Catalyst Blockchain Unleashed and Next Steps Dallas, September 24th, 2018

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1 PROOF-OF-CONCEPT: Going Beyond the Hype of Blockchain Catalyst Blockchain Unleashed and Next Steps Dallas, September 24th, 2018 Tayeb BEN MERIEM Senior Standardization Manager, Orange (On behalf of Catalyst Team) 2018 TM Forum 1

2 Content TMForum Blockchain Activity Blockchain Unleashed Catalyst (DTW, Nice May th 2018) + 6mn demo Key learnings New use cases on Telecom Marketplace: Orange proposal Blockchain in Context of Orange 2018 TM Forum 2

3 TMForum Blockchain Activity Specification (Use Cases description) Requirements Implementaion (Catalyst/PoC) 1) IoE Program (Exploring Trust models, Blockchain Use Cases) 2) ZOOM (Zero touch Operations and Orchestration Management) Program: «Trust & Traceability» in the OLM (Onboarding Lifecycle Management) Work Item 3) ODA (Open Digital Architecture) Program: «Trust & Traceability : Blockchain applied to SW Licensing» Work Item (Co-lead AT&T and Orange) 4) Catalyst Program (PoCs) 5) Research Program with member companies (CSPs, their Suppliers and Consultants including both Deloitte and Accenture): How they are using or intend to use Blockchain, Where the potential stumbling blocks are How collaborating on Standards can help address the challenges TM Forum 3

4 TMForum Blockchain Deliverables Trust Challenges and Opportunities (TR 270, Release , December 2017) Communication Service Providers Use Cases Utilizing 1Blockchain (TR 279, Release , December 2017) Trust & Traceability for VF (Virtual Function) Package SW Licensing (IG 1141 A, Release 18.0) First Catalyst (PoC) on SLA Monitoring /Smart Contact in July 2017 (Vanacouver), showcasing SLA Mangement use case (based on TMForum SLA Management API, TMF 623) + collaboration with Stanford University (on Smart Contract) Catalyst (PoC) «Blockchain Unleashed» showcasing 5 Use Cases as an implementation of a sub set of use cases described in TR 279 (TMForum Digital Transformation World, DTW, Nice May 2018) 2018 TM Forum 4

5 First Catalyst: Use case categories of interest to Service Providers (from TR 279, Release ) Selected Use Case as first Catalyst (PoC): 2017 Leveraging TM Forum SLA Management API (2014) TMF TM Forum 5

6 Blockchain Unleashed Catalyst (PoC) demonstrated at DTW Nice, May th 2018, 2018 TM Forum 6

7 Blockchain Catalyst (PoC) demonstrated in Nice, May, th Service Providers 4 Vendors Champions Participants 2018 TM Forum 7

8 Catalyst: Structure of the work 5 Use cases described and showcased Use case 1: Roaming Use case 2: Identity Management Use case 3: SLA Monitoring Use case 4: Prevention of Mobile Phone Theft Use case 5: Mobile Number Portability How each use case is addressed The Catalyst defined Top 5 Criteria for use case selection to maximize the benefit of Blockchain, and to avoid using Blockchain just for the stake of using it «Blockchain is the answer, but what was the question?» 1) Problem statement and User Orange Story statement 2) Current state process and challenges 3) Blockchain solution architecture: Overview and Benefits 2018 TM Forum 8

9 Catalyst Demo (6mn) Demo (Video) by Kevin John Lee (Globe Telecom) TM Forum 9

10 Key learnings, Contributions, and Readiness for commercial launch and Next Steps 2018 TM Forum 10

11 TM Forum Assets Used CurateFX (Online Tool) Defining the problem statements, Illustrate various Blockchain ecosystems, and identifying stakeholders Efficient way to handle e2e eco system solution from problem statement to design and sharing learnings, outcomes Selection of the right APIs and TMForum assets for individual use cases and helps in completeness. Easy mapping of entities, interfaces for varied use cases Shared few enhancement features for CurateFX platform etom (Business Process) Business process for varied telco scenarios Ready business process for the Telco scenarios of Blockchain Unleased project Open APIs Leveraging Open APIs for Digital Telco Blockchain use cases (11 APIs used) Use Case 1: Roaming TMF 635 Usage Mgmt. API, TMF 651 Agreement API, TMF 636 Billing Mgmt. API Use Case 2: Digital Identity (ID As A Service) TMF 632 Party Management API, TMF 669 Party Role Management API, TMF 644 Privacy Management API Use Case 3: SLA monitoring TMF 623 SLA Management API Use Case 4: Reduce Mobile Phone Theft TMF 639 Resource Inventory API, TMF 621 Trouble Ticket API Use Case 5: Mobile Number Portability TMF 641 Service Ordering Management API, TMF 681 Communication API SID (Information Model) Entity definitions Ready data model definitions, along with OpenAPIs helps to fast track the design and development activities for Blockchain Unleashed distinct 5 solutions 2018 TM Forum 11

12 Key Learnings Key Learnings Due to technology limitations today, there s no efficient way to create digital rules and logic from legal documents which can be incorporated into the blockchain. The Challenge Faced: There is no automated way to convert existing business logic or legal contracts into Bockchain readable snippets of code (a.k.a. smart contracts/chain code) Although these smart contracts may be created manually, no automated way to calibrate or configure them exist. Call To Action: Research should be continued together with research firms to accelerate the study and PoC to be able to adopt Bockchain as an avenue for mechanization (e.g. Stanford University s research on Blockchains adoption for computational law) TM Forum 12

13 Contribution to TM Forum Open API enhancements for ID management Open API and SID model extensions for Network Slicing Linkage of Open APIs and ONAP Blockchain working group CurateFX enhancements 2018 TM Forum 13

14 Contribution To TM Forum Contribution to TM Forum 1 Open API enhancements for ID management Value Proposition: Enhancements to Open APIs: TMF 632 Party Management API, TMF 669 Party Role Management API, TMF 644 Privacy Management API CRs created and connected with Open API Lead: TM Forum 14

15 Contribution To TM Forum Contribution to TM Forum 2 Open API and SID model extensions for Network Slicing Value Proposition: Analysed for 5G Network Slicing Market Place use case Enhancements to Open APIs to handle Network Slice Fulfilment, assurance, billing related Open APIs and data models 2018 TM Forum 15

16 Contribution To TM Forum Contribution to TM Forum 3 Linkage of Open APIs and ONAP Value Proposition: Bridging Blockchain for Slice Market Place and ONAP to handle 5G network slices Contribution to ONAP community, including: Market place for 5G network slices Enhancements to ONAP to accommodate 5G network slices Enhancements to data models, Open APIs Potential new catalyst focusing on 5G + blockchain + ONAP 2018 TM Forum 16

17 Contribution To TM Forum Contribution to TM Forum 4 Blockchain working group Value Proposition: Blockchain working group focusing on smart contracts for SLA management, Open APIs and automation Collaboration with TMForum and Stanford University on Blockchain Legal Specification Protocol project Potential linkage to the new ODA WI on «Trust & Traceability : Blockchain applied to SW Licensing» 2018 TM Forum 17

18 New use cases on Telecom Marketplace: Orange s proposal 2018 TM Forum 18

19 Catalyst Project for 2019 (Use Case proposals under discussion) Orange presented a proposal on: 1) «Telecom Infrastructure Marketplace» 2) «VNF Package Marketplace» Infosys presented a proposal on «5G» Marketplace TMForum Blockchain Lab (Sandbox) «May 2018» for relevant Blockchain-focused TM Forum projects to prototype and test ideas quickly Globe presented a proposal on 5G Service Composition «Pâtisserie» Other proposals expected from the Catalyst Team 2018 TM Forum 19

20 History of VNF Marketplace concept in TMForum ZOOM back to 2014! VNF Marketplace concept has been introduced in TMForum in 2014, in the IG 1133 C Release 15.0 (2015) Federated Catalogs for (Automated) Procurement Orange Case Study The idea is to create an Ecosystem of VNF Catalogs in federated manner within an automated procurement process One key player in this federation is a VNF Marketplace so called ZOOM NFV Yellow Pages / Catalog How to operationalize this VNF Marketplace (hypothesis) TMForum could play the role of the Owner and Administrator of such a Marketplace as a Trust party It could be offered to the TMForum members first What is new in the Marketplace space Digital Transformation is being generalized and it requires more efficient Trust models Trust and Traceability shall be built-in in any Digital Ecosystem without any centrlized intermediary body Service Providers seek an new model to allow moving from traditional and costly BUY / MAKE /RENT model to an On Demand Marketplace model in some use cases Distributed Ledger Technology (Blockchain) is considered as a key enabler 2018 TM Forum 20

21 Federated dynamic NFV Catalogs (VF Package Marketplace): IG 1133 C Release 15.0 (2015) Federated Catalogs for (Automated) Procurement Orange Case Study Blockchain Platform? Regulator 2018 TM Forum 21

22 Mapping of NFV Procurement & Operations life cycle to the SP s Operations Master Plan and related NFV Pattern dynamic & NFV Catalogs (VF Package Marketplace) VNF Journey VF Package Marketplace 2018 TM Forum 22

23 VF Packages Marketplace Macro-Design (Automated Search Agent / Engine) Regulator Use Case #1 Verify Offer/ Publish Discover/Order Blockchain Platform Deliver Deliver Discover/Order 2018 TM Forum 23

24 Telco Infrastructure Marketplace: Business motivation Service Provider would like to order passive infrastructures made available by some actors to allow sourcing On Demand-basis rather than under traditional costly renting model to perform some Network Mobile Network deployment scenarios Potential real use cases The flexible passive infrastructure may be ordered for reinforcing existing infrastructure during a temporary event at a crowded location: to ensure connectivity of a stadium, coverage of a white area, or a country for a given period (e.g. 5G, RAN Sharing) More precisely, Service Provider would like to Discover, Query & Find in a Passive infrastructure Marketplace the frequency, the cell (e.g. high altitude platforms, WiFi Access Point), the passive infrastructure (e.g. Tower co), the backhaul (flexible satellite connection) for such dedicated purpose and need The goal is to move away from traditional costly Make / Buy / Rent models of Mobile Network Resources to an Auction-based model that is more efficient and transparent and most appropriate for such use cases 2018 TM Forum 24

25 Frequency Provider Cell Provider Infrastructure Provider (e.g. Tower) Connectivity Provider Service Provider Use Case #2 3rd Party sponsor Licence & Authorization rules Verify infrastructure Publish/Order On demand Telco infrastructure Marketplace Funding Blockchain Platform Regulator Auditor 12 Telco Infrastructure Marketplace: Macro-Design 2018 TM Forum 25

26 Blockchain in Context of Orange 2018 TM Forum 26

27 Blockchain Context at Orange (BlockChain-as-a-Service) BloCaaS Application s 1 Big Data & IOT E-Commerce Payment Health 3 Cloud Native Applications Private cloud Public cloud Security Strategy Orange Blockchain-asa-service platform BloCaaS Hyperledger framework Network Hybrid Cloud Multi-cloud Conception IaaS, CaaS PaaS, SaaS Implementati on Support & coaching 2 Expertise & practices Cloud services 2018 TM Forum 27

28 Orange BloCaaS Architecture Hyperledger Administration Business Development Tenant Admin Cello Cello Utils Admin VM Europe Region Other Region Composer playground Composer rest server Explorer Client VM CA order er Pe er Tenant Client 2 Hyperledger network (worker VM(s) Client application Composer playground Composer rest server Explorer Client VM CA Tenant Client 1 Europe Region orderer Peer Hyperledger network (worker VM(s) Orange Cloud (BlockChain-as-a-Service) BloCaaS Utilisation Supervision 2018 TM Forum 28

29 Questions A) Maturity level: Position your company 1) Exploring and understanding the technology 2) PoC / Trial: (a) Make, b) Make with, c) BUY (Turnkey) 3) Pre-commercial deployment : (a) Make, b) Make with, c) BUY (Turnkey) 4) Commercial deployment: (a) Make, b) Make with): (a) Make, b) Make with, c) BUY (Turnkey) B) Which Business sector are you exploring 1) Finance 2) Health 3) Insurance 4) Real estate transactions 5) Agriculture 6) Energy 7) Telecom 8) Others C) Do you think Asset Marketplace approach is relevant to your business If Yes, are you involved in a Marketplace ecosystem(s) D) Standardization-Consortium 1) Are you involved in an SDO on DLT E) Process and project management 1) Did you create a selection process before launching a use case and at which stage: PoC, Pre-commercial stage? 2) Did you create a dedicate department for Blockchain to address your customers demands 2018 TM Forum 29

30 Q&A 2018 TM Forum 30

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