[bmwg] IETF 119 Side Meeting on Exposure of Network and Compute Information for the Edge

[Jordi Ros Giralt <[e-mail]>]

Hello all:


We are planning on doing a side meeting during the IETF 119 on "exposure of network and compute information to support edge computing applications". This is a follow up from the side meeting we had in IETF 118 on the same topic, for which you can find the materials/recordings in this repo: https://github.com/compute-exposure/ietf-side-meetings/tree/main/ietf-119-side-meeting



At this point we would like to welcome presentations. If you would like to present a related topic, please reply to me directly in this email and CC Luis ([e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>), Sabine ([e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>), and Roland ([e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>).



The topics of interest for this side meeting will be:



- Use cases of exposure of network and compute information.

- Relevant information/metrics for exposure. What compute and network information metrics should be exposed? (driven by use cases)
- Exposure mechanisms. Mechanisms to expose such information from the network to the application or the service provider.

- Security. Mechanisms to ensure the exposure of information is securely done.

- Related art and proof-of-concepts.

- Discussions on next steps.



​**Problem motivation.** As the industry has reached peak computational centralization, compute needs communication to scale through distributed computing. There is a need to have a forum to discuss how the two sides of the same coin (compute and communication) can be exposed to the application to make efficient service placement and selection decisions. This information exposure is to support several application lifecycle operations including compute and communication resource discovery, service deployment, service selection, and assurance. This is especially important at the edge of the network, where services such as distributed AI, XR/VR, vehicle networks (V2X), etc. need this compute and communication information to meet stringent performance requirements. Exposed information should also account for the application footprint reaching out to cellular networks and for trust capabilities.


We will also very soon announce the time and location for this side meeting. (You will see that we have tentatively blocked a time slot already in the IETF wiki.)


We look forward to your participation.



Thank you.


Jordi, Sabine, Roland, Luis on behalf of this side meeting