Scope Enhancement: network info for Device Status API Family

[Kevsy]

API Scope Enhancement

Field	Description
API name	DeviceStatus
New API name	NetworkInfo
Scope Enhancement owner	Vodafone
Scope Enhancement summary	Read-only API to return the name of the operator and network type for an identified network-connected device. Business cases (1) developers can account for the different behaviours they have historically encountered from different network operators (2) developers can determine if the connection is to a virtual operator, which may result in different network capabilities (3) knowing the type of the network the device is connected to (cellular network type, fixed/Wi-Fi, satellite) allows the developer to better estimate network stability. Overall each business case can help improve end user experience
Technical viability	Operator name is static, connection type is available from via NEF.
Commercial viability	Server implementations not known - but MNC/MCC lookup available on the UE via programmatic lookup to OS libraries.
YAML code available?	YES
Validated in lab/productive environments?	NO.
Validated with real customers?	NO.
Validated with operators?	NO.
Supporters in API Backlog Working Group	Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom

[Kevsy]

Submitted as per action from API Backlog call 11th July

@NoelWirzius please let me know any changes needed

[NoelWirzius]

@Kevsy lgtm
@gmuratk would be great if you compare this to your proposal in Device Status

[jgarciahospital]

As discussed in #72 (comment), pending to clarify final destination of the proposal

[gmuratk]

@Kevsy lgtm @gmuratk would be great if you compare this to your proposal in Device Status

@NoelWirzius I think it is aligned with the proposal previously submitted to Device Status. As for consideration in #72, I think it will be beneficial to keep this as a separate API rather than enhancing Reachability Status API.

[Kevsy]

HI @NoelWirzius - please can you advise regarding the status of this enhancement, does the Device Status team believe it should be a separate API in the family? Many thanks!

[Kevsy]

Please can the team advise whether this capability to provide more granular data connection information (2G/3G/4G/5G/Wi-Fi etc. plus MNO/MNC/operator identifier) should be a separate API within the Device Status family, or a scope enhancement to extend CONNECTED_DATA?

This topic relates to open issue 66 and PR 72 in APIBacklog , so your decision much appreciated :)