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docs: Expand README with comprehensive platform overview and architecture details
- Add detailed "What It Does" section explaining platform capabilities for enterprises and operators - Add Architecture section documenting core network services, supporting services, and developer tools - Add Key Features section covering sovereignty, security, performance, scalability, and operations - Expand Technology Stack section with categorized components (languages, databases, infrastructure, monitoring)
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## Overview
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This is a production-ready Telecom-as-a-Service platform that enables developers to programmatically provision and manage cellular connectivity through a clean API. The platform implements 3GPP standards using modern open-source technologies.
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The Telecom-as-a-Service (TaaS) Platform is a comprehensive, sovereign cellular connectivity solution that enables organizations to deploy and manage their own private 5G/LTE networks. This full-stack platform provides end-to-end capabilities from core network integration to subscriber management, charging, and developer APIs.
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### What It Does
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The TaaS Platform allows enterprises, telecom operators, and system integrators to:
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- **Deploy Private Cellular Networks**: Set up and manage private 5G/LTE networks with full control over data sovereignty and security
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- **Manage Subscribers**: Provision, authenticate, and manage cellular subscribers with role-based access control
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- **Real-time Charging**: Implement flexible credit control and billing with real-time usage monitoring
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- **Developer APIs**: Expose cellular network capabilities through REST and GraphQL APIs for custom application development
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- **Network Orchestration**: Automate network operations, scaling, and health monitoring across distributed infrastructure
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- **Service Discovery**: Enable dynamic service registration and discovery for microservices architecture
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### Architecture
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The platform is built as a microservices architecture with the following core components:
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**Core Network Services:**
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- **API Server**: Central BSS (Business Support System) API providing authentication, subscriber management, automation, and plugin system
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- **Carrier Connector**: ES2+ interface for eSIM profile management and carrier integration
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- **Charging Engine**: Real-time credit control, usage tracking, and billing with Redis-backed rate limiting
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- **Packet Gateway**: High-performance eBPF-based packet processing for network traffic routing and QoS enforcement
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**Supporting Services:**
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- **Service Discovery (Consul)**: Dynamic service registration and health checking
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- **Message Queue (RabbitMQ)**: Asynchronous event-driven communication between services
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- **Redis**: Distributed caching, rate limiting, and session management
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- **PostgreSQL**: Persistent data storage for subscribers, automations, and configuration
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- **Vault**: Secure secret management for sensitive credentials and keys
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**Developer Tools:**
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- **CLI**: Command-line interface for service orchestration, configuration, and health checks
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- **Web Dashboard**: Next.js-based management interface for network operations
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- **TypeScript SDK**: Client library for integrating with TaaS APIs
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- **Kubernetes Operators**: Custom resources for deploying and managing TaaS services
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### Key Features
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**Sovereignty & Security:**
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- Full data sovereignty with on-premise deployment
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- End-to-end encryption for subscriber data
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- Role-based access control (RBAC) with fine-grained permissions
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- Vault-based secret management for credential security
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**Performance & Scalability:**
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- eBPF-accelerated packet processing for line-rate throughput
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- Redis-backed distributed rate limiting and caching
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- Horizontal scaling with Kubernetes orchestration
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- Circuit breakers and retry logic for external service resilience
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**Developer Experience:**
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- REST and GraphQL APIs with comprehensive documentation
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- TypeScript SDK for type-safe client integration
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- Plugin system for extending platform capabilities
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- Automation framework for network operations
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**Operations:**
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- Real-time health monitoring with Prometheus integration
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- Automated scaling and service discovery
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- Centralized logging with structured logs
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- Chaos engineering capabilities for testing resilience
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**Technology Stack:**
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**Core Languages & Runtimes:**
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- **Go 1.26**: Core network integration, BSS API, carrier connector
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- **Rust 1.94**: eBPF packet gateway, real-time charging engine
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- **TypeScript/Next.js**: Developer dashboard and SDK
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- **free5GC**: Open-source 5G core network
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- **MongoDB**: Subscriber data and authentication
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- **Redis**: Real-time credit control
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- **eBPF/Aya**: High-performance packet processing
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## Quick Start
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**Databases:**
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- **PostgreSQL**: Primary database for subscribers, automations, plugins, and configuration
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- **Redis**: Real-time credit control, caching, and rate limiting
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- **MongoDB**: Used exclusively by free5GC 5G core network for UDR/UDM subscription data and authentication
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**5G Core Network:**
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- **free5GC**: Open-source 5G core network (AMF, SMF, UDM, UDR, etc.)
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**Infrastructure & Orchestration:**
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- **Kubernetes**: Container orchestration and deployment
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- **Helm**: Package management for Kubernetes deployments
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- **Istio**: Service mesh for traffic management and security
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- **eBPF/Aya**: High-performance packet processing in kernel space
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**Message Queuing & Service Discovery:**
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- **RabbitMQ**: Asynchronous message queue for event-driven communication
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- **Consul**: Service discovery, health checking, and configuration
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**Security & Secrets:**
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- **Vault**: Secure secret management for credentials and keys
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- **cert-manager**: Automated TLS certificate management
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**Monitoring & Observability:**
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- **Prometheus**: Metrics collection and alerting
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- **Grafana**: Visualization dashboards for metrics
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- **ELK Stack**: Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana for centralized logging
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### Prerequisites
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- **Node.js 22+**: [Download](https://nodejs.org/)
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- **pnpm**: `npm install -g pnpm`
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- **Docker**: [Install](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/)
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- **MongoDB 7.0+**: [Install](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/installation/)
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- **Redis**: `sudo apt-get install redis-server`
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- **PostgreSQL 15+**: [Install](https://www.postgresql.org/download/)
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- **Redis**: [Install](https://redis.io/download)
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- **Kubernetes**: [Install](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/) (for production deployment)
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- **Helm 3+**: [Install](https://helm.sh/docs/intro/install/) (for production deployment)
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- **MongoDB 7.0+**: [Install](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/installation/) (required for free5GC only)
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### Installation
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