Re: [Stackevo-discuss] [5gangip] 5G: It's the Network, Stupid

Ack, I certainly agree with that.

Dino

> On Dec 22, 2015, at 12:31 PM, Bill Gage <Bill.Gage@huawei.com> wrote:
> 
> I didn't say that you couldn't use VPN technology to realise a slice, I just said that a slice may encompass more that what one usually associates with the term "VPN". A slice may pull in technologies associated with SFC, NFV, TE, SDN, and a dozen other TLAs ;-)
> 
> Cheers ...
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dino Farinacci [mailto:farinacci@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 2:41 PM
>> Subject: Re: [5gangip] [Stackevo-discuss] 5G: It's the Network, Stupid
>> 
>> I think your difference is subtle where in fact you a virtual network and
>> a VPN is one of the same thing. And you can use VPN technology (an overlay
>> with segmentation of hosts, routers, and functions) to satisfy the
>> requirements below.
>> 
>> Dino
>> 
>>> On Dec 22, 2015, at 11:18 AM, Bill Gage <Bill.Gage@huawei.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> In the (5G) wireless world, a "network slice" means a collection of
>> service functions, network resources and radio access configurations that
>> are combined together to meet the requirements of a specific use case or
>> business model. For example, there may be a network slice for video
>> traffic, a slice for M2M traffic, and a slice for regular web browsing
>> traffic.
>>> 
>>> Each network slice may involve a specific set of (virtual) network
>> functions and each slice is designed to operate in isolation so that
>> operations in one slice do not negatively impact services in other slices.
>> It is essentially a traffic- and service-management tool.
>>> 
>>> So yes, a slice is a form of virtual network but not a VPN per se (in
>> the enterprise or multi-tenant sense). A slice may be something that a
>> mobile operator uses internally to manage different types of traffic, or
>> it may be something used to provide a VPN-like service to a particular
>> customer (e.g. for an MVNO overlay).
>>> 
>>> Like it or not, "network slice" seems to the name that various
>> organisations have given to this concept.
>>> 
>>> Cheers ...
>>> 
>>> [I tried to trim the receiver list just a little :-]
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Joe Touch [mailto:touch@isi.edu]
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 12:17 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [5gangip] [Stackevo-discuss] [gaia] 5G: It's the Network,
>>>> Stupid
>>>> 
>>>> VPNs often have a lot of baggage, notably that an end system can belong
>>>> to only one at a time.
>>>> 
>>>> Slices have the baggage that a process can belong to only one slice at
>> a
>>>> time.
>>>> 
>>>> I don't know if we strictly need a new term - virtual networks seems
>>>> fine to me (which, IMO, are synonymous with overlays) - but VPNs of all
>>>> types and slices have this baggage that is useful to avoid.
>>>> 
>>>> Joe
>>>> 
>>>> On 12/22/2015 8:57 AM, Dino Farinacci wrote:
>>>>> Why does yet another term need to be defined for what has been
>>>> traditionally called a multi-tenant VPN.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Dino
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Dec 21, 2015, at 3:55 PM, Joe Touch <touch@isi.edu> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 12/17/2015 9:49 AM, Linda Dunbar wrote:
>>>>>>> I strongly support the concept of network slicing for Applications
>> or
>>>> IoT networks.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> FWIW, I do not - in specific, I support the notion of per-service
>>>>>> overlays, but would not call them "slices".
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Slices are an artifact of an OS-view of the network. It's a network
>>>>>> partitioning model that considers cross-overlay interaction only as a
>>>>>> violation of the model itself.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> We should be careful to consider that networks end at network
>>>> interfaces
>>>>>> and network interface names, not OS partitions - and OS partitions
>> are
>>>>>> the baggage that comes with the term "slice".
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Joe
>>>>>> 
>>> 
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