The Linux Foundation's LF Networking (LFN) group is adopting an orchestration platform built to automate and manage massive, intricate network infrastructures.

The open-source StratoWeave project was developed by LFN member organization Deutsche Telekom (DT) as a solution to increasing distribution and cloud creep in network architectures. The technology removes the need for manual scripting through layered declarative models and reactive closed-loop automation to help operators define the ideal network end-state across multivendor and multidomain environments.

"StratoWeave was created to make robust network automation more accessible, more transparent, and more adaptable for operators,” Ian Farrer, senior architect for group technology at DT, explained. “Joining LF Networking gives the project a neutral, collaborative home where we can work with a broader community to mature the platform, expand integrations, and help communication service providers (CSPs) build automation systems that can evolve with their networks.”

“By bringing declarative, model-driven orchestration into an open community, StratoWeave creates new opportunities for collaboration across LFN projects and helps advance our shared vision for AI-native, zero-touch network operations,” Arpit Joshipura, SVP and GM for networking, edge, and IoT at the Linux Foundation, added.

StratoWeave joins a number of open source initiatives under the LFN umbrella, which has expanded in recent months to include an autonomous networks-based framework from Huawei and a full-stack open radio access network (RAN) stack from the O-RAN Software Community (O-RAN SC), which is chaired by a DT representative.

With StratoWeave and O-RAN SC, DT's open source influence is assured in the telecom space. The German operator is a founding member of Sylva, a cloud software framework geared toward a production-grade, sovereign telecom cloud stack for European operators.

DT is also a member of the Open Networking Foundation and the API-centric Camara project.