6G BRAINS Topology-aware Industry-grade Network Slice Management and Orchestration
João Fonseca, Mohamed Khadmaoui-Bichouna, Bruno Leite Mendes, Paulo Duarte, Marco Araújo, Daniel Nunes Corujo, Ignacio Sanchez-Navarro, Antonio Matencio Escolar, Pablo Salvá-García, José M. Alcaraz Calero, Qi Wang · 2023
This paper describes the integration between the Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) and UWS Slice Manager within the European project 6G Brains. The proposed solution allows for End-To-End(E2E) Network Slicing, enabling fine-grain and optimal traffic engineering of the Network components. This work's findings ensure an E2E connection. The solution allows external services to create slices and attach them easily. The UWS Network Slice Manager allows for detailed monitoring of the network slice's inner components. With this information, ONAP can improve the network by creating and optimising slices on demand. The validation of the integration presents the workflow to create and attach slices. These operations enable autonomous workflows for deploying E2E Services that ensure the QoS/QoE in the network.