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Developing and Contributing

Jordi J. Gimenez edited this page Apr 25, 2024 · 15 revisions

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This page contains information for developers and contributors or those wishing to develop or contribute to the project.

Development

Follow the Testing as a Local User page for setting up a test environment without requiring full system installation.

Testing

APIs

Features

The following describes the features of the Application Function that have been implemented, due to be implemented or not planned yet.

Implemented in the upcoming release (v1.4.1)

  • Everything from v1.4.0 plus...
  • Interface at M1 (AP <=> AF)
  • Interface at M5 (UE <=> AF)
    • Metrics Reporting (TS 26.512 v17.7.0 + fixes)

Implemented in the latest release (v1.4.0)

  • Interface at M1 (AP <=> AF)
    • Provisioning Sessions (TS 26.512 v17.4.0)
    • Content Protocols Discovery (TS 26.512 v17.4.0)
    • Server Certificates Provisioning (TS 26.512 v17.4.0)
    • Content Hosting Provisioning (TS 26.512 v17.4.0)
    • Consumption Reporting Provisioning (TS 26.512 v17.7.0)
    • Dynamic Policy Templates Provisioning (TS 26.512 v17.7.0)
  • Interface at M3 (AS <=> AF)
    • Server Certificates Provisioning
    • Content Hosting Provisioning
  • Interface at M5 (UE <=> AF)
    • Service Access Information (TS 26.512 v17.7.0)
    • Consumption Reporting (TS 26.512 v17.7.0)
    • Network Assistance (TS 26.512 v17.7.0)
      • Delivery Boost only
    • Dynamic Policies (TS 26.512 v17.7.0)
      • 5 Tuple Service Flow Description method only.
  • Uplift of other interfaces to TS 26.512 v17.7.0

Being worked on for pending releases

This is a list of features being worked on for upcoming releases of the 5GMS Application Function (and who is primarily working on that feature):

  • Data Collection AF (BBC)
    • Internal AF interface (originating at M5 (UE <=> AF))
      • Collection of Metrics Reports
      • Collection of Consumption Reports
    • Interface at R4 (AS <=> AF)
      • Media Streaming Access Reporting
    • Interface at R5/R6 (AP <=> NWDAF/AF)
      • Metrics Report Events
      • Consumption Report Events
      • Network Assistance Invocation Events
      • Dynamic Policy Invocation Events
      • Media Streaming Access Report Events
  • 5GMBS seamless switching ()

Unimplemented

The following is a list of possible areas of the project to work on noting which interfaces each is for or where a component resides:

  • Direct Data Collection Client (UE)
  • Interface at M1 (AP <=> AF)
    • Edge Computing integration
    • Content Preparation Template Provisioning
    • Event Data Processing Provisioning
  • Interface at M3 (AS <=> AF)
    • Lifecycle management (heartbeat/registration/deregistration)
    • Hosting activation/deactivation