Open Networking & Edge Summit 2020

An indigenous end-to-end 5G test bed sponsored by the Government of India is being developed by a number of leading academic institutions (Indian Institutes of Technology, Indian Institute of Science), R&D centers and several industry partners. The test bed’s objectives are to promote indigenous R&D, foster research and innovation, and be a real-world ‘lab’ for academia, industries and start-ups. So, it is essential that the components are developed indigenously or open source is leveraged to provide a level playing ground for everyone. For the orchestration layer, ONAP open source was chosen as the base platform, upon which functional and non-functional enhancements are being implemented to realize various 5G use cases. ONAP’s architecture, components and open interfaces enable customizations and generic enhancements to realize new use cases, thus fulfilling the test bed’s objectives. This presentation covers the journey so far, best practices and lessons learnt, and the road ahead.