPP SA5 on transport network support of network slicing management: NFV(18)000026
- LS reply to 3GPP SA5 on transport network support of network slicing management: NFV(18)000057
- LS to 3GPP SA5 on NFV support for Network Slicing: NFV(18)000065r2
- LS reply from 3GPP SA5 on NFV support for Network Slicing: NFV(18)000088
- Presentation: "Towards NFV definition for Network Slicing" NFVIFA(18)000115r1
- Presentation at the Network Slicing World Summit held in Berlin, Germany on 23rd October 2018 NFV(18)000283
- Proposals to resolve editors notes NFVIFA(18)0001138_FEAT05_IFA010_Resolving_Editors_Notes.pptx
Stage 3 Implementation Plan
| ID | Action | Impacted WI(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Add priority to NS node type.NFVSOL(19)000799r2 | SOL001 | December-2019 | Completed |
| 001b | Add priority to NS node type. NFVSOL(21)000159 | SOL001 | March-2021 | Completed |
| 002 | Add priority to NSD.NFVSOL(19)000854 | SOL006 | December-2019 | Completed |
| 002b | Add priority to NSD. NFVSOL(21)000112 | SOL006 | March-2021 | Completed |
| 003 | Introduce new NsLcmCapacityShortageNotification type. NFVSOL(21)000110r2 | SOL005 | April-2021 | Ongoing |
| 004 | Add priority in NS data type. NFVSOL(21)000111r4 | SOL005 | March-2021 | Completed |
| 005 | Add flow of NS LCM operation with pre-emption. NFVSOL(21)000109r2 | SOL005 | April-2021 | Ongoing |
| 006 | Warnings in LcmOpOcc. NFVSOL(21)000092 | SOL005 | March-2021 | Completed |
| 007 | NS LCM coordination interface - data model. NFVSOL(21)000104r4 | SOL005 | March-2021 | Completed |
| 008 | NS LCM coord interface – changes in other GS parts. NFVSOL(21)000106r3 | SOL005 | March-2021 | Completed |
| 009 | Mirror of 135 lcmcoord API addressing ENs. NFVSOL(21)000161 | SOL005 | March-2021 | Completed |
Issues
List of issues raised based on the feature implementation.
Security Considerations
see action 009,
see also NFVIFA(18)0001084r1_FEAT05_Security_Topics_joint_IFA_SEC_at_NFV24.pptx
Security review using the SEC006 template is available in NFVIFA(19)000054r2_FEAT05_security_considerations.docx
This evaluation was approved in SEC WG call on January 24, 2019 as NFVSEC(19)000008r1_FEAT05_security_considerations.zip and finally approved by IFA WG in IFA#136 on January 30, 2019.
FEAT06: Enhancement Network Service (NS) Package
Overview
More information and current status can be found on the wiki for FEAT06NSPackage
| Feature Prime | Bhumip Khasnabish (ZTE), Haibin Chu (Ericsson) and Yaoye Zhang (Huawei) |
| Feature description | An NS Package is an archive including the meta-model descriptors NSD and other files (scripts, security materials, possible rules, policies, NS over multi-tenants, etc.), that are required to manage an NS from design to test/verification to validation/certification to runtime management; the holistic end-to-end NS lifecycle, as discussed in NFV(17)000247. |
| Target Release | same as DGS/NFV-SOL007 (1H-2019) |
| Impacted WIs | IFA010, IFA012 (TBC), IFA013, and IFA014. Note-1: We identify the impacted specifications in IFA WG only. The impacted specifications in other WGs (e.g. SOL, TST, SEC, REL, etc) needs to be addressed separately and the chairs of SOL and TST WGs have been informed. We will follow up the impacts on SEC and REL WGs. Note-2: The impact on IFA012 is dependent on the ISG's decision whether IFA012 is released as GS or GR by the end of Y2017. |
| Mega-CRs | IFA010 [not available] IFA012 [not available] IFA013 [not available] IFA014 [not available] |
| Related/Dependent Features | FEATxx FEATyy |
| New Specification | No new WI is expected in IFA WG. Name of New Specification in SOL WG is DGS/NFV-SOL007 (NSD file structure spec., based on NFVIFA(18)000174/NFVIFA(17)000879,
NFVSOL(17)000711 and NFV(18)000066/NFV(17)000364; created on 2018-03-01 and approved on 2018-03-12).] |
| Status | Ongoing (as DGS/NFV-SOL007) |
| Contributions | All feature contributions Agreed content |
| Feature team | Bhumip Khasnabish (ZTE) Haibin Chu (Ericsson) Yaoye Zhang (Huawei) Maopeng Zhang (ZTE) Lingli Deng (CMCC) |
| Last Updated | 2018-10-01 |
Implementation Plan
Items to consider in the implementation plan
- Detailed description what has to be done in which work item.
- Timeplan of when the team plans to conclude a particular action in the implementation plan.
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Add use case description of NS packaging to IFA014 Annex. CR draft NFVIFA(17)000956r10 |
IFA014 | Same as in DGS/NFV-SOL007 | Started |
| 002 | Update the NS packaging requirement in IFA014.Add a new clause 5.X to describe the NS packaging requirement, including the NS packaging structure, content, identification, integrity, etc. CR draft NFVIFA(17)000959r8 |
IFA014 | Same as in DGS/NFV-SOL007 | Started |
| 003 | Update the functional requirements on NFVO in IFA010. Add new functional requirements on NFVO about NS package management by either adding a new clause (e.g. 6.6.X) or updating the existing clause (i.e. 6.6.1). CR draft NFVIFA(17)000958r5 |
IFA010 | Same as in DGS/NFV-SOL007 | Started |
| 004 | Update the interface requirement on NSD or NS package management interface in IFA013. Add new requirements of NS package management interface by either adding a new clause (i.e. 5.3.X) or updating the existing clause (i.e. 5.3.1). CR draft NFVIFA(17)000947r2 |
IFA013 | Same as in DGS/NFV-SOL007 | Started |
| 005 | Update the existing NSD management interface or add a new NS Package management interface in IFA013. Add new operations and notifications related to NS package management interface by either adding a new clause (i.e. 7.X) or updating the existing clause (i.e. 7.2). Current PNFD management may be updated as well based on the requirement discussion in action #002. CR draft NFVIFA(17)000947r2 |
IFA013 | Same as in DGS/NFV-SOL007 | Started |
| 006 | Update the NSD management related chapters in IFA012, if the IFA012 is released as GS in Rel.2. CR draft [LINK] |
IFA012 | Same as in DGS/NFV-SOL007 | Open |
Issues
List of issues raised based on the feature implementation.
•Below technical issues are identified:
->Current PNFD has its own management operations, e.g. On-board PNFD, etc.
->After the concept of NS package enhancement is introduced, the issue of merging them into NS package management operations needs to be addressed.
->The issue of backward compatibility with current NSD management interface needs to be addressed.
•The impacts on SOL WG have been discussed.
A new SOL work item [DGS/NFV-SOL007 (NSD file structure spec.)] has been created based on NFVIFA(18)000174/NFVIFA(17)000879, NFVSOL(17)000711 and NFV(18)000066/NFV(17)000364
While the impacts on TST, SEC and REL WGs need to be discussed.
Security Considerations
List of security considerations implied by the feature (to be determined).
FEAT07: MANO Policy Management (MANO_PLC)
Overview
| Feature Prime | Haitao Xia (Huawei) |
| Feature description | This feature addresses the interface operation definition when policy management is introduced to NFV-MANO |
| Target Release | Release 3 drop 1 (2018-06) |
| Impacted WIs | IFA010 IFA013 IFA007 IFA008 IFA005 IFA006 |
| Mega-CRs |
IFA013 MegaCR in NFVIFA(18)000429r1 (Approved) |
| Related/Dependent Features | no dependency |
| Status | Completed. MegaCR Index available in NFVIFA(18)000492r1 |
| Contributions | All feature contributions Agreed content |
| Feature team | Haitao Xia (Huawei) |
| Last Updated | 2018-06-07 |
Implementation Plan
NOTE:Contributions are marked as "OBSOLETE" as all content has been migrated to the corresponding MegaCRs.
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Add functional requirements of policy management for the NFVO, VNFM and VIM IFA010 CRs (Status: Feature Agreed) |
IFA010 | Jan-2018 | Completed |
| 002 | Specify a new interface of policy management over Os-Ma-nfvo reference point, including the interface requirements, policy management operations and corresponding information model IFA013 CRs (Status: Obsolete) |
IFA013 | Mar-2018 | Completed |
| 003 | Derive policy management interface over Nfvo-vnfm, Ve-Vnfm, Nfvo-Vi, Vi-vnfm reference point (mirror CRs to IFA013GS) based on the output of IFA013 interface operation definition IFA007 mirror CRs (Status: Obsolete) |
IFA007/IFA008/IFA005/IFA006 | May-2018 | Completed |
| 004 | Define information model enhancement to the NFV descriptor (e.g., NSD) when necessary Conclusion: Based on the discussion output of NFVIFA(18)000135r1,there is no necessity to introduce policy descriptor to the NSD information model |
IFA014 | Feb-2018 | Completed |
Issues
List of issues raised based on the feature implementation.
Security Considerations
List of security considerations implied by the feature.
FEAT08: Support of composite NS across multi-domain (MANOMD_NS)
Overview
| Feature Prime | Haitao Xia (Huawei), Arturo Martin de Nicolas (Ericsson) |
| Feature description | This feature addresses the architectural changes needed for the support of composite network services across multiple administrative domains |
| Target Release | Release 3 drop 1 (2018-06) |
| Impacted WIs | IFA010 IFA030 (new deliverable) |
| Mega-CRs | IFA010 MegaCR in NFVIFA(18)000425r1 (Approved) |
| Related/Dependent Features | no dependency |
| Status | Completed MegaCR Index available in NFVIFA(18)000515r2 New deliverable IFA030GS Approved |
| Contributions | All feature contributions Agreed content |
| Feature team | Haitao Xia (Huawei) Arturo Martin de Nicolas (Ericsson) Bhumip Khasnabish (ZTE) |
| Last Updated | 2018-09-01 |
Implementation Plan
NOTE:Contributions are marked as "OBSOLETE" as all content has been migrated to the corresponding MegaCRs.
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Determine the content skeleton and input for introduction Approved contributions: |
IFA030 | Jan-2018 | Completed |
| 002 | Add NFVO functional requirement description derived from Table 6.3-2 of IFA028 to IFA010 IFA010 CRs (Status: Obsolete) |
IFA010 | May-2018 | Completed |
| 003 | Add interface requirement description of Or-Or reference point derived from Table 6.3-1 of IFA028 Approved contributions: |
IFA030 | Apr-2018 | Completed |
| 004 | Define Or-Or interface functions of NSD management, NS LCM, NS PM and NS FM which are derived from IFA013 GS and necessary adaptation is made Approved contributions: |
IFA030 | Apr-2018 | Completed |
| 005 | Define Or-Or interface functions of NS lifecycle granting and NS instance usage notification Approved contributions: |
IFA030 | Apr-2018 | Completed |
| 006 | Develop Or-Or operational flows as informative Annex (when necessary) Conclusion: No operational flows are expected to be included in IFA030 GS: |
IFA030 | Mar-2018 | Completed |
| 007 | New GS (IFA030) clean-up, EN resolution
Approved Contributions: |
IFA030 | May-2018 | Completed |
Issues
List of issues raised based on the feature implementation.
Security Considerations
List of security considerations implied by the feature.
FEAT10: Mgmt & Connectivity Multi-Site Services (MCMSS)
Overview
| Feature Prime |
Hiroshi Dempo, Zarrar Yousaf (NEC) (stage 2) |
| Feature description | Following the recommendations written in IFA022, this feature is to specify management requirements, interfaces and information models to support connectivity for Multi-Site Services |
| Target Release | Stage 2: Release 3 drop 2 (2018-12) Stage 3: TBD |
| Impacted WIs | Stage 2: IFA005, IFA007, IFA010, IFA011, IFA013, IFA014, IFA022, IFA032 Stage 3: SOL014, SOL003, SOL005, SOL001, SOL006, SOL017 |
| Mega-CRs | Stage 2: - IFA005 MegaCR in NFVIFA(18)0001111r2 - IFA007 MegaCR in NFVIFA(18)0001112r4 - IFA010 MegaCR in NFVIFA(18)0001107r2 - IFA013 MegaCR in NFVIFA(18)0001110r4 - IFA014 MegaCR in NFVIFA(18)0001113r2 |
| Related/Dependent Features | N/A |
| New Specification | Stage 2: IFA032 Stage 3: SOL017, others TBD |
| Status | Stage 2: Completed, MegaCR Index available in NFVIFA(18)0001117r3 Stage 3: Ongoing |
| Contributions | All feature contributions Agreed content |
| Feature team | Stage 2: - Hiroshi Dempo (NEC Europe Ltd.) - Zarrar Yousaf (NEC Europe Ltd.) - Lei Zhu (Huawei Tech (UK) Co., Ltd. - Ulrich Kleber (Huawei Tech (UK) Co., Ltd. - Marc Flauw (HPE) - Joan Triay (DOCOMO) Stage 3: - Zarrar Yousaf (NEC Europe Ltd.) - Joan Triay (DOCOMO) |
| Last Updated | 2019-11-18 |
Stage 2 Implementation Plan
Items to consider in the implementation plan
- Detailed description what has to be done in which work item.
- Timeplan of when the team plans to conclude a particular action in the implementation plan.
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | - Approve FEAT10 and new WI draft titled “Reference point between NFVO and WIM- Interface and Information Model Specification" | None | Oct-2017 | Done |
| 002 |
- Approve IFA022 as a stable draft
|
IFA022 | Dec-2017 | Done |
| 003 |
- Specify general and functional recommendations for Multi-Site Service
|
IFA010 | Jan/ 2018 | Completed |
| 004 |
- Specify Os-Ma-Nfvo reference point interface and information model specification for Multi-Site Service
|
IFA013 | Mar-2018 | Completed |
| 005 |
- Specify Or-Vi reference point interfaces and information model specification between NFVO and VIM for Multi-Site Service
|
IFA005 | Mar-2018 | Completed |
| 006 |
- Specify enhancements to Or-Vnfm ref. point interfaces and information model to address the case of VNF multi-site deployment. - Make relevant changes to the scope and overview sections to include the support for Multi-site Service on Or-Vnfm reference point
|
IFA007 | Mar-2018 | Completed |
| 007 | - Specify parameters for the VNFD file relevant for the support of Multi-Site Service
" No CRs received" |
IFA011 | May-2018 | Closed |
| 008 | - Specify parameters for the NSD file relevant for the support of Multi-Site Service
|
IFA014 | May-2018 | Completed |
| 009 |
- Specify Or-Vi reference point interfaces and information model specification between NFVO and WIM for Multi-Site Service
NOTE: As written in ID#2, naming of the ref. point is FFS. Purpose of the specification is to focus on virtualised network resource management subset of existing IFA005, and necessary extensions/enhancements particular to managing resources in the WAN |
IFA032 | May-2018 | Completed |
Issues
List of issues raised based on the feature implementation.
- All topics can start from the beginning but the progress needs to be managed on the action IDs (e.g. individual mega CRs and new deliverable basis)
- The target dates are set according to the requirement categories in IFA022 (CRs for general, functional, reference point and information element, descriptor, or new deliverable)
- Discussion for IFA032 may take more time than CRs but finalise before the 1st drop of Release 3.
Security Considerations
List of security considerations implied by the feature.
Stage 3 Implementation Plan
| ID | Action | Impacted WI(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Specification of multi-site connectivity support in SOL003: - Add specification for Multi-Site Connectivity Services: NFVSOL(19)000732. Status: open |
SOL003 | Dec. 2019 | Ongoing |
| 002 | Specification of multi-site connectivity support in SOL005: - Add specification for Multi-Site Connectivity Services: NFVSOL(19)000734. Status: open |
SOL005 | Dec. 2019 | Ongoing |
| 003 | Specification of multi-site connectivity support in SOL descriptors: - SOL001ed331 FEAT10 Add specification for Multi-Site Connectivity Services: NFVSOL(19)000792. Status: open. |
SOL001, SOL006 | Dec. 2019 | Not started |
| 004 | Specification of multi-site connectivity support in SOL014: - TBD |
SOL014 | TBD | Not started |
| 005 | Report and profiling of stage 3 solutions addressing IFA032 requirements. General structure of the report: - SOL017 skeleton: NFVSOL(19)000360r1. Status: approved at SOL#102. - SOL017 scope: NFVSOL(19)000361r1. Status: approved at SOL#102. - IFA032 Overview Clause 4.2: NFVSOL(19)000548r1. Status: approved at SOL#111 EA. - IFA032 Overview for Capacity, Performance and Fault Management interfaces for Clause 4.2: NFVSOL(19)000592. Status: approved at SOL#115. - TBD |
SOL017 | Dec. 2019 | Ongoing |
| 006 | Profiling of IETF ACTN stage 3 solutions addressing IFA032 requirements: - IETF ACTN Overview: NFVSOL(19)000506r3. Status: approved at SOL#115. - Clause 4.3.2.3 Mapping concepts with ACTN: NFVSOL(19)000573. Status: approved at SOL#115. - TBD |
SOL017 | Feb. 2020 | Ongoing |
| 007 | Profiling of TAPI stage 3 solutions addressing IFA032 requirements: - TAPI Overview: NFVSOL(19)000605r2. Status: approved at SOL#115. - TBD |
SOL017 | Feb. 2020 | Ongoing |
FEAT11: NFV_M&M (NFV-MANO management)
Overview
| Feature Prime | Yaoye Zhang (Huawei) Joan Triay (DOCOMO) |
| Feature description | Following the recommendations written in ETSI GR NFV-IFA 021, this feature will enable the management of the NFV Management and Orchestration functional blocks identified by the NFV Architectural Framework. |
| Target Release | Release 3 drop 1 (2018-06) |
| Impacted WIs | ETSI GS NFV-IFA 010 |
| MegaCRs | IFA010ed311: NFVIFA(18)000576 Status: APPROVED at IFA#104 |
| Related/Dependent Features | None |
| New Specification | ETSI GS NFV-IFA 031 ("NFV; Management and Orchestration; Requirements and interfaces for NFV-MANO management Specification") Work Item: DGS/NFV-IFA031 |
| Status | Completed |
| Contributions | All feature contributions Agreed content |
| Feature team | Yaoye Zhang (HUAWEI) Joan Triay (DOCOMO) Gerald Kunzmann (DOCOMO) |
| Last Updated | 2018-07-30 |
Implementation Plan
| ID | Action | Impacted WI(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Specify high-level requirement for the NFV Architectural Framework to support the management of NFV-MANO functional entities. Contributions: - CR draft: NFVIFA(17)0001065 status: FEAT AGREED at IFA#79 - IFA010 megaCR FEAT11 on NFV-MANO management: NFVIFA(18)000576 Status: APPROVED at IFA#104 |
IFA010 | Nov-2017 | Completed |
| 002 | Specify a requirement set for the NFVO, the VNFM, as well as the VIM as a managed entity to support NFV-MANO fault, performance, configuration and information, state and log management by a managing entity. Contributions: CR draft: NFVIFA(17)0001066 status: FEAT AGREED at IFA#79 - IFA010 megaCR FEAT11 on NFV-MANO management: NFVIFA(18)000576 Status: APPROVED at IFA#104 |
IFA010 | Nov-2017 | Completed |
| 003 | Skeleton, scope and introduction description for the new deliverable. Contributions: - Skeleton overview/draft: NFVIFA(17)0001067r1 Status: for discussion and NOTED - Skeleton: NFVIFA(18)000009r1 Status: APPROVED at IFA#83 - Scope: NFVIFA(18)000046 status: APPROVED at IFA#84 |
IFA031 | Nov-2017 | Completed |
| 004 | Add description of the general framework and interfaces for NFV-MANO management using as a reference “Solution D” and “Solution E” descriptions available in clauses 7.1.4 and 7.1.5 of ETSI GR NFV-IFA 021. Contributions: - NFVIFA(17)0001068 status: APPROVED at IFA#79 - Relationship NFV-MANO services and interfaces: NFVIFA(18)000351 status: APPROVED at IFA#100 |
IFA031 | Nov-2017 | Completed |
| 005 | Specify a requirement set for the different interfaces to be supported, which include: - NFV-MANO fault management interface - NFV-MANO performance management interface - NFV-MANO configuration and information management interface - NFV-MANO state management interface, and - NFV-MANO log management interface. Contributions: - Requirement set: NFVIFA(17)0001069 Status: APPROVED at IFA#79 - Overview and conventions: NFVIFA(18)000085 Status: APPROVED at IFA#87 |
IFA031 | Dec-2017 | Completed |
| 006 | Specify the NFV-MANO functional entity information elements that will be reused in multiple interface definitions using as a reference the “Solution A” description available in clause 7.1.1 of ETSI GR NFV-IFA 021. Contributions: - For configuration and information mgmt: NFVIFA(18)000015r4 Status: APPROVED at IFA#84 - For performance mgmt: NFVIFA(18)000047r1 Status: APPROVED at IFA#84 - For state mgmt: NFVIFA(18)000086r3 Status: APPROVED at IFA#89 - For fault mgmt: NFVIFA(18)000215r2 Status: APPROVED at IFA#93 - For log mgmt: NFVIFA(18)000219r3 Status: APPROVED at IFA#98 |
IFA031 | Dec-2017 | Completed |
| 007 | Specify the interface for NFV-MANO configuration management using as a reference the “Solution F” description in clause 7.1.6.5 of ETSI GR NFV-IFA 021. Contributions: - Configuration I/F and related IE: NFVIFA(18)000015r4 Status: APPROVED at IFA#84 - Clause 6.2.3 adding filter for QueryConfigInfo operation: NFVIFA(18)000498 Status: APPROVED at IFA#103 |
IFA031 | Jan-2018 | Completed |
| 008 | Specify the interface for NFV-MANO performance management using as a reference the “Solution F” description available in clause 7.1.6.4 of ETSI GR NFV-IFA 021. Contributions: - Performance I/F and related IE: NFVIFA(18)000047r1 Status: APPROVED at IFA#84 |
IFA031 | Jan-2018 | Completed |
| 009 | Specify the interface for NFV-MANO fault management using as a reference the “Solution F” description available in clause 7.1.6.3 and the fault reporting information modelling in “Solution B” in clause 7.1.2 of ETSI GR NFV-IFA 021. Contributions: -Fault I/F and related IE: NFVIFA(18)000215r2 Status: APPROVED at IFA#93 |
IFA031 | Feb-2018 | Completed |
| 010 | Specify the interface for NFV-MANO state management using as a reference the “Solution F” description available in clause 7.1.6.6. Contributions: - State I/F and related IE: NFVIFA(18)000086r3 Status: APPROVED at IFA#89 |
IFA031 | Feb-2018 | Completed |
| 011 | Specify the interface for NFV-MANO log management using as a reference the “Solution F” description available in clause 7.1.6.7. Contributions - Log I/F and related IE: NFVIFA(18)000219r3 Status: APPROVED at IFA#98 |
IFA031 | Mar-2018 | Completed |
| 012 | Specify the definitions of performance metrics using as a reference the “Solution C” description available in clause 7.1.3 of ETSI GR NFV-IFA 021. Contributions: - Performance measurement definitions template: NFVIFA(18)000225r2 Status: APPROVED at IFA#94 - Measured objects: NFVIFA(18)000226r1 Status: APPROVED at IFA#94 - NFV-MANO entity resource measurements: NFVIFA(18)000227r1 Status: APPROVED at IFA#94 - Managed objects for performance measurements: NFVIFA(18)000292 Status: APPROVED at IFA#96 - NFV-MANO service measurements: NFVIFA(18)000293 Status: APPROVED at IFA#96 - NFV-MANO interface producer measurements: NFVIFA(18)000294r3 Status: APPROVED at IFA#98 - NFV-MANO interface consumer measurements: NFVIFA(18)000295r3 Status: APPROVED at IFA#98 - Additional managed objects: NFVIFA(18)000350r1 Status: APPROVED at IFA#100 |
IFA031 | Mar-2018 | Completed |
| 013 | Resolution of editor's notes and final review of the document draft. Contributions: - Clause 7 EN resolution dependency state information: NFVIFA(18)000405 Status: APPROVED at IFA#100 - Clause 7 EN resolution MANO configuration information element: NFVIFA(18)000406r1 Status: APPROVED at IFA#100 - Clause 7 EN resolution list of interfaces: NFVIFA(18)000434 Status: APPROVED at IFA#100 - Clause 6, 7, and 8 EN resolution on PmJob and Threshold Objects: NFVIFA(18)000436 Status: APPROVED at IFA#100 - Clause 8.2 adding ManoInterfaceConsumer measured object NFVIFA(18)000437r1 Status: APPROVED at IFA#100 - Clause 8 EN resolution PM description improvements: NFVIFA(18)000438r1 Status: APPROVED at IFA#100 - Adding Annex for information flows with flow related to configuration: NFVIFA(18)000449 Status: APPROVED at IFA#100 - Clause 6.2.3 adding filter for QueryConfigInfo operation: NFVIFA(18)000498 Status: APPROVED at IFA#103 - Clause 5 and 6 adding query subscriptions operations: NFVIFA(18)000499 Status: APPROVED at IFA#103 - Clause 6 EN resolution aligning terminate subscription operation: NFVIFA(18)000500 Status: APPROVED at IFA#103 - Clause 7 EN resolution information specific info objects: NFVIFA(18)000501 Status: APPROVED at IFA#103 - Clause 6 and 7 EN resolution log report condition and location: NFVIFA(18)000502 Status: APPROVED at IFA#103 - Clause 7.2.10 EN resolution ManoService and ManoInterface: NFVIFA(18)000544 Status: APPROVED at IFA#104 - Clause 7.2.4 EN resolution apiEndpoint: NFVIFA(18)000545r2 Status: APPROVED at IFA#104 - Clause 3 adding definitions and abbreviations: NFVIFA(18)000528r3 Status: APPROVED at IFA#104 - Clause 4.3 and 7.2, update description and clarifications of NFV-MANO service and interface: NFVIFA(18)000543r2 Status: APPROVED at IFA#104 - Clause 8 EN resolution and improvements to workflow measurements: NFVIFA(18)000572 Status: APPROVED at IFA#104 - Clause 8 correcting measurement unit: NFVIFA(18)000573 Status: APPROVED at IFA#104 - General consistency review: NFVIFA(18)000574 Status: APPROVED at IFA#104 - Multiple clauses deletion guideline EN: NFVIFA(18)000575 Status: APPROVED at IFA#104 - Clause 7.3.2 Change later specification statement: NFVIFA(18)000623 Status: APPROVED at IFA#104 - General consistency review for IFA031 v0.5.0: NFVIFA(18)000677 Status: APPROVED at IFA#107 - Clause 5 Consistency review alignment interface reqs: NFVIFA(18)000678 Status: APPROVED at IFA#107 - Clause 7 generalize IE clauses: NFVIFA(18)000679 Status: APPROVED at IFA#107 - Clause 7 Consistency review missing mandatory statements for notifications: NFVIFA(18)000680 Status: APPROVED at IFA#107 - Clause 7 Consistency review writable attributes: NFVIFA(18)000681r1 Status: APPROVED at IFA#107 - Clauses 5 and 7 Clean-up related heartbeat functionality and addressing and EN: NFVIFA(18)000682 Status: APPROVED at IFA#107 |
IFA031 | May-2018 | Completed |
| 014 | Review of security aspects. Security-related editor's notes are available throughout the IFA031 GS draft. The contributions needed to resolve those editor's notes which are specific to security topics will be listed here. Contributions: - Clause 9 security considerations: NFVIFA(18)000538r2 Status: APPROVED at IFA#108 - Multiple clauses EN resolution consumer and securityInfo: NFVIFA(18)000578r1 Status: APPROVED at IFA#104 |
IFA031 | Jun-2018 | Completed |
Word version of the implementation plan in contribution NFVIFA(17)000897r1 (check for latest revision). It is very likely that the information contained in this wiki is more recent and updated more frequently.
Issues
List of issues raised based on the feature implementation.
With regards to specific planning action:
- CLOSED: Action 004: description is deemed complete, but needs to be checked with some additional clarification or references to possible informative flows are needed.
- Status: completed. Additional content was added as part of action 013.
- CLOSED: Action 007: main content is available and approved, but some editor's notes need to be resolved (see action 013).
- Status: completed. Additional content was added as part of action 013.
- CLOSED: Action 008: main content is available and approved, but some editor's notes need to be resolved (see action 013).
- Status: completed. Contributions addressing the editor's notes have been approved.
- CLOSED: Action 010: main content is available and approved, but some editor's notes need to be resolved (see action 013).
- Status: completed. Contributions addressing the editor's notes have been approved.
- CLOSED: Action 004/006/008/010/011: need to analyze and define the relationship of NFV-MANO Service and interfaces.
- Status: completed. Additional content was added as part of action 013.
- CLOSED: Action 009: main content is available and approved, but some editor's notes need to be resolved (see action 013).
- Status: completed. Contributions addressing the editor's notes have been approved.
- CLOSED: Action 009: the "heartbeat" functionality was deleted in the approved FM interface and IE contribution (see NFVIFA(18)000215r2). It needs to be resolved how the heartbeat functionality relates to fault management, or whether it needs a specific interface for it.
- Status: contributions providing a new interface to handle the heartbeat functionality were available, but they were not discussed. The technical assessment and discussion would be postponed to later IFA031 releases, in order to make sure the completion of a stable version of IFA031 for the Rel. 3 drop #1 (1H2018).
- CLOSED: Action 011: main content is available and approved, but some editor's notes need to be resolved (see action 013).
- Status: completed. Contributions addressing the editor's notes have been approved.
- CLOSED: Action 012: main content is available and approved, but some editor's notes need to be resolved (see action 013).
- Status: completed. Additional content was added as part of action 013.
Other issues:
- CLOSED: (Jan. 2018) At IFA#84 F2F meeting: discussed the possibility of having some informative information flows to show examples on how the interfaces can be used. An Annex could be added.
- Status: completed. An annex has been added to add informative information flows. Refer to contribution NFVIFA(18)000449.
Security Considerations
List of security considerations implied by the feature.
- CLOSED: As captured in some editor's notes in clause 6: Editor’s Note: actors in the operations are “consumer” and “NFV-MANO functional entity”. The consumer is intended to be an authorized consumer, thus, not all possible consumers may be authorized to access all operations. Further description and analysis about this is expected to be part of the “Security Considerations” clause.
- Status: completed. Additional content was added as part of action 014, and in particular with contribution NFVIFA(18)000578r1.
- Action 014 (added in May 2018) to list specific security related contributions.
FEAT15: VNF Snapshotting
Overview
| Feature Prime | Jörg Aelken (Ericsson LM) (stage 2) Joan Triay (DOCOMO) (stage 3) |
| Feature description | The VNF_PHOTO is a feature that has been investigated and described in the published ETSI GR NFV-TST 005. A VNF Snapshot is a replication of a VNF instance at a specific point in time with a corresponding VNF Snapshot Package which is collection of files representing a VNF Snapshot. The feature implementation enables operations on and management of VNF Snapshots and their corresponding packages. |
| Target Release | Stage 2: Release 3 drop 1 (2018-06) Stage 3: Release 3 |
| Impacted WIs | Stage 2: IFA005, IFA006, IFA007, IFA008, IFA010, IFA011, IFA013 Stage 3: SOL002, SOL003, SOL005, SOL001, and new SOL010 |
| MegaCRs | Stage 2 - IFA005: NFVIFA(18)000559 Status: Approved MegaCR; Implemented in: IFA005ed311 draft version 3.0.1 - IFA006: NFVIFA(18)000560 Status: Approved MegaCR; Implemented in: IFA006ed311 draft version 3.0.1 - IFA007: NFVIFA(18)000561r3 Status: Approved MegaCR; Implemented in: IFA007ed311 draft version 3.0.2 - IFA008: NFVIFA(18)000535r2 Status: Approved MegaCR; Implemented in: IFA008ed311 draft version 3.0.1 - IFA010: NFVIFA(18)000539 Status: Approved MegaCR; Implemented in: IFA010ed311 draft version 3.0.3 - IFA011: NFVIFA(18)000540r1 Status: Approved MegaCR; Implemented in: IFA011ed311 draft version 3.0.2 - IFA013: NFVIFA(18)000541r1 Status: Approved MegaCR; Implemented in: IFA013ed311 draft version 3.0.3 |
| Related/Dependent Features | N/A |
| New Specification | Stage 2: Not required Stage 3: SOL010 (VNF Snapshot Package specification) |
| Status | Stage 2: Completed Stage 3: Completed |
| Contributions | All feature contributions Agreed content |
| Feature team | Stage 2: - Bertrand Souville (DOCOMO) - Gerald Kunzmann (DOCOMO) - Jörg Aelken (Ericsson LM) Stage 3: - Joan Triay (DOCOMO) - Manchang Ju (ZTE) - Yuya Kuno (DOCOMO) |
| Last Updated | 2021-12-10 |
Stage 2 Implementation Plan
| ID | Action | Impacted WI(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Add functional requirements on the NFVO (IFA010 6.2.x) to support granting for VNF/VNFC Snapshot operations, based on Clause 7.2.1 in TST005 (recommendation Nfvo.001). CR draft NFVIFA(17)0001010r1 Status: obsolete |
IFA010 | November-2017 | Completed |
| 002 | Add functional requirements on the VNFM (IFA010 7.x) to support VNF/VNFC Snapshot operations and VNF/VNFC Snapshot Packaging, based on Clause 7.2.2 in TST005 (recommendations Vnfm.001 to Vnfm.009). CR draft NFVIFA(17)0001021r2 Status: obsolete |
IFA010 | November-2017 | Completed |
| 003 | Add functional requirements on the VIM (IFA010 8.x) to support virtualized resource Snapshot capabilities based on Clause 7.2.3 in TST005 (recommendations Vim.001 and Vim.002). CR draft NFVIFA(17)0001032r4 Status: obsolete |
IFA010 | November-2017 | Completed |
| 004 | Add requirement on Virtualised Resources Management interface on the Or-Vi reference point (IFA005 clause 5.3.5) to support attaching/detaching Volumes to virtualized compute resources, based on Clause 7.5.2 in TST005 (recommendations OrVi-Vcrm.001 and OrVi-Vcrm.002). CR draft NFVIFA(18)000030 Status: obsolete |
IFA005 | December-2017 | Completed |
| 005 | Add new operation for attaching/detaching Volumes, including new information elements, to Virtualized Compute Resources Management interface (IFA005 clause 7.3.1.x), based on Clause 7.5.2 in TST005 (recommendations OrVi-Vcrm.001 and OrVi-Vcrm.002). CR draft NFVIFA(18)000031r1 Status: obsolete |
IFA005 | December-2017 | Completed |
| 006 | Add values to the computeOperation parameter descriptions of the OperateComputeRequest and OperateComputeResponse of the Virtualized Compute Management interface (IFA005 clause 7.3.1.6) to support quiescing/unquiescing and reverting to Snapshot virtualised compute resources, based on Clause 7.5.2 in TST005 (recommendations OrVi-Vcrm.003 to OrVi-Vcrm.005). CR draft NFVIFA(17)0001082 Status: obsolete |
IFA005 | December-2017 | Completed |
| 007 | Add value to the storageOperation parameter description of the OperateStorageRequest of the Virtualized Storage Management interface IFA005 clause 7.5.1.6.2) to support reverting to Snapshot virtualised storage resources, based on Clause 7.5.2 in TST005 (recommendation OrVi-Vsrm.001). CR draft NFVIFA(17)0001083 Status: obsolete |
IFA005 | December-2017 | Completed |
| 008 | Mirror requirements from IFA005 towards IFA006, i.e. - Add requirement on Virtualised Resources Management interfaces on the Vi-Vnfm reference point (IFA006 clause 5.3.3) to support attaching/detaching Volumes to virtualized compute resources, based on Clause 7.5.1 in TST005 (recommendations ViVnfm-Vcrm.001 and ViVnfm-Vcrm.002). CR draft NFVIFA(18)000033 Status: obsolete - Add new operation for attaching/detaching Volumes, including information elements, to Virtualized Compute Resources Management interface (IFA006 clause 7.3.1.x), based on Clause 7.5.1 in TST005 (recommendations ViVnfm-Vcrm.001 and ViVnfm-Vcrm.002). CR draft NFVIFA(18)000035r1 Status: obsolete - Add values to the computeOperation parameter descriptions of the OperateComputeRequest and OperateComputeResponse of the Virtualized Compute Management interface (IFA006 clause 7.3.1.6) to support quiescing/unquiescing and reverting to Snapshot virtualised compute resources, based on Clause 7.5.1 in TST005 (recommendations ViVnfm-Vcrm.003 to ViVnfm-Vcrm.005). CR draft NFVIFA(17)0001084 Status: obsolete - Add value to the storageOperation parameter description of the OperateStorageRequest of the Virtualized Storage Management interface (IFA006 clause 7.5.1.6.2) to support reverting to Snapshot virtualised storage resources, based on Clause 7.5.1 in TST005 (recommendation ViVnfm-Vsrm.001). CR draft NFVIFA(17)0001085 Status: obsolete |
IFA006 | December-2017 | Completed |
| 009 | Add a requirement on the Or-Vnfm reference point (IFA007 clause 5.2) to support a Snapshot Package Management interface produced by the VNFM, based on Clause 7.5.3 in TST005 (recommendation Or-Vnfm.001) and Clause 7.5.4 in TST005 (recommendation OrVnfm-Vspm.001). CR draft NFVIFA(18)000006r2 Status: obsolete |
IFA007 | January-2018 | Completed |
| 010 | Add requirements on a new Snapshot Package Management interface on the Or-Vnfm reference point (IFA007 clause 5.3.x) to support VNF Snapshot Package operations, based on Clause 7.5.4 in TST005 (recommendations OrVnfm-Vspm.002 to OrVnfm-Vspm.005). CR draft NFVIFA(18)000007r4 Status: obsolete |
IFA007 | January-2018 | Completed |
| 011 | Add new Snapshot Package Management interface specification (IFA007 clause 7.x) to support VNF Snapshot Package operations, based on Clause 7.5.4 in TST005 (recommendations OrVnfm-Vspm.002 to OrVnfm-Vspm.005). CR draft NFVIFA(18)000008r16 Status: obsolete |
IFA007 | January-2018 | Completed |
| 012 | Add a requirement on the Ve-Vnfm-vnf reference point (IFA008 clause 5.3.0) to support a VNF Snapshot Notification interface produced by the VNFM, based on Clause 7.5.5 in TST005 (recommendation Ve-Vnfm-vnf.001) and Clause 7.5.6 in TST005 (recommendation VeVnfmvnf-Vsn.001). Status: Not needed according to alternative solution (see note) |
IFA008 | January-2018 | Not needed |
| 013 | Add requirements on the Ve-Vnfm-em and Ve-Vnfm-vnf reference points (IFA008 clause 5.2.1.1 and 5.3.1.1) to support receiving confirmations upon sent VNF lifecycle management operation occurrence notifications related to VNF Snapshots to enable the continuation or abortion of a VNF Snapshot operation after required modifications in the VNF triggered by the notification. This solution was preferred over and replaces the original intended solution of adding requirements on a new VNF Snapshot Notification interface on the Ve-Vnfm-vnf reference point (IFA008 clause 5.3.1.x) to support VNF Snapshot notifications, based on Clause 7.5.6 in TST005 (recommendations VeVnfmvnf-Vsn.002 and VeVnfmvnf-Vsn.003). (see note) CR draft NFVIFA(18)000012 Status: obsolete |
IFA008 | January-2018 | Completed |
| 014 | Add specifications on the VNF Lifecycle Management interface (IFA008 clause 7.2.x) to receive confirmations upon sent VNF lifecycle management operation occurrence notifications related to VNF Snapshot to enable the continuation or abortion of a VNF Snapshot operation after required modifications in the VNF triggered by the notification. This solution was preferred over and replaces the original intended solution of adding a new VNF Snapshot Notification interface specification (IFA008 clause 7.x) to support VNF Snapshot notifications, based on Clause 7.5.6 in TST005 (recommendations VeVnfmvnf-Vsn.002 and VeVnfmvnf-Vsn.003). (see note) CR draft NFVIFA(18)000013 Status: obsolete |
IFA008 | January-2018 | Completed |
| 015 | Add requirements on VNF Lifecycle Management interface on the Ve-Vnfm-em reference point (IFA008 clause 5.2.1.1) to support querying/deleting available VNF/VNFC Snapshot information and to support create/revert to VNF/VNFC Snapshot operations, based on Clause 7.5.7 in TST005 (recommendations VeVnfmem-Vlm.001 and VeVnfmem-Vlm.002). CR draft NFVIFA(18)000070r1 Status: obsolete |
IFA008 | January-2018 | Completed |
| 016 | Add new operations for querying/deleting information on available VNF/VNFC Snapshots and creating/reverting to VNF/VNFC Snapshots, including information elements, to VNF Lifecycle Management interface (IFA008 clause 7.2.x), based on Clause 7.5.7 in TST005 (recommendations VeVnfmem-Vlm.001 and VeVnfmem-Vlm.002). CR draft NFVIFA(18)000071r2 Status: obsolete |
IFA008 | January-2018 | Completed |
| 017 | Add requirements on NS Lifecycle Management interface on the Os-Ma-Nfvo reference point (IFA013 clause 5.3.2) to support querying/deleting available VNF/VNFC Snapshot information and to support create/revert to VNF/VNFC Snapshot operations, based on Clause 7.5.8 in TST005 (recommendations OsMaNfvo-Nslm.001 and OsMaNfvo-Nslm.002). CR draft NFVIFA(18)000230r3 Status: obsolete |
IFA013 | February-2018 | Completed |
| 018 | Add new values to the updateType for deleting VNF Snapshot information and for creating/reverting to VNF Snapshots and new parameters, including information elements, to the Update NS operation of the NS Lifecycle Management interface (IFA013 clause 7.3.5), based on Clause 7.5.8 in TST005 (recommendations OsMaNfvo-Nslm.001 and OsMaNfvo-Nslm.002). CR draft NFVIFA(18)000231r5 Status: obsolete |
IFA013 | February-2018 | Completed |
| 019 | Add Opconfig Information Elements to enable the configuration of LCM snapshot operations (IFA011 clause 7.1.5). CR draft NFVIFA(18)000457 Status: obsolete |
IFA011 | March-2018 | Completed |
| 020 | Add new events to the LifeCycleManagementScript related to VFN Snapshotting (IFA011 clause 7.1.13). CR draft NFVIFA(18)000458r1 Status: obsolete |
IFA011 | March-2018 | Completed |
| 021 | Add a new attribute to the Vdu information element (IFA011 clause 7.1.6.2.2) with a content of a new information element for VNFC Snapshot descriptor. CR draft not required for Release 3 drop 1. The additional VNFC Snapshot properties are not required for a complete VNF Snapshot feature implementation. For further study which properties are needed and which of them are required to be modifiable, might be added as maintenance CR later. |
IFA011 | March-2018 | Not needed |
| 022 | Add the specification of a new information element for a VNFC Snapshot descriptor (IFA011 clause 7.1.6.x), based on Clause 7.3 in TST005 (recommendations Vnfsd.005 to Vnfsd.016). CR draft not required for Release 3 drop 1. The additional VNFC Snapshot properties are not required for a complete VNF Snapshot feature implementation. For further study which properties are needed and which of them are required to be modifiable, might be added as maintenance CR later. |
IFA011 | March-2018 | Not needed |
| 023 | Mirror VNF lifecycle management interface extensions for Snapshots from IFA008 to IFA007: - Add requirements on VNF Lifecycle Management interface on the Or-Vnfm reference point (IFA007 clause 5.3.4) to support querying/deleting available VNF Snapshot information and to support create/revert to VNF Snapshot operations. CR draft NFVIFA(18)000126r1 Status: obsolete - Add new operations for querying/deleting information on available VNF Snapshots and creating/reverting to VNF Snapshot, including information elements, to VNF Lifecycle Management interface (IFA007 clause 7.2.x). CR draft NFVIFA(18)000127r3 Status: obsolete |
IFA007 | February-2018 | Completed |
| 024 | Extend the Grant VNF Lifecycle Operation operation of the VNF Lifecycle Operation Granting interface (IFA007 clause 6.3.2) to support granting of VNF Snapshot operations. CR draft NFVIFA(18)000144 Status: obsolete |
IFA007 | February-2018 | Completed |
| 025 | Mirror VNF Snapshot Package Management interface specifications from IFA007 to IFA013: - Add a requirement on the Os-Ma-nfvo reference point (IFA013 clause 5.2) to support a VNF Snapshot Package Management interface produced by the NFVO. CR draft NFVIFA(18)000130r2 Status: obsolete - Add requirements on a new Snapshot Package Management interface on the Os-Ma-nfvo reference point (IFA013 clause 5.3.x) to support VNF Snapshot Package operations. CR draft NFVIFA(18)000131r4 Status: obsolete - Add new Snapshot Package Management interface specification (IFA013 clause 7.x) to support VNF Snapshot Package operations. CR draft NFVIFA(18)000132r8 Status: obsolete |
IFA013 | February-2018 | Completed |
| 026 | Mirror trigger conditions for VnfLcmOperationOccurrenceNotification from IFA008 to IFA007: - Add trigger conditions for VnfLcmOperationOccurrenceNotification for create and revert-to VNF Snapshots to information elements and notifications related to VNF Lifecycle Changes (IFA007 clause 8.6.2.2). CR draft NFVIFA(18)000281 Status: obsolete |
IFA007 | April-2018 | Completed |
| 027 | Add description on filters and attributes for VNF Snapshot information, including information elements, to the Query NS operation of the NS Lifecycle Management interface (IFA013 clauses 7.3.6 and 8.3.3). CR draft NFVIFA(18)000284r1 Status: obsolete |
IFA013 | April-2018 | Completed |
| 028 | Add support of a VNFC Snapshot Package Management interface to Ve-Vnfm-em reference point: - Add requirements on a new VNFC Snapshot Package Management interface on the Ve-Vnfm-em reference point (IFA008 clause 5.2.x). CR draft NFVIFA(18)000424 Status: obsolete - Add specification of the VNFC Snapshot Package Management interface on the Ve-Vnfm-em reference point (IFA008 clauses 7.X, 9.Y). CR draft NFVIFA(18)000460r1 Status: obsolete |
IFA008 | May-2018 | Completed |
| 029 | Add support for requesting transfer of VNF Snapshot Package image artefacts from the NFVO towards the VIM. CR draft not required for Release 3 drop 1. The information on the image artifacts is already included in the information element VnfcSnapshotImageInfo, available after package upload. The NFVO can access this IE after the extraction of the package is requested and can then transfer the images from the VIM using the provided access information. |
IFA007 | May-2018 | Not needed |
| 030 | Add support for granting of VNF Snapshot Package operations. CR draft not required for Release 3 drop 1. Current assumption is that it is not needed, but instead the NFVO is expected to validate incoming requests based on policies/VNFD and only forwards allowed requests to the VNFM. Might be needed for Snapshot Package management exposed towards EM (IFA008). For further study, might be added as maintenance CR later. |
IFA013 | May-2018 | Not needed |
| NOTE: An alternative solution for a VNF Snapshot Notification Interface in IFA008 could be to add a new VNF Snapshot notification type to the VNF LCM interface. The final solution will be developed when working on the items for IFA008. After investigation of the alternative, it was decided to implement this alternative by re-using the VNF lifecycle notification interface and adding an operation to enable the VNF/EM to confirm the received notification concerning VNF snapshotting. | ||||
Stage 3 Implementation Plan
| ID | Action | Impacted WI(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Specification of VNF snapshot operations in the VNF LCM API of SOL003: - Adding snapshot operations and flows: NFVSOL(18)000638r1. Status: approved - Adding snapshot related resources and methods NFVSOL(18)000639r1. Status: approved - Adding snapshot related data types: NFVSOL(18)000640r1. Status: approved - Adding revert snapshot operation: NFVSOL(19)000249. Status: approved - Fixes to the create VNF snapshot task: NFVSOL(19)000298r1. Status: approved - Fixes to VNF snapshot data types: NFVSOL(19)000299. Status: approved - Improving the snapshot creation process: NFVSOL(19)000353r2. Status: approved |
SOL003 | Dec. 2019 | Clompleted |
| 002 | Specification of VNF snapshot operations in the VNF LCM API of SOL002 (mostly mirroring SOL003): - Adding snapshot operations, flows, resources and data types: NFVSOL(19)000233. Status: approved - Adding snapshot operations, flows, resources and data types related to revert to snapshot: NFVSOL(19)000339. Status: approved - Mirror of 299: fixes to VNF snapshot data types: NFVSOL(19)000518. Status: approved - Mirror of 353r2: Improving snapshot creation process: NFVSOL(19)000519. Status: approved - Bug fix on top of 233 and 339: NFVSOL(19)000520. Status: approved |
SOL002 | Dec. 2019 | Completed |
| 003 | Specification of VNF snapshot operations in the NS LCM API of SOL005: - Adding snapshot operations and data types as part of NS LCM: NFVSOL(19)000252r1. Status: approved - Data types for DeleteVnfSnapshotData and RevertVnfToSnapshotData: NFVSOL(19)000335. Status: approved - Data types for CreateVnfSnapshotData: NFVSOL(20)000130r1. Status approved |
SOL005 | Dec. 2019 | Completed |
| 004 | Specification of VNF snapshot package operations in the SOL003: - New clause for the VNF Snapshot Pkg API: NFVSOL(19)000288r1. Status: approved - Adding resource structure and methods for VNF Snapshot Pkg API: NFVSOL(19)000289r1. Status: approved - Flows, resource, methods and data types for VNF snapshot pkg mgmt creation: NFVSOL(19)000290. Status: approved - Flows, resource, methods and data types for VNF snapshot pkg mgmt query, update and delete: NFVSOL(19)000291r1. Status: approved - Flows, resource, methods and data types for VNF snapshot pkg mgmt upload and fetch: NFVSOL(19)000292r1. Status: approved - Flows, resource, methods and data types for VNF snapshot pkg mgmt fetch artifact: NFVSOL(19)000293. Status: approved - Flows, resource, methods and data types for VNF snapshot pkg mgmt build: NFVSOL(19)000294r1. Status: approved - Flows, resource, methods and data types for VNF snapshot pkg mgmt extract: NFVSOL(19)000354r1. Status: approved - Moving VNF snapshot pkg mgmt interface: NFVSOL(20)000273r1. Satus: approved |
SOL003 | Dec. 2019 | Completed |
| 005 | Specification of the VNFC snapshot package management interface in SOL002: - Withdrawn VNF snapshot package management interface from SOL002: NFVSOL(20)000287. Status approved |
SOL002 | Dec. 2019 | Completed |
| 006 | Specification of the VNF snapshot package management interface in SOL005: - Flows, resource, methods and data types for VNF snapshot pkg mgmt: NFVSOL(20)000234r2. Status: approved |
SOL005 | Dec. 2019 | Completed |
| 007 | Specification of the VNF snapshot related operations in the VNFD and NSD of SOL001: - Operation Configuration: NFVSOL(20)000320r6. Status: approved |
SOL001 | Dec. 2019 | Completed |
| 008 | Specification of the VNF snapshot related operations in the VNFD and NSD of SOL006: - Operation Configuration: NFVSOL(19)000830r1. Status: approved |
SOL006 | Dec. 2019 | Completed |
| 009 | Specification of the VNF snapshot packaging: - SOL010 skeleton: NFVSOL(18)000599. Status: approved - SOL010 scope: NFVSOL(18)000600. Status: approved - Adding references: -- NFVSOL(18)000601. Status: approved -- NFVSOL(18)000648. Status: approved - Definitions and concepts: -- NFVSOL(19)000122r1. Status: approved -- NFVSOL(18)000719r3. Status: open -- NFVSOL(19)000258. Status: open - High-level VNF snapshot package format and structure requirements (clause 4.1 and 4.2): -- NFVSOL(18)000646. Status: approved -- NFVSOL(18)000647r3. Status: approved - VNF snapshot package file contents (clause 4.3): -- NFVSOL(19)000238r1. Status: approved -- NFVSOL(19)000244r2. Status approved -- NFVSOL(19)000056r4. Status: approved - Security aspects of VNF snapshot package: -- NFVSOL(21)000231r1 . Status: approved -- NFVSOL(21)000244r2 . Status: approved -- NFVSOL(21)000245 . Status: approved -- NFVSOL(21)000348r1. Status: approved |
SOL010 | Dec. 2019 | Completed |
Issues
List of issues raised based on the feature implementation.
Security Considerations
List of security considerations implied by the feature.
FEAT12: Enhancement support for MEC in NFV deployments
Overview
| Feature Prime | Uwe Rauschenbach, Nokia |
| Feature description | Update to selected NFV interfaces. The intent is to define extensions which can be used to specify how ETSI MEC can be deployed in an NFV environment, allowing to run MEC applications on the NFVI besides
VNFs, and re-using ETSI NFV MANO components to perform common MANO tasks on the MEC applications. 3 parts:
|
| Target Release | Release 3 (2019) |
| Impacted WIs | IFA013, IFA008, IFA011, SOL005, SOL002, SOL004 |
| MegaCRs | For part 3: Related content already included in Rel 2 maintenance (V 2.4.1)
For part 2
For part 1
|
| Related/Dependent Features | FEAT15 (LCM coordination interface that is part of VNF Snapshot) |
| Status | Ongoing (70% complete) |
| Contributions | All feature contributions
|
| Feature team | Uwe Rauschenbach, Nokia
Yang Xu, Huawei Pekka Kuure, Nokia Anatoly Andrianov, Nokia |
| Last Updated | 2019-02-18 |
Implementation Plan
Items to consider in the implementation plan
- Detailed description what has to be done in which work item.
- Timeplan of when the team plans to conclude a particular action in the implementation plan.
| ID | Action | Impacted WI(s) | Target completion | Status |
| 001 | Add needed MEC extensions to IFA013 (placement control). | IFA013 | tbd | Open |
| 002 | Add needed MEC extensions to SOL005 (placement control). | SOL005 | tbd | Open |
| 003 | Add requirement for 3rd party VNF package extension mechanism to IFA011. | IFA011 | Feb 2018 | Complete |
| 004 | Add specification for 3rd party VNF package extension mechanism to SOL004. | SOL004 | Feb 2018 | Complete |
| 005 | Add needed MEC extensions to IFA008 (graceful termination). | IFA008 | Feb 2019 | Complete, pending MEC confirmation |
| 006 | Add needed MEC extensions to SOL002 (to allow standardizing graceful termination). | SOL002 | tbd | Open |
Issues
Delay on MEC side in providing requirements.
Security Considerations
List of security considerations implied by the feature.
FEAT13: Report on Architectural enhancement for VNF License Management support and use of VNF licenses
Overview
| Feature Prime | Abinash Vishwakarma, Netcracker |
| Feature description | IFA034 work will perform impact analysis of VNF Licenses on the NFV-MANO. The output of this work will be used to create CRs on the NFV-MANO.
Initial study of License Management was done by EVE010, the output of EVE010 will be used as baseline for this IFA034. |
| Target release | Release 3 drop 3 |
| Impacted WIs | |
| MegaCRs | TODO, will be based on the IFA034 report |
| Related/Dependent Features | NA |
| Status | Ongoing 20% |
| Contributions | |
| Feature team | Abinash Vishwakarma (Netcracker)
Janusz, Pieczerak, Orange Etienne, Steinert, Orange Oliver, Le Grand, Orange Anne-Marie Praden, Gemalto Martin, Liepert, Gemalto |
| Last update | 2019-04-16 |
FEAT16: Service Availability Level
Overview
| Feature Prime | Stefan Arntzen (Huawei) |
| Feature description | This feature adds the functions needed to assign resources with defined reliability characteristics to NSs with special reliability requirements. It also allows to achieve an optimized assignment of resources with defined availability characteristics to multiple VNFs and NSs (belonging to the same slice) |
| Target Release | Stage 2: Release 3 drop 3 (2019-06)
Stage 3: Release 3 (2019-12) |
| Impacted WIs | Stage 2: IFA010, IFA014 |
| MegaCRs | Stage 2:
IFA010: NFVIFA(19)000480r8 Approved by email on July 15 Stage 3: <tbd> |
| Related/Dependent Features | N/A |
| Status | Stage 2: Approved in IFA#160; MegaCR Index available in NFVIFA(19)000746
Stage 3: Not started |
| Contributions | All feature contributions Agreed content |
| Feature team | Shaoji Ni (Huawei) Maria Toeroe(Ericsson) Gerald Kunzmann (DOCOMO) Stefan Arntzen (Huawei) Janusz Pieczerak (Orange) Chidung Lac (Orange) |
| Last Updated | 2019-07-16 |
Stage 2 Implementation Plan
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Add terminology of the “service availability level (SAL)” and explain difference between FEAT05 Slicing
NFVIFA(19)000402r3 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#159) |
IFA010 | June-2019 | Completed |
| 002 | Specify requirements for the VIM to support the capability for supporting SAL for the assignment/reservation of resources. Specify requirements for the NFVO/VNFM to support SAL for requesting the assignment/reservation of resources.
NFVIFA(19)000296r1 Status: Noted (IFA#145) NFVIFA(19)000306r5 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#150) NFVIFA(19)000307r7 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#149) NFVIFA(19)000309r2 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#148) NFVIFA(19)000310r5 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#148) NFVIFA(19)000311r2 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#148) NFVIFA(19)000482r1 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#154)
NFVIFA(19)000502r9 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#156) NFVIFA(19)000590r4 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#157) |
IFA010 | June-2019 | Completed |
| 003 | Specify requirements for an NFVI resource management on the Or-Vi/Vi-Vnfm to support SAL for the assignment/reservation of resources. | IFA005/006 | December-2018 | Stopped. Not part of release 3 |
| 004 | Add the parameter of SAL into “VnfDF”, “vdu profile”, “VirtualLinkDescFlavour” of VNFD
|
IFA011 | December-2018 | Stopped |
| 005 | Add a requirement and the parameter of SAL into “Network service deployment flavour” of NSD
NFVIFA(19)000355r4 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#152) NFVIFA(19)000397r2 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#152) NFVIFA(19)000547r5 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#155) |
IFA014 | June-2019 | Completed |
| 006 | Specify operations of the assignment/reservation of resources in Or-Vi/Vi-Vnfm/Or-Vnfm/Ve-Vnfm interfaces to support SAL by adding the parameter of “SAL” into the Virtual resource assignment/reservation requests
NFVIFA(19)000399r3 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#152) NFVIFA(19)000408r2 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#152) NFVIFA(19)000417r6 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#152) NFVIFA(19)000419r4 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#152) NFVIFA(19)000472 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#155) NFVIFA(19)000474 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#155) NFVIFA(19)000467r1 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#154) NFVIFA(19)000466r4 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#155) NFVIFA(19)000473r2 Status: Agreed FEAT (IFA#155) |
IFA005/006/007/008 | February-2019 | Stopped. Not part of release 3 |
Stage 3 Implementation Plan
Items to consider in the implementation plan
- Detailed description what has to be done in which work item.
- Timeplan of when the team plans to conclude a particular action in the implementation plan.
SOL
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Add interface X in to SOL001. CR draft [LINK] | SOL | March-2018 | Open |
Issues
List of issues raised based on the feature implementation.
Security Considerations
List of security considerations implied by the feature are described in: NFVSEC(19)000085r1 Status: agreed in SEC#151
FEAT17: Cloud-Native VNFs and Container Infrastructure management
Overview
| Feature Prime | Jörg Aelken (Ericsson LM) Ulrich Kleber (Huawei Technologies Co.,Ltd) |
| Feature description | The scope of the feature covers the following areas: - NFV Architecture support for VNFs which follow “cloud-native” design principles. |
| Target Release | Stage 2 Step 1: Release 4 Drop #1 (after NFV#31e, October 2020) Stage 2 Step 2: Release 4 Drop #2 (after NFV#34e, April 2021) Stage 2 Step 3: Release 4 Drop #3 (after NFV#37e, March 2022) Stage 3 Step 1: Release 4 (December 2021) |
| Impacted WIs | Stage 2: IFA007, IFA008, IFA010, IFA011, IFA013, IFA014 Stage 3: SOL001, SOL002, SOL003, SOL006 |
| MegaCRs | Stage 2 Step 1: IFA010ed411 MegaCR NFVIFA(20)000478r2 (Approved) New edition IFA010ed411 IFA011ed411 MegaCR NFVIFA(20)000479r6 (Approved) Stage 3 Step 1: |
| Related/Dependent Features | FEAT19 – NFV-Conn FEAT23 – MANO-SBA |
| New Specification | Stage 2 Step 1: DGS/NFV-IFA040 - Requirements for service interfaces and object model for OS container management and orchestration specification Stage 2 Step 2: Stage 3 Step 1: |
| Status |
Stage 2 Step 1: Completed |
| Contributions | All stage 2 feature contributions |
| Feature team | Stage 2: Ulrich Kleber (Huawei Technologies Co.,Ltd) Jörg Aelken (Ericsson LM) Stage 3: Jörg Aelken (Ericsson LM) |
| Last Updated | 2022-03-30 |
Stage 2 Implementation Plan
Items to consider in the implementation plan
- Detailed description what has to be done in which work item.
- Timeplan of when the team plans to conclude a particular action in the implementation plan.
| ID | Action | Impacted WI(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FEAT17 Stage 2 - Step 1 | ||||
| ST2-001 | Skeleton, scope, and term definitions for IFA040 (Clauses 1, 2, 3)
CR drafts: |
IFA040 | October - 2019 | Complete |
| ST2-002 | Overview and framework for OS container management and orchestration (Clause 4)
CR drafts: |
IFA040 | November - 2019 | Complete |
| ST2-003 | Skeleton and scope for IFA036 (Clause 1)
CR drafts: |
IFA036 | October - 2019 | Complete |
| ST2-004 | Enhance the VNFD and its VDU information element with attributes/information elements for the OS container resource model
CR drafts: |
IFA011ed411 | February - 2020 | Complete |
| ST2-005 | OS container NFV object model (Clause 5)
CR drafts: |
IFA040 | November - 2019 | Complete |
| ST2-007 | Specify the functional requirements for the CISM function
CR drafts: |
IFA010ed411 | January - 2020 | Complete |
| ST2-008 | Specify the functional requirements for the CIR function
CR drafts: |
IFA010ed411 | February - 2020 | Complete |
| ST2-009 | General CISM service requirements (Clauses 6.1, 6.2)
CR drafts: |
IFA040 | January - 2020 | Complete |
| ST2-010 | OS container management service interface requirements (Clauses 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7)
CR drafts: |
IFA040 | January - 2020 | Complete |
| ST2-011 | General CIR service requirements (Clauses 7.1, 7.2)
CR drafts: |
IFA040 | December - 2019 | Complete |
| ST2-012 | OS container image management service interface requirements (Clause 7.3)
CR drafts: |
IFA040 | January - 2020 | Complete |
| ST2-013 | Extend the NFVO functional requirements for consuming the management service interfaces exposed by the CISM function
CR drafts: |
IFA010ed411 | March - 2020 | Complete |
| ST2-014 | Extend the NFVO functional requirements for consuming the management service interfaces exposed by the CIR function
CR drafts: |
IFA010ed411 | March - 2020 | Complete |
| ST2-015 | Extend the VNFM functional requirements for consuming the management service interfaces exposed by the CISM function
CR drafts: |
IFA010ed411 | March - 2020 | Complete |
| FEAT17 Stage 2 - Step 2 | ||||
| ST2-016 | Enhance the information models of the Or-Vnfm interfaces for OS container management and orchestration
CR drafts: |
IFA007ed421 | March - 2021 | Complete |
| ST2-017 | Enhance the information models of the Ve-Vnfm interfaces for OS container management and orchestration
CR drafts: |
IFA008ed421 | March - 2021 | Complete |
| ST2-018 | Extend the NFVO, VNFM, CISM functional requirements according to additional enhancements identified for FEAT17
CR drafts: |
IFA010ed421 | March - 2021 | Complete |
| ST2-019 | Extend the VNFD information model according to additional enhancements identified for FEAT17
CR drafts: |
IFA011ed421 | March - 2021 | Complete |
| ST2-020 | Enhance the information models of the Os-Ma-nfvo interfaces for OS container management and orchestration
CR drafts: |
IFA013ed421 | March - 2021 | Complete |
| ST2-021 | Enhance the information models of the NSD for OS container management and orchestration
CR drafts: |
IFA014ed421 | March - 2021 | Complete |
| ST2-022 | Extend the abstract NFV object model description and CISM/CIR service interface requirements according to additional enhancements identified for FEAT17
CR drafts: |
IFA040ed421 | March - 2021 | Complete |
| FEAT17 Stage 2 - Step 3 | ||||
| ST2-006 | Terminology and overview of management and orchestration of CIS cluster nodes (Clauses 3 and 4, Annex)
Concept discussions: CR drafts: |
IFA036 | March - 2022 | Ongoing |
| ST2-023 | Container cluster nodes management interface requirements (Clause 5)
CR drafts: |
IFA036 | March - 2022 | Ongoing |
| ST2-024 | CIS Cluster NFV object model (Clause 6)
CR drafts: |
IFA036 | March - 2022 | Ongoing |
| ST2-025 | CIS Cluster Node NFV object model (Clause 7)
CR drafts: |
IFA036 | March - 2022 | Ongoing |
| ST2-026 | Analyse and if necessary enhance VNFD and its VDU information element with attributes/information elements related to cluster and node affinity
CR drafts: |
IFA011ed431 | March - 2022 | Open |
| ST2-027 | Analyse and if necessary enhance NSD and constituent information elements with attributes/information elements related to cluster and node affinity
CR drafts: |
IFA014ed431 | March - 2022 | Ongoing |
| ST2-028 | Specify the functional requirements for the CCM function
CR drafts: |
IFA010ed431 | March - 2022 | Ongoing |
| ST2-029 | Add requirements on CIS cluster node management for the CISM function
CR drafts: |
IFA010ed431 | March - 2022 | Ongoing |
| ST2-030 | Extend the NFVO functional requirements for consuming the management service interfaces exposed by the CCM function
CR drafts: |
IFA010ed431 | March - 2022 | Open |
| ST2-031 | Extend the NFVO functional requirements for consuming the management service interfaces exposed by the CISM function related to CIS Cluster Node management
CR drafts: |
IFA010ed431 | March - 2022 | Open |
| ST2-032 | Analyse and if necessary enhance the information models of the Os-Ma-nfvo interfaces for CIS Cluster management and CIS Cluster Node management
CR drafts: |
IFA013ed431 | March - 2022 | Open |
| ST2-033 | Additional interface enhancements in step 3
CR drafts: |
IFA007ed431, IFA008ed431, IFA011ed431, IFA013ed431 |
March - 2022 | Open |
Stage 3 Implementation Plan
Items to consider in the implementation plan
- Detailed description what has to be done in which work item.
- Timeplan of when the team plans to conclude a particular action in the implementation plan.
SOL
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST3-001 | tbd | tbd | tbd | Open |
Issues
Feature implementation approach
This feature implementation plan proposes to implement the feature according to its scope from the latest NFV Release-4 “Strawman of Release 4 definition”.
Due to the complexity of the feature and its implementation, the feature will be implemented in a stepwise approach. The feature steps are bundling dependent solutions in different work items/specifications. The solutions for one feature step impacting existing specifications will be delivered by Mega-CR’s. There will be one Mega-CR per impacted specification per feature step and all Mega-CR’s for one feature step will be delivered together with dependent new specifications.
The current plan bundles the following solutions together:
- Stage 2 - Step 1: IFA040 and related Rel-4 Mega-CRs on existing specifications
- Stage 2 - Step 2: IFA036 and related Rel-4 Mega-CRs on existing specifications
Background Information
This feature was originally planned as ETSI NFV Release-3 delivery.
According to its definition, the ETSI NFV Release 3 includes objectives:
- To specify requirements and enhancements to NFV Architectural Framework to support PaaS features.
- To specify non-functional parameters to classify and characterize VNF cloud-native implementations.
They are reflected in the following two features and corresponding work items:
| Feature ID | Title | Work Item |
|---|---|---|
| R03.F19 | NFV Architecture PaaS (NFVPAAS) | IFA029 |
| R03.F20 | Cloud-Native VNF (VNFCLOUD) | EVE011 |
During the work on the two work items it was discovered that both features are very much related and the envisioned solutions and implementations might overlap and will target the same impacted work items.
During discussions in IFA#73 it was further identified that EVE011, even though it is normative, should be considered as stage 1 requirements on cloud-native on a high abstraction level without taking the actual implementation into consideration. It was further identified in this meeting that IFA029 as a GR looks at architectural aspects of both Cloud Native and PaaS.
Meanwhile, both work items, EVE011 and IFA029, have been concluded and approved by the ISG NFV plenary as NFV Release-3 deliveries. It was further decided by the ISG NFV plenary to carry over the normative specifications for stage 2 and 3 of this feature with a modified scope according to the “Strawman of Release 4 definition” into NFV Release-4.
Security Considerations
The work item DGS/NFV-SEC023 “Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) Release 4; Security; Container Security Specification” was approved by the ISG NFV to investigate the security considerations for OS container technologies and provide a respective specification.
It is expected that applicable container security aspects will be handled by this work item.
FEAT18: Security
Overview
| Feature Prime | Mark Shepherd (Tencastle) |
| Feature description | To address security challenges arising in NFV, particularly in terms of isolation of sensitive functions and security management and monitoring |
| Target Release | Release 3 drop X (2019-06-30) |
| Impacted WIs | Active work items: IFA026, IFA033, SEC019.
Future work items: consider whether SOL or TST items would be appropriate. Existing work items: SEC009, SEC011, SEC012, SEC013. |
| MegaCRs | tbd |
| Related/Dependent Features | None |
| Status | Ongoing (25% complete) |
| Contributions | All feature contributions Agreed content (direct links to search-URLs to be added later) |
| Feature team | Alex Leadbeater (Rapporteur), BT
Leslie Willis (Rapporteur), BT Mark Shepherd, Tencastle |
| Last Updated | 2018-10-19 |
Implementation Plan
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Complete requirements in IFA026 | IFA026 | November 2018 | Open |
| 002 | Map requirements from IFA026 into IFA033 and assign to each interface | IFA026
IFA033 |
November 2018 | Open |
| 003 | Complete all of IFA026 and identify all interfaces in IFA033 | IFA026
IFA033 |
December 2018 | Open |
| 004 | Complete IFA033 | IFA0233 | May 2019 | Open |
Issues
List of issues raised based on the feature implementation.
Security Considerations
List of security considerations implied by the feature.
FEAT19: NFV-Conn
Overview
| Feature Prime | Manchang Ju (ZTE), ju.manchang@zte.com.cn
Zarrar Yousaf (NEC), Zarrar.Yousaf@NECLAB.EU |
| Feature description | The scope of IFA038 covers the following areas:
a) investigating aspects of network connectivity for container-based VNF, b) determining the enhancement related to NFV descriptors and NFV-MANO functional aspects for the management of network connectivity of containerized VNFs, c) determining the enhancement related to NFV-MANO interfaces for the management of OS container multiple networks. |
| Target Release | Stage 2: Release 4 drop 3 (2022-02)
Stage 3: Release 4 (2022-X-X) |
| Impacted WIs | Stage 2: IFA010, IFA007, IFA011, IFA013, IFA014
Stage 3: SOLzz |
| MegaCRs | Stage 2:
IFAxxx MegaCR NFVIFA(18)000xxx (CR Status) IFAyyy MegaCR NFVIFA(18)000yyy (CR Status) Stage 3: SOLzzz MegaCR NFVSOL(19)000zzz (CR Status) |
| Related/Dependent Features | FEATxx FEATyy |
| New Specifcations | Informative: ETSI GR NFV-IFA 038
Normative: not required |
| Status | Stage 2: Completed
Stage 3: Ongoing (20% completed) |
| Contributions | All feature contributions Agreed content |
| Feature team | Stage 2: Manchang Ju (ZTE), Zarrar Yousaf (NEC), Baoguo Xie(ZTE)
Stage 3: Name (Company) |
| Last Updated | 2021-12-20 |
Stage 2 Implementation Plan
Informative work in ETSI GR NFV-IFA 038(October 2019 - November 2021)
IFA038
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Add interface X in to IFA007. CR draft [LINK] | IFA | March-2018 | Open |
Normative work plan (December 2021- February 2022)
| ID | Action | Impacted WI(s) | Target completion | Status |
| 001 | Add general functional requirements for management of connectivity for multiple networks.
Add functional requirements for the NFVO, VNFM and CISM to support of the management of network connectivity of containerized VNFs. |
IFA010 | Dec-2021 | Not started |
| 002 | Add functional requirements for the VNFM, and interface and information model specification for the VNF LCM to support OS container multiple networks. | IFA007 | Dec-2021 | Not started |
| 003 | Add requirements and modelling for the VNFD and NSD to support describing the properties for one or more secondary container cluster internal/external networks.
Add requirements and modelling for the VNFD and NSD to support describing the information for associating the VLD with the declarative descriptors of secondary container cluster internal/external networks. Add resource requirements for the VNFD to support describing load balancers associated to network MCIOs. |
IFA011,
IFA014 |
Feb-2022 | Not started |
| 004 | Add functional requirements to the NFVO, and interface and information model specification to the VNF LM or NS LCM to support OS container multiple networks. | IFA013 | Feb-2022 | Not started |
| 005 | Add service interface requirements related to OS container multiple networks management to the CISM, to support the configuration and management of OS container multiple networks. | IFA040 | Jan-2022 | Not started |
| NOTE : | ||||
SOL
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Add interface X in to SOL001. CR draft [LINK] | SOL | March-2018 | Open |
Stage 3 Implementation Plan
Items to consider in the implementation plan
- Detailed description what has to be done in which work item.
- Timeplan of when the team plans to conclude a particular action in the implementation plan.
SOL
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Add interface X in to SOL001. CR draft [LINK] | SOL | March-2018 | Open |
Issues
List of issues raised based on the feature implementation.
Security Considerations
List of security considerations implied by the feature.
FEAT20: Auto
Overview
| Feature Prime | Haitao XIA (Huawei), xiahaitao@huawei.com |
| Feature description | The scope of the feature covers the following areas:
- NFV-MANO support for managing autonomous networks. - Enabling higher level of automation for NFV-MANO. - Intent-based principles for external exposure network services management. |
| Target Release | Stage 2: Release 4 informative work (2021-08-17) Published as ETSI GR NFV-IFA 041 v4.1.1.
Stage 3: Release 4 (202x-X-X) |
| Impacted WIs | Stage 2: IFAxx, IFAyy,
Stage 3: SOLzz |
| MegaCRs | Stage 2:
IFAxxx MegaCR NFVIFA(18)000xxx (CR Status) IFAyyy MegaCR NFVIFA(18)000yyy (CR Status) Stage 3: SOLzzz MegaCR NFVSOL(19)000zzz (CR Status) |
| Related/Dependent Features | FEAT07 FEAT26 |
| New Specifcations | Stage 2: TBD
Stage 3: SOLaaa |
| Status | Stage 2: Informative work completed (delivered in IFA041)
Stage 3: Not started |
| Contributions | All feature contributions Agreed content |
| Feature team | Stage 2: Haitao XIA (Huawei), Cristina BADULESCU (Ericsson), Joan TRIAY (Docomo)，Rajavarma BHYRRAJU (Ericsson),
Tian Chen (China Telecom) Stage 3: Name (Company) |
| Last Updated | 2021-09-13 |
Stage 2 Implementation Plan
Informative work in ETSI GR NFV-IFA 041(October 2019 - May 2021)
IFA041
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | First GR (IFA041) draft introducing the skeleton and the scope.
Accepted contributions: NFVIFA(19)000859r2, NFVIFA(19)000860r1 |
IFA | October-2019 | Done |
| 002 | Overview of related work in NFV-MANO and other SDOs.
Accepted contributions: NFVIFA(19)000959, NFVIFA(19)000960r1, NFVIFA(19)000961r2, NFVIFA(19)000962r2, NFVIFA(19)000963r2, |
IFA | February-2020 | Done |
| 003 | Use cases related to NFV-MANO autonomous management, mainly include three categories:
- Intent based NS management - Management Data Analytics assisted management - Autonomous container infrastructure management Accepted contributions: NFVIFA(20)000017r1, NFVIFA(20)000021, NFVIFA(20)000051r2, NFVIFA(20)000134r1, NFVIFA(20)000230r1, NFVIFA(20)000245r1, NFVIFA(20)000246r1, NFVIFA(20)000247r2, NFVIFA(20)000248r1, NFVIFA(20)000279r1, NFVIFA(20)000280r1, NFVIFA(20)000319, NFVIFA(20)000281r3, NFVIFA(20)000472r2, NFVIFA(20)000591, NFVIFA(20)000592, NFVIFA(20)000622r1, NFVVIFA(20)000720r3, NFVIFA(20)000781r1, NFVIFA(20)000782r1 |
IFA | November-2020 | Done |
| 004 | Analysis of key issues related to use cases in Clause 6.
Accepted contributions: NFVIFA(20)000353r1, NFVIFA(20)000354r2, NFVIFA(20)000355r1, NFVIFA(20)000416r2, NFVIFA(20)000418r2, NFVIFA(20)000445r1, NFVIFA(20)000446r1, NFVIFA(20)000447r1, NFVIFA(20)000557, NFVIFA(20)000566r3, NFVIFA(20)000593, NFVIFA(20)000594r3, NFVIFA(20)000623r4, NFVIFA(20)000624r1, NFVIFA(20)000729r3, NFVIFA(20)000732r3, NFVIFA(21)000793r1, NFVIFA(20)000878r1, NFVIFA(20)000879r1, NFVIFA(21)000013 NFVIFA(21)000014r2, NFVIFA(21)000022r1, NFVIFA(21)000058r1 |
IFA | February-2021 | Done |
| 005 | Analysis of pontential architectural impacts on NFV-MANO in clause 7.
Accepted contributions: NFVIFA(20)000794r1, NFVIFA(20)000797r3, NFVIFA(21)000060, NFVIFA(21)000062r7, NFVIFA(21)000133r2, NFVIFA(21)000134r5, NFVIFA(21)000135r2, NFVIFA(21)000149r7 |
IFA | May-2021 | Done |
| 006 | Recommendations and conclusion in clause 8.
Accepted contributions: NFVIFA(21)000073, NFVIFA(21)000280r1, NFVIFA(21)000281r3, NFVIFA(21)000284r2, NFVIFA(21)000285r2, NFVIFA(21)000321r3, NFVIFA(21)000322r1, NFVIFA(21)000413 |
IFA | May-2021 | Done |
Normative work plan (October 2021- June 2022)
- Not urgent for ISG NFV to start the stage 2 normative work, need more close observation/analysis on 3GPP SA5 R17 related normative work (IDMS and MDAS) and FEAT23 output on MANO SBA.
- One or two new group specifications are expected to carry stage 2 normative work on intent management and MDA interfaces.
- MDA input information model improvement related normative work has been kicked off by FEAT28/IFA045 development.
SOL
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Add interface X in to SOL001. CR draft [LINK] | SOL | March-2018 | Open |
Stage 3 Implementation Plan
Items to consider in the implementation plan
- Detailed description what has to be done in which work item.
- Timeplan of when the team plans to conclude a particular action in the implementation plan.
SOL
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Add interface X in to SOL001. CR draft [LINK] | SOL | March-2018 | Open |
Issues
List of issues raised based on the feature implementation.
Security Considerations
N/A.
FEAT21: 5GNFV
Overview
| Feature Prime | Joan Triay (DOCOMO) |
| Feature description | The scope of the feature covers the following areas: a) investigating the NFV support for deploying 5G networks, capabilities and associated requirements. b) determine the 5G network capabilities and features interworking and their relationship with NFV, and c) determine and profile how NFV can support 5G deployments. |
| Target Release | Stage 2: Release 4 (2022-2-28) Stage 3: TBD (Release 4 (2021-X-X)) |
| Impacted WIs | Stage 2: TBD (IFAxx, IFAyy, SOLzz) Stage 3: TBD (SOLzz) |
| MegaCRs | Stage 2: ed431: - IFA010: NFVIFA(22)000186r1 IFA010ed431 FEAT21 MegaCR --> Approved at IFA#277 - IFA013: NFVIFA(22)000187r2 IFA013ed431 FEAT21 MegaCR --> Approved at IFA#277 - IFA014: NFVIFA(22)000188r1 IFA014ed431 FEAT21 MegaCR --> Approved at IFA#277 - MegaCR Index: TBD |
| Related/Dependent Features | FEAT17 on "Cloud-native VNF and container infrastructure management"
FEAT19 on "NFV connectivity" |
| New Specifcations | Informative: DGR/NFV-IFA037 Stage 2: None (currently) Stage 3: TBD |
| Status | Informative: completed Stage 2: ongoing (20%) Stage 3: TBD |
| Contributions | All feature contributions Agreed content |
| Feature team | Informative: Joan Triay (DOCOMO) Stage 2: Joan Triay (DOCOMO) Stage 3: Name (Company) |
| Last Updated | 2022-03-29 |
Informative work
IFA
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Skeleton and scope - NFVIFA(19)000900 IFA037 skeleton --> Approved - NFVIFA(19)000901 IFA037 Scope --> Approved |
IFA | Nov-2019 | Completed |
| 002 | Introduction and overview - NFVIFA(20)0001021 IFA037 Clause 4.1 Introduction to 5G network --> Approved - NFVIFA(20)0001022 IFA037 Clause 4.2 Characteristics of 5G network --> Approved - NFVIFA(20)000830 IFA037 Clause 5.1 Introduction to characteristics --> Approved |
IFA | Jan-2020 | Completed |
| 003 | Profiling and analysis of characteristic: Network function modularization - NFVIFA(20)000760r1 IFA037 Clause 5 Adding characteristic NF modularization --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000573 FEAT21 IFA037 Clause 5.2 Gap analysis modularization --> Approved |
IFA | Dec-2020 | Completed |
| 004 | Characteristic: Service-based interfaces, communication and service mesh - NFVIFA(21)000100r1 FEAT21 IFA037 Clause 5 Adding characteristic SBI, communication and service mesh --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000544 FEAT21 IFA037 Clause 5.3 Adding missing solutions on SBI, communication and mesh --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000574 FEAT21 IFA037 Clause 5.3 Gap analysis SBI --> Approved |
IFA | Feb-2021 | Completed |
| 005 | Characteristic: Network slicing - NFVIFA(21)000099r3 FEAT21 IFA037 Clause 5 Adding characteristic network slicing --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000545 FEAT21 IFA037 Clause 5.4 Completing solutions of network slicing --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000575 FEAT21 IFA037 Clause 5.4 Gap analysis network slicing --> Approved |
IFA | Feb-2021 | Completed |
| 006 | Characteristic: Convergent (3GPP and non-3GPP) access - NFVIFA(21)000522r1 FEAT21 IFA037 Clause 5 Adding characteristic Convergent access --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000594 FEAT21 IFA037 Clause 5.10 Gap analysis convergent access --> Approved |
IFA | Jun-2021 | Completed |
| 007 | Characteristic: Stateless NF, with separation of data processing from state - NFVIFA(21)000257 IFA037 Clause 5 Adding characteristic Stateless NF --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000592r1 FEAT21 IFA037 Clause 5.7 Gap analysis stateless NF --> Approved |
IFA | Mar-2021 | Completed |
| 008 | Characteristic: Network capabilities exposure - NFVIFA(21)000502 FEAT21 IFA037 Clause 5 Adding characteristic Network capabilities exposure --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000595r2 FEAT21 IFA037 Clause 5.8 Gap analysis Network capabilities exposure --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000722r3 FEAT21 IFA037 Start cleaning up EN_nef_non3gpp --> Approved |
IFA | May-2021 | Completed |
| 009 | Characteristic: Distribution of services across the network (local and centralized) - NFVIFA(21)000293r1 FEAT21 IFA037 Clause 5 Adding characteristic distribution of services across the network --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000576r1 FEAT21 IFA037 Clause 5.4 Gap analysis services distribution --> Approved |
IFA | Mar-2021 | Completed |
| 010 | Characteristic: Unified authentication framework - NFVIFA(21)000329r1 IFA037 Clause 5 Adding characteristic Unified authentication framework --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000496r1 FEAT21 IFA037 5.6 Adding potential solutions for characteristic Unified authentication framework --> Approved |
IFA | May-2021 | Completed |
| 011 | Characteristic: Roaming capabilities - NFVIFA(21)000526 FEAT21 IFA037 Clause 5 Adding characteristic roaming --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000593 FEAT21 IFA037 Clause 5.9 cleaning up editor notes --> Approved |
IFA | Jul-2021 | Completed |
| 012 | Derivation of recommendations and conclusion - NFVIFA(21)000639r1 FEAT21 IFA037 Clause 6.1 Adding recommendations overview --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000659r2 FEAT21 IFA037 Clause 6 Adding recommendations related to all characteristics --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000660 FEAT21 IFA037 Clause 7 Adding Conclusion --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000660 FEAT21 IFA037 Clause 7 Adding Conclusion --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000678r4 FEAT21 IFA037 Clause 6 Adding recommendations related to unified authentication --> Approved |
IFA | Jul-2021 | Completed |
| 013 | Address remaining major technical editor's notes - NFVIFA(21)000543 FEAT21 IFA037 Start cleaning up EN --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000544 FEAT21 IFA037 Clause 5.3 Adding missing solutions on SBI, communication and mesh --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000545 FEAT21 IFA037 Clause 5.4 Completing solutions of network slicing --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000677r2 FEAT21 IFA037 Clause 5.6 addresses Editor’s Note about SEC005 and gap analysis of unified authentication framework --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000698 FEAT21 IFA037 Clauses 5.4.2.2 and 6.5 addressing EN about L2 connectivity --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000722r3 FEAT21 IFA037 Start cleaning up EN_nef_non3gpp --> Approved |
IFA | Jun/Jul-2021 | Completed |
| 014 | Final review - NFVIFA(21)000748r1 IFA037 Review clause 1,3,4 editorial clean-up --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000749r1 IFA037 Review clause 5 editorial clean-up --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000768r1 IFA037 Review clause 6 editorial clean-up --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000777 IFA037 Review 6.3 refining recommendations 002 and 003 --> Noted - NFVIFA(21)000796r1 IFA037 review - editorial fixes and small technical wording improvements --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000797 IFA037 review - comments and questions --> Noted - NFVIFA(21)000798r2 IFA037 review - miscellaneous technical improvements --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000807 FEAT21 IFA037 Clause 5.1 Statement of 3GPP Release baseline and update of references --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000809r1 FEAT21 IFA037 Clause 4 to 5.6.2.2 Minor miscellaneous changes --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000820r1 FEAT21 IFA037 Clauses 5.7 to 5.10 Miscellaneous changes --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000821r1 FEAT21 IFA037 Clauses 6 Miscellaneous changes to recommendations --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000822 FEAT21 IFA037 Deleting unused clauses --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000838 IFA037 review - removing misleading recommendations --> Noted - NFVIFA(21)000842r2 FEAT21 IFA037 Deleting unused clauses --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000848r2 FEAT21_IFA037_Comments_missing_gap_associated_recommendations --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000849 FEAT21 IFA037 Clause 5.6 Clarifying security aspects --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000852 FEAT21 IFA037 Security comments in clause 5.6 --> Approved - NFVIFA(21)000872r1 FEAT21_IFA037_security_recommendations_gap 5.5 --> Agreed at IFA#256 |
IFA | Aug/Sep-2021 | Completed |
Stage 2 Implementation Plan
Items to consider in the implementation plan
- Detailed description what has to be done in which work item.
- Timeplan of when the team plans to conclude a particular action in the implementation plan.
IFA
| ID | Action | Impacted WI(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Add functional requirements for the NFV architectural framework to include the support of inventory of VNF Common and Dedicated Services and platform/infrastructure capabilities (5gnfv.arch.001) Contributions: - NFVIFA(21)0001022r2 IFA010ed431 FEAT21 Adding PaaS Services management --> FEAT Agreed at IFA#266 - NFVIFA(22)000123 IFA010ed431 FEAT21 Adding PaaS Services management --> see action 005 |
IFA010 | Oct-2021 | Ongoing |
| 002 | Add functional requirements for the NFV architectural framework to include the support of operator certificate management functions (5gnfv.arch.002), requirements on the operator certificate management functions to synchronize the LCM of the certificates with the LCM operations of the VNF/VNFC (5gnfv.func.008), and retrieval of VNF/VNFC runtime information from VNFM/NFVO (5gnfv.if.011). See note 2. | IFA010 | Dec-2021 | Not started |
| 003 | Add functional requirements to the VNFM, and interface and information model specification to the VNF LCM to support adding/removing VNF external CP that are not sub-ports of a trunk (5gnfv.func.001, 5gnfv.if.004). | IFA010, IFA007, IFA008 | Nov-2021 | Not started |
| 004 | Add requirements and modelling for the VNFD and NSD to support describing requirement to use VNF Common/Dedicated Services (5gnfv.desc.001). See note 3. Contributions: - NFVIFA(21)0001025 IFA011ed431 FEAT21 Adding requirements for PaaS Services --> FEAT Agreed at IFA#265 - NFVIFA(21)0001028r1 IFA014ed431 FEAT21 Adding requirements for PaaS Services --> FEAT Agreed at IFA#266 |
IFA011, IFA014 | Nov-2021 | Ongoing |
| 005 | Determining the mapping and requirements for the NFV architectural framework about the "PaaS service management function" (5gnfv.func.002). See note 3. Contributions: - NFVIFA(22)000123r1 IFA010ed431 FEAT21 Adding PaaS Services management --> Available |
IFA010 | Dec-2021 | Ongoing |
| 006 | Add functional requirements to the VNFM and NFVO to support determining and triggering LCM for VNF Common/Dedicated Services (5gnfv.func.002, 5gnfv.func.003). See note 3. Contributions: - NFVIFA(22)000123r1 IFA010ed431 FEAT21 Adding PaaS Services management --> see action 005 |
IFA010, IFA007, IFA008 | Dec-2021 | Ongoing |
| 007 | Add enhancements related to NSD processing: - requirements and modelling on the NSD management interface to allow onboarding of an NSD even if not all VNF packages, nested NSDs and PNFDs have been previously on-boarded (5gnfv.func.004a), - requirements and modelling on the NS LCM to handle the case of not all constituent elements being on-boarded (5gnfv.if.006), - functional requirement to the NFVO to support processing information related to version dependencies between constituent VNF (5gnfv.func.004b), - requirements for the NSD regarding whether NSD on-boarding can be performed even if not all referred VNF Packages, NSD and PNFDs are on-boarded (5gnfv.desc.007a), and - requirements for the NSD to support information related to constituent VNF version dependencies (5gnfv.desc.007b). Contributions: - NFVIFA(22)000086r1 FEAT21-IFA010ed431-Clause 6.3.1 NFVO support for version dependency information --> FEAT Agreed at IFA#273 - NFVIFA(22)000100r1 FEAT21 IFA014ed431 Adding version dependencies --> FEAT agreed at IFA#275 - NFVIFA(22)000101r1 FEAT21-IFA013ed431-Adding version dependencies to NS LCM operations --> FEAT agreed at IFA#275 - NFVIFA(22)000178 FEAT21 IFA013ed431 Exposure of version dependencies --> FEAT Agreed at IFA#276 - NFVIFA(22)000191r1 FEAT21-IFA014ed431-Clause 6.2.2 Add flag for strict NSD onboarding --> Agreed at IFA#276 - NFVIFA(22)000192r1 FEAT21-IFA010ed431-Clause 6.6.1 NFVO allow lenient NSD onboarding --> FEAT Agreed at IFA#276 - NFVIFA(22)000189r1 FEAT21 IFA013ed431 precondition about onboarded constituents --> FEAT Agreed at IFA#276 |
IFA013, IFA010, IFA011, IFA014 | Nov-2021 | Completed |
| 008 | Add requirements to extend the capability support of NFVO and VNFM to handle the modification of security groups of a particular VNF instance based on LCM actions performed on the corresponding VNF instance (5gnfv.func.005, 5gnfv.if.007) and updates on the relevant descriptors to indicate the mapping of security groups to target CP (5gnfv.desc.008). | IFA010, IFA007, IFA014 | Dec-2021 | Not started |
| 009 | Add enhancements to the VL construct to support additional services such as name resolution, communication security, etc. (5gnfv.desc.002). | IFA014 | Jan-2022 | Not started |
| 010 | Add enhancements, requirements to address the capability to indicate, reuse and shared virtualised resources among VNF instances, including extensions to the granting LCM interface (5gnfv.desc.004, 5gnfv.desc.005, 5gnfv.if.005) and to the scaling of virtualised storage resources independently (5gnfv.desc.003). | IFA011, IFA014, IFA007 | Jan-2022 | Not started |
| 011 | Add requirements and modelling to the NS LCM interface to address various capabilities: - providing information about external L2 networks (5gnfv.if.001), - providing location constraints of constituents of a VNF to be deployed (5gnfv.if.002), - providing naming related information related to SAP or VNF external CP (5gnfv.if.003), and - relevant descriptor enhancements in the VNFD/NSD for additional network properties (5gnfv.desc.006). |
IFA013, IFA011, IFA014 | Dec-2021 | Not started |
| 012 | Update the definition of VNF to clarify that a VNF can be used to deploy the implementation of a subset of an NF (5gnfv.func.007). | NFV003 | Nov-2021 | Not started |
| 013 | Enhancements to the VNFD to support describing requirements to use VNF Common/Dedicated Services related to authorization server (5gnfv.desc.009), CA (5gnfv.desc.010) and identify if VNF provides authorization server capabilities (5gnfv.desc.011). See notes 2 and 3. | IFA011 | Dec-2021 | Not started |
| 014 | Add functional requirements, interface requirements, interface modelling to cover the aspects of registering/unregistering client information in respective authorization server: - NFVO requirements (5gnfv.func.006) - VNF LCM interface (5gnfv.if.008) - VNF Configuration interface (5gnfv.if.009 and 5gnfv.if.010) See note 2. |
IFA010, IFA007, IFA008 | Feb-2022 | Not started |
| 015 | Document about the potential use of non-MANO artefacts describing the relationship of scaling aspects with the purposed services offered by the VNF (5gnfv.other.001). | IFA011 | Dec-2021 | Not started |
| NOTE 1: In the actions, references to relevant recommendations in ETSI GR NFV-IFA 037 v0.12.0 are provided for more information and details regarding the expected recommendation. NOTE 2: This action might be performed via a specific "security enhancement" feature. If so, proper cross-referencing will be highlighted on the feature plan. NOTE 3: Relationship with other features such as FEAT24 "Generic VNF OAM" and FEAT17 on aspects of "PaaS" will be evaluated to determine what feature work takes final responsibility to perform the specification in order to avoid overlapping specification. | ||||
Stage 3 Implementation Plan
Items to consider in the implementation plan
- Detailed description what has to be done in which work item.
- Timeplan of when the team plans to conclude a particular action in the implementation plan.
SOL
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Issues
List of issues raised based on the feature implementation.
Security Considerations
List of security considerations implied by the feature.
FEAT22: M-Tenant
Overview
| Feature Prime | Ulrich Kleber, Huawei, Ulrich.kleber@huawei.com |
| Feature description | Start with use cases where multiple users consume services from the same NFV-MANO environment and implement necessary enhancements in the NFV-MANO stack. |
| Target Release | Stage 1: Release 5
Stage 2: Release 5 (2021-X-X) |
| Impacted WIs | Stage 1: EVE018
Stage 2: tbd |
| MegaCRs | Stage 2: IFAxxx MegaCR NFVIFA(18)000xxx (CR Status) IFAyyy MegaCR NFVIFA(18)000yyy (CR Status) |
| Related/Dependent Features | |
| New Specifcations | Stage 1: EVE018 Stage 2: none |
| Status | Stage 1: Ongoing (60% completed)
Stage 2: Not started Stage 3: Not started |
| Contributions | All feature contributions Agreed content |
| Feature team | Stage 1: U.Kleber (Huawei) Stage 2: Name (Company) |
| Last Updated | 2021-09-22 |
Stage 2 Implementation Plan
Items to consider in the implementation plan
- Detailed description what has to be done in which work item.
- Timeplan of when the team plans to conclude a particular action in the implementation plan.
IFA
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Add interface X in to IFA0xx. CR draft [LINK] | IFA | xx | Open |
SOL
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Add interface X in to SOL0xx. CR draft [LINK] | SOL | xx | Open |
Stage 3 Implementation Plan
Items to consider in the implementation plan
- Detailed description what has to be done in which work item.
- Timeplan of when the team plans to conclude a particular action in the implementation plan.
SOL
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Add interface X in to SOL0xx. CR draft [LINK] | SOL | xx | Open |
Issues
List of issues raised based on the feature implementation.
Security Considerations
List of security considerations implied by the feature.
FEAT23: M-SBA
Overview
| Feature Prime | Janusz Pieczerak, Orange, janusz.pieczerak@orange.com |
| Feature description | This feature studies the application of a Service-Based Architecture (SBA) design style to the NFV architectural framework and provides recommendations on the evolution of the ISG specifications structure to apply SBA design patterns to the NFV architectural framework. |
| Target Release | Stage 2: Release 4 (2018-X-X)
Stage 3: Release 4 (2019-X-X) |
| Impacted WIs | Stage 2: TBD
Stage 3: TBD |
| MegaCRs | Stage 2:
IFAxxx MegaCR NFVIFA(18)000xxx (CR Status) IFAyyy MegaCR NFVIFA(18)000yyy (CR Status) Stage 3: SOLzzz MegaCR NFVSOL(19)000zzz (CR Status) |
| Related/Dependent Features | TBD |
| New Specifcations | Informative: DGR/NFV-IFA039
Stage 2: TBD Stage 3: TBD |
| Status | Informative: On-going (70%)
Stage 2: TBD Stage 3: TBD |
| Contributions | All feature contributions Agreed content |
| Feature team | Stage 2: Janusz Pieczerak (Orange)
Stage 3: Name (Company) |
| Last Updated | 2021-01-20 |
Stage 2 Implementation Plan
Items to consider in the implementation plan
- Detailed description what has to be done in which work item.
- Timeplan of when the team plans to conclude a particular action in the implementation plan.
IFA
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Add interface X in to IFA007. CR draft [LINK] | IFA | March-2018 | Open |
SOL
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Add interface X in to SOL001. CR draft [LINK] | SOL | March-2018 | Open |
Stage 3 Implementation Plan
Items to consider in the implementation plan
- Detailed description what has to be done in which work item.
- Timeplan of when the team plans to conclude a particular action in the implementation plan.
SOL
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Add interface X in to SOL001. CR draft [LINK] | SOL | March-2018 | Open |
Issues
List of issues raised based on the feature implementation.
Security Considerations
List of security considerations implied by the feature.
FEAT24: VNF-OAM
Overview
| Feature Prime | Gerald Kunzmann, DOCOMO, kunzmann@docomolab-euro.com |
| Feature description | This feature will analyse and define the type of OAM functions for VNFs that can be generalized and be provided as a “generic function” supporting the provisioning, connectivity, configuration and monitoring of VNFs on a virtualized platform. The feature will also determine possible solutions to realize such generic OAM functions, e.g., by leveraging PaaS capabilities. The result report will include, if necessary, recommendations for requirements and architectural enhancements. |
| Target Release | Stage 2: Release 3 (May 2020)
Stage 3: Release 3 (2020-X-X) |
| Impacted WIs | Stage 2: IFAxx, IFAyy
Stage 3: SOLzz |
| MegaCRs | Stage 2:
EVE019 GR IFA0xx Stage 3: SOLzzz MegaCR NFVSOL(19)000zzz (CR Status) |
| Related/Dependent Features | FEAT17: cloud-native VNF and NFV architecture PaaS |
| New Specifcations | Stage 2: none
Stage 3: SOLaaa |
| Status | Stage 2: Ongoing (10% completed)
Stage 3: Not started |
| Contributions | All feature contributions Agreed content |
| Feature team | Stage 2: Bertrand Souville (DOCOMO)
Stage 3: Name (Company) |
| Last Updated | 2020-01-13 |
Stage 2 Implementation Plan
Items to consider in the implementation plan
- Detailed description what has to be done in which work item.
- Timeplan of when the team plans to conclude a particular action in the implementation plan.
IFA
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Add interface X in to IFA007. CR draft [LINK] | IFA | March-2020 | Open |
SOL
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Add interface X in to SOL001. CR draft [LINK] | SOL | March-2020 | Open |
Stage 3 Implementation Plan
Items to consider in the implementation plan
- Detailed description what has to be done in which work item.
- Timeplan of when the team plans to conclude a particular action in the implementation plan.
SOL
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Add interface X in to SOL001. CR draft [LINK] | SOL | March-2018 | Open |
Issues
List of issues raised based on the feature implementation.
Security Considerations
List of security considerations implied by the feature.
FEAT25: VNF-CI
Overview
| Feature Prime | Huzhong Ling, China Mobile, linghuzhong@chinamobile.com |
| Feature description | This feature will analyse and define how to implement a "Joint Pipeline" to provide DevOps process beween VNF providers and VNF operators. The feature will also determine possible extentions of NFV MANO to realize such DevOps process. |
| Target Release | Stage 2: Release 4 (2020-H2)
Stage 3: Release 3 (2021-H1) |
| Impacted WIs | Stage 2: IFAxx, IFAyy, SOLzz
Stage 3: SOLzz |
| MegaCRs | Stage 2:
IFAxxx MegaCR NFVIFA(18)000xxx (CR Status) IFAyyy MegaCR NFVIFA(18)000yyy (CR Status) Stage 3: SOLzzz MegaCR NFVSOL(19)000zzz (CR Status) |
| Related/Dependent Features | FEATxx FEATyy |
| New Specifcations | Stage 2: none
Stage 3: SOLaaa |
| Status | Stage 2: Completed
Stage 3: Ongoing (20% completed) |
| Contributions | All feature contributions Agreed content |
| Feature team | Stage 2: Name (Company)
Stage 3: Name (Company) |
| Last Updated | 20xx-xx-xx |
Stage 2 Implementation Plan
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- Detailed description what has to be done in which work item.
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IFA
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Requirements for test information including in VNF Pacakge
|
IFA011 | 2nd Half-2020 | Open |
| 002 | VNF should support to specify the test mode via configuration interface between VNFM and VNF | IFA | 2nd Half-2020 | Open |
| 003 | When a common test framework is used , it's recommended that VNF should support standardized test API | IFA | 1st Half-2021 | Open |
SOL
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Add interface X in to SOL001. CR draft [LINK] | SOL | March-2018 | Open |
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SOL
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Under the '/tests' directory in VNF package, there should contain information about VNF test mode. | SOL | Need further focus | Open |
Issues
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Security Considerations
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FEAT26: Policy Management Models
Overview
| Feature Prime | Chen Wang, China Mobile, wangchenyj@chinamobile.com |
| Feature description | This feature will analyse existing policy information and data models and identify solutions that potentially could be applied to NFV-MANO; clarify the main alternatives for policy management (between NFV-MANO and OSS/BSS); determine the objectives and management alternatives for policy management applicable to NFV-MANO; identify policy expression information model applicable to NFV-MANO; identify policy expression data model applicable to NFV-MANO. |
| Target Release | Stage 2: Release 4 (2021-04-15) Study to be completed
Stage 3: Release 4 (202x-X-X) |
| Impacted WIs | Stage 2: IFA005/006/007/008/013/030
Stage 3: SOL012 |
| MegaCRs | Stage 2:
Stage 3: |
| Related/Dependent Features | FEAT07 |
| New Specifcations | Stage 2: IFA042
Stage 3: |
| Status | Stage 2: Ongoing(40% completed)
Stage 3: Not started |
| Contributions | All feature contributions Agreed content |
| Feature team | Stage 2: Chen Wang (China Mobile)
Stage 3: Name (Company) |
| Last Updated | 2021-09-15 |
Stage 2 Implementation Plan
0Items to consider in the implementation plan
- Detailed description what has to be done in which work item.
- Timeplan of when the team plans to conclude a particular action in the implementation plan.
IFA
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | First GR (IFA042) draft introducing the skeleton and the scope.
Accepted contributions: NFVIFA(20)000553r2 |
IFA | August-2020 | Done |
| 002 | Analysis of existing SDOs and Open Source Community policy models
Accepted contributions: NFVIFA(20)000615r2 NFVIFA(20)000616r6 NFVIFA(20)000617r1 NFVIFA(20)000618r2 NFVIFA(20)000619r2 NFVIFA(20)000620r1 |
IFA | November-2020 | Done |
| 003 | NFV-MANO policy model potential requirements analysis
Analysis of existing SDOs and Open Source Community policy models NFVIFA(21)000304 NFVIFA(21)000305r2 NFVIFA(21)000306r3 NFVIFA(21)000307r2 NFVIFA(21)000308r3 NFVIFA(21)000309r4 NFVIFA(21)000310r3 NFVIFA(21)000313r2_IFA042_5_4_1_Examples__Potential_Attributes_of_the_VNF_Auto- NFVIFA(21)000314r2_IFA042_5_4_2_Examples__Potential_Attributes_of_the_NS_Self-h NFVIFA(21)000315r3_IFA042_5_4_3_Examples__Potential_Attributes_of_the_Virtualiz NFVIFA(21)000316r2_IFA042_6_3_2_3_A_YANG_Data_Model_for_ECA_Policy_Management |
IFA | January-2021 | Done |
| 004 | Analysis and Recommendations
NFVIFA(21)000310r3_IFA042_5_3_1_General_Recommendations NFVIFA(21)000311r2_IFA042_5_3_2_Recommendations_for_Policy_Model_Information_El NFVIFA(21)000312r2_IFA042_5_3_3_Recommendations_for_Policy_Model_Attributes NFVIFA(21)000407r1 NFVIFA(21)000408 NFVIFA(21)000409r1 NFVIFA(21)000410r2 NFVIFA(21)000411r2 NFVIFA(21)000424r2 NFVIFA(21)000439r1 NFVIFA(21)000440r1 NFVIFA(21)000441r1 NFVIFA(21)000443r1 NFVIFA(21)000444r1 NFVIFA(21)000454r1 NFVIFA(21)000442r1 NFVIFA(21)000445r1 NFVIFA(21)000446r1 NFVIFA(21)000487r1 NFVIFA(21)000488r1 NFVIFA(21)000489r1 NFVIFA(21)000503r1 NFVIFA(21)000520r1 NFVIFA(21)000530r1 NFVIFA(21)000558r1 NFVIFA(21)000559r1 NFVIFA(21)000560r1 NFVIFA(21)000561r1 NFVIFA(21)000562 NFVIFA(21)000563r1 NFVIFA(21)000617r2 NFVIFA(21)000618r2 |
IFA | Feburary-2021 | Done |
| 005 | Review
NFVIFA(21)000674r1 NFVIFA(21)000675r1 NFVIFA(21)000699 NFVIFA(21)000701r2 NFVIFA(21)000700r1 NFVIFA(21)000727 NFVIFA(21)000728 NFVIFA(21)000729r1 NFVIFA(21)000730r1 |
IFA | September-2021 | Done |
SOL
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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SOL
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Issues
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Security Considerations
List of security considerations implied by the feature.
FEAT27: NFV for vRAN
Overview
| Feature Prime | Kostas Katsalis (DOCOMO EUL) |
| Feature description | The scope of this feature covers the following areas: a) study the advances concerning the virtualization of the RAN and profile the NFV framework to determine how it can support virtualized RAN (vRAN) use cases, b) identify key technical challenges relevant to architectural, operational and management aspects, in case the NFV architectural framework is leveraged to support virtualization of the RAN, and c) provide recommendations for enhancements to the NFV architectural framework and its functionality, aiming to provide further support for vRAN use cases. |
| Target Release | Stage 2: TBD (Release 5 (2022-X-X))
Stage 3: TBD (Release 5 (2023-X-X)) |
| Impacted WIs | Stage 2: TBD (IFAxx, IFAyy, SOLzz)
Stage 3: TBD (SOLzz) |
| MegaCRs | Stage 2:
TBD: IFAxxx MegaCR NFVIFA(21)000xxx (CR Status) IFAyyy MegaCR NFVIFA(21)000yyy (CR Status) Stage 3: TBD: SOLzzz MegaCR NFVSOL(21)000zzz (CR Status) |
| Related/Dependent Features | FEAT17 on "Cloud-native VNF and container infrastructure management"
FEAT19 on "NFV connectivity" FEAT21 on "5GNFV" |
| New Specifcations | Informative: DGR/NFV-IFA046
Stage 2: TBD Stage 3: TBD |
| Status | Informative: ongoing (0%)
Stage 2: TBD Stage 3: TBD |
| Contributions | All feature contributions Agreed content |
| Feature team | Informative: Kostas Katsalis (DOCOMO EUL)
Stage 2: Name (Company) Stage 3: Name (Company) |
| Last Updated | 2021-09-20 |
Informative work
IFA
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Skeleton and scope - NFVIFA(21)000751 IFA046 skeleton - NFVIFA(21)000806 IFA037 Scope |
IFA | Sept-2021 | Ongoing |
| 002 | Overview and Introduction |
IFA | Oct-2021 | Ongoing |
| 003 | Identification and description of Key technical challenges |
IFA | Oct-2021 | Ongoing |
| 004 | Analysis of Use Cases (from other SDOs) |
IFA | Oct-2021 | Ongoing |
| 005 | Solutions analysis |
IFA | Dec-2021 | Ongoing |
| 006 | Solutions comparison and gap analysis |
IFA | Jan-2022 | Ongoing |
| 007 | Recommendations |
IFA | Mar-2022 | Ongoing |
| 008 | Conclusion |
IFA | May-2022 | Ongoing |
Stage 2 Implementation Plan
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IFA
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Stage 3 Implementation Plan
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SOL
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Issues
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Security Considerations
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FEAT28: Fault management models
Overview
| Feature Prime | WANG Chen (China Mobile) |
| Feature description | The proposed feature aims to extend the defined data model of alarms and values of attributes (e.g., fault type) to enhance the processing of failure information. In addition, the proposal will analyse, determine and enrich the fault management interfaces to provide and acquire information to/from fault management closed loops in between different NFV-MANO, platform and OSS layers.
Thus, the objectives of the feature comprise: - Define the necessary vendor agnostic information and data models for alarms and event notifications. - Expose and relate the type, cause, and additional information of the faults with appropriate levels of severity of the violation, like critical, major, minor, warning as defined in the current Alarm information elements. - Enable automated fault detection and performance degradation analysis over complex and correlated metrics. NOTE: Alarms related to security violations are out of scope of this activity. |
| Target Release | Stage 2: TBD (Release 5 (2022-X-X))
Stage 3: TBD (Release 5 (2023-X-X)) |
| Impacted WIs | Stage 2: EVE019, IFA005/006/007/008/013
Stage 3: TBD (SOLzz) |
| MegaCRs | Stage 2:
TBD: IFAxxx MegaCR NFVIFA(21)000xxx (CR Status) IFAyyy MegaCR NFVIFA(21)000yyy (CR Status) Stage 3: TBD: SOLzzz MegaCR NFVSOL(21)000zzz (CR Status) |
| Related/Dependent Features | FEAT24 on "Generic VNF OAM" |
| New Specifcations | Normative: DGS/NFV-IFA045
Stage 2: TBD Stage 3: TBD |
| Status | Normative: ongoing (0%)
Stage 2: TBD Stage 3: TBD |
| Contributions | All feature contributions Agreed content |
| Feature team | Normative: WANG Chen (China Mobile)
Stage 2: Name (Company) Stage 3: Name (Company) |
| Last Updated | 2021-09-22 |
Normative work
IFA
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Skeleton and scope for the IFA045. | IFA | Sept-2021 | Ongoing |
| 002 | Overview and introduction of IFA045 content (clause 4). | IFA | Oct-2021 | Ongoing |
| 003 | Define the “alarm definition template” (clause 6). See note 1. |
IFA | Nov-2021 | Ongoing |
| 004 | Development of use cases related to FM alarms (annex A.1). |
IFA | Mar-2022 | Ongoing |
| 005 | Development of use cases related to use of Alarms information (annex A.2). | IFA | Mar-2021 | Ongoing |
| 006 | Definition of object types that can be fault monitored (clause 5). See note 1 and note 2. | IFA | Apr-2022 | Ongoing |
| 007 | Alarm definitions (clause 7). See note 1 and note 2. | IFA | Sep-2022 | Ongoing |
| 008 | Final review of IFA045. |
IFA | Oct.-Nov. 2022 | Ongoing |
| 009 | Alignment CRs to other NFV-IFA specifications. | IFA | Sep. - Nov. 2022 | Ongoing |
| NOTE 1: It can run in parallel with the development of use cases, in particular if there are diverse object types and some of them are clarified with use cases at early stages.
NOTE 2: Additional sub-task details could be defined to sequence or parallelize the work on different object types and associated alarm definitions, e.g., split by “NFV managed objects such as VR, MSCS, VNF, NS” or by “resource related domain, such as compute, storage, network”. | ||||
Stage 2 Implementation Plan
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IFA
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Stage 3 Implementation Plan
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- Detailed description what has to be done in which work item.
- Timeplan of when the team plans to conclude a particular action in the implementation plan.
SOL
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Issues
List of issues raised based on the feature implementation.
Security Considerations
List of security considerations implied by the feature.
FEAT29: Green NFV
Overview
| Feature Prime | Joan Triay (DOCOMO) |
| Feature description | The scope of the feature covers the following areas: - Analyse aspects of NFV (VNF design, NFV-MANO and VNF operation, deployment configuration of NFV-MANO, NFVI, etc.) that have impact on energy consumption and those that can enable smart energy NFV and power saving features. - Identify design guidelines needed for optimizing energy consumption. - Specify enhancements to specifications on interfaces and information model, augment exposed KPIs and metrics to enable resources orchestration and VNF/NS LCM to operate following power saving policies. |
| Target Release | Stage 2: TBD (Release 5 (2021-X-X)) Stage 3: TBD (Release 5 (2021-X-X)) |
| Impacted WIs | Stage 2: TBD (IFAxx, IFAyy, SOLzz) Stage 3: TBD (SOLzz) |
| MegaCRs | Stage 2:
TBD: IFAxxx MegaCR NFVIFA(18)000xxx (CR Status) IFAyyy MegaCR NFVIFA(18)000yyy (CR Status) Stage 3: TBD: SOLzzz MegaCR NFVSOL(19)000zzz (CR Status) |
| Related/Dependent Features | FEAT20 on "Autonomous management" (Release 4) FEAT07 on "Policy management framework" (Release 4) FEAT26 on "Policy models" (Release 4) |
| New Specifcations | Informative: DGR/NFV-EVE021 Stage 2: TBD Stage 3: TBD |
| Status | Informative: ongoing (5%) Stage 2: TBD Stage 3: TBD |
| Contributions | All feature contributions Agreed content |
| Feature team | Informative: Joan Triay (DOCOMO) Stage 2: Name (Company) Stage 3: Name (Company) |
| Last Updated | 2021-09-21 |
Informative work
EVE
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Skeleton and scope | EVE (EVE021) | Sep-2021 | Completed |
| 002 | Introduction and overview - Introduction to energy efficiency and global initiatives - NFV and energy efficiency - Other organizations work |
EVE (EVE021) | Oct-2021 | Not started |
| 003 | Development of use cases. See note 1 and note 2. - Network-wide and NFV-MANO aspects. - Energy related measurements and runtime aspects. - Energy-driven design - Enabling smart energy usage and decision making. |
EVE (EVE021) | Dec-2021 | Not started |
| 004 | Documentation of key issues. See note 1 and note 2. - Energy consumption - Energy efficiency management - Energy efficient design - Energy related metrics and KPI |
EVE (EVE021) | Jan-2022 | Not started |
| 005 | Framework and potential solutions. | EVE (EVE021) | Feb-2022 | Not started |
| 006 | Documentation of recommendations. | EVE (EVE021) | Mar-2022 | Not started |
| 007 | Documentation of the conclusion. | EVE (EVE021) | Mar-2022 | Not started |
| 008 | Final review of EVE021. See note 3. | EVE (EVE021) | May-2022 | Not started |
| NOTE 1: Minimum set of items to consider are listed. NOTE 2: These tasks can run in parallel, since as we develop use cases, we can start documenting findings about related key issues. NOTE 3: It may include addressing “minor” editor’s notes that do not require substantial new content. | ||||
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IFA
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Stage 3 Implementation Plan
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- Detailed description what has to be done in which work item.
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SOL
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Issues
List of issues raised based on the feature implementation.
Security Considerations
List of security considerations implied by the feature.
FEAT30: VNF configuration
Overview
| Feature Prime | Bruno Chatras (Orange) |
| Feature description | The scope of this feature covers the following areas:
1) Provide guidelines on the use of the configuration options available in the NFV framework and the types of configuration data applicable to each of these options. 2) Specify related enhancements to the set of ETSI NFV specifications needed to improve interoperability between VNFs and independently-developed VNF configuration management functions and further facilitate automation of VNF configuration. |
| Target Release | Stage 2: TBD (Release 5 (2022-X-X))
Stage 3: TBD (Release 5 (2023-X-X)) |
| Impacted WIs | Stage 2: TBD (IFAxx, IFAyy, SOLzz)
Stage 3: TBD (SOLzz) |
| MegaCRs | Stage 2:
TBD: IFAxxx MegaCR NFVIFA(21)000xxx (CR Status) IFAyyy MegaCR NFVIFA(21)000yyy (CR Status) Stage 3: TBD: SOLzzz MegaCR NFVSOL(21)000zzz (CR Status) |
| Related/Dependent Features | FEAT24 on "VNF generic OAM" |
| New Specifcations | Informative: DGR/NFV-EVE022
Stage 2: TBD Stage 3: TBD |
| Status | Informative: ongoing (20%)
Stage 2: TBD Stage 3: TBD |
| Contributions | All feature contributions Agreed content |
| Feature team | Informative: Bruno Chatras (Orange)
Stage 2: Name (Company) Stage 3: Name (Company) |
| Last Updated | 2021-09-20 |
Informative work
EVE
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Skeleton and scope - NFVIFA(21)000751 EVE022 skeleton and scope |
EVE | Sept-2021 | Completed |
| 002 | Overview and and use cases |
EVE | Oct-2021 | Ongoing |
| 003 | Analysis of Use Cases and Identification of Key Issues |
EVE | Nov-2021 | Ongoing |
| 004 | Solutions identification |
EVE | Nov-2021 | Not Started |
| 005 | Solutions comparison |
EVE | Dec-2021 | Not Started |
| 006 | Recommendations |
EVE | Jan-2022 | Not Started |
Stage 2 Implementation Plan
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IFA
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
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SOL
| ID | Action | Impacted WG(s) | Target completion | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Issues
List of issues raised based on the feature implementation.
Security Considerations
List of security considerations implied by the feature.
ENH01: Security enhancements
This section contains an overview of small and generic security enhancements to the ETSI NFV framework and their current status.
Ways of Working for this security enhancement feature.
- Resolve open comments on the contribution in IFA;
- IFA almost feature agrees (first step) the contribution;
- Seek feedback from SEC;
- After resolving open comments on the contribution in SEC, SEC endorse the contribution and back to step 1.
- IFA feature agrees (second step) the contribution with confirmation from SEC.
| ID | Name | Release | Status | Contact | Descirption | Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENH01.xx | New security enhancement | {Proposal,Under development, Completed, Closed} | Foo Bar (ACME) <foo.bar@acme.org> | A short description of the feaure |
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| ENH01.01 | Certificate management | Release 4 | Under development | Yuya Kuno (DOCOMO) | The security enhancement aims to specify the capability to support certificate management by introducing OCMF (Operator Certificate Management Function) within the NFV MANO architecture and is enhancing the NFV-MANO reference points and functional blocks. OCMF enhances "Operator Certificate Enrolment Server" as defined in ETSI GR NFV-SEC 005. | Information about the planned schedule and potential specification impacts is available in contribution NFVIFA(21)000843r2/NFVSEC(21)000071r2：Enhancement Proposal on Certificate Management Security Enhancement (Noted - IFA#258)
Discussion paper of direction for Stage 2 in IFA & SEC joint session: NFVIFA(21)001053r1/NFVSEC(21)000094r6:Enh01.01 DP for IFA and SEC joint session (IFA#264 check open issues -> SEC review -> IFA#274 Noted - agreed Suggestion#1 (NFV specifies both option) and Suggestion#2(registration usecase is starting points))) Discussion paper for the stage2 level working specs on Certificate Management: NFVSEC(22)000024:Enh01.01 DP for proposing to work on IFA026/IFA033 as for SEC related architecture and RPs/IFs (SEC#207 - agreed to work on IFA026/IFA033 for Certificate Management and noted clear separation between SM and Certificate Management needed. And also asuumed that the contirbutions on IFA026/033 worked in SEC WG first) Individual CRs: IFA010
IFA031
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ENH02: Special technical enhancements
This section contains an overview of small and generic technical enhancements to the ETSI NFV framework and their current status.
| ID | Name | Release | Status | Contact | Description | Contributions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENH02.01 | NFV-MANO enhancement with SDN-based networking | Release 4 | Stage 2 complete |
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This new enhancement proposes to enhance the NFV-MANO functionality related to virtualised network management, lifecycle management and template information model to support the integration of SDN-based network in the framework of NFV-MANO during the timeframe of Release 4.
This work suggests to specify the SDN-based network resources in the NSD and VNFD model in order to use the different type of network to provision the network connection requirements at the design time. This work also suggests to enhance Os-Ma-nfvo, Or-Vi and Or-Vnfm reference points in order to manage the lifecycle of the different type of network. |
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| ENH02.02 | NFV-MANO enhancement for NS feasibility check | Release 4 | Stage 2 complete | Junichi Kawasaki <ju-kawasaki@kddi.com>, Kenichi Ogaki <ke-oogaki@kddi.com>, Rajavarma Bhyrraju <rajavarma.bhyrraju@ericsson.com>, Cristina Badulescu <cristina.badulescu@ericsson.com>, Anatoly Andrianov <anatoly.andrianov@nokia.com>, Kleber Ulrich <Ulrich.Kleber@huawei.com> | This new enhancement proposes to add the capability of feasibility check of Network Service to the lifecycle management during the timeframe of Release 4.
This is required to support the requirements specified in step-3 of clause 5.1.21 in 3GPP TS28.531 (Management and provisioning of 5G network slicing), to check the feasibility of Network slice subnet by sending enquiry requests to MANO to determine availability of network constituents. This work suggests to enhance the Os-Ma-nfvo reference point to supporting the feasibility check of Network Service. |
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| ENH02.03 | NFV-MANO enhancement with Data flow mirroring | Release 4 | Stage 2 complete | Chen Shaofan <chenshaofan@chinamobile.com>,
Li Shitao <lishitao@huawei.com> |
This new enhancement proposes to enhance the NFV-MANO functionality to enable data flow mirroring management during the timeframe of Release 4.
This work suggests to specify the intra NFVI-PoP data flow mirroring requirements in the NSD model in order to provide the flow information need to be mirrored at the design time. This work also suggests to enhance Or-Vi reference point in order to manage the intra NFVI-PoP data flow mirroring during the lifecycle of a NS. |
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| ENH02.04 | Invariant identification of NSD constituents | Release 4 | Stage 2 completed | Arturo Martin de Nicolas <arturo.martin-de-nicolas@ericsson.com > | This enhancement proposes to add the capability to identify the VNFDs, nested NSDs and PNFDs of an NSD by invariant identities, as an alternative option to the descriptor Ids.
The enhancement will avoid having to change and create a new NSD when its components (VNFDs, PNFDs or nested NSDs) are replaced by another version and this replacement does not require changes in the rest of the NSD. |
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| ENH02.05 | Flexibility with scalable VNF/NS instantiation | Release 4 | Stage 2 complete | Rajavarma Bhyrraju <rajavarma.bhyrraju@ericsson.com> | The enhancement feature proposes to add scaleLevels as input during instantiation to support flexibility with scalable VNF/NS instantiation. The VNFs/NSs supporting flexible instantiations are identified with VNFD/NSD level attribute(s). This enhancement provides flexibility for the service providers to adjust instantiation level when instantiating a VNF and supports instantiate a VNF with required size in one single operation. |
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