[Teas-ns-dt] Two comments about the discussion today (different SLOs in the same slice / need of topology in the upper system)

[LUIS MIGUEL CONTRERAS MURILLO <[e-mail]>]

Hi all,

Thanks for the good discussion today.

Let me share two thoughts regarding the discussions of today:


·         Different SLOs for different TS members on the same slice. According to the discussion today, I think we need to differentiate two situations:

o   Situation 1 -  a slice customer request a slice for supporting a service that needs different SLOs in different part of the slice.

o   Situation 2 - two slice customers request a slice to support two different services that need different SLOs.

o   In situation 1, I think it could be feasible to support the different SLOs on the slice, since those SLOs will apply to different parts of the slice, e.g. different BW in access than in the central point providing content to all the accesses.

o   In situation 2, however, it is not so intuitive that the two customers could be accommodated on the same slice. For instance, there could be different (not always compatible) SLOs for the same part of the slice (either access, central point, etc), or one of the customers could require some on-the-fly reconfigurations that could impact or interfere the other customer's service.

o   Maybe my problem here is the concept of TS member if synonymous of TS customer. Two different customers could share a slice without problem if the SLOs are equivalent, and/or if any action from one customer cannot interfere on the other (either because there are isolation mechanisms in place or simply because the customer is not allowed to perform any re-configuration). But if that is not the case, then it is not so easy to make different customer co-exist (too much complexity, it seems easier to go for different slices). So probably re-defining the idea of TS member the issue of sharing or dividing a slice between parts with different SLOs could be more clear.



·         Need of topology view in the higher system. Two comments here:

o   In this respect it could be needed for the higher system to pass some geographical or location related information to the TSC. Having to pass this kind of information not necessarily require to have a topological view of the transport network (i.e., it can be passed without having that view), but probably having the topological view (or some detail of) could simplify the process and assist higher systems in their process.

o   When thinking on the connection to the end-points, such the case for gNB's and UPF's as we saw today, the higher system would benefit from having a consistent topological view that could assist it on properly instructing both the TSC and the other controllers to identify the end points. For that I can agree we can have yet the black box approach internally to the transport part. Again, probably some geographical or location information could assist on the process.

Just to share my thoughts after today's meeting,

Best regards

Luis

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Luis M. Contreras

Technology and Planning
Transport, IP and Interconnection Networks
Telefónica I+D / Global CTIO unit / Telefónica

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