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commitca301324e4aeb954c59cb8c7a949f0ac637f1a8b[log] [tgz]
authorkhenaidoo <knursimu@ciena.com>Wed Jan 09 23:06:32 2019 -0500
committerkhenaidoo <knursimu@ciena.com>Wed Jan 09 23:12:44 2019 -0500
tree169bd8ccc46591685a1d138196a64f593c2532b1
parent933b09bd64667dc05650b9d999177a64fa088a84 [diff]
This update consists of the following changes:
    1) Add GroupConsumer to the Go sarama_client and modify the Core
    code to use a groupConsumer instead of a partition consumer. This
    change will ensure that multiple consumers (with different group Ids)
    can consume kafka messages from the same topic.
    2) Remove afkak kafka client and replace it with confluent kakfa,
    a change done in voltha 1.x. Modify the code accordingly.
    3) Add a Group Consumer to the Python kakfa client such that
    several instances of an Adapter can consume the same messages from
    the same topic.
    4) Set the datapath_id for the logical device in the Core.

Change-Id: I5d7ced27c9aeca4f6211baa3dc8cb3db861545e4
11 files changed
tree: 169bd8ccc46591685a1d138196a64f593c2532b1
  1. .gitignore
  2. .gitreview
  3. BUILD.md
  4. Makefile
  5. README.md
  6. adapters/
  7. common/
  8. compose/
  9. db/
  10. docker/
  11. k8s/
  12. kafka/
  13. protos/
  14. python/
  15. rw_core/
  16. tests/
README.md

VOLTHA

What is Voltha?

Voltha aims to provide a layer of abstraction on top of legacy and next generation access network equipment for the purpose of control and management. Its initial focus is on PON (GPON, EPON, NG PON 2), but it aims to go beyond to eventually cover other access technologies (xDSL, Docsis, G.FAST, dedicated Ethernet, fixed wireless).

Key concepts of Voltha:

  • Network as a Switch: It makes a set of connected access network devices to look like a(n abstract) programmable flow device, a L2/L3/L4 switch. Examples:
    • PON as a Switch
    • PON + access backhaul as a Switch
    • xDSL service as a Switch
  • Evolution to virtualization: it can work with a variety of (access) network technologies and devices, including legacy, fully virtualized (in the sense of separation of hardware and software), and in between. Voltha can run on a decice, on general purpose servers in the central office, or in data centers.
  • Unified OAM abstraction: it provides unified, vendor- and technology agnostic handling of device management tasks, such as service lifecycle, device lifecycle (including discovery, upgrade), system monitoring, alarms, troubleshooting, security, etc.
  • Cloud/DevOps bridge to modernization: it does all above while also treating the abstracted network functions as software services manageable much like other software components in the cloud, i.e., containers.

Why Voltha?

Control and management in the access network space is a mess. Each access technology brings its own bag of protocols, and on top of that vendors have their own interpretation/extension of the same standards. Compounding the problem is that these vendor- and technology specific differences ooze way up into the centralized OSS systems of the service provider, creating a lot of inefficiencies.

Ideally, all vendor equipment for the same access technology should provide an identical interface for control and management. Moreover, there shall be much higher synergies across technologies. While we wait for vendors to unite, Voltha provides an increment to that direction, by confining the differences to the locality of access and hiding them from the upper layers of the OSS stack.

How can you work with Voltha?

While we are still at the early phase of development, you can check out the BUILD.md file to see how you can build it, run it, test it, etc.

How can you help?

Contributions, small and large, are welcome. Minor contributions and bug fixes are always welcome in form of pull requests. For larger work, the best is to check in with the existing developers to see where help is most needed and to make sure your solution is compatible with the general philosophy of Voltha.