1. Network Analytics Suite Release Notes
  2. Feature Descriptions

2 Feature Descriptions

This chapter provides a summary of new features and updates to the existing features for Network Analytics Suite products released in 23.2.x.

2.1 OCNWDAF Feature Descriptions

Release 23.2.0

Oracle Communications Networks Data Analytics Function (OCNWDAF) 23.2.0 has been updated with the following enhancements:

  • Network Performance Analytics: The OCNWDAF provides Network Performance analytics to the consumers. It includes information about resource consumption by the gNodeB (gNB), a key component in the 5G Radio Access Network (RAN), as well as key mobility performance indicators in the Area of Interest (AoI). The Network Performance analytics provides information such as gNB status, gNB resource usage, communication, and mobility performance in the Area of Interest (AoI). For more information, see Oracle Communications Networks Data Analytics Function User Guide.

  • Geofencing: OCNWDAF provides User Equipment (UE) geofencing analytics. Geofences are virtual fences or perimeters around physical locations; they can trigger events when a UE enters or exits the geofence region. OCNWDAF generates analytics based on UE movement within (or relative to) the defined geofences. For more information, see Oracle Communications Networks Data Analytics Function User Guide.

  • Support for Common Services Gateways (Ingress and Egress): The common Ingress and Egress Gateways are now integrated with OCNWDAF. The Ingress Gateway is an entry point for accessing OCNWDAF supported service operations and provides the functionality of an OAuth validator. The Egress Gateway routes OCNWDAF initiated egress messages to other NFs. For more information about Ingress and Egress Gateway Traffic Distribution, see Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Cloud Native Environment User Guide.

  • Service Mesh for Intra-NF Communication: OCNWDAF leverages the service mesh support for all internal and external communication. OCNWDAF's integration with the service mesh provides inter-NF communication and allows API gateway to cowork with the service mesh. The service mesh integration supports the services by deploying a special sidecar proxy in the environment to intercept all the network communication between microservices. For more information, see Oracle Communications Networks Data Analytics Function User Guide.

  • Deployment Data Collector Tool: OCNWDAF enables the users to collect the logs using the Deployment Data Collector tool. These logs are further used for debugging issues. For more information, see Oracle Communications Networks Data Analytics Function Troubleshooting Guide.
  • OCNWDAF Installation Procedure Improvements: The OCNWDAF installation procedure is improvised to simplify the entire installation procedure. For more information on the updated installation procedure, see Oracle Communications Networks Data Analytics Installation and Fault Recovery Guide.
  • OCNWDAF Dashboard Enhancement: The OCNWDAF GUI is enhanced with rich visual features for the Slice Load, NF Load, and Geofence Analytics. For more information, see Oracle Communications Networks Data Analytics Function User Guide.

2.2 OCNADD Feature Descriptions

Release 23.2.0.0.3

No new features or enhancements have been introduced in this patch release, this only contains the CPU uplifts.

Note:

Some patches may contain Critical Patch updates. Critical Patch Updates provide security patches for supported Oracle on-premises products. They are available to customers with valid support contracts. For more information, see Critical Patch Updates, Security Alerts and Bulletins.

Release 23.2.0.0.2

  • Security Enhancements:
    • Incoming traffic to 9092 Kafka Port is restricted.
    • Added User Interface (UI) Router TLS support.
    • The cluster or admin level privileges to Role and RoleBinding were restricted
  • Upgrade and Rollback Enhancements:
    • Forward ported the upgrade rollback enhancement of the release 23.2.0.0.1 to release 23.2.0.0.2.
    • The release 23.2.0.0.1 is now obsolete. Customers can directly upgrade from the release 23.2.0 to 23.2.0.0.2.

Release 23.2.0.0.1

Upgrade and Rollback Enhancement

The upgrade procedure creates and stores the previous release database backup during the upgrade procedure. In a rollback scenario, the rollback procedure automatically picks up the database backup created during the upgrade to restore it to the previous release.

Release 23.2.0

Oracle Communications Network Analytics Data Director (OCNADD) 23.2.0 has been updated with the following enhancements:

  • Support for Multisite Georedundant Deployments: OCNADD supports both two site and three site georedundant deployments. Georedundancy is data replication of one site across multiple sites to efficiently handle failure scenarios and ensure High Availability (HA). If any georedundant OCNADD sites experiences a failure, the operator can perform manual failover procedures to move NF traffic from the failed site to the available OCNADD site. For more information, see the "Support for Multisite Georedundant Deployments" section in Oracle Communications Network Analytics Data Director User Guide.
  • Support for Weighted Load Balancing: OCNADD supports the weighted load balancing of data feeds among the different endpoints of the third-party consumer application. The operator can allocate load factors to each destination endpoint. The operator can configure Weighted Load Balancing through the CNC Console GUI. For more information, see the "Weighted Load Balancing Based on Correlation ID" section in Oracle Communications Network Analytics Data Director User Guide.
  • Support for Data Filtering: OCNADD performs data filtering on messages and sends only the filtered messages to the next hop or feed. Filtering is supported on both Ingress and Egress interfaces. The Data Director is placed between the ingress and egress flows. Therefore, filtering can be applied to both flows. Data filters can be configured through the CNC Console GUI. For more information, see Oracle Communications Network Analytics Data Director User Guide.

  • Alert Forwarding using SNMP: OCNADD forwards the Prometheus alerts as SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) traps to the southbound SNMP servers. For more information, see Oracle Communications Network Analytics Data Director User Guide.

  • Synthetic Packet L3-L4 Field Mapping Enhancements: OCNADD allows users to configure global L3-L4 mapping rules to obtain the required L3-L4 information for all messages in the synthetic packet feed. For more information, see Oracle Communications Network Analytics Data Director User Guide.