IoT for Mobile Service Provider

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2 BRKSPM-2389 IoT for Mobile Service Provider Fabio Felici, Consulting Systems Engineer

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4 Agenda Mobile IoT opportunities and challenges Cellular IoT technologies NB-IoT and LTE-M Network slicing and C-SGN Connecting IoT devices with Applications Data delivery via API, SCEF and SCS Cisco Ultra IoT Conclusion

5 Mobile IoT Opportunities and Challenges

6 The IoT Opportunity for Mobile SP Connect New Things Enter new markets Enable new services Use cellular coverage to securely connect sensors, wearables, vehicles, homes, assets and more Expand the customer base providing services for different vertical markets (e.g. cities, utilities, etc.) Provide capabilities (device management, APIs,..) to integrate applications and develop new solutions BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 6

7 Which IoT service? Current market focus is mainly on metering, monitoring and asset management Consumer IoT just starting (e.g. wearables, healthcare) New Mission Critical IoT services (robotics, VR,..) may be enabled with 5G Source: Gartner BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 7

8 Cellular IoT vs. Proprietary LPWA technologies Multiple non-cellular LPWA (Low Power Wide Access) Networks have been deployed in the last years to connect sensors Radio access based on 3GPP standards (NB-IOT, LTE-M, LTE) can support different IoT services in licensed spectrum, reusing enb infrastructure Mobile SP can leverages existing cellular coverage to support IoT services, minimizing CAPEX and reducing Time-to-Market Further enhancements expected with 5G (higher density, lower latency,..) Licensed spectrum can guarantee QoS SIM based authentication for secure access BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 8

9 Security for mobile IoT Billions of IoT devices increase the attack footprint (constrained endpoints, different traffic patterns) Cellular IoT = Secure SIM based access Additional esim and small form factor for IoT SIM management Mobile operators may built additional security layers for complete offer Mainly as a differentiator BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 9

10 Reality Check: Enabling IoT in mobile networks enb SW upgrades Core network deployment models (overlay vs dedicated) Impacts to adjacent systems (OSS/BSS, PCRF, HSS, ) New platform for service enablement and control SIM card strategy: remote provisioning / management End-to-end security BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 10

11 The IoT Value Chain Connectivity revenues are a minor part of total IoT spending Mobile SP need to get a share of IoT applications spending and offer IoT as a complete solution Total IoT Revenues addressable by Mobile Operators by 2025 Devices Connectivity Service Enablement Application Sensors Module Radio Core Network IoT Platform Device Mgnt. Analytics Monitoring BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 11

12 Cellular IoT Technologies

13 Different Things, different requirements Massive IoT (miot) High Density, Small data volumes Low Power (long battery life), Low Device Cost Mission Critical IoT (mciot) Low latency High Availability Medium/high data volumes NB-IoT emtc (LTE-M) LTE/5G Other LPWA (LoRA, SigFox,..) BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 13

14 RAN and CN solutions for Massive IoT devices Years-long battery life Enhanced coverage Low cost device Congestion Control Application Interworking Switch-off the radio (PSM, edrx), simpler radio Paging enhancements, Repetitions, Narrow-Band, no MIMO, half duplex, simplified procedures Access Priorities, back-off timers, Rate Limit Expose data and events via API (SCEF) BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 14

15 Current 3GPP Radio Options for Cellular-IoT (CIoT) GSM bands LTE bands 180 KHz 1.08 Mhz UE emtc NB-IoT enb S1 EPC 20 MHz Reuse existing enb infrastructure (SW Upgrade in most cases) No need for new spectrum, reuse GSM or LTE bands Simplified TxRx: longer TTI, low order modulation, no MIMO Extended coverage (power class, repetition,..) and battery life (PSM, edrx) BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 16

16 CIoT Optimizations in the EPC * Data over C-Plane SMSC SGd S6a HSS MME IP, Non-IP, SMS UE SRB* DRB IP, Non-IP emtc NB-IoT SCEF Non-IP, Events IoT App GTP-U SGW PGW GTP-U Non-IP, IP PSM and edrx for battery saving, paging enhancement for extended coverage Small Data over NAS and S11, Non-IP Data, Data delivery and Events via API Attach without PDN and SMS without combined attach BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 17

17 Dedicated Network Slice for IoT Operational simplification Test/rollout of new IoT features Simpler interoperability Security requirements Protect MBB services from IoT devices Private/closed IoT networks Performance & Dimensioning Different IoT Call profiles NFVI optimized for density vs. Throughput Aligned with 5G Network Slicing concept BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 18

18 C-SGN Architecture for IoT Network Extract from 3GPP TS Annex L Non roaming The C-SGN (CIoT Serving Gateway Node) is a combined node EPC implementation option that minimizes the number of physical entities by collocating EPS entities in the control and user planes paths (e.g. MME, S-GW, P-GW). [ ] A C-SGN supports sub-set and necessary functionalities compared with the existing EPS core network and also at least some [..] CIoT optimizations [ ] BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 19

19 Feature Set NB-IoT vs. LTE-M No strict list, operator choice Some suggestions from GSMA I-RAT Mobility Voice (IMS based) SCEF and API exposure CP CIoT Optimization (Data over C-Plane, Attach wo PDN, Extended Coverage (E.g. Paging enhancements, repetitions,..) PSM & edrx for Battery Saving LTE-M NB-IoT BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 20

20 Cisco C-SGN Leveraging StarOS experience HSS UE emtc NB-IoT LTE enb MME SAE-GW StarOS instance SCEF App CIoT features added to StarOS software used for Cisco EPC Can be enabled in a dedicated C-SGN or in a EPC supporting different traffic StarOS naturally favors combination of network functions BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 21

21 Flexible C-SGN Integration with StarOS Operator-policy CIOT IMSI APN IOT.. Attach Req. IMSI check cc-profile CIOT ciot-optimizations.. psm apn-profile IOT.. pdn-type non-ip.. Predefined policies and profiles IMSI based service control New CIoT services enabled via local Operator policy, per IMSI ranges Local DB of NB-IoT RAT TACs as part of TAI list Local policy to interwork with pre Rel-13 HSS RAT Type override, local setting of subscription data (e.g. for non-ip) per IMSI/APN Inherit existing StarOS features, interfaces and experience (e.g. charging, LI,..) BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 22

22 Virtualized C-SGN on Cisco Ultra Gateway Platform High Throughput High Density (Massive IoT) C-SGN VNF tuned for IoT network slice High session density for Massive IoT More session per vcpu, more vcpu dedicated to session management Additional vram for the VNF High Throughput and low latency for Mission Critical IoT C/U-Plane Separation for U-plane close to the radio edge Higher Throughput with vcpu dedicated to packet forwarding (DPDK) BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 23

23 Routing IoT traffic to a dedicated EPC RAT Type WB-E-UTRAN RAT Type NB-IoT LTE emtc NB-IoT RAT-Type WB-E-UTRAN NB-IoT enb MME IDs mme-01, mme-02 mme-03, mme-04 mme-01 mme-02 mme-03 mme-04 MBB EPC IoT Core (C-SGN) NB-IoT is a different RAT-Type with dedicated Tracking Areas. The enb can select a dedicated EPC based on RAT-Type, e.g. C-SGN for NB-IoT LTE-M uses the same RAT-Type and Tracking Areas as LTE. Selecting C-SGN also for LTE-M access would require DeCOR/eDeCOR BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 24

24 Deploying DeCOR MME MME SPGW SPGW SPGW MBB EPC DeCN 1 IMSI XXX 0.Attach Req (IMSI) HSS IMSI UE-Usage-Type XXX 1 YYY 2 IMSI YYY MME MME SPGW SPGW SPGW IoT CN DeCN 2 3GPP Rel-13: MME may redirect the UE to another MME/Dedicated-CN HSS support or local settings per IMSI/APN in Cisco C-SGN(MME) Legacy MME support or route all IMSI attach to new MME/DeCN supporting DeCOR edecor (Rel-14) moves dependencies to the UE.. Can it be trusted? BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 25

25 Connecting IoT Devices With Applications

26 Moving Up The IoT Stack Device data and applications HTTP, COAP, MQTT,.. IP, Non-IP emtc, NB-IoT, other LPWA, App App App App App Many protocols and standards to choose How to enable and manage communication between IoT devices and apps? Need to avoid silos to reduce costs and enable new services BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 28

27 From IoT Verticals to Horizontal Platform App App App App App App network network network Common Service Layer Multi-access network Many vertical IoT deployments today, each device talking with its own application, through a dedicated stack. An horizontal platform that connects multiple devices and applications, may enable IoT services in a cost efficient way BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 29

28 API and Data Modeling for IoT REST API to manage device data Access and manipulate data via stateless operations No need of many functions : just read/write/delete A common vocabulary is required to define IoT data and concepts Need a data model and semantics to represent device data BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 30

29 OneM2M Partnership project for a common IoT Service Layer members including SPs, vendors and other standard forums Enables and horizontal platform to exchange data among devices and applications o URI identification o Network independent o REST approach o Application portability o Device management o Subscription Management o Accounting and charging o HTTP/COAP/MQTT/LWM2M BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 31

30 Full 3GPP Architecture for MTC/IoT From TS HSS UE emtc NB-IoT enb MME SAE-GW C-SGN T6a (diameter) SGi SCEF T8 (API) SCS API App SCEF Service Capability and Exposure Function Non-IP Data Delivery (NIDD), Monitoring Events (MONTE) SCS Services Capability Server Additional value added services for Machine Type communications (MTC) But 3GPP doesn t define SCS functions and just started to work on API standardization (T8, CAPIF) BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 32

31 Data Delivery via API in mobile network Non-IP UE IP or Non-IP UE Data over NAS Data o/diameter MME emtc NB-IoT SAE-GW HTTP/COAP/MQTT over IP T6a Events SGi SCEF Protocol Termination and data management Data over API Events API Data over API IoT App 3GPP Non-IP Data Delivery (NIDD) over SCEF allow to transfer small data between Non-IP UE and application via API Adding optional element may allow to normalize data from SGi and make it available via the same APIs as on SCEF. BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 33

32 API Gateway Cisco escef = SCEF + SCS S6a HSS S6t REST API Tenant / AS / Device Onboarding Connectivity mgmt Platform MME T6a Cisco escef 3GPP SCEF 2G, 3G, LTE, emtc, NB-IoT S/P GW SGi IoT Protocol Termination (MQTT, COAP, HTTP, ) Event rules Data Storage REST API Data Delivery MONTE events Enterprise AS Non Cellular Security & Identity Mgnt. REST/JSON Client Device External IDs Middleware between the network and IoT applications delivering service capabilities and exposing network data to the applications via REST API. Built on CPS/Ultra Policy platform, based on OneM2M. Available for PoC BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 34

33 escef Hierarchy Onboarding establishes hierarchical relationships and authorization privileges between Tenant, sub-tenant, Applications and devices Flexible relationships, Controlled Application routing Customization of policies, APIs, SLAs, functions and access rules Self-service accounts for subtenant, AS, Devices BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 35

34 Example of MO/MT data transmission via SCEF (high level) HSS UL Data Get IMSI Check service Manage data POST (Ext-Id, data,..) 200 OK Metering AS C-SGN T6a SGi Cisco escef DL Data Send request Check service AS Auth. POST (Ext-Id, data,..) 200 OK Smart lighting AS IMSI <> External-ID mapping via HSS query or from escef onboarding Control data between UE(s) and AS(s) according to provisioned service logic (tenant hierarchy), which can be updated (onboarding), e.g. add UEs or AS BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 36

35 escef Value Added Functions (the e in escef) IP data delivery via API Could go beyond 3GPP Access (e.g other LPWA, WiFi, etc) Proxy and Broker mode (data storage) for IP / non-ip data Device onboarding & service control (beyond HSS) Grouping of devices Flexible rules for applications Subscription and Notification API Gateway authentication, SLA enforcement, API conversion End-to-end security BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 37

36 C-SGN and escef vs. 3GPP Architecture (TS ) escef C-SGN BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 38

37 Cisco Ultra IoT

38 Cisco Ultra Services Platform Ultra-EM: VNFM Proxy, Service Manager, Monitoring Ultra Policy Platform Carrier-grade policy, charging, and subscriber data management solution PCRF, OCS, ANDSF, escef, OTT API, Rapid service creation environment Ultra Gateway Platform Fully featured virtualized packet core MME, SAEGW, SGSN, epdg, SaMOG,... CUPS - Separated control and user-planes Ultra Services Framework Pluggable framework for in-line, subscriber-aware, enhanced services Integrated as separately upgradeable software packages Gi-LAN services NFV-O (e.g. Cisco NSO or 3 rd party) VNFM (e.g. Cisco ESC or 3 rd party) escef C-SGN NFVI (Cisco or 3rd party) VIM Openstack BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 40

39 Cisco Ultra IoT Core Security Orchestration Billing IoT Apps 2G/3G/4G NB-IoT, emtc, Ultra IoT Core Cisco Jasper Control Center SAEGW C-SGN Ultra Gateway Platform escef Ultra Policy Platform API Other LPWA NFVI Multi-access core (NB-IoT, emtc, LPWA,..) Unified policy, charging and service layer for different types of devices SP collects device data and routes them to subscribed applications via APIs. BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 41

40 Example of Ultra IoT deployment Two VNFs Solution Automation SDN Controller OSS/BSS Customer Portal (WebUI) NFVO Cisco Ultra Services Platform Ultra Element Manager - Common management and orchestration VNFM CSGN Ultra IoT escef CF CF (Standby) SF SF SF (Demux) (Standby) SCEF Director SCEF Engine SCEF DB O OAM NFVI VIM BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 42

41 Multiple Ultra VNFs/slices for different services Massive IoT High Session Density C-SGN Ultra Gateway Platform escef Ultra Policy Platform Data via API App App NFVI Distibuted vepc Ultra Gateway Platform (CP+UP) NFVI App App App UP UP Mission Critical IoT services services Distributed UP for Low Latency and High Data Rate BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 43

42 Delivering Instant Mobile Networks with Cisco Ultra Each enterprise or IoT service gets its own virtualized Core IaaS Focus existing core on mass market traffic Add Virtualized slice(s) for verticals and introduction of new mass market services Immediate set up Enterprises on-boarded in minutes Highly customizable Self-service reduces OpEx BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 44

43 Cisco Ultra IoT Opens New Opportunities for Operators Smart Cities Intelligent Buildings Utilities Agriculture Logistics Transportation API Cisco Ultra IoT Cisco Jasper Control Center Service Provider Wi-Fi 2G, 3G, LTE LTE-M LoRa WAN NB- IoT BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 45

44 Conclusion

45 Key Takeaways IoT market is a large opportunity for Mobile SPs, which can leverage the network infrastructure and spectrum to provide services for multiple IoT verticals Mobile SPs should move up in the value chain, enabling services beyond network connectivity and offering an end-to-end solution. IoT market requires new solutions across multiple domains to address different business and technical requirements Cisco Ultra IoT allows mobile SPs to connect IoT devices across multiple access technologies and facilitate integration with IoT applications. BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 47

46 References Ultra IoT at a glance Ultra IoT C-SGN Guide Cisco Ultra Gateway Platform Documentation Cisco Mobile IoT Open Lab BRKSPM Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 48

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