The Open Network Edge Provider Software (OpenNESS)– a multi-access edge computing (MEC) software toolkit– is one of those tools that helps designers by making it possible for highly enhanced and performant edge platforms to on-board and manage applications and network functions with cloud-like agility throughout any type of network. The totally cloud native and modular architecture of OpenNESS abstracts network complexity across edge releases and provides flexibility to selectively adopt its practical foundation for specific capabilities wanted for service development in their edge platforms.
I am excited to share 2 recent updates to OpenNESS. The 5th release of the toolkit, version 20.06, is now available and includes substantial improvements focused on expanded feature capabilities of the MEC module, inferencing at the network edge, new telemetry services, Helm Charts, support for prolonged Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) and much more. Further, Intel is presenting the Intel ® Circulation of Open Network Edge Solutions Software (Intel Distribution of OpenNESS), a complimentary, exclusive circulation of the OpenNESS toolkit.
OpenNESS 20.06
Because releasing in February 2019, Intel has actually introduced five releases of OpenNESS, each concentrated on core MEC and network aspects (such as 4G Control and User Aircraft Separation (CUPS), 5G Edge Cloud, and Radio Gain Access To Network (RAN)), platform optimizations (such as Improved Platform Awareness (EPA) and hardware accelerators), and assistance for applications (such as OpenVINO ™ toolkit, Open Visual Cloud, and Smart City).
OpenNESS 20.06 allows new capabilities consisting of:
- inferencing at the network edge with the Visual Cloud Accelerator Card– Analytics (VCAC-A) to support end-to-end video decode and reasoning pipelines;
- assistance for extended Berkeley Package Filter (eBPF) for ideal CPU usage and greater package throughput rate through reduction in kernel overhead;
- a brand-new telemetry service to monitor resource usage and platform state as well as features to expose EPA (Improved Platform Awareness) telemetry information to Kubernetes; and
- Helm Charts to package and release applications much faster, simplify upgrades and make the modular adoption of functional blocks more smooth.
The current OpenNESS release likewise supplies numerous sample applications and network functions to simplify developing tailored edge releases. Examples of these include CDN caching and transcoding, a wise city inferencing application, and network specific functions like virtualized RAN and User Plane Forwarding. I motivate you to explore the full list of new features at https://github.com/open-ness/specs.
The Intel Distribution of OpenNESS
The Intel Circulation of OpenNESS is a brand-new exclusive distribution offered at no charge under a license. It incorporates all the functions of the open source circulation along with extra function optimizations and capabilities that support modern industrial releases. This superior distribution permits us to rapidly innovate for customer requirements and supplies advanced capabilities and expanded assistance that is wanted by business partners and customers. We wish to present several interesting brand-new features to this circulation throughout this year and beyond. Source code for the Intel Circulation of OpenNESS is available through a license that can be asked for on the OpenNESS.org site.
Advancing Assistance for Edge Applications and Solutions
Our vision with concerns to OpenNESS stays unchanged since the very first launch in February 2019. The quarterly releases attend to the needs of designers upfront in addition to the pain points that our partners and consumers deal with for edge implementations. The expanded distribution choices mark a considerable milestone in the evolution of OpenNESS, and we are delighted about what the alternatives and capabilities indicate for our partners and designers as they develop and carry out innovative edge services across network, cloud and on-premise implementations. We look forward to working with our partners and the open source community to rapidly establish and launch brand-new functions in 2020 and beyond.
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