The document discusses Edge computing and the Akraino Edge Stack project. It provides an overview of the Linux Foundation Edge (LF Edge) organization and its goals of establishing an open source framework for edge computing. It then summarizes the Akraino Edge Stack project, which aims to address telco, enterprise, and industrial IoT use cases through the creation of tested and validated deployment-ready blueprints for edge cloud configurations. It outlines several blueprints that were released in Akraino R1 and previews new blueprints and enhancements planned for the future.

1. Edge computing - Akraino
community and Akraino
Edge blueprints
Srinivasa Addepalli, Intel

2. Topics
1. LF Edge
2. Akraino
3. ICN (Integrated Cloud Native BP)
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3. LF Edge, Unifying Open Source Edge
IOT, Telco, Cloud, Enterprise
The Linux Foundation Launches New LF Edge
to Establish a Unified Open Source
Framework for the Edge
More than 60 global founding members across enterprise, IoT, telecom and
cloud collaborate on open source framework for edge computing and future of
IoT
SAN FRANCISCO, January 24, 2019 – The Linux Foundation, the
nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today
announced the launch of LF Edge, an umbrella organization to establish an open,
interoperable framework for edge computing independent of hardware, silicon,
cloud, or operating system. LF Edge is initially comprised of five projects that
will support emerging edge applications in the area of non-traditional video and
connected things that require lower latency, faster processing and mobility.
LF Edge includes Akaino Edge Stack, EdgeX Foundry, and Open
Glossary of Edge Computing, formerly stand-alone projects at The Linux
Foundation and new projects EVE (Edge Virtualization Engine), Home
Edge.
May
2019
LF Edge Momentum continues with Project EVE
seed code, project demonstrations at IOT World
and new members
• IOT OnPrem Edge Virtualization Engine seed code contributed by Zedada to LF Edge
• Four new members join existing community of 70+ LF Edge organizations
• LF Edge on Display at IoT World, with Akraino Edge Stack, EdgeX Foundry and
Project EVE demonstrations
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – IoT World – May 14, 2019 – LF Edge, an umbrella
organization within the Linux Foundation that aims to establish an open, interoperable
framework for edge computing independent of hardware, silicon, cloud, or operating system,
today announced continued project momentum. Project Edge Virtualization Engine (EVE)
receives initial seed code from LF Edge founding member ZEDEDA, as the community
showcases a range of edge/IoT application demonstrations, from connected cars to wind
turbines, on-site at IoT World.
Additionally, LF Edge welcomes new Associate and Liaison member organizations Industrial
Internet Consortium (IIC), the LIONS Center at the Pennsylvania State University, OTAinfo,
and University of New Hampshire’s Interoperability Lab (UNH-IOL).
Jan
2019

4. Why Edge and Defining the Edge
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5. Emerging Edge Applications & Convergence of Technologies
are demanding & fueling lower latency + accelerated processing
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On-Demand
NFV
Hardware
Acceleration
A.I. Microservices 5G
IoT &
Analytics
Industrial
Sensors
Home
Devices
Retail Healthcare
Immersive
Experiences
Virtual
Reality
Augmented
Reality
360
Video
Wearable
Cognitive
Assistance
Autonomous
Devices
Drones
Autonomous
Vehicles
Industry
Robots
Medical
NFV Edge
Infrastructure
Wireless
(vRAN,vEPC)
Wireline
(PON)
uCPE
(SD-WAN)
IP Enterprise
Services
Low latency
Data reduction
Analytics
Data Sovereignty

6. Where are the edges?
Distributed cloud, edge compute, AI/ML, IoT, 5G, VNFs/NFV, FMC
Source: IHS Markit. NFV Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey, June 2017; Respondents control 61% of global telecom capex
uCPE
Data Center Near
CO
[Regional DC]
uCPE
Smart CO
with Mini DC
[Edge DC]
Data Center
Not Near CO
[Central DC]
EDGE
97% of
operators
plan VNF
execution in
Smart CO
PARTIAL EDGE
85% of operators
plan VNF execution
in DC Near CO
NOT EDGE
70% of operators plan
VNF execution in
DC Not Near CO
EDGE
82% of
operators
plan VNF
execution
on uCPE
at
customer
sites
EDGE
MEC server,
AI/ML, IoT, 5G
EDGE
VNFs, vEPC,
MEC, distributed
RAN, vRAN,
BBU hotel, FMC,
vCPE, AI/ML, IoT
go here
IoT G/W
7
EDGE
Enterprise
& IoT
20msecs
IoT G/W

7. LF Edge – New umbrella for Edge Projects
Drivers
› Complementary and aligned vision on multiple LF projects
› Fuels faster adoption and deployment
› Edge market is fragmented and creating a larger entity provides leadership
Projects
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8. 9
Premier Members

9. General Members
Associate Members and Liaisons

10. Project Introduction: Akraino Edge Stack
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11. Akraino Executive Summary
Akraino is an Edge project targeted to
› Address Telco, Enterprise and Industrial IoT use cases
Mission:
1. Create end to end configuration for a particular Edge Use cases which is complete, tested and production deployable meeting the
use case characteristics {Integration Projects - Blueprints}
2. Develop projects to support such end to end configuration. Leverage upstream community work as much as possible to avoid
duplication. {Feature Projects}
3. Work with broader edge communities to standardize edge APIs {Upstream Open Source Community Coordination - For example,
Socialization, so community tools and Blueprints can interoperate. This work can be a combination of an upstream collaboration and
development within the Akraino community [i.e. a feature project]}
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Zero Touch
Edge Cloud
Automation

12. Tested & Validated
Deployment-Ready Blueprints Details
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13. Akraino R1 Blueprints Details
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Blueprint Family Blueprint Primary Use Case Industry Target Blueprint Summary
Network Cloud (NC)
Unicycle with SR-IOV Telco Edge use cases (Multi Server). Multiple
applications
Telco, Enterprise NC blueprint family enables hardware configuration
and automated deployment of telco grade multiple
edge sites from a remote regional controller.
Rover Telco Edge use cases (Single Server). Multiple
applications
Telco, Enterprise
Unicycle with OVS-DPDK Telco Edge use cases (Multi Server). Multiple
applications
Telco, Enterprise
Telco Appliance Radio Edge Cloud (REC) Appliance for Radio Access Network (RAN), RAN
Intelligent Controller and Near realtime Edge
MEC Appliance
Telco 5G, Enterprise Appliance tuned to support the O-RAN Alliance and O-
RAN Software Community's Radio Access Network
Intelligent Controller (RIC)
Integrated Edge
Cloud (IEC)
Type 1 (small Edge) Telco or enterprise application deployment on
Arm servers
Telco, IOT and Enterprise IEC enables the new functionalities and deployment
model on the network edge. It supports ARM
processors and architecture.
Type 2 (Medium Edge) Telco or enterprise application deployment on
Arm servers
Telco, IOT and Enterprise
StarlingX Far Edge Distributed Cloud Enterprise edge and Far edge. Multiple
applications
Enterprise & IOT Addresses edge and Far edge use cases at high
density locations such as malls, airports and sports
stadiums to support value added services at these
events and locations.
Kubernetes- Native
Infrastructure for
Edge
Provider Access Edge vRAN and MEC (AR/VR, Machine learning, etc., ) Enterprise & Telco Blueprints in the Kubernetes-Native Infrastructure for
Edge family leverage the best-practices and tools from
the Kubernetes community to declaratively and
consistently manage edge computing stacks from the
infrastructure up to the workloads.
Edge Lightweight
and IOT blueprint
(ELIOT)
IOT Gateway IOT IOT & Enterprise ELIOT targets on making the edge node a lightweight
software stack which can be deployed on limited
hardware capacity.
uCPE uCPE Enterprise & Telco

14. Akraino R1: Key Takeaways & What’s Next in 2019
1. LF Edge Projects gaining community support
with Akraino aimed at accelerating time to
deployment -> Projects to Products &
Production
1. Akraino establishes unified framework
for Edge collaboration & validation across
projects & community with Blueprints
1. Akraino’s R1 releases 10+ Blueprints for
IOT, Enterprise and Telco Edge Cloud
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On the Horizon
› New blueprints (Gaming, Connected Cars,
Cloud Native edge stacks…) + enhancements to
existing blueprints
› Tools for automated blueprint validations
› Edge API’s in collaboration with LF Edge projects
› New community lab hardware

15. Integrated Cloud Native Blueprint family
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16. Transformation journey (to Kubernetes)
Compute nodes
VNF VNF
OpenStack
Compute nodes
CNF MS
Kubernetes Site
Two different resource orchestrators
Compute nodes are divided
Compute nodes
K8S
Site
Kubernetes
VMs
CNF
MS
• K8S for VNFs, CNFs, Micro-Services and functions
• Soft Multitenancy with one K8S
• Strict Multitenancy with K8S clusters from VMs (when required)
VMs
Kubernetes
CNFs
MS
Function
VNF CNF MS
Function
VNF CNF MS
Function
VNF
Fn

17. Edge Native App/NFV stack – Summary of requirements
Network requirements
Co-existence of Network functions and
applications
Network Functions as VNFs and CNFs
Multiple Virtual networks
Provider networks
Network function chaining – Inserting new
functions dynamically and auto
reconfiguration
Performance requirements
High throughput with respect to PPS & bps
Low latency and low jitter
Performance determinism (even with noisy neighbors)
Generic requirements
HW agnostic
Multi-residency support (soft isolation)
Telemetry & Monitoring
Cloud native without compromising on performance (e.g Service
mesh)
Security
Attestation & Verifications of infrastructure
Private key and password protection, IP protection

18. Cloud Native App & NFV Stack
Hardware
S1 S2 S3
Host Operating System
Ubuntu (start with
this)
RH Clear
Tuned for eBPF and XDP
at vEth
Kubernetes
K8S App Components
ISTIO MetalLB
gVisor
kata
Flannel,OVN
CollectD Prometheus
Virtlet,
Kubevirt
OpenNESS
NFV Specific components
Multus SRIOVNIC
Affinity Hugepg
mgr
NFD Numa Mgr
QAT
OVN4K8SNFV
SFC Mgr
OVN4SFC
NTWRK/
Route Mgr
ONAP-light (for K8S Apps)
MC – K8S Plugin Service
(Instantiation, Day0, Day2 config)
Slice Mgr
Multi-Site
scheduler
Tenant Mgr Edge Label Mgr
K8S HPA
Use cases/AppsSDWAN +
Security NFs
EdgeXFoundry
Infrastructure Provisioning & Configuration
KUD
Ironic with Metal3(or equivalent) for
bare-metal provisioning
Ceph/
Rook
knative
Centralized Infra Controller
(Leverage Cluster API + Workflow manager
such as Argo/Tekton)
Streaming
PaaS
Bold & Italic – Intel led
initiatives
OVSDPDK
Analytics framework
Data Lake
Training
Model Repo
Messaging
Inferencing
Sample Apps
VPP, DPDK,
AF_XDP based
NFs/apps
Upstream communities: ONAP, OPNFV,
Many CNCF projects, EdgeXFoundry,
FD.IO, DPDK, Linux, Openstack Ironic,
OVS, Many ASF projects, OpenNESS,
Intel Open Source

19. LF Edge
(www.lfedge.org)
Bringing Edge Initiatives Together
IOT | Telecom | Cloud | Enterprise
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20. ICN highlights
Co-existence of multiple deployment types
(VNFs, CNFs, VMs, Containers and functions)
Soft and Strict Multi-tenancy
AI based Predictive placement, fault prediction
(Collection using Prometheus, Training and inferencing framework)
Intent based Application placement (Intent include HPA, latency, cost etc…)
Multi Cluster scheduler
(Auto Edge registration, Workload placement, On-demand tenant/slice creation)
Service Mesh for Micro-services and Service Coupling
(Acceleration of service mesh side cars - e.g. Envoys; and others)
Programmable CNI
(to allow SFC and avoid multiple protocol layers)
Security Orchestration, Confidential computing
(Key orchestration for securing private keys of CA and user certificates)
Advanced Networking support
( Multiple networks, Provider networks, Dynamic Route/network creation, Service function chaining)