2025-06-02 Dedicated Networks Minutes

2025-06-02 Dedicated Networks Minutes

Community Attendees:

@Thorsten Lohmar @Masaharu Hattori @Steve Vickers @Surajj Jaggernath @Fadime Demirer @Hubert Przybysz @Barath K

Community Attendees:

LF Staff:

Agenda

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  • Agreement of last minutes (link)

  • Action Items Review

  • General Aspects

    • Comparison with QOS Booking API (see QOS Booking issue (link) and Table (link))

  • Closed Pull Request:

    • Pull Request #23: Enhancing security features

      • Merged with Main

    • Pull Request #29: General Dedicated Network description outside yaml

      • Merged with PR #27

  • Issues and Pull Requests:

    • Issue #8: Scope of Dedicated Networks API version 0.1.0

      • Issue #28: API Description / API Documentation

        • Pull Request #27: Proposals for info.description section

          • Updated to integrate merged PR #23 changes

          • No technical changes since more than two weeks

      • New Pull Request #31: Test definition

        • Needed for the CAMARA release procedure

      • New Pull Request #33: API Readiness Checklist

        • Needed for the CAMARA release procedure

      • New Pulld Request #34: Release R1.1 with API version v0.1.0-rc.1

        • Needed for the CAMARA release procedure

    • Issue #17: Correlating a Dedicated Network resource within a subsequent IoT Data Transfer Activation API call

    • Issue #21: dedicated-network-accesses.yaml missing device lifecycle

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Minutes

Agenda is approved.

Minutes from previous meeting are approved without comments.

Action Items from previous meeting are completed.

Pull Request #23 and Pull Request #29 are merged as described in the agenda.

Agreement to merge Pull Request #27 after the meeting.

Comparison table between QoS Booking and Dedicated Network - presentation, discussion, and online updates of the table:

  • Hubert comments on device access QoS profile which must be part of Network Profile - updated in the table

  • Hubert comments on potential future extension of service area to support flexible service area as discussed earlier - updated in the table

  • Hubert comments that device access can also be done while the reservation is already active - updated in the table

  • Masaharu asks about provisioning of devices and Thorsten clarifies how device gains access to dedicated network via the API - updated in the table that “provisioning of devices” is a CSP realisation option how to give device access to dedicated network

  • Thorsten clarifies that multiple device accesses can be provided by a dedicated network, therefore there is support for multiple devices - updated in the table

  • Thorsten clarifies that B2B2C can also be supported as a future extension as discussed earlier- updated in the table

New PRs: #31, #33 and #34 are related to the release candidates for the 3 APIs:

  • these PRs need to be merged by mid June to comply with the release candidate process

  • all members are encouraged to review to ensure timely merge!

  • Steve is added as a reviewer of these PRs

Issue #17 - iI it obsolete? Is it covered by the IoT Optimisation WG?

Issue #21 - Steve comments that it is an ongoing discussion for the next release

Action items

All members to review PRs: #31, #33 and #34