Hey Steven, The project is community driven so if there's enough interest (and reaches critical mass, i.e. contributors, etc...), a new group (or subgroup in this case) is formed.
At the moment, the 'branch sub-group' is going; mostly on the access switches and wireless. Feel free to reach out directly to Rajat or wait for his reply on the mailing list on how to participate. Would it make sense for CPE devices to be included in that group or maybe another sub-group? How ever the chips may fall, we may need to get the Telco group involved with the CPE piece. +--+ Carlos On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 9:22 PM, Steven Furr <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Rajat, Carlos et al, > > > > My message is in response to the message below from March. > > > > Of course, NXP would be interested in the branch sub-group. Our interest > would potentially go beyond wireless AP to encompass open CPE devices, > including distributed NFV enabled enterprise gateways. > > > > Is this sub-group proceeding? Is there any way that I or NXP can > contribute to helping make this a reality? Finally, is the interest focused > exclusively around Wi-Fi AP, or are others interested in CPE more broadly > as well? > > > > I would be happy to discuss with anyone who is interested in advancing > this (Rajat, Paul or Jeff) or who may have any insights. Please advise. > > > > Regards, > > Steve Furr > > Sr. Principal Engineer > > NXP Digital Networking Group > > > > *Subject:* [Opencompute-networking] Work Item proposal for OCP Wi-Fi AP > > > > Hi Carlos, > > > > Yes, would be happy to contribute and help steer the "branch sub-group" .. > > "it takes a village" [sic] to make the world a better place :) > > > > BR > > Rajat Ghai > > CTO > > Benu Networks > > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 8:09 PM, Carlos Cardenas <carlos at > cumulusnetworks.com > <http://lists.opencompute.org/mailman/listinfo/opencompute-networking> > > >* 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 <rajatghai at gmail.com > ><http://lists.opencompute.org/mailman/listinfo/opencompute-networking>> > >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* > > >> > > > > > >
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