SCOPE Alliance explained

The SCOPE Alliance was a non-profit and influential Network Equipment provider (NEP) industry group aimed at standardizing "carrier-grade" systems for telecom in the Information Age. The SCOPE Alliance was founded in January 2006 by a group of NEP's, including Alcatel, Ericsson, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, and Siemens. In 2007, it added significantly to its membership.[1] [2]

Mission

Active between 2006 and 2012, its mission was to enable and promote the availability of open carrier-grade base platforms based on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware/software and free and open-source software building blocks, and promote interoperability between such components. SCOPE wanted to accelerate the deployment of carrier-grade base platforms (CGBP) for service provider applications so that NEP's could use them to build better solutions for their customers.[1] [2] By 2011, SCOPE achieved its aim, having accelerated innovation in carrier-grade communications technology and ATCA,[3]

NEPs sell integrated hardware/software systems to carriers, with three Computing supply chains (Hardware, Operating system, and Middleware) with well-established industry groups promoting interoperability between products from different vendors. SCOPE published "profiles" aimed at influencing specification groups to focus on the needs of NEP customers (carriers). While SCOPE's focused on open standards like ATCA and Carrier Grade Linux, there is no reason "Proprietary Supplier" could not adopt the SCOPE standards.[1] [2]

Open Source Achievements

SCOPE's influence on adapting 'Open Standards' for carrier-grade open-source standards and software is summarized in the table:[1] [2]

SCOPE drives NEP Supply Chain transformation to open carrier-grade standards
TechnologySuppliersStandardsSCOPE Achievements
HardwareTEMsPCI-SIGATCA, MicroTCA, AdvancedMC, NEPs, Commercial off-the-shelf
VirtualizationProprietaryVMware, JVMWhite papers,[4] [5] [6] ETSI Network function virtualization, JSR319[7]
OSRTOSOpen Source Development Labs, Free Standards GroupCGL, Linux Foundation
HA MiddlewareProprietaryService Availability Forum, AIS, HPIOpenSAF, OpenHPI[8]
Cloud computingProprietaryAWS, Google, etc.White paper[9]

NFV, SDN, 5G, Cloud transformation Age

SCOPE was also interested in advancing Network virtualization ("As a consortium of NEPs, it is important for SCOPE to address the lack of standardization in the area of virtualization"), publishing white papers on hardware virtualization,[1] [4] [5] [6] and a white paper on Java Virtualization describing "an environment where high availability Java EE and native application can co-exist and be supervised in the same fashion in a clustered environment".[10] In 2010 SCOPE organized workshop to discuss the effect of Cloud Computing on traditional Carrier-Grade Platforms and telecom networks,[11] publishing a Cloud Computing white paper in 2011.[10] [12]

SCOPE was placed into "hibernation", effectively retired, by NEPs in January 2012. Telecom carriers (NEP customers) wanted direct involvement in driving transformation, so instead, both groups combined forces on ETSI Network function virtualization standardization, Software-defined networking adoption, and 5G network slicing initiatives.[13]

Publications

SCOPE published various publications, including the following:

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NEP Alliance redefines "scope". 2008. January 1, 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200812172539/https://linuxdevices.org/nep-alliance-redefines-scope/. 2020-08-12.
  2. Web site: SCOPE Alliance. December 10, 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111103074020/http://scope-alliance.org. 2011-11-03.
  3. Web site: SCOPE Alliance Announces Middleware Portability Project and Releases CPU Benchmarking Recommendation. rtcmagazine. December 29, 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201230014204/http://www.rtcmagazine.com/index.php/2015/08/06/scope-alliance/. 2020-12-30.
  4. SCOPE Alliance Addresses Virtualization for Carrier-Grade Telecommunications Solution. 2008. January 1, 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210102005305/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20080528005742/en/SCOPE-Alliance-Addresses-Virtualization-Carrier-Grade-Telecommunications-Solutions. 2021-01-02.
  5. Web site: David Marshall. SCOPE Alliance Addresses Virtualization for Carrier-Grade Telecommunications Solution. 2009. January 1, 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20140807070701/https://vmblog.com/archive/2009/04/28/scope-alliance-details-i-o-virtualization-technology-for-telecom-industry.aspx. 2014-08-07.
  6. Web site: Virtualization: State of the Art. 2008. January 1, 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210102010517/https://www.profsandhu.com/cs6393_s14/SCOPE-Virtualization-StateofTheArt-Version-1.0.pdf. 2021-01-02.
  7. Web site: JSR 319: Availability Management for Java. Jens Jensen. Expert Group. JCP. 2010. en. 2020-12-31. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170710122434/https://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=319. 2017-07-10.
  8. Web site: OpenHPI. OpenHPI project. 30 December 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200807005559/http://openhpi.org/. 2020-08-07.
  9. Web site: Telecom Grade Cloud Computing v1.0, 2011-05-03. December 10, 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111103074020/http://scope-alliance.org/sites/default/files/documents/CloudComputing_Scope_1.0.pdf. 2011-11-03.
  10. SCOPE Alliance Releases White Paper on Mapping Java Platform Enterprise Edition and SAF: A NEP Perspectiv. 2007. January 1, 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210102022140/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20071129005128/en/SCOPE-Alliance-Releases-White-Paper-on-Mapping-Java-Platform-Enterprise-Edition-and-SAF-A-NEP-Perspective. 2021-01-02.
  11. SCOPE Alliance to Host "Cloud Computing in Telecom" Workshop. 13 April 2010 . December 31, 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210102014521/https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2010/04/13/1048175/0/en/SCOPE-Alliance-to-Host-Cloud-Computing-in-Telecom-Workshop.html. 2021-01-02.
  12. SCOPE Alliance Examines Advancements in Carrier Grade Base Platforms, Releases Cloud Computing White Paper. December 29, 2020. SCOPE Alliance. 18 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201230011743/https://rss.globenewswire.com/news-release/2011/05/18/1048204/0/en/SCOPE-Alliance-Examines-Advancements-in-Carrier-Grade-Base-Platforms-Releases-Cloud-Computing-White-Paper.html. 2020-12-30.
  13. Web site: Statement for Members and Media. January 31, 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120131231431/http://scope-alliance.org/. 2012-01-31.
  14. SCOPE Alliance Releases Technical Position Paper Describing Its Stance on Influencing the Telecom Industry. 2008. January 1, 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210101203606/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20081016005668/en/SCOPE-Alliance-Releases-Technical-Position-Paper-Describing. 2021-01-01.
  15. Web site: CPU Benchmarking Recommendations v1.0. 2009. December 10, 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131126005117/http://scope-alliance.org/sites/default/files/documents/CPU%20Benchmarking%20Recommendations%20v%201%200.pdf. 2013-11-26.
  16. Web site: MW Portability: Use Cases. December 10, 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131126005933/http://scope-alliance.org/sites/default/files/documents/MW%20Portability%20Use%20Cases%20v1.0.pdf. 2013-11-26.
  17. Web site: Carrier Grade Requirements for Cloud Computing: A SCOPE Alliance Perspective. 27 May 2011 . December 10, 2013. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201230012526/https://www.slideshare.net/opensaf/open-saf-carriergraderequirementscloud. 2020-12-30.

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