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commitfa9d6d44085b2b99b65e14a74f6602f242ca8e6e[log] [tgz]
authorKent Hagerman <khagerma@ciena.com>Mon May 25 11:49:40 2020 -0400
committerKent Hagerman <khagerma@ciena.com>Fri Jun 12 12:20:26 2020 -0400
tree1323df17879bb88bd65c7b9b3dfad854796f591e
parentd1387da67fb4087e5e404bf9f0365c654fda7c56 [diff]
VOL-3121 -  Separated out logical ports from logical agent.

Similar to flows/groups/meters.
Also modified device_route tests to generate unique port IDs (`.OfpPort.PortNo`s) across all UNI ports withing each test, i.e. within an OLT.
Also replaced logicalPortsNo map & associated NNI vs UNI logic with root device checks.

Change-Id: Ib0cecbf7d4f8d509ce7c989b9ccf697c8b0d17d6
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  1. .gitignore
  2. .gitreview
  3. .golangci.yml
  4. BUILD.md
  5. CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
  6. Makefile
  7. README.md
  8. VERSION
  9. compose/
  10. db/
  11. docker/
  12. go.mod
  13. go.sum
  14. quickstart.md
  15. rw_core/
  16. tests/
  17. vendor/
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?

You can start by reading the published documentation.
Another great way is to 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. Please check out the contributing page on the documentation.