Ultra Flexible Control Plane Concept
Ultra Flexible Control Plane Concept Fraunhofer FOKUS

Ultra Flexible Control Plane

An ultra-flexible control plane in software refers to a highly adaptable and programmable layer within a network or cloud environment. We keep the control- and data plane split to preserve the decoupling of both domains and therefore, increase the flexibility and programmability of both areas.

Each control plane environment provides its own Front-End and therefore access to the local processing environment. Service Worker builds the processing entities of each domain and provides service implementations for internal and external service users. This concept is backed up by a single subscriber state, which builds the backbone of the Open6GCore. Due to the single Subscriber State workers are state-less and therefore can be subject to scaling mechanisms.

This design choice improves, influences, and provides the foundation for key-aspects like:

  • Performance
  • Load balancing
  • Easy scaling
  • Reliability
  • Stateless hot-standby with fast transfer
  • Security
  • Dynamic deployments
  • Migrating users to new locations
  • Continuous software updates and upgrades

In summary, an ultra-flexible control plane represents a sophisticated approach to managing and orchestrating network and cloud resources, offering enhanced programmability, scalability, security, and cost-efficiency amongst the other highlighted aspects.