Name: Interface to In-Network Computing Functions (I2ICF)

Description

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- The I2ICF group tries to standardize a framework and its interfaces to configure, monitor, and manage In-Network Computing Functions (ICF)in Computing in the Network (COIN) and comes up with a framework to manage such ICFs in an autonomous way. An ICF is a Programmable Network Device (PND) in an In-Network Computing (INC) environment that can have multiple kinds of capabilities to provision a user's service, consisting of Network Functions (NFs) and Application Functions (AFs).
- The I2ICF aims at a standard framework and interfaces for provisioning ICFs for the requested services in an Edge or Cloud. It can collaborate with CATS WG for computing-aware traffic steering at edge and cloud computing systems.
- The I2ICF group tries to specify a problem statement for the Interface to In-Network Computing Functions (I2ICF) for user services both on the network-level and application-level. In-Network Computing Functions (ICF) include Network Functions (NFs) that are defined in the context of Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and Software-Defined Networking (SDN).ICF also includes Application Functions (AFs) for the sake of Internet-of-Things (IoT) Devices, Software-Defined Vehicles (SDV), and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). Intent-Based Networking (IBN) can also be used to compose user services and consist of a combination of ICFs in a target network. This group investigates the need for a standard framework with the interfaces for ICFs, in terms of applications with the need to run Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the network and interoperability among multi-vendor ICFs. The I2ICF group aims at specifying a problem statement, use cases, and a framework with common interfaces for the management of ICFs. This group also aims at standardizing an I2ICF framework and the YANG data models for the capabilities of ICFs and the I2ICF interfaces. An intent or a policy for the ICFs can be constructed by an XML file based on those YANG data models. The delivery of such an intent or a policy can be performed by either NETCONF or RESTCONF.

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Required Details

• Status: not WG Forming
• Responsible AD: Mahesh Jethanandani
• BOF proponents: Jaehoon Paul Jeong <jaehoon.paul@gmail.com>, Kehan Yao <khyao78@gmail.com>, Yiwen Chris Shen <shenyiwen7@gmail.com>
• Number of people expected to attend: 50
• Length of session (1 or 2 hours): 2 hours
• Conflicts (whole Areas and/or WGs)
• Chair Conflicts: TBD
• Technology Overlap: TBD
• Key Participant Conflict: TBD

Information for IAB/IESG

To allow evaluation of your proposal, please include the following items:
- Any protocols or practices that already exist in this space: NETCONF, RESTCONF
- Which (if any) modifications to existing protocols or practices are required: N/A
- Which (if any) entirely new protocols or practices are required: N/A
- Open source projects (if any) implementing this work: https://github.com/jaehoonpauljeong/I2INF

Agenda

• Agenda Bash
  . BoF Chairs: Jaehoon Paul Jeong and Kehan Yao
  . Timing: 5 min

• IETF-122 I2ICF Hackathon Project
  . Speaker: Xudong Wang
  . Timing: 10 min

• Interface to In-Network Functions (I2INF): Problem Statement
  . Speaker: Yiwen Chris Shen
  . Draft: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-jeong-opsawg-i2inf-problem-statement/
  . Timing: 15 min

• A Framework for the Interface to In-Network Functions (I2INF)
  . Speaker: Yoseop Ahn
  . Draft: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-jeong-opsawg-i2inf-framework/
  . Timing: 15 min

• Interfaces of In-Network Functions in Data Center Networking
  . Speaker: Kehan Yao
  . Draft: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ywj-opsawg-i2inf-data-center-networking/
  . Timing: 15 min

• An Intent-Based Management Framework for Software-Defined Vehicles in Intelligent Transportation Systems
  . Speaker: Mose Gu
  . Draft: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-jeong-opsawg-intent-based-sdv-framework/
  . Timing: 15 min

• An I2NSF Framework for Security Management Automation in Cloud-Based Security Systems
  . Speaker: Jaehoon Paul Jeong
  . Draft: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-jeong-opsawg-security-management-automation/
  . Timing: 15 min

• Discussion
  . Coordinators: Jaehoon Paul Jeong and Kehan Yao
  . Timing: 30 min

Links to the mailing list, draft charter if any, relevant Internet-Drafts, etc.

• Mailing List: https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/i2icf/
• Draft charter: https://github.com/jaehoonpauljeong/I2INF/blob/main/BoF/I2ICF-Charter.txt
• Relevant Internet-Drafts:
  • Use Cases:
    • https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-cats-usecases-requirements/
    • https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-jeong-cats-its-use-cases/