September 2021 - 1.17
What’s new?
End-to-end support for external time sync server, including configuration & monitoring via Orchestrator – Refer documentation
Customer support workflow built natively into the Orchestrator – submit support tickets & track progress natively in the Orchestrator – Refer documentation
Support for Indoor AP & Outdoor AP on the same Edge Cluster or Site
Ability to set or update the Spectrum Access System (SAS) provider used by the Edge cluster
Improvements
Improved operational monitoring on Orchestrator – Top talkers per Site, per Edge cluster, Overall network
AP auto-recovery if NTP server is unreachable
Improved device battery lifetime with support for Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration
DNS lookup utility added to the local Celona Edge manager UI
System uptime information available for AP, Edge & device
Search by ICCID on the device inventory page
Fixed
Celona AP not able to boot up on 192.168.0.0 subnet
Incorrect AP transmit power values shown in the Orchestrator
MicroSlicing throughput charts showing inconsistent values between 6-hour and 24-hour view
June 17, 2021 - 1.16
This release introduces the following updates for the Celona platform:
eSIM Beta Release – Sign up here
Improved operational monitoring on Orchestrator – historical and current device context on AP details page, device mobility trail, per-device throughput statistics trendline
Support for custom antenna configuration
Microslicing Improvements
support for multiple application configuration per Microslice
support for multiple Microslices per device
changes to MicroSlice configuration will take immediate effect, without requiring a switch to airplane mode and back
API Improvements
Notification API alert throttle & de-duplication
Inclusion of diagnostic insights from Celona Assistant in the failure notification APIs
Site names included in the Notification API
Interoperability with Inseego gateways & Zebra hand-held devices – Refer documentation
Improvements to Intra-AP sector load balancing
Password reset link validity increased to 12-hours
Fixed – Incorrect Edge & AP software version
Fixed – AP showing duplicate sectors in the radio table
Fixed – Inaccurate Edge status representation in the Orchestrator
April 14, 2021 - 1.15
This release introduces the following updates for the Celona platform:
Added automatic recovery functions, health-monitoring & handover improvements:
Fixed multiple instances of tr069 process failures
Improved log management to avoid memory overruns
Domain Proxy & CPI Workflow updates:
Added support for registering each sector and respective antennas with SAS
Changed domain proxy behavior to increase stickiness of spectrum grants to avoid loss of grants during Edge reboots or network outages
Orchestrator & API updates:
Removed repetitive events in the Monitoring API to reduce noise
Added update/delete workflow for IP domain, applications, and device groups
Improved the user experience for the device inventory page – Pagination, Search and Filtering capability, Toggle columns in device table
Added field to Devices to enable users to add a descriptor
Improved the operational visibility with new charts to show Edge node CPU utilization and Memory utilization trends
February 1, 2021 - 1.11
Celona Monitoring & Management API (Beta):
Please reach out to us (support@celona.io), if you wish to you use the APIs. We have put together initial documentation for the APIs and will be happy to share that with you to receive feedback.
Celona Orchestrator UI & UX improvements:
Support for advanced configuration in the Device Details page to add subnet to effectively manage routes for end-devices behind an IoT gateway or router.
Additional context added to AP Operational State to help with troubleshooting – Initiated bootstrap process, downloaded configuration from Orchestrator, contacted Edge, pending SAS registration, pending spectrum grant, etc.
Eliminate inconsistencies with regards to user and AP states
Duplicate Edge Clusters associated with devices
Edge IP address changes causes AP to hang
Celona Platform improvements:
Added a local web-based Edge configuration manager to help - setup static IP address for the data interface, change hostname for the Edge appliance, change Management IP address & troubleshoot via command line interface
January 11, 2021 - 1.09 & 1.10
Celona Orchestrator API:
Monitoring API via HTTP/HTTPS push notification to track AP State, Device State, Edge State & Edge Health (CPU, Memory)
Celona Orchestrator UI & UX improvements:
Workflow enabling change to user information
Default table size changed to 25
Additional user confirmation step added to MicroSlicing configuration deletion
AP Details Page Re-organized into 3 sections - Attributes, Radios & Antennas
New AP Attributes - IP Address, AP Firmware version
Support for configuring multiple antennas per AP
Summary tab added to the left navigation
Workflow to allow users to update Site address
KPIs for default traffic that does not fall under MicroSlicing definitions
Improvements to AP Diagnostics to provide insights into Configuration & Operational state of the APs, and SAS & Domain proxy related errors
Celona Platform improvements:
Native support for Celona Edge on Microsoft Azure’s edge computing device – Azure Edge Stack
Support for L2TP & GRE traffic
Support for CUPS architecture on Edge for improved resiliency, performance & flexibility of deployment
November 16, 2020 - 1.08
Celona Orchestrator user interface updates:
Celona Assistant insights for MicroSlicing Details,
UX improvements to Celona Assistant in the dashboard,
Device Details now includes additional AP context,
UX improvements to reset password workflow
IP domain dropdown improvements,
Intuitive ordering of device groups,
Accurate representation of Edge status,
Improved workflow to upload CPI credentials,
Improved device diagnostics to assist with device tracing
Device granular states and error conditions, and
Accurate device count on dashboard.
Celona Orchestrator API updates:
Activated status added to Connectivity Summary API,
Celona Assistant dashboard API, and
Device diagnostic backend API.
Functional updates:
ESX support for Celona Edge Node,
Improvements to Edge and AP upgrade process,
Seamless non-reboot upgrades for Edge Nodes,
Redundancy support for Edge Nodes,
Support for Celona AP to Edge IPSec tunnels,
Ingestion and integration of network metrics, and
Tracking of key performance metrics for Edge Nodes.
October 28, 2020 - 1.07
Celona Orchestrator user interface updates:
MicroSlicing configuration improvements,
Infrastructure status monitoring improvements,
Improvements to Celona Assistant workflows,
Improved status monitoring for APs and devices,
New client device diagnostics workflows,
Additional monitoring capabilities for SIM status,
Improvements to dashboard status monitoring, and
CPU and memory resource monitoring for Edge nodes.
Celona Orchestrator API updates:
Ability to move APs from one site to another,
MicroSlicing Key Performance Indicator (KPI) visibility,
Radio Access Network (RAN) and network utilization metrics,
Accessibility on device monitoring and diagnostics data,
Accessibility to Celona Assistant data on APs, devices and Edge nodes,
Improvements to device inventory assignment for Edge nodes, and
Ability to add Certified Professional Installer (CPI) configuration.
Functional updates:
Full support for TCP port 443 to enable Edge and Orchestrator connection,
Support to handle traffic flows initiated from the client devices via MicroSlicing,
Improvements to guaranteed and mean bit rate MicroSlicing enforcement, and
Mapping of client MAC address to SIM card IMSI values for IP address reservation.
September 17, 2020 - 1.05
Celona Orchestrator user interface updates:
Client device list and details views,
CPU/memory/utilization stats for Celona Edge,
Site and Edge cluster configuration,
Edge node and cluster status/health metrics,
IP domain configuration,
KPI reporting for latency and throughput,
Celona AP status monitoring, and
Flow stats monitoring per MicroSlicing policy tag.
Celona Orchestrator API updates:
SIM provisioning,
CPU/memory/utilization stats for Celona Edge,
Site and Edge cluster configuration,
Celona AP serial and list query per Edge cluster, and
Celona AP, Edge ID, Site ID per connected device.
Functional updates:
Support for max bitrate config per MicroSlicing policy in the datapath,
Support for multiple sites per Edge Cluster,
Support for bootstrapping an unassigned Edge Node,
Support for automated multi-node Edge cluster upgrade,
Support for Celona AP to Edge IPsec tunnel,
Support for hitless Edge cluster upgrade, and
Support for upgrade failure rollback.
August 13, 2020 - 1.03
Performance improvements for Celona CBRS LTE outdoor access point,
Allow creation of per customer API key at the time of customer account creation,
Additional option of Mean Bit Rate (MBR) for MicroSlicing configuration, and
Ability to configure external DNS server for connected devices.
July 31, 2020 - 1.02
Certified Professional Installer (CPI) workflows during CBRS LTE deployments,
Stability for Celona Edge during client mobility and connectivity events,
Support for Safari browser support for the Celona Orchestrator user interface,
Support for mobile browsers for the Orchestrator interface,
Ability to configure external DNS server for connected devices,
Per device monitoring for Celona MicroSlicing in the Orchestrator interface,
Latency metrics dashboard for MicroSlicing within the Orchestrator interface,
Status monitoring for Celona Edge / Access Points in the Orchestrator interface,
Improved Celona MicroSlicing configuration for uplink and downlink streams, and
Improved visibility to IP addresses used by connected devices on the network.
July 16, 2020 - 1.01
User experience improvements for the Celona Orchestrator user interface,
Improvements for the Celona Edge in terms of enterprise network integration,
Variety of performance and reliability improvement for Celona access points.
June 30, 2020 - 1.0 (First Customer Ship, FCS)
Configuration workflows within the Celona Orchestrator user interface,
Control path implementation between Celona Edge and Orchestrator,
Insights for real-time data and status reporting within the Celona Orchestrator,
Application and device group level policy enforcements, and
Stability for the Celona Edge data path against variety of traffic patterns.