2024‐04‐02 TAPI Meeting Minutes

Date

• 2 April 2024

Disclaimer: ONF is disbanding and merging into Linux Foundation. Until is not fully clarified and agreed under which entity this project will land, no final decisions will be taken by the TAPI team for the TAPI next versions. TAPI team will at most agree recommendations, with final agreement postponed.

Attendees

• Andrea Mazzini
• Gabriele Galimberti
• Jonathan Sadler
• Esther Le Rouzic (TIP OOPT/MUST)
• Brian Johnson
• Anders Lindgren

Tentative agenda:

• General update
  • Update on Linux Foundation
  • New link to ONMI Project from https://www.linuxfoundation.org/projects
  • 2.5.1 Review and final approval (https://github.com/Open-Network-Models-and-Interfaces-ONMI/TAPI/releases)
  • Brief review of open/closed issues
• Photonic Model: continue the fix/update of the transceiver provisioning model
  • check transceiver profile and transceiver parameters
• Continue the discussion on digital payload of photonic media
• Model for Multi-technology Network Interface

Next Call, April 9

• General update
  • Update on Linux Foundation
  • 2.5.1 Review and final approval
  • Brief review of open/closed issues
• Photonic Model: continue the fix/update of the transceiver provisioning model
  • check transceiver profile and transceiver parameters
  • GOSNR (Generalized OSNR) approach and possible enhancements to the explicit profile
• Continue the discussion on digital payload of photonic media
• Model for Multi-technology Network Interface
• Review 2.6.0 plan, agree priorities, assign owners

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Discussion item 1

General update

30 mins

1. Move to LF

   • No updates regarding the TR-547/8 copyright
     • No indication if the name will remain TR or something different
   • Andrea will contact Kam to start planning the publication of TAPI at ITU-T
     • Explore a possible MoU also with ITU-T and MEF
   • Andrea shows the new link to ONMI Project from https://www.linuxfoundation.org/projects
     • Now ONMI is a LF project!
   • Lyndon was told about eventually using PCC as a platform for mailing lists
     • Jonathan found a description as a LF pre-release platform for LF projects: https://docs.linuxfoundation.org/v2/project-control-center-pcc-pre-release
   • Lyndon has distributed the draft of TIP MoU, with Scott Nicholas’ comments (TIP - LF MOU 3-29-2024)
   • Lyndon also distributed the summary of LF proposals regarding ONMI project future (ONMIProjectFuture_3april2024)
     • Both contributions are available in https://github.com/Open-Network-Models-and-Interfaces-ONMI/TAPI/tree/tapi-team-activities/TAPI-TEAM-ACTIVITIES/ContributionsForDiscussions
   • Jonathan recalls that Lyndon is leaving Ciena, his role being moved to Nigel
     • Lyndon may anyway continue to collaborate

2. 2.5.0 Review: approve draft patches

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Discussion item 2

Transceiver Model

30 mins

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