Join OpenCAPIF at the ETSI SNS4SNS Event!

Don’t miss the chance to connect with the OpenCAPIF community at the upcoming ETSI SNS4SNS Event, 12-14 November 2024 in Sophia Antipolis (France). ETSI SDG OpenCAPIF work will be actively featured during the conference in talks, panels, demos, posters, and of course during our very first OpenCAPIF Hackfest!

The event is free of charge and open to all, but seats are limited: register now!

SDG OpenCAPIF at the SNS4SNS Conference

The Conference on Software and Standards for Smart Networks and Services will bring together experts and decision makers from different standards organizations, open source communities and research initiatives to discuss synergies, best practices and opportunities for collaboration in the design and development of sustainable and interoperable networks and services. The conference will include sessions on Access Networks and Services, Telco Cloud Infrastructure, Management, Orchestration and Operations, Network Exposure, APIs and Programmability and will conclude with a large operator panel to discuss conclusions and next steps.

Session 4 - Network Exposure, APIs and Programmability will be chaired by David Artunedo, Chair of SDG OpenCAPIF, and will include talks from CAMARA, ETSI MEC and OpenCAPIF, followed by a panel with the speakers.

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1st SDG OpenCAPIF Hackfest (Tutorial)

This first OpenCAPIF Hackfest will be an interactive beginner friendly tutorial dedicated to exploring the fundamental concepts and standards needed to publish, discover, and consume APIs using the 3GPP Common API Framework.

This Hackfest provides participants with the opportunity to master OpenCAPIF operations, enhancing their Smart Networks and Services projects with the use of a developer oriented, 3GPP API management system.

Participants will experiment with registering API Invokers and API Providers, as well as publishing and consuming APIs using OpenCAPIF. Additionally, attendees will learn how to engage with the community to report issues, contribute code and request new features.

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OpenCAPIF Demos

Stand 3b - CAPIF Integration with OAI Network Exposure Function by Giulio Carota, Eurecom

This demo will showcase the integration of CAPIF (Common API Framework for 3GPP Northbound APIs) with EURECOM’s OAI Network Exposure Function (NEF), validated through a practical use case. EURECOM has developed a cloud-native, containerized architecture for its NEF, which integrates seamlessly with CAPIF. This CAPIF API Provider microservice embedded in the NEF fully supports the key functionalities defined by 3GPP, including the API Management Function (AMF), API Exposure Function (AEF), and the API Publishing Function (APF). The CAPIF-enabled NEF will be deployed within a 5G network, along with vertical applications (API Invokers) and the OpenCAPIF framework. During the demo: • The NEF will register with an OpenCAPIF instance and publish its APIs. • A vertical application, operating outside the PLMN trust domain, will request user location dat. It will discover and consume NEF APIs via OpenCAPIF. • Simultaneously, the network operator will use another application to retrieve logging and auditing data, facilitated by OpenCAPIF. This information will enable the operator to accurately charge the vertical for API usage, based on the volume and type of calls made. This demo will highlight the seamless interaction between CAPIF, NEF, and external application functions, showcasing the value of standardized API management and exposure in 5G networks.

Stand 4a - SEAL Exposure and Operation through OpenCAPIF - A Mission Critical Approach by Iván González Muriel, Nemergent Solutions

This demonstration focuses on providing means to expose and interact with Mission Critical Services (MCX) following a Service Enabler Architecture Layer (SEAL) approach through OpenCAPIF.  In a world where networking technology is evolving towards virtualization, “APIfication”, and service-based networks, the SEAL architecture concept makes a perfect match with CAPIF functionality of exposing APIs, since SEAL proposes a set of common functionalities or entities and their APIs to be used by a variety of verticals.

Handling the exposure of the different APIs that SEAL defines for interacting with the functionalities is a necessary step for the verticals that wish to make use of them. With CAPIF such step is possible, allowing the SEAL deployment to onboard itself as provider in CAPIF to publish the different SEAL APIs available, and also allowing a vertical to onboard itself as invoker in CAPIF in order to discover the published SEAL APIs and learn the possible endpoints and interactions available.

The chosen venue is a Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR) scenario with an MCX solution operated over a 5G network as its foundation. Such an approach facilitates access to MCX technology for end-users, enables interaction between different services reinforcing their synergies, and fosters multi-disciplinary MCX deployments where each vertical can interact with the most interesting APIs for its sector. The demo will show the full process of publishing and discovering SEAL APIs related to MCX (what has been called MC-SEAL) and some interaction with those APIs as a practical example of OpenCAPIF usage.

Stand 5a - NEF and OpenCAPIF: Securing Exposed B5G Network Capabilities to Third-Party Apps by Dimitris Fragkos, Demokritos

In this demonstration, we aim to showcase the integration of an Open-Source NEF solution with the OpenCAPIF framework. The Open-Source NEF is an advanced experimentation framework designed to implement NEF APIs, enabling the evaluation of available vertical applications acting as Application Functions (AFs) that consume NEF APIs. The O-NEF, built on RESTful APIs, allows seamless interaction with third-party applications, proprietary equipment, and AI/ML services. Its compliance with 3GPP standards ensures interoperability with other solutions, making it a versatile tool for diverse integration scenarios. The key highlight of this demo is NEF’s compliance to OpenCAPIF standards. By functioning as an API Provider within the CAPIF ecosystem, NEF leverages the secure access control capabilities offered by CAPIF, ensuring robust security and manageability of interactions. This integration demonstrates how the combined capabilities of NEF and OpenCAPIF can enhance the development of 5G services.

Stand 5b - OpenCAPIF integration in IoT-Edge-Cloud Continuum Meta Operating System by Andreas Sakellaropoulos, Demokritos

This demo aims to showcase the integration of OpenCAPIF with an IoT-edge-cloud Meta Operating system (MetaOS) and specifically the aerOS MetaOS. The goal is to achieve a standardized and secured MetaOS API exposure, enabling to third parties to interact with the IoT-edge-cloud continuum requesting workloads orchestration and placement, as well as IoT data discovery and reuse. OpenCAPIF standardized APIs, on the one hand it provides the interface to register aerOS MetaOS APIs and on the other hand it provides the possibility to third party applications to discover these APIs and integrate their functionalities. This simplifies access to aerOS metaOS services, including workloads smart orchestration, distributed AI processing and abstracted resource management. The key feature of integrating aerOS with OpenCAPIF is enhanced service discoverability which renders aerOS services easily discoverable and accessible. This ensures that a multitude of applications can discover and take advantage of aerOS capabilities, including scalable and efficient IoT service deployment, over diverse computing and network resources across aerOS continuum from edge to cloud.

Stand 11 - API driven MEC Sandbox and Edge Native Connector Feature by Yann Garcia, FSCOM

This demo will showcase the latest advancements in the MEC Sandbox tool (V2X Predicted QoS), featuring API driven Sandbox and new Edge Native Connector feature set. The demo includes on how MEC Application and Edge Native Application consume/provide service APIs in MEC Sandbox thanks to OpenCAPIF.

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Posters

OpenCAPIF Deployment and Integration in FIDAL’s Use Case on Haptic Sensing by Pelayo Torres Alonso, Telefonica

The poster will provide an overview of how OpenCAPIF was deployed within the Malaga testbed and its integration within the OWO Network Application in the context of FIDAL Use Case 1 (Internet of Senses / Haptic Sensing). OWO Network Application registers as an API Provider in OpenCAPIF and OWO APIs are consumed by API Invokers in OWO Applications.

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About ETSI SDG OpenCAPIF

SDG OpenCAPIF develops a Common API Framework as defined by 3GPP and this new version introduces several improvements and new features to deliver a more robust, secure, and efficient API Management Platform. These advancements are developed in tight collaboration and incorporating feedback from a growing Research Ecosystem including SNS projects such as 6G-SANDBOX, FIDAL, IMAGINEB5G, SAFE6G, ORIGAMI, ENVELOPE and SUNRISE6G.

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