| Larry Peterson | b8113a4 | 2023-08-15 14:39:43 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | Introduction |
| 2 | ============== |
| 3 | |
| Larry Peterson | 4d344dd | 2023-08-17 14:46:22 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | Aether is an open source 5G edge cloud platform that supports |
| 5 | enterprise deployments of Private 5G. Information about the Aether |
| 6 | project can be found on the ONF website, and an introduction to the |
| 7 | Aether architecture can be found in a companion book: |
| Larry Peterson | b8113a4 | 2023-08-15 14:39:43 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 8 | |
| 9 | .. _reading_private5g: |
| 10 | .. admonition:: Further Reading |
| 11 | |
| 12 | `Aether: An ONF Project <https://opennetworking.org/aether/>`_. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | L. Peterson, O. Sunay, and B. Davie. `Private 5G: A Systems |
| 15 | Approach <https://5g.systemsapproach.org>`__. 2023 |
| 16 | |
| 17 | |
| 18 | Getting Started with Aether |
| 19 | --------------------------- |
| 20 | |
| Larry Peterson | 3487a42 | 2023-08-16 13:28:51 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 21 | There are two ways to get started with Aether: |
| Larry Peterson | b8113a4 | 2023-08-15 14:39:43 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 22 | |
| Larry Peterson | 4881833 | 2023-09-28 14:23:50 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | * Deploy and operate Aether on your own servers (including `5G small cell |
| 24 | <https://opennetworking.org/products/moso-canopy-5g-indoor-small-cell/>`__) |
| 25 | with :doc:`Aether OnRamp </onramp/overview>`. |
| Larry Peterson | b8113a4 | 2023-08-15 14:39:43 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 26 | |
| Larry Peterson | 4881833 | 2023-09-28 14:23:50 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 27 | * Setup an Aether software development environment on your laptop with :doc:`Aether-in-a-Box </developer/aiab>`. |
| Larry Peterson | b8113a4 | 2023-08-15 14:39:43 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 28 | |
| 29 | Other Aether guides included on this site include: |
| 30 | |
| Larry Peterson | 4d344dd | 2023-08-17 14:46:22 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 31 | * :doc:`Runtime Operations </operations/gui>`: Learn how |
| 32 | to operate Aether's 5G connectivity service. |
| Larry Peterson | b8113a4 | 2023-08-15 14:39:43 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 33 | |
| Larry Peterson | aa89b8e | 2023-08-17 15:28:59 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 34 | * :doc:`Test Automation </testing/about_system_tests>`: Learn how Aether |
| Larry Peterson | 4d344dd | 2023-08-17 14:46:22 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 35 | components are tested. |
| Larry Peterson | b8113a4 | 2023-08-15 14:39:43 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 36 | |
| Larry Peterson | 3487a42 | 2023-08-16 13:28:51 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 37 | Note that Aether was originally deployed as a centrally-manged, |
| 38 | ONF-operated cloud service, with the expectation that organizations |
| Larry Peterson | a30a75e | 2023-09-01 15:44:37 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 39 | would participate in Aether by connecting their edge site to this |
| Larry Peterson | 4d344dd | 2023-08-17 14:46:22 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 40 | operational deployment.\ [#]_ That service is now being deprecated in |
| 41 | favor of users bringing up their own Aether sites using :doc:`OnRamp |
| Larry Peterson | 4881833 | 2023-09-28 14:23:50 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 42 | </onramp/overview>`. |
| Larry Peterson | 3487a42 | 2023-08-16 13:28:51 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 43 | |
| 44 | .. [#] The original Aether service supported the Pronto research |
| 45 | project, with edge clusters built on top of an SDN-controlled |
| 46 | and fully programmable switching fabric. That fabric is no |
| 47 | longer included in Aether OnRamp. |
| 48 | |
| 49 | |
| Larry Peterson | b8113a4 | 2023-08-15 14:39:43 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 50 | Aether Components |
| 51 | ------------------------ |
| 52 | |
| 53 | Aether uses components from several ONF projects. Information about |
| 54 | these projects can be found at the following sites: |
| 55 | |
| 56 | * SD-Core |
| 57 | |
| 58 | * `SD-Core Website <https://opennetworking.org/sd-core/>`_ |
| 59 | * :doc:`SD-Core Documentation <sdcore:index>` |
| 60 | |
| Larry Peterson | b8113a4 | 2023-08-15 14:39:43 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 61 | * SD-RAN |
| 62 | |
| 63 | * `SD-RAN Website <https://opennetworking.org/open-ran/>`_ |
| 64 | * :doc:`SD-RAN Documentation <sdran:index>` |
| 65 | |
| Larry Peterson | 3487a42 | 2023-08-16 13:28:51 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 66 | * SD-Fabric |
| 67 | |
| 68 | * `SD-Fabric Website <https://opennetworking.org/sd-fabric/>`_ |
| 69 | * :doc:`SD-Fabric Documentation <sdfabric:index>` |
| 70 | |
| Larry Peterson | b8113a4 | 2023-08-15 14:39:43 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 71 | More information about 5G and Aether's architecture can be found in |
| 72 | the :doc:`Private 5G: A Systems Approach <sysapproach5g:index>` book. |
| 73 | |
| 74 | Community |
| 75 | --------- |
| 76 | |
| 77 | Information about participating in the Aether community and |
| 78 | development process can be found on the `ONF Wiki |
| 79 | <https://wiki.opennetworking.org/display/COM/Aether>`_. Join the |
| 80 | discussion about Aether on Slack in the `ONF Community Workspace |
| 81 | <https://onf-community.slack.com/>`__. |