LF Networking

Open Networking & Edge Summit
2025-03-31
Date: March 31
Location: Excel London, England
For over 10 years, Open Networking & Edge Summit (ONE Summit) has remained the premier event for open networking, edge, cloud, and IoT industries, bringing together technical and business leaders for in-depth, interactive discussions in a neutral and collaborative environment. This dynamic forum fosters innovative planning and strategizing of cutting-edge technologies with the operational support needed to maximize their impact.
This year’s event is hosted alongside KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU given the significant evolution the industry is undergoing as it moves towards cloud native infrastructure.
Save the date, register to attend the event and learn about Open Networking & Edge Summit sponsorship opportunities and how to get your brand front and center with industry thought leaders and decision makers.

Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2025
2025-03-03 - 2025-03-06 | Fira Barcelona, Spain
Join LF Networking community members and leaders at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona:

We’re partnering with Platinum member Infosys to host an exclusive reception where thought leaders and ecosystem game-changers will come together to collaborate on the future of Networking. Stop by the Infosys booth (Hall Number 2, Booth #2E43) to learn more
Catch LFN member organizations discussing LFN projects and technologies in their booths and sessions; see the full exhibitor list for more details.
LFN sister project, CAMARA, will present demos of open network APIs in the GSMA booth, will be featured heavily in the GSMA Open Gateway Developer Conference on March 4, and will co-host a community reception sponsored by RedHat and Telefonica. See CAMARA’s website for more information.

Nephio R4 Developer Summit
2024-10-15 - 2024-10-16
Date: October 15-16
Location: Zig Zag Tech Talk, US-SVL-CRSM1265-2-2B01265, Crossman Ave, Sunnyvale, CA

You are invited to join us October 15-16 in Sunnyvale, CA for the Nephio R4 Developer Summit.
We’ll celebrate the success of Nephio R3 and plan for the future. This face-to-face summit provides the opportunity to iterate on plans and next steps for the upcoming Nephio R4 release via collaborative discussions, informative sessions, and hands-on tutorials. Registration is free and open to anyone interested in helping to shape the future direction of Nephio and open cloud native network automation.
Sample session topics include:

Realizing Nephio Business Value for Telcos
Cloud Giants Weighing in: Perspective on Nephio’s Networking Automation
Open Source Collaboration: Synergy Between CAMARA, O-RAN, Sylva, OAI, O-RAN SC and Kubernetes
Gen AI + Nephio
Security
And so much more!

Check out the event agenda and register to attend.

GTI Summit Shanghai
2024-06-26 15:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Shanghai)
GTI Summit Shanghai’s theme is 5G-A x AI, held in conjunction with MWC Shanghai. The event is a fantastic opportunity to have f2f networking with insightful industry peers, gain up-to-date information on the future of the industry, and discuss trends related to 5G and AI, and more.
Linux Foundation GM of Networking, Edge and IoT, Arpit Joshipura, will present a keynote session on the future of open source networking and edge.
Learn more and register (note: attendees must hold a MWC Shanghai attendee pass): https://www.gtigroup.org/summitdetail/21014.html

Open Telco LATAM Summit
2024-06-26 08:00 - 2024-06-27 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
VIRTUAL EVENT

Discover the latest innovations related to open networks at Open Telco LATAM SUMMIT 2024,
where we will explore the most recent trends in open platforms for telecommunications networks,
including initiatives such as Open RAN and Open Gateway, among others. Join industry experts who will
share their knowledge and experiences, providing an open space for debate and interaction between different players.
Linux Foundation GM of Networking, Edge and IoT, Arpit Joshipura, will present a 20 minute session on the latest in open networking and edge.
Learn more and register to attend virtually: https://www.telesemana.com/open-telco-latam-summit-2024/

LF Networking Developer & Testing Forum
2024-05-02 - 2024-05-03
Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (times subject to change)
Registration Cost: $100
The LFN Developer & Testing Forum will gather face to face in Silicon Valley to advance project release, discuss architecture, direction and integration points and to innovate across the open source networking stack in real time.
How to Register: Pre-registration is required. Add the LFN Developer & Testing Forum to your ONE Summit registration, or register separately here if you’re not planning on attending ONE Summit.
Please contact events@lfnetworking.org with any questions.

ONE Summit 2024
2024-04-29 - 2024-05-01
ONE Summit returns to Silicon Valley, April 29-May1, 2024!
Over the past ten plus years, the event has evolved from a focused conference on SDN and NFV to what we have today: a robust, cross-industry ecosystem gathering of the most innovative discussion topics within the broader networking and edge space, which now encompasses the next phase of innovation: AI+Networking, IoT/Edge and AI, Open RAN and Enhanced Connectivity/Access, Enterprise & Multi-Cloud Networking, Security, and more.
We can’t wait to celebrate industry advancement, together, back in Silicon Valley.
Top 3 Things to Know & Do

Review the new tracks for 2024 (Speaking submissions closed December 17, 2023):

The Future of Open Innovation
AI Implementation Across Telecom, Cloud & Enterprise, and Edge
Securing & Automating the Open End-to-End Networks
Next-Gen Access & Connectivity
Deployment Use Stories: Where Slides Meet the Real World

2. Review sponsorship opportunities to learn how you can get your brand in front of a global audience, and help make this event happen!
3. Register to Attend. It’s never too early to secure your spot at the premier open networking event. Plus, the early bird gets the worm, so register now for the best rate!
Check out the full event website for more details!

FutureNet World 2024
2024-04-16 08:00 - 2024-04-17 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
FutureNet World 2024
NETWORK AUTOMATION & AI, DEFINING THE ROADMAP FOR THE TELCO OF THE FUTURE
16-17 April 2024, Novotel London West
Bringing together the world’s leading telco execs to discuss the strategic & commercial priorities in today’s digital world & the considerations for the future of the network. Join 600+ individuals at the leading event focused on network automation & AI
Don’t miss GM of Netwokring, Edge and IoT, Arpit Joshipura, giving a closing keynote on “Network Automation & AI: The Open Way” on Wednesday, April 17 at 16:10.
Learn more and register: https://futurenetworld.net/events/futurenet-world-2024/

Nephio India Meetup | Spring 2024 at Google, Bangalore
2024-04-04 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Bagmane Tech Park, Bagmane Tech Park Krishnappa Garden Dell International Pvt Ltd, Krishnappa Garden, C V Raman Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560093, Bengaluru, India
Date & Time: Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 10:00 AM to Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 4:00 PM IST
Registration: Free
Do you have interest in Telco and 5G Networks and are eager to learn more about it? Sign up for thought-provoking conversations and keynotes from industry experts. This is a community meetup where experts from Google, AccuKnox, Nephio, Orange Innovations, and Aarna Networks will gather and share their insights on the technology that powers the future.
Attendance is free, but space is limited. To reserve your spot, please RSVP before April 1, 2024!
Learn more about the event and RSVP here>>

ONE Summit Regional Day: India
2023-11-30 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Join the LFN ecosystem community for ONE Summit Regional Day: India, on November 30 in Bangalore. Hosted at member organization Infosys’ campus, the day-long event will feature a packed agenda with engaging sessions discussing the latest trends and strategies across the open network stack.
Register here.
Logistical information
Event venue
Infosys Electronic City
Infosys Limited,
Plot No. 44/97 A, 3rd cross,
Electronic City, Hosur Road,
Bengaluru – 560 100
https://maps.app.goo.gl/2nMuhyMi68nzmagw9
Access and identification
Access to the event venue will be via Gate 10 at Infosys Electronic City. Each participant must carry a valid government identification and registration confirmation for verification upon entry. Admission to the premises grants access to the event venue (Cauvery Conference Room, Building 12) and cafeteria/restrooms near the venue.
Agenda

Session details & info
Speaker(s)

9:00AM
Welcome & Intro
Gnanapriya Chidambaranathan, Infosys

9:30AM
Keynote 1: Open-Source Networking & Edge Vision
Arpit Joshipura, LF Networking

10:00AM
Keynote 2: AI first Enterprise
Rafee Tarafdar, Infosys

10:30AM
Tea Break

10:45AM

– An introduction to the cloud native way of automation with a true cloud native approach in Nephio.
Mudiganti Seshu Kumar, Windriver

– The LFN 5G Super Blueprint: Overview & AI Exploration
Yogendra Pal, Aarna

– Using reference design kits to quickly develop applications using EdgeX in various industry verticals.
Vijay Annamalaisamy, HCL; Sathya Durai, HCL

– Closed loop automation in ONAP.
Hirandagi Shashikanth, Windriver

– Insights into how ORAN security requirements can be fulfilled by new primitives such as BPF-LSM and improvised eBPF instruction.
Rahul Jadhav, Accuknox

12:40PM
Lunch

1:40PM
Simplifying the management of the ebpf program orchestration
Santhosh Fernandes, Walmart

2:05PM
Lightning talk – AI powered Telco Cloud Network Automation
Girish Kumar, Infosys

2:15PM
Panel Discussion: “AI for Networks and Networks for AI; Beyond 5G”
Moderator: Gnanapriya Chidambaranathan, Infosys; Panelists: Sriram Rupanagunta (Aarna), Dr. Ranjani Hosakere Gireesha (Ericsson), Gopan Vijayan Nair (Nvidia), Avinash Bhat (Samsung)

3:00PM
Tea Break

3:15PM
Panel Discussion: “ORAN Focus, Contributions Towards Standards and Skills”
Moderator: Sreekanth Sasidharan (Infosys); Panelists: Sanjeev Malhotra (Nasscom), Srinivasan Radhakrishnan (Sooktha), Manjukiran Aithal (Lekha Wireless), Shantanu Srivastava (Happiest Minds Technologies)

4:00PM
Open-Source Hardware Networking & Edge | Chip Design, Board Design
Chethan Som, Exaleap Semiconductor Pvt. Ltd.

4:30PM
– Lightning talk – 5G Monetization – Edge & API Marketplace
Nishi Mathur, Infosys

– Lightning talk – CAMARA: An innovative approach to monetizing Telco network using open API’s
Praveen Kumar Kalapatapu, Infosys

– Lightning talk – Orchestrating Autonomous Networks using Intents
Ganesh Narayan, Infosys

5:00PM
Wrap & Vote of Thanks
Anupama Konanavar, Infosys

Register here.

LFN Developer & Testing Forum: Budapest
2023-11-13 08:00 - 2023-11-16 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Join the LFN Developer & Testing Forum, November 13-16 in Budapest, Hungary for face-to-face integration focused on evolving project architectures, direction, and integration points while innovating across the entire open source networking stack.
Stay tuned for more details about Call for Topic Proposals as well as specific agenda, but REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

OCP Global Summit 2023
2023-10-17 08:00 - 2023-10-19 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
LFN will be onsite, alongside other LF projects, at OCP Global Summit in San Jose, CA, October 17-19. Visit the Linux Foundation booth on the show floor during exhibit hours.

https://www.opencompute.org/summit/global-summit

ONE Summit Regional Day: China
2023-09-26
Join us for ONE Summit Regional Day: Shanghai, September 26.
The event will be colocated with KubeCon + CloudNativeCon & Open Source Summit China and attendees can add the event to their main Summit registration for just $20 USD. Collaborate with technical decision makers, thought leaders, implementers, thinkers, and doers for a day of interactive discussion.
Get the same great content you’d expect during a full ONE Summit e — in-depth presentations and interactive conversations around Access, Edge, 5G and Cloud open-source technology developments– but in a smaller, more localized fashion hosted by local member companies.
Event Agenda:

The state of open source Networking and Edge

Ranny Haiby, CTO Networking, Edge/IoT and Access at the Linux Foundation

Deep dive into telco’s open source practices on next generation infrastructure

Yanjun, Senior Researcher, China Mobile Expert

Intent based incident management in ONAP

Guanyu Zhu, open source technology ecosystem expert at Huawei
Keguang He, Software Architect at China Mobile

EdgeX Foundry introduction and release updates

Melvin Sun, Co-founder of EdgeX China project & TSC member of EdgeX Foundry and Director of Software Ecosystem in Network & Edge group at Intel Corporation

Reflections on Commercial Implementation of CAMARA Projects by Operators

Zhu Lijun, China Unicom

NanoMQ + eKuiper : Unify Real-time Messaging & Streaming for Internet of Vehicles

Jiyong Huang, Chair of the eKuiper Technical Steering Committee and Senior Software Engineer of EMQ

Exploration of Generative AI Applications and Open Source Models in the Telecommunications Industry

Changjin Wang, ZTE CCN Product Planning Chief Engineer, LF Networking TSC member
Jie Hu, ZTE Open Source Strategy Director, LF Networking Governing Board member

Open Source and Edge Computing: Unleashing a New Chapter in Digital Transformation

Tina Tsou, LF Edge Board Chair

How Linux Foundation open source work with telco standard for commercial telco cloud native deployment

Lingli Deng, Senior Project Manager at China Mobile Research Institute
Hui Deng, Chief 5GC/Cloud standard at Huawei

LF Networking和LF Edge邀请你参加9月26日上海站的 ONE Summit Regional Day，并加入我们的网络和边缘计算生态系统的国际化社区！今年的ONE Summit Regional Day主要聚焦人工智能、网络接入、边缘计算、5G和开源云技术发展等区域性交流活动。这次活动主要为技术决策者和开发人员提供一个密切合作的场所，邀请全球各地的社区成员们相聚，进行面对面交流与协作。
有关此活动的疑问，请联系：pr@lfnetworking.org
请注意，这是赞助商主办的同场活动，必须添加到您的 Kubecon + CloudNativeCon + Open Source Summit China 2023 的注册中。
大会议程：

开源网络/边缘软件当前市场与趋势

Ranny Haiby, CTO Networking, Edge/IoT and Access at the Linux Foundation

中国移动算力网络的开源实践

Yanjun, Senior Researcher, China Mobile Expert

ONAP: 基于意图的智能故障管理

Guanyu Zhu, open source technology ecosystem expert at Huawei
Keguang He, Software Architect at China Mobile

EdgeX Foundry 简介及项目近况更新

Melvin Sun, Co-founder of EdgeX China project & TSC member of EdgeX Foundry and Director of Software Ecosystem in Network & Edge group at Intel Corporation

运营商基于CAMARA项目进行商业化落地的思考

Zhu Lijun, PDT Manager at China Unicom

NanoMQ + eKuiper : 一站式车联网实时消息和流处理服务

Jiyong Huang, Chair of the eKuiper Technical Steering Committee and Senior Software Engineer of EMQ

生成式AI在电信行业的场景探索以及开源模式思考

Changjin Wang, ZTE CCN Product Planning Chief Engineer, LF Networking TSC member
Jie Hu, ZTE Open Source Strategy Director, LF Networking Governing Board member

开源和边缘计算：开启数字化转型新篇章

Tina Tsou, LF Edge Board Chair

如何通过Linux基金会的开源项目与电信标准的结合来推进电信云原生商业部署

Lingli Deng, Senior Project Manager at China Mobile Research Institute
Hui Deng, Chief 5GC/Cloud standard at Huawei

ONE Summit Regional Day: Spain
2023-09-18
Join the larger open networking & edge ecosystems for ONE Summit Regional Day Spain, September 18, 2023 in Bilbao, Spain! The event will be co-located with Open Source Summit EU. Get the same great content you’d expect during a full ONE Summit event— in-depth presentations and interactive conversations around Access, Edge, 5G and Cloud open-source technology developments– but in a smaller, more localized fashion hosted by local member companies.
Collaborate with technical decision makers, thought leaders, implementers, thinkers, and doers for a day of interactive discussion. Registration for the ONE Summit Regional Day can be added to your Open Source Summit registration for only $20 in-person and $0 for virtual attendees.
Full agenda:

Arpit Joshipura – General Manager of Networking, IoT & Edge at The Linux Foundation

State of the Industry

Hanen Garcia – Global Telco Solutions Manager at Red Hat

Enabling 6G Innovation through Open Collaboration: The Role of Linux Foundation Networking

Philip Griffiths – Vice-President at NetFoundry

Applying Edge-Native Zero Trust to LF Edge; EdgeX Foundry, eKuiper, OpenZiti and the Open Retail Reference Architecture

CAMARA Panel

Open network APIs: CAMARA & Open Gateway Initiative

Fatih Degirmenci – Executive Director at the CD Foundation
Andrea Frittoli – Open Source Developer Advocate at IBM and current Chair of Technical Oversight Committee at the CD Foundation

Interoperability: Empowering Multi-Vendor CD in Telecommunications with Standardization

Erik Nordmark – CTO and Co-founder at ZEDEDA

Get Started with LF Edge with the New LF Edge Sandbox

Gergely Csatari – Senior Specialist, Open Source at Nokia and current Co-Chair of the Technical Steering Committee at the Anuket Project
Luis Velarde Tazon – Head of Cloud & Infrastructure, Global IT, CTIO at Telefonica

Anuket x Sylva Fireside Chat

Renê Pinto – Technical Lead at ZEDEDA

Best Practices for Supporting ARM with EVE-OS

Hope to see you there!

Interop Tokyo 2023
2023-06-14 08:00 - 2023-06-16 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Interop Tokyo is an Internet technology event. Since the first event held in Japan in 1994, hundreds of companies and organizations from Japan and abroad have participated every year, and have communicated technological trends and trends in business utilization through demonstrations and seminars at the venue. By visiting Interop Tokyo, which has progressed along with the history of the Internet and technological innovation in Japan, you will be able to experience trends in the Internet field as soon as possible.
LF’s CTO of Networking, Edge, and Access, Ranny Haiby, will speak at this year’s event on “The state of open source Networking and Edge.”
Stay tuned for more details on full conference agenda.

LFN Developer & Testing Forum: Summer 2023 (Virtual)
2023-06-06 - 2023-06-08
Our developer community is once again gathering virtually June 6-8 to roll up our sleeves and advance our technical community work! As with our previous virtual D&TFs, this is a time for community-generated sessions that address the challenges we all face in our projects and celebrate our successes together. We will once again have a mixture of plenary, multi-project, and individual project sessions.
Visit the wiki for more details and registration: https://wiki.lfnetworking.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=82905276

TelecomTV's DSP Leaders World Forum
2023-05-23 08:00 - 2023-05-24 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Windsor, UK
Dubbed ‘the Davos of Telecoms’, TelecomTV’s annual DSP Leaders World Forum returns for a fifth year to the historic Windsor Great Park on 23-24 May 2023.
The event features two days of stimulating and interactive panel debates, thought-provoking discussions, great coffee, a humdinger of a networking reception in the evening and, of course, the now legendary Neil McRae Charity Pinball Tournament!
Last year, more than 100 industry thought leaders, including top CSP executives representing BT, Colt Technologies, China Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Singtel, Tele2, Telefonica, Verizon, Vodafone, discussed their strategies and the future of the industry, while tackling key topics including 5G, edge, telco cloud, service innovation and much more.
LFN’s Heather Kirksey, VP of Community & Ecosystem, will join a panel on “Why cloud native is essential to delivering the automation, agility and innovation needed to support new services,” on day two of the event.

–> Check out the agenda and register to attend the live broadcast now: https://lnkd.in/eWUYZB2x

ONE Summit Regional Days - North America: Open Source Summit North America (Vancouver)
2023-05-09 13:30 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | vancouver convention center
TUESDAY, MAY 9, 2023 | 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre
In Person Registration Cost: $20
Virtual Registration Cost: $0
LF Networking is the world’s leading open source networking software developer with the most widely adopted 5G blueprint. We are engaged with the top telecommunications companies, networking hardware and software providers, enterprises and governments. Join us to hear from industry experts about how we are building and operationalizing emergent open source networking products together!
Agenda:

Presenter
Title
Start time
End time
End Q&A

Arpit Joshipura – LFN
Keynote address
13:30
14:05
—

Sana Tariq and Steve Tannock – TELUS
Open Source Innovation: Empowering Telcos to Own Their Destiny
14:10
14:45
14:55

BREAK
BREAK
15:00
15:15
—

Robert Varga – PANTHEON.tech
OpenDaylight: Ten Years In and So Much to Do
15:15
15:50
16:00

Muddasar Ahmed – Mitre
Accelerating 5G Innovation: How the 5G Super Blueprint Can Help You Win in a Rapidly Evolving Market
16:05
16:40
16:50

How to Register: Pre-registration is required. To register for LF Networking Mini ONE Summit, add it to your Open Source Summit North America registration.

Mobile World Congress Barcelona
2023-02-27 - 2023-03-02 | Fira Barcelona, Spain
LFN’s CTO of Networking, Edge, and Access, Ranny Haiby, will be onsite and speaking at MWC. He’ll be part of a panel, ” Building Metaverse Ready Networks,” happening March 1 from 13:15-14:15 (Stage A, Hall 6).
Anyone interested in meeting with Ranny while onsite may reach out to pr@lfnetworking.org to arrange a meeting.

LFN Developer & Testing Forum (Winter 2023)
2023-02-13 - 2023-02-16
Save the date! The Winter 2023 LFN D&TF will take place February13-16, 2023, as a virtual event.

Registration will open soon and more details will be available via the wiki.
Confirmed projects participating include:

5G Super Blueprint
Anuket
EMCO
FD.io
L3AF
ODIM
ONAP
OpenDaylight
Tungsten Fabric
XGVela

LFN Developer & Testing Forum November
2022-11-17 - 2022-11-18
The November event will be held for 2 days (November 16 & 17) just after the Open Networking & Edge Summit. Save the Date!

Open Networking & Edge Summit
2022-11-15 - 2022-11-16
We’re excited to announce that the Open Networking & Edge Summit will be held November 15-16 in Seattle, WA USA. We hope to be seeing many of you in person at last! The event will be followed by a two-day LFN Developer & Testing Forum (Nov 17-18) in the same venue. We’ll be sharing more information as it becomes available, but in the meantime: SAVE THE DATE!
The Open Networking & Edge Summit is the industry’s premier open networking and edge computing event focused on end to end solutions powered by open source in the Telco, Cloud, and Enterprise verticals. Attendees will learn how to leverage open source ecosystems and gain new insights for digital transformation.
Reminder: If you haven’t already, please register for the spring event — the Open Networking & Edge Executive Forum (April 12-14). It’s being hosted virtually across time zones and is free to attend.

Open Networking & Edge Days Spring
2022-06-15 - 2022-06-17
Inspired by the Open Networking & Edge Summit, the ONE event for End to End Connectivity Solutions powered by Open Source, we are now launching Networking & Edge Days in Japan in collaboration with Interop Tokyo 2022, The Linux foundation, LF Networking, and LF Edge. In the era of cloud-native computing, development using related technologies such as containers and Kubernetes is becoming more and more active in the field of edge computing.
Networking & Edge Days is an event within an event that focuses on end-to-end connectivity solutions using open source. This event will enable the collaboration needed to shape the future of networking and edge computing in Japan. We look forward to your active participation.
Note: The physical event will take place at Interop Toky0 2022. There will also be an online version of the event June 19th-July 1st, 2022.
Learn More: https://www.interop.jp/2022/en/exhibition/opennetworking/.

LFN Developer & Testing Forum June
2022-06-13 - 2022-06-16
The June event will be held June 13-16, 2022 in Porto, Portugal.
Learn more and register here.

Open Networking & Edge Executive Forum
2022-04-12 - 2022-04-14
The Linux Foundation, LF Networking, and LF Edge are pleased to announce the 2022 Executive Forum, where leading industry executives will again share their visions from the Telco, Cloud, and Enterprise verticals. Attendees will learn how to leverage open source ecosystems and gain new insights for digital transformation. Presented in a virtual format across three days, this is a one-track event starting in a different time zone each day to better reach our global audience.
Learn more & Register.

2022 LFN DTF Workshop
2022-03-14 - 2022-03-15
The LFN DTF Workshop is a special follow-on event from the January LFN Developer & Testing Forum and will be focused on continuing cross-project collaborations. The event will be held virtually March 14 & 15. The event will be held virtually March 14 & 15 and will use a combination of online tools to create a productive and interactive virtual meeting environment. See the schedule at the link below and attend the sessions of most interest to you.

Topics
Schedule
Slack
Feedback ccain@lfnetworking.org

LFN Developer & Testing Forum
2022-01-10 - 2022-01-13
The next LFN Developer & Testing Forum is scheduled for January 10-13, 2022. Once again we will be virtually gathering the LFN project technical communities to progress our releases; discuss project architecture, direction, and integration points; and further innovate through the open source networking stack.
We will use a combination of online tools to create a productive and interactive virtual meeting environment. The event is free of cost and registration is required. Learn more on the event planning wiki page. Please send any questions to events@lfnetworking.org.
Participating projects and initiatives include the following:
5G Super Blueprint: A community-driven integration and proof of concept involving multiple open source initiatives to show end-to-end use cases demonstrating implementation architectures for end users. The 5G Super Blueprint will cover RAN, Edge, and Core and enable end-to-end open source solutions for enterprises and verticals, large institutional organizations, and more.
Anuket: The Anuket community will be hosting meetings exploring future development topics, discussing operating procedures, and fostering collaboration with other projects.
EMCO: Edge Multi-Cluster Orchestrator (EMCO) is a software framework for intent-based deployment of cloud-native applications to a set of Kubernetes clusters, spanning enterprise data centers, multiple cloud service providers and numerous edge locations. It is architected to be flexible, modular and highly scalable. It is aimed at various verticals, including telecommunication service providers.
EUAG: LFN’s End User Advisory Group (EUAG) serves as the representatives of the business and technical interests of the Telecom companies to the LFN Projects and community. We look forward to using the forum to collaborate with Projects and teams and help provide guidance on where the Telecom Industry is going.
FD.io: FD.io will be discussing CSIT Performance Benchmarking, Anomaly Detection, Results Tracking.
L3AF: At L3AF, our vision is to create a marketplace for eBPF programs (Kernel Functions), where users and developers can share their own signed kernel functions and download kernel functions from others. Our L3AF platform can then be used to orchestrate and compose selected kernel functions from the marketplace to several business needs. In this way, L3AF provides developers with a cloud and vendor-agnostic platform for adding capabilities to an operating system at runtime. We believe that the creation of such a fully integrated software ecosystem around eBPF will unleash its full potential for community adoption.
ODIM: ODIM coordinates with other key SDOs and open source communities, with a focus on automation, simplification, consistency, and interoperability of COTS and OSS infrastructure management solutions resulting in accelerating infrastructure deployments across segments while lowering operational complexity and cost.
ONAP: The ONAP community sessions will highlight recent achievements and milestones, and plan for the next ones. Attendees can expect to learn about new features and capabilities in the Istanbul release, including CNF, enterprise use-cases and many more. Updates will be provided regarding on-going efforts in architecture, modeling, security, and requirements. A big chunk of time will be dedicated to demos showing ONAP addressing real-world use cases. The planning sessions will present a unique opportunity for
community members and non-members to provide input that will shape the next releases of ONAP.
OpenDaylight: OpenDaylight will be hosting some “how to get engaged” discussions and introduce new projects that aim to scale OpenDaylight for 2022 and into the future.
Tungsten Fabric: The Tungsten Fabric community will focus on “hands-on” development work for the next release of Tungsten Fabric, refining the Release Process, improving the CI/CD pipeline, and exploring cross-community integration with projects such as ONAP, DPDK, and more.
XGVela: An open source collaborative cloud native Platform as a Service (PaaS) for applications and Telco network functions, which is to enable new services and help mobile operators to seize business opportunities from vertical industries in the 5G era.
Register Here.

Intelligent Networking and the Thoth Project – Where do we go from here?
2021-11-30 07:00 - 08:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Based on the recently published LFN End User Advisor Group (EUAG) Intelligent Networking white paper that highlights some recommendations for supporting intelligent networking for Telecom operators, this webinar will focus on some of the work that has been started to address the identified needs. Some of the topics covered will include:
• Thoth, the first LFN AI/ML project
• The need for a common data set to support intelligent networking development
• Is the Open Source community the right place to address the gaps?
Join Beth Cohen (Verizon), Lei Huang (China Mobile), Sridhar K N Rao (Spirent), and Yuhan Zhang (China Mobile) to discuss the future of networking in the Telecom industry.
Register Here.
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LFN Webinar: Deutsche Telekom Deploys ONAP in O-RAN TOWN
2021-11-18 08:00 - 09:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Deutsche Telekom is on their way of bringing ONAP from the labs into pilot production. In their O-RAN Town project, DT deployed in the city of Neubrandenburg a multi-vendor Open RAN trial network for 4G and 5G services with massive MIMO integrated into the live network — the first in Europe. To automate services on all network domains, DT introduced a vendor-independent Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) component based on ONAP open source. The SMO is to be at the heart of complete lifecycle management of all O-RAN components in this deployment. In this webinar, hear from Marc Fiedler, Sebastian Zechlin, and Andreas Geissler from Deutsche Telekom about how they overcame deployment challenges and the benefits using ONAP.
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LFN Webinar: Orange Deploys ONAP in Production
2021-11-10 08:00 - 09:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Realizing a long-pursued goal of using the Open Networking Automation Platform (ONAP), Orange has deployed and trialed an automation framework powered by ONAP. The current use case, in production in Orange Egypt, includes automating network services, network connectivity and resource management inside IP/MPLS, and configuration changes such as provisioning virtual private networks. Through this initiative, Orange has demonstrated that ONAP has reached the maturity and modularity for network operators to take combinations of ONAP projects and components from proof of concept to production. Join this webinar with Olivier Augizeau from Orange; and Mohamed Hassan, Mohamed Daoud, and Abdel-Muhaimen Seaudi from Orange Egypt to learn about the challenges, benefits, and tips for deploying ONAP in production networks.
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Note: The webinar will begin at 8:00 AM Pacific Time
