Contents
Introduction
In the Boron release, the ALTO project is planning to accomplish the following tasks:
- Implement a simple path computation engine
- Implement a simple ECS based on FRM-lookup
- Implement an anchor-based map generation module
- Improve the test coverage to 20%
- Remove "core/basic/ext/" from YANG namespaces to simplify future migrations
- (Optional) Implement a ALTO service suite based on BGP
- (Optional) Implement incremental update
- (Optional) Implement ALTO cost calendar
Release Deliverables
| Name | Description |
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| alto-core | - Define the new YANG model for basic types used in ALTO
- Define the models for ALTO services
- Define the top-level container for ALTO services
- Provide the RESTful API defined in RFC7285
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| alto-basic | - Provide the basic Information Resource Directory (IRD) service
- Provide Network Map and Cost Map services that are manually configurable
- Provide Endpoint Cost Service based on host tracker
- Provide an anchor-based map generation service
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| alto-extension | - Provide a Simple Path Computation Engine (SPCE) service
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Release Milestones
2The deadline to meet and report the results of each milestone is at 23:59:59 UTC on the listed day. That corresponds to 4p or 5p pacific time.
| Milestone | Offset 2 Date2 | Events |
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| M1 | 3/24/2016 |
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| M2 | 5/5/2016 |
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| M3 | 6/2/2016 |
| Name | Description |
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| Feature Freeze |
| | Deliverable Name | Deliverable Description |
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| M4 | 6/30/2016 |
| Name | Description |
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| API Freeze |
| | Deliverable Name | Deliverable Description |
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| M5 | 8/4/2016 |
| Name | Description |
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| Code Freeze |
| | Deliverable Name | Deliverable Description |
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| RC0 | N/A |
| Name | Status | Description |
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| Documentation complete |
| Documentation complete and reviewed | | All critical defects resolved |
| All "show-stopper" defects resolved, all other defects agreed to as not critical |
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| RC1 | N/A |
| Name | Description |
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| Bug fixing | Fixing only critical defects since RC0 |
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| RC2 | N/A |
| Name | Description |
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| Bug fixing | Fixing only critical defects since RC1 |
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| RC3 | N/A |
| Name | Description |
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| Release Review | Release Review |
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| Formal Boron Release | N/A |
| Name | Description |
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| Deliverable Name | Deliverable Description |
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Externally Consumable APIs
(None)
Expected Dependencies on Other Projects
openflowplugin, l2switch (optional: bgpcep)
Expected Incompatibilities with Other Projects
May be incompatible with l2switch.
Compatibility with Previous Releases
Compatible.
Requests from Other Projects
(None)
Test Tool Requirements
mininet
Communication Channels
Mailing List
Other
(None)