Re: [Opencompute-networking] Work Item proposal for OCP Wi-Fi AP

[Carlos Cardenas]

Dev, Thank you for your interest in this new endeavor for open networking.  The access / branch / campus networking piece will stay in the networking group but all is welcome to contribute to it.  Once the ecosystem has been established,  we expect the Telco group to take what we have and focus it to their needs (like what they do for OCP servers and switches today); this is the same model the HPC group that you lead does as well, correct?  It's easier to start broad and focus later than the other way around wouldn't you agree?  +--+ Carlos From:devashish.p...@idt.com Sent:March 22, 2016 7:04 AM To:rajatg...@gmail.com Cc:jeff_cat...@edge-core.com; ayham.erekso...@gmail.com; car...@cumulusnetworks.com; craig.white....@gmail.com; opencompute-networking@lists.opencompute.org; rg...@benunets.com; ocp-tel...@lists.opencompute.org Subject:RE: [Opencompute-networking] Work Item proposal for OCP Wi-Fi AP Rajat, the charter for OCP Telco is currently in definition/being written.  From what I recall the framework that Craig White and Bill Carter have discussed would not exclude that. Perhaps one of them will have a chance to comment since I missed a few of the meetings/discussion at the Summit.   Dev   From: Rajat Ghai [mailto:rajatg...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 9:59 AM To: Paul, Devashish Cc: Jeff Catlin; Ayham Ereksousi; Carlos Cardenas; Craig White; opencompute-networking@lists.opencompute.org; Rajat Ghai; ocp-tel...@lists.opencompute.org Subject: Re: [Opencompute-networking] Work Item proposal for OCP Wi-Fi AP   Hi Paul,   Sorry i haven't yet participated in the OCP Telco group. But, this work can/does apply to Telco/SPs as well.    Having said that, the goal of this OCP-Networking proposal / sub-group is *not* only to create requirements but contribute working code as well ; (hopefully from many participants including ourselves).   Does OCP-Telco plan to to host/provide  'working reference code ' as part of its charter ?   BR Rajat Ghai CTO Benu Networks     On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 8:24 AM, Paul, Devashish <devashish.p...@idt.com> wrote: Hey guys,   The OCP Telco group is formulating its charter and it includes technologies for the access network.  While not typical wireless or wireline access network, there may be a better fit over there to cover WIFI. Perhaps Craig White who is holding the lead can comment.   Dev   From: opencompute-networking-boun...@lists.opencompute.org [mailto:opencompute-networking-boun...@lists.opencompute.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Catlin Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 7:30 AM To: Ayham Ereksousi; Carlos Cardenas Cc: Rajat Ghai; opencompute-networking@lists.opencompute.org Subject: Re: [Opencompute-networking] Work Item proposal for OCP Wi-Fi AP   Obviously we would be interested in participating as well  J   Jeffrey D Catlin Associate Vice President of Technology Accton Technology Corporation jeff_cat...@accton.com 603-531-1286   From: Ayham Ereksousi [mailto:ayham.erekso...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 10:19 PM To: Carlos Cardenas Cc: Rajat Ghai; opencompute-networking@lists.opencompute.org; Jeff Catlin; Rajat Ghai Subject: Re: [Opencompute-networking] Work Item proposal for OCP Wi-Fi AP   I'm interested in Wi-Fi subgroup.   Ayham    On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 8:09 PM, Carlos Cardenas <car...@cumulusnetworks.com> wrote: Hey Rajat,   I don't think you're jumping the gun (carpe diem and such).   As one the few members that have expertise in this field, would y'all mind assist in steering this 'sub-group'?   Is there any interest from others willing to participate in the wireless subgroup? +--+ Carlos   On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 4:55 PM, Rajat Ghai <rajatg...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi,   I might be jumping the gun here a little bit , however we @ Benu Networks are very interested in pursuing, facilitating  & participating in Open Branch platforms (specially an Open Wi-Fi AP).   We  believe that open desegregated Wi-Fi AP can kickstart a new wave of innovation that can radically disrupt the branch office /  SMB , similar to what is already been happening to OCP based Data Center Switching.   We would love to open up a discussion in the group and see if we can find fellow travelers to join us. As a starting point we'd like to offer a high level proposal the looks like the one shown below :   ​ Wi-Fi APs are not your typical switches as 802.11 has big WLAN (RF) component that needs a whole different class of management e.g.    - ICM :  Interference Counter Measure (Ability to automate interference mitigation) - 802.1r fast mobility (Ability to provide fast handovers from one AP to another) ,  - 802.11k handoff steering            (Ability to interact with user devices for AP attach) - Band steering policies                 (2.4 Ghz v/s 5 GHz) - Network (SSID) steering policies (Virtual SSID scenarios) - Other Network policies like MCS threshold settings for better QoE &  Service discovery - Wi-Fi Telemetry,    Apart from WLAN specific interface, the Wi-Fi AP also has networking setup (bridges, tunnels etc.) that are also common to non-Wi-Fi capable branch switches .   Finally, Wi-Fi APs also require to have a branch IP router capability that includes other networking stacks that are not present in DC switches e.g. UPnP (DLNA), PCP etc.    We could create a SAI equivalent for Branch {in this case i have called it A-SAI i.e. AP SAI) ;  Such SAI would be common to all Wi-Fi SoCs e.g. from Broadcom , Qualcomm, Intel etc.    If the group agrees to move it forward, we (Benu) would be happy to facilitate the process as well as contribute user land components mentioned above.   BR Rajat Ghai CTO Benu Networks _______________________________________________ opencompute-networking mailing list Unsubscribe: http://lists.opencompute.org/mailman/options/opencompute-networking opencompute-networking@lists.opencompute.org http://lists.opencompute.org/mailman/listinfo/opencompute-networking   _______________________________________________ opencompute-networking mailing list Unsubscribe: http://lists.opencompute.org/mailman/options/opencompute-networking opencompute-networking@lists.opencompute.org http://lists.opencompute.org/mailman/listinfo/opencompute-networking

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