Future Glimpses: Two Next Generation Applications of SDN and NFV. Alan Carlton. VP, InterDigital Europe. June G World, London

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InterDigital Europe Open for Business July 2013 Central mission is to drive technology collaboration & partnership initiatives in the areas of 5G & IoT across the European stage Happy to call London

2 InterDigital Europe Open for Business July 2013 Central mission is to drive technology collaboration & partnership initiatives in the areas of 5G & IoT across the European stage Happy to call London and Tech City our home affording us easy access to anywhere in Europe We play in Horizon 2020, 5GPPP, Innovate UK and are always looking to create new projects and alliances Already seeing some good results with Eight Wins in EU competition (e.g. H2020) so far Also driving a integrated transport initiative, onetransport in the area of the IoT 2015 InterDigital, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 2

Two of our 5G Projects in Future Networking

4 POINT/RIFE: snapshot Platform provider Vendors Operators Partners 15 Multi-sector Partners $6.2m Total cost 3 YEAR PROJECT SMEs WorId s First IP over ICN Demo in 2015 Academia Started 1 st Jan % Funded by H InterDigital, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 4

networking Benefits and Challenges of ICN Better utilization through native multicast!

5 POINT: A FLEXIBLE Twist on Information Centric Networking What is Information Centric Networking (ICN)? We think it is simply an inevitable destination A paradigm shift away from client-host comms Focus is on content & name based addressing Brings pub-sub model to core networking Benefits and Challenges of ICN Better utilization through native multicast! Better privacy and path resilience to failures But changing the internet is really difficult! But that was before SDN/NFV came along Content Management built into the core fabric of the system POINT is a EUH2020 Research & Innovation Programme Funded Project under grant No InterDigital, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 5

The Problem & Current Approaches HBO NETFLIX AMAZON YOUTUBE Bandwidth costs # of user viewings determine BW costs IP Unicast Legacy HTTP Unicast Proliferation SDN controller SDN Switch NFV COTS CPE

6 The Problem & Current Approaches HBO NETFLIX AMAZON YOUTUBE Bandwidth costs # of user viewings determine BW costs IP Unicast Legacy HTTP Unicast Proliferation SDN controller SDN Switch NFV COTS CPE IP Gateway Emerging Network # of User Connections Two current approaches Two shortcomings CDNs are currently used for popular content but this is overly complex and results in inefficiencies associated with indirections Overprovisioning of resources drives unsustainable spiraling costs Both shortcomings are unsustainable for 5G 2015 InterDigital, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 6

7 The Project The Service (1 of 2) HBO NETFLIX AMAZON YOUTUBE Bandwidth costs Our Solution will Drive Down Bandwidth Costs Implicit Multicast POINT ICN Gateway Layer Benefit #1: True Multicast ICN Intelligence SDN controller SDN Switch NFV COTS ICN Gateway Layer CPE IP Gateway App (e.g. HTTP) IP IP ICN L1/L2 # of User Connections POINT/RIFE: The Innovative ICN approach for competitive 5G (or before) operator networks Re-introduce multicast into world of predominantly personalized web experience -> higher network utilization Flexible routing at runtime through cloudifiable software elements -> increased resilience, latency reduction 2015 InterDigital, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 7

8 The Project The Service (2 of 2) HBO NETFLIX AMAZON YOUTUBE Bandwidth costs Our Solution will Drive Down Bandwidth Costs Cache Mgmt. ICN Intelligence SDN controller Dynamic Web Servers ICN Gateway Layer CPE Implicit Multicast POINT ICN Gateway Layer App (e.g. HTTP) IP IP ICN L1/L2 Benefit #2: Dynamic Web Servers # of User Connections The next logical step: Dynamic Web Servers, spun up possibly just one hop Away Creates new service possibilities for operators, utilizing in-network NFV-based computing capabilities Helps meeting challenging 5G KPIs, such as 5ms service-level latency & 1000x capacity increase 2015 InterDigital, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 8

10 CROSSHAUL: snapshot Partners (21) 21 Multi-sector Partners $8.9m Total cost 2.5 YEAR PROJECT Field Trial Planned in Berlin Q4/2016 Started 1 st July % Funded by H InterDigital, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 10

11 5G-Crosshaul Level: An ambitious set of 5G KPIs (e.g. capacity, latency, efficiency) to deliver at a time network operators are looking into ways to reduce costs (TCO) and expand the service Evolve from today s CPRI or CPRI-like to less-stringent (in terms of capacity, latency, jitter and cost) and scalable solutions that can cope with the high (small cells) densification and (massive) MIMO technologies foreseen in 5G: Access Virtualization through flexible functional split between the RU and Evolve from today s cascade of increasingly heterogeneous and independently managed technologies to a truly integrated transport that is flexible to adapt to various 5G requirements (capacity, latency): Technologyabstract joint orchestration over common SDN-based control InterDigital, Inc. All rights reserved. 11

12 Goals of the Project 5G-Crosshaul project aims at integrating Fronthaul and Backhaul for envisioned 5G Virtualized RAN architectures The integration is tackled in both the control and data planes A common SDN/NFV-based control infrastructure (compatible with ODL/ONOS SDN and ETSI NFV architecture frameworks) A unified data plane with common switching of FH and BH traffic across heterogeneous technologies The data plane focuses on Carrier Grade Layer-2 packet switching (XCF) Ethernet-based PBB-TE and MPLS-TP as candidate baseline templates for support of legacy switches (backwards compatibility) New instantiation of the above templates for new switches (XFE) Standardization roadmaps include relevant working groups in IEEE, ITU-T, 3GPP, IETF, ONF, and ETSI (amongst others) First trials demonstrations are planned in Berlin in Sep-Oct InterDigital, Inc. All rights reserved. 12

13 Solution Building Blocks A holistic approach for converged Fronthaul and Backhaul under common SDN/NFVbased control, capable of supporting new 5G RAN architectures (V-RAN) and performance requirements CORE Network Apps XCI (SDN/NFV-based) XPU Core Gateway XFE From pure heterogeneous backhaul to unified 5G- Crosshaul network Main building blocks XFE XCF Common Frame capable of transporting the mixture of various Fronthaul and backhaul traffic XFE Forwarding Element for forwarding the CrossHaul traffic in the XCF format under the XCI control XPU Processing Unit for executing virtualized network functions and/or centralized access protocol functions (V-RAN) XFE XPU From fixed ptp fronthaul links to unified 5G- Crosshaul network XCI Control Infrastructure that is SDN-based and NFV-enabled for executing the orchestrator s resource allocation decisions Novel network apps on top to achieve certain KPIs or services Access Points Access InterDigital, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 13

EdgeHaul - Millimeter Wave 5G Wireless Transport FIRST TO DEMONSTRATE WIGIG -BASED

platform for today s small cell backhaul and 5G mmwave access Leverage high volume

installation cost and provides interference management High throughput over range

OpenFlow Mesh Controller Software Hardware INTERDIGITAL MESH LAYER SOFTWARE WiGig

14 EdgeHaul - Millimeter Wave 5G Wireless Transport FIRST TO DEMONSTRATE WIGIG -BASED MILLIMETER WAVE MESH BACKHAUL - MWC 2015 Low-cost, high capacity, scalable platform for today s small cell backhaul and 5G mmwave access Leverage high volume WiGig baseband 60GHz Phased Array with electronic beam steering reduces installation cost and provides interference management High throughput over range suitable for urban small cell InterDigital s Cloud-Based Software Platform OpenFlow Mesh Controller Software Hardware INTERDIGITAL MESH LAYER SOFTWARE WiGig Baseband Phased Array RF... WiGig Baseband Phased Array RF InterDigital, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

5G NextGen Network InterDigital, Inc. All rights Reserved.

5G NextGen Network InterDigital, Inc. All rights Reserved. 5G NextGen Network 1 2016 InterDigital, Inc. All rights Reserved. Services: the evolution to the smarter, living network 5G will deliver next level of experience and enabling business models Wave 1 (Voice)