Service Programing and Orchestration for Virtualized Software Networks

Project Information

SONATA

Grant agreement ID: 671517

DOI 10.3030/671517

Project closed

EC signature date 10 June 2015

Start date 1 July 2015

End date 31 December 2017

Funded under

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

Total cost € 8 226 125,00

EU contribution € 6 657 721,38

Coordinated by

ATOS SPAIN SA
Spain

Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Project Website and communication guidelines

The hub of the project’s internet presence will be launched in the first month. As the project progresses, the website will grow in both content and functionality. It also provides the guidelines for communication activities

Other (11)

SONATA SDK final release

The full SONATA SDK based on the full programming model including all planned SDK and DevOps components.

Service platform operational release and documentation

The final release version of the service platform including the modular orchestrator

Service platform first operational release and documentation

The intermediate operational release of the service platform with additional plugins

Integrated and qualified public release of SONATA platform

Including the implemented complementary software components, VNFs and interfaces. It also has of the results of the system and qualification test report.

Orchestrator prototype

The first available orchestrator product version with prioritised functionalities

Integrated lab based SONATA platform

Integration of the outcomes of WP3 and WP4 and acceptance testing

Configuration of the Pilots and pre-validation

Configuration of the Pilots, elaboration of story line for each pilot deployment

Definition of the Pilots, infrastructure setup and maintenance report

Definition of the Pilots, setup of infrastructures and maintenance

Intermediate release of SDK prototype and documentation

Intermediate release version based on the full programming model.

Final release of SONATA platform

Fully integrated and qualified release of SONATA platform

Basic SDK prototype

Basic version of the SDK, based on basic service programming model, containing basic SDK components and tools for analyzing measured values gathered at service operation

Documents, reports (8)

Dissemination and Communication Report II

A periodic report will summarize the stakeholder engagement and scientific dissemination (T7.1), 5G collaboration (T7.3) and standardization activities (T7.4).

Continuous integration and testing approach

Settles the basic continuous integration procedures and testing approach for the project over the integration and qualification infrastructures

Market Feasibility Study

The document will cover market feasibility analysis for the business development of the open source results. A public version of the deliverable will be available

Use Cases and requirements

Report on use cases and requirements elicitation

Dissemination and Communication Report III

A periodic report will summarize the stakeholder engagement and scientific dissemination (T7.1), 5G collaboration (T7.3) and standardization activities (T7.4).

Updated requirements and architecture design

Based on experiences with the initial architecture, an updated and improved version of requirements and architecture is described.

Dissemination and Communication Report

A periodic report will summarize the stakeholder engagement and scientific dissemination (T7.1), 5G collaboration (T7.3) and standardization activities (T7.4).

Project Final Report

Public Project Final Report

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (1)

Final demonstration, roadmap and validation results

Evaluation strategy, validation results, evaluation and demonstrations. Lessons learnt and roadmap to adoption

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (5)

A flexible information service for management of virtualized software-defined infrastructures

Author(s): Lefteris Mamatas, Stuart Clayman, Alex Galis
Published in: International Journal of Network Management, 2016, ISSN 1055-7148
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/nem.1943

Information Exchange Management as a Service for Network Function Virtualization Environments

Author(s): Lefteris Mamatas, Stuart Clayman, Alex Galis
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 2016, Page(s) 1-1, ISSN 1932-4537
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/TNSM.2016.2587664

DevOps for network function virtualisation: an architectural approach

Author(s): Holger Karl, Sevil Dräxler, Manuel Peuster, Alex Galis, Michael Bredel, Aurora Ramos, Josep Martrat, Muhammad Shuaib Siddiqui, Steven van Rossem, Wouter Tavernier, George Xilouris
Published in: Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, Issue 27/9, 2016, Page(s) 1206-1215, ISSN 2161-3915
Publisher: Wiley Online Library
DOI: 10.1002/ett.3084

Specification, composition, and placement of network services with flexible structures

Author(s): Sevil Dräxler, Holger Karl
Published in: International Journal of Network Management, Issue 27/2, 2017, Page(s) e1963, ISSN 1055-7148
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/nem.1963

NFV and SDN—Key Technology Enablers for 5G Networks

Author(s): Faqir Zarrar Yousaf, Michael Bredel, Sibylle Schaller, Fabian Schneider
Published in: IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Issue 35/11, 2017, Page(s) 2468-2478, ISSN 0733-8716
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/jsac.2017.2760418

Conference proceedings (27)

Efficient management solutions for software-defined infrastructures

Author(s): Stuart Clayman, Lefteris Mamatas, Alex Galis
Published in: NOMS 2016 - 2016 IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium, 2016, Page(s) 1291-1296, ISBN 978-1-5090-0223-8
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/NOMS.2016.7503005

White paper on 5G Architecture- Overall 5G Architecture, Logical & Functional Architecture, Software Networks Technologies

Author(s): A. Galis (editor & contributor), H. Karl (contributor)
Published in: 2016
Publisher: 5G PPP Architecture Working Group

Experimenting with control operations in software-defined infrastructures

Author(s): Stuart Clayman, Lefteris Mamatas, Alex Galis
Published in: 2016 IEEE NetSoft Conference and Workshops (NetSoft), 2016, Page(s) 390-396, ISBN 978-1-4673-9486-4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/NETSOFT.2016.7502473

E-State: Distributed state management in elastic network function deployments

Author(s): Manuel Peuster, Holger Karl
Published in: 2016 IEEE NetSoft Conference and Workshops (NetSoft), 2016, Page(s) 6-10, ISBN 978-1-4673-9486-4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/NETSOFT.2016.7502432

Placement of services with flexible structures specified by a YANG data model

Author(s): Sevil Mehraghdam, Holger Karl
Published in: 2016 IEEE NetSoft Conference and Workshops (NetSoft), 2016, Page(s) 184-192, ISBN 978-1-4673-9486-4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/NETSOFT.2016.7502412

SONATA: Service programming and orchestration for virtualized software networks

Author(s): Sevil Draxler, Holger Karl, Manuel Peuster, Hadi Razzaghi Kouchaksaraei, Michael Bredel, Johannes Lessmann, Thomas Soenen, Wouter Tavernier, Sharon Mendel-Brin, George Xilouris
Published in: 2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops), 2017, Page(s) 973-978, ISBN 978-1-5090-1525-2
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICCW.2017.7962785

Joint Optimization of Scaling and Placement of Virtual Network Services

Author(s): Sevil Draxler, Holger Karl, Zoltan Adam Mann
Published in: 2017 17th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing (CCGRID), 2017, Page(s) 365-370, ISBN 978-1-5090-6611-7
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/CCGRID.2017.25

MeDICINE: Rapid prototyping of production-ready network services in multi-PoP environments

Author(s): Manuel Peuster, Holger Karl, Steven van Rossem
Published in: 2016 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks (NFV-SDN), 2016, Page(s) 148-153, ISBN 978-1-5090-0933-6
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/nfv-sdn.2016.7919490

Profile your chains, not functions: Automated network service profiling in DevOps environments

Author(s): Manuel Peuster, Holger Karl
Published in: 2017 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks (NFV-SDN), Issue Berlin, 2017, Page(s) 1-6, ISBN 978-1-5386-3285-7
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/NFV-SDN.2017.8169826

Understand Your Chains: Towards Performance Profile-Based Network Service Management

Author(s): Manuel Peuster, Holger Karl
Published in: 2016 Fifth European Workshop on Software-Defined Networks (EWSDN), 2016, Page(s) 7-12, ISBN 978-1-5090-6146-4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ewsdn.2016.9

A network service development kit supporting the end-to-end lifecycle of NFV-based telecom services

Author(s): Steven Van Rossem, Manuel Peuster, Luis Conceicao, Hadi Razzaghi Kouchaksaraei, Wouter Tavernier, Didier Colle, Mario Pickavet, Piet Demeester
Published in: 2017 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks (NFV-SDN), 2017, Page(s) 1-2, ISBN 978-1-5386-3285-7
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/NFV-SDN.2017.8169859

A flexible multi-pop infrastructure emulator for carrier-grade MANO systems

Author(s): Manuel Peuster, Sevil Draxler, Hadi Razzaghi Kouchaksaraei, Steven v. Rossem, Wouter Tavernier, Holger Karl
Published in: 2017 IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft), 2017, Page(s) 1-3, ISBN 978-1-5090-6008-5
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/NETSOFT.2017.8004250

Joint Orchestration of Cloud-Based Microservices and Virtual Network Functions

Author(s): Hadi Razzaghi Kouchaksaraei, Holger Karl
Published in: The Ninth International Conference on Cloud Computing, GRIDs, and Virtualization CLOUD COMPUTING 2018, 2018
Publisher: IARIA XPS Press

Demystifying network slicing: From theory to practice

Author(s): Thomas Soenen, Ratul Banerjee, Wouter Tavernier, Didier Colle, Mario Pickavet
Published in: 2017 IFIP/IEEE Symposium on Integrated Network and Service Management (IM), 2017, Page(s) 1115-1120, ISBN 978-3-901882-89-0
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/INM.2017.7987450

A model to select the right infrastructure abstraction for service function chaining

Author(s): Soenen, T., Sahhaf, S. S., Tavernier, W., Sköldström, P., Colle, D., & Pickavet, M.
Published in: IEEE NFV-SDN2016, the IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks., 2016
Publisher: IEEE

Optimising microservice-based reliable NFV management & orchestration architectures

Author(s): Thomas Soenen, Wouter Tavernier, Didier Colle, Mario Pickavet
Published in: 2017 9th International Workshop on Resilient Networks Design and Modeling (RNDM), 2017, Page(s) 1-7, ISBN 978-1-5386-0671-1
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/RNDM.2017.8093034

Automated monitoring and detection of resource-limited NFV-based services

Author(s): Steven Van Rossem, Wouter Tavernier, Didier Colle, Mario Pickavet, Piet Demeester
Published in: 2017 IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft), 2017, Page(s) 1-5, ISBN 978-1-5090-6008-5
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/NETSOFT.2017.8004220

Monitoring and debugging using an SDK for NFV-powered telecom applications

Author(s): Van Rossem, S., Tavernier, W., Peuster, M., Colle, D., Pickavet, M., & Demeester, P.
Published in: IEEE NFV-SDN2016, the IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks, 2016
Publisher: IEEE

Service orchestration leveraging software networks and DevOps in 5G

Author(s): George Xilouris, Michail-Alexandros Kourtis, Stavros Kolometsos, Felipe Vicens, Chris Xilouris, Dario Valocchi, Alberto Rocha, Luis Conceicao, Javier F. Hidalgo, Shuaib Siddiqui, Adel Zaaluk, Thomas Soenen, Josep Matrat
Published in: 2017 8th International Conference on the Network of the Future (NOF), 2017, Page(s) 150-152, ISBN 978-1-5386-0554-7
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/nof.2017.8251240

Approximation and Online Algorithms for NFV-Enabled Multicasting in SDNs

Author(s): Zichuan Xu, Weifa Liang, Meitian Huang, Mike Jia, Song Guo, Alex Galis
Published in: 2017 IEEE 37th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), Issue Annual Conference, 2017, Page(s) 625-634, ISBN 978-1-5386-1792-2
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICDCS.2017.43

Throughput maximization and resource optimization in NFV-enabled networks

Author(s): Zichuan Xu, Weifa Liang, Alex Galis, Yu Ma
Published in: 2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Issue Annual Conference, 2017, Page(s) 1-7, ISBN 978-1-4673-8999-0
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICC.2017.7996514

Genome centric networking: A network function virtualization solution for genomic applications

Author(s): Mauro Femminella, Gianluca Reali, Dario Valocchi
Published in: 2017 IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft), Issue Annual Conference, 2017, Page(s) 1-9, ISBN 978-1-5090-6008-5
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/NETSOFT.2017.8004111

Contributing Document “Networks, Services and Resources Orchestration Functional Requirements” as input to “Network Management Framework for IMT-2020” /ITU-T IMT2020

Author(s): A. Galis
Published in: Contribution 17-20 May 2016 IMT2020 meeting in Beijing, 2016
Publisher: ITU-T

Contributing Document “NWSoft Framework” as input to the “Network Softwarization” / ITU-T IMT2020

Author(s): A. Galis
Published in: Contribution 17-20 May 2016 IMT2020 meeting in Beijing, 2016
Publisher: ITU-T

Contributing Document “Overall IMT-2020 network architecture framework” as input to “Framework of IMT-2020 network architecture”/ ITU-T IMT2020

Author(s): A. Galis
Published in: Contribution 17-20 May 2016 IMT2020 meeting in Beijing, 2016
Publisher: ITU-T

Contributing Document “Multi Service Control and Management” as input to “Network Management Framework for IMT-2020” /ITU-T IMT2020

Author(s): A. Galis
Published in: Contribution 17-20 May 2016 IMT2020 meeting in Beijing, 2016
Publisher: ITU-T

Introduction to DevOps application for Network Service Management

Author(s): D. Lopez
Published in: Multi-SDO Initiative on Information Modeling and Network Service Management, 2017
Publisher: Multi-SDO Initiative on Information Modeling and Network Service Management

Other (33)

Draft ITU-T IMT2020 standard document [T13-SG13-151130-TD-PLEN-0208!!MSW-E] 5G High Level Architecture (appendix I), Network Softwarisation (appendix II) : contributions & acknowledgement to 5G SONATA project

Author(s): A. Galis
Published in: 2015
Publisher: ITU-T

SONATA: Agile Service Development and Orchestration in 5G Virtualised Networks

Author(s): All members of the consortium
Published in: European 5G Annual Journal: First Edition, 2016
Publisher: 5G PPP

"Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV), Network Operator Perspectives on NFV priorities for 5G"", ETSI NFV whitepaper"

Author(s): Peter Willis, Philip Eardley et al
Published in: 2017
Publisher: ETSI

Network Functions Virtualisation: A Carrier’s Perspective on State-of-Play & Future Challenges - invited paper

Author(s): Paul Veitch, Peter Willis, Philip Eardley
Published in: ITP Journal (The Institute of Telecommunications Professionals, ITP), 2017
Publisher: ITP

Virtual CDN Implementation

Author(s): Eugene Otoakhia
Published in: 2017
Publisher: Layer123 SDN NFV World Congress

"""Slicing in Network and Service"" - Expert Panel Presentation at IEEE Conference Innovations in Cloud, Internet and Networks (ICIN 2017), Paris 7-9 March 2017"

Author(s): A.Galis
Published in: IEEE, Issue Annual Conference, 2017
Publisher: IEEE

"""Towards 5G Slice Networking – Key Issues and Challenges"" - Expert Panel Presentation at IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM); Lisbon 8-12 May 2017 "

Author(s): A. Galis
Published in: IEEE, Issue Annual Conference, 2017
Publisher: IEEE

"""5G Architecture View Points"" - invited keynote presentation at ITU-T IMT-2020 5G Workshop Geneva, 11th July 2017 "

Author(s): A.Galis
Published in: ITU-T, Issue Annual Workshop, 2017
Publisher: ITU-T

"""Moving Frontiers in Network Softwarization"" - presentation Distinguished Expert Panel at IEEE NetSoft 2017 ; Bologna, 3-7 July 2017 "

Author(s): A. Galis
Published in: IEEE NetSoft 2017 ; Bologna, 3-7 July 2017, Issue Annual Conference, 2017
Publisher: IEEE

"""Network Slicing Terms and Systems"" Standardisation presentation at IETF99 - Prague 16-21 July 2017"

Author(s): A.Galis
Published in: ETF99 - Prague 16-21 July 2017, Issue 3 times a year, 2017
Publisher: IETF

Interconnecting (or Stitching) Network Slice Subnets - IETF draft

Author(s): X. de Foy, A. Rahman, A. Galis, K. Makhijani, L. Qiang
Published in: IETF 100, Issue 3 times a year, 2017
Publisher: IETF

Problem Statement of Supervised Heterogeneous Network Slicing - IETF draft

Author(s): L. Geng, L. Wang, S. Kuklinski, L. Qiang, S. Matsushima, A. Galis, L. Contreras
Published in: IETF drafts, Issue 3 time a year, 2017
Publisher: IETF

"""Network Slicing Supported by Dynamic VIM Instantiation"" presentation at IETF100"

Author(s): S. Clayman, D. Valocchi, F. Tusa, A. Galis
Published in: IETF 100, Issue 3 times a year, 2017
Publisher: IETF

Network Slicing Use Cases - IETF draft

Author(s): K. Makhijani, J. Qin , R. Ravindran, L. Qiang , S. Peng, L. Geng, X. de Foy, A. Rahman, A. Galis, G. Fioccola, H. Flinck, L. Contreras
Published in: IETF, Issue 3 times a year, 2017
Publisher: IETF

Technology Independent Information Model for Network Slicing - IETF draft

Author(s): L. Qiang, A. Galis, L. Geng, K. Makhijani, P. Martinez, H. Flinck, X. de Foy, A. Rahman
Published in: IEEE, Issue 3 times a year, 2017
Publisher: IETF

“Perspectives on Network Slicing – Towards the New ‘Bread and Butter’ of Networking and Servicing” Open Access Paper - IEEE SDN Initiative - January 2018

Author(s): A. Galis
Published in: IEEE SDN Initiative, Issue 3 times a year, 2018
Publisher: IEEE

5G PPP Phase1 Security Landscape

Author(s): 5G PPP Security WG
Published in: 5G PPP Security WG, 2017
Publisher: 5G PPP

"IETF draftː ""Gap Analysis for Network Slicing"""

Author(s): A. Galis
Published in: 2017
Publisher: IETF

Towards 5G Network Slicing - Motivations and Challenges

Author(s): Alex Galis, Chih-Lin I
Published in: IEEE 5G Tech Focus online journal, Issue Volume 1, Number 1, March 2017, 2017
Publisher: IEEE Future Directions 5G Initiative

"IETF draftː ""Network Slicing - Revised Problem Statement Document"""

Author(s): A. Galis
Published in: 2017
Publisher: IETF

"IETF draftː ""Network Slicing Architecture"""

Author(s): A. Galis
Published in: 2017
Publisher: IETF

"IETF draftː . ""Network Slicing Use Cases"""

Author(s): A. Galis
Published in: 2017
Publisher: IETF

Towards Integration of Slice Networking in NFV. IETF NFV RG PRESENTATION

Author(s): A. Galis
Published in: 2017
Publisher: IETF NFV RG

Network Slicing - Introductory Document and Problems Statement A

Author(s): A. Galis
Published in: 2017
Publisher: IETF NS

Towards Slice Networking. IETF presentation

Author(s): A. Galis
Published in: 2017
Publisher: IETF NS

Autonomic Slice Networking

Author(s): A. Galis
Published in: 2017
Publisher: IETF ANIMA WG

Cognitive Network Management for 5G white paper

Author(s): A. Galis
Published in: 2017
Publisher: 5GPPP Network Management WG

Autonomic Slice Networking- Context, Requirements, Definition and Reference Model

Author(s): A. Galis
Published in: 2016
Publisher: IETF ANIMA WG

Draft Report Recommendation: Application of network softwarization to IMT-2020 (O-041) – 150 pages /ITU-T IMT2020

Author(s): A. Galis
Published in: 2017
Publisher: ITU-T

Draft Recommendation: Framework for IMT-2020 overall network architecture (O-043) -18 pages /ITU-T IMT2020

Author(s): A. Galis
Published in: 2017
Publisher: ITU-T

Draft Recommendation: Network management framework for IMT-2020 (O-047) – 38 pages /ITU-T IMT2020

Author(s): A. Galis
Published in: 2017
Publisher: ITU-T

The Role of a Mediation Element in NFV DevOps

Author(s): D. Lopez, J. Bonnet, M. Peuster, P. Aranda Gutierrez
Published in: 2017
Publisher: IRTF NFVRG

Draft Recommendation: IMT-2020 network management requirements (O-046) – 21 pages /ITU-T IMT2020

Author(s): A. Galis
Published in: 2017
Publisher: ITU-T

Book chapters (1)

"""DevOps for 5G Network Function Virtualization"" chapter in the book “5G Networks: an European Vision” book to be published by River Publishers in August 2018"

Author(s): A. Galis (UCL), D. Valocchi (UCL), S. Clayman (UCL), Francesco Tusa (UCL), G. Xilouris (NCSR DEMOKITOS), H. Karl (PADERBORN UNIVERSITY), S. Castro (ATOS), J. Martrat (ATOS), J. Bonnet (ALTICELABS), M. Bredel (NEC, HOCHSCHULE DARMSTADT) , P. Hasselmeyer (NEC)
Published in: “5G Networks: an European Vision” book, 2018
Publisher: River Publishers