Note: Recording of meetings available here: Project meetings

2019-08-13

1. Quick overview of the RICAPP project and its goals for Release Amber (by Rajesh Panta)

2019-08-27

1. Status update on RICAPP epics for O-RAN Amber release: which ones will be completed for sure, completed likely, and which ones will move to Release B.

2019-09-10

1. Review of one page status update for the O-RAN SC TOC
2. Discussion on ideas for B Release
   1. Impacts of A1/O1/E2 standardization
   2. E2 Control messages
   3. xApp composition/chaining?
   4. Resiliency (xApp replication, for example)
   5. New xApp ideas/volunteers?

2019-09-24

1. xApp updates:
   1. AC - mostly completed - documentation, persistence using SDL C++ library, A1-spec based policy guidance with support for multiple policy instances in progress
   2. MC - legal review completed, development can move back to LF, deployable xApp with some initial reports generated and sent using VES
   3. ML xApp - initial work, not a realistic working xApp in Amber release
   4. KPImon - repo created, feasibility analyzed
   5. UE Manager - moving to RIC platform project
2. Discussion on open issues and release B ideas.

2019-10-08

1. OAM repo discussion with Martin Skorupski
2. xApp status update: AC, MC, KPI Mon
3. ML xApp presentation (Guy Jacobson)

2019-10-22

1. Release A Planning: Code freeze (Nov 2nd), only bug fixes and documentation after that
2. Release A xApp status
   
   1. AC xApp: code, CI/CD/test coverage, some documentation done - implements pre-spec A1/E2
   2. MC xApp: code done, in repo soon - CI/CD, test coverage, and documentation to do
   3. ML xApp: sample code in repo - may not be a real xApp in Release A
   4. KPIMon xApp: repo created, sample message reviewed -
3. xApps in Release B
   
   1. Multiple ML xApps for the Release B use case (Rittwik) - see https://oranalliance.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NonRTRIC/pages/235634729/WG2+F2F+4+San+Jose+Meeting-Oct.+2019
   2. Extensions of the current xApps

2019-11-05

1. any news from any of the xApps?
   1. no news

2019-11-19

1. Amber Release status for xApps
2. Bronze Release planning:
   1. Traffic steering use case and xApps needed to support that (presentation by Gueyoung Jung )

2019-12-03

1. Amber Release status for xApps - https://wiki.o-ran-sc.org/display/TOC/Project+Readiness+for+Amber+Release
2. xApp documentation - already covered in RIC platform meeting
3. Bronze Release - TS use case
   1. Other Bronze epics will be discussed in the next meeting

2019-12-17

1. Any updates from team?
   1. Main developer of AC xApp is leaving AT&T
   2. Netsia - no resources available at the beginning of Bronze
2. Bronze epics from RSAC team

2020-01-14

1. Review of Bronze epics
2. Open issues/questions

2020-01-21

1. Review of traffic steering use case and xApps for the use case.

2020-02-04

1. Plan and timeline for Bronze release
2. Open questions?

2020-02-18

1. Status update of Bronze release
2. Open questions?

2020-03-03

1. Still waiting for TOC to approve repo requests
2. HelloWorld: version 2 ready - deployment/config, rmr + SDL
3. TS/QP/QP Driver: Design, learning of xApp frameworks
   1. Python/C++ xApp frameworks under development (see gerrit)
4. KPIMON: Dev will start this week (Samsung)

2020-03-17

1. Finally a TOC approval for new xApp repos, repos created
2. Status update (Matti)
3. name-space and message schemas (Ron)

2020-03-31

1. Sprint demo:
   
   1. Last one: MC xApp with simulator
   2. This week: QP-Driver and its use of the xApp python framework
2. Traffic steering use case detailed documentation: Traffic Steering Use Case xApps
3. Status update:
   
   1. Mock-up data created in TS-UE-NIB and TS-cell-NIB
   2. JSON payloads for messages between xApp defined and refined
   3. QP-driver code in repo, others hopefully soon
   4. Stretch goal: TS, QP-Driver, and QP exchanging RMR-messages with payload by the end of this sprint
   5. KPIMON: Anticipated completion May 3rd

2020-04-14

1. Status update (Matti): RICAPP-04-14.pptx

2020-04-28

1. Sprint demo: HelloWorld xApp
2. Two week extension for xApp from O-RAN SC TOC
3. Status

2020-05-12

1. Status at code freeze:
   
   1. MC - done
   2. HW - done, needs documentation
   3. Traffic steering use case xApps:
      1. TS - done, testing in progress, needs documentation
      2. QP-Driver - done, testing in progress
      3. QP - unknown
      4. KPIMON - waiting for legal review

2020-06-09

1. Bronze status:
   
   1. MC - done,
   2. HW - being tested,
   3. TS-QP-driver-QP: being tested,
   4. KPIMON - legal review, hopefully in maintenance release
2.  Cherry plan:
   1. Utilize new RIC SDK APIs: alarms, logging, config change, A1-P
   2. Extend the TS use case: E2 CONTROL, real ML model, integration with more realistic simulator

2020-06-23

1. Bronze status:
   
   1. TS use case xApps (TS, QP-D,QP) ready, tested, and released, KPIMON delayed until maintenance release due to legal review (+ testing required)
   2. HW demo and MC xApp also ready, tested and released
2.  Cherry progress:
   1. Planning underway for the extension to the traffic steering use case, WG-3 spec will likely arrive late but we will try to accommodate it if possible
   2. QP-D: raises and cancels alarms (SDL availability) - first RIC component to raise an alarm
   3. In progress: all open source xApps using RIC SDK APIs for O1-PM/FM (alarms/metrics), O1-CM (configuration) and A1-P (policy intent).

2020-07-07

1. Bronze and Bronze maintenance status update.
   1. Bronze done with 5 xApps
   2. Waiting for Samsung KPIMON and Viavi simulator output for the maintenance release.
2. Cherry progress.
3. How to contribute:
   1. Help with an existing xApp (Find an unassigned user story here https://jira.o-ran-sc.org/projects/RICAPP/ and contact me)
   2. Suggest a new xApp idea/.
4. HCL is interested in contributing to the ML pipeline in xApp (QP) - followup by email
5. Idea on how infra metrics could be used in xApps was discussed - in the O-RAN  architecture they should be only exposed to nonRT RIC, need to think if RIC's own infra metrics could be somehow used by xApps.

2020-07-21

1. Bronze Maintenance status:
   
   1. Received extension, still waiting for KPIMON and Viavi simulator output Cherry progress:
2. Cherry progress:
   1. HelloWorld user stories available to anybody interested
   2. Discussions on new xApps