From NFV to 5G Core Ludvig Landgren, Head of Network Apps & Cloud South East Asia, Australia and India Ericsson Internal 2017-09-21 Page 1
Getting ready for 5G 2G 3G 4G 5G VOICE Massive mobile voice communication BROWSING Feature phones and mobile broadband introduction VIDEO Smartphones popularization and mobile data traffic exponentially increase MULTIPLE INDUSTRIES Any device can provide access to the content and enable new business opportunities across industries Ericsson Internal 2017-09-21 Page 2
telcos are transforming to become digital service providers Programmable Network Automated Operations Digital Engagement Innovate to launch new offerings / business models Reduce TCO through automation and consolidation Interact consistently with customers and partners through all channels Scale-up and down on demand End to End Service lifecycle automation Leverage data to understand and capture the business Analytics is key to drive business and operational decisions Ericsson Internal 2017-09-21 Page 3
network evolution to 5G core Integrated nodes Virtualized deployment Cloud Deployment 5G Core Enterprise Network application Massive MTC Critical MTC Mobile Broadband 5G Core Ericsson Internal 2017-09-21 Page 4
NFV Becoming industrialized 130+ customers in 80+ countries, 35+ live commercial networks vepc vims vpcrf vudc vdsc vmsp vbng vmsc NFVI Tele-Post Greenland Swisscom TeliaSonera Vodafone Tango Telefonica Post Motorola, Austria Másmóvil Panasonic Avionics Tampnet Digicel Vodafone Egypt Telefonica Chile, Colombia & Peru Entel Chile Zain Vodafone Hutchinson NTT DoCoMo Softbank LG UPlus Motorola, Singapore Telkomcel Telstra Spark SDN Network Ericsson Function Internal Virtualization 2017-09-21 Commercial Page 5 in confidence Ericsson 2017
Telstra Telco Cloud Ericsson s Telecom Cloud provides a 5G-ready core with a virtualized network which can better support new services such as 5G, network slicing and IoT that will be particularly important to our enterprise customers. Mike Wright Managing Director Networks Telstra Group Ericsson Internal 2017-09-21 Page 6
NFV Adoption strategies Telstra Swisscom China Mobile Telefonica Vodafone NTT, Verizon AT&T T-mobile Vendor X Vendor Y Vendor X Vendor Y Vendor X Vendor Y Vendor X Vendor Y Vendor X VNF VNF VNF VNF VNF VNF VNF VNF VNF VIM VNF VIM Vendor N VIM Vendor N VIM Vendor N VIM Vendor M Many vendors, own SI VIM VIM Vendor M Hardware Hardware Hardware Hardware Hardware Full stack from one vendor HW decoupled from SW stack VNF islands Decoupling HW/SW platform from VNFs Full de-coupling Complex vertical SI Full de-coupling, complex vertical & horizontal SI Supported by Ericsson, Tier-1 early adopters have taken the lead, considering ambition, scope and deployment strategy Ericsson Internal 2017-09-21 Page 7 Commercial in Confidence - Ericsson Ltd 2017
Vodafone Hutch Australia All Ericsson VNFs: vepc vims voss vmss All IP VNFs: Firewalls Loadbalancers IP Routers DNS Ericsson Internal 2017-09-21 Page 8
Customer case Mobile VPN and IoT Services for Tier-1 US operator 30 staff 7 staff Manual Operations Automated Operations GUI Add capacity 60 days 2 hours ERICSSON NFVI Activate new service 21 days 15 min Automation 5G NFVI Core Commercial System Presentation Commercial in Commercial confidence in Confidence Ericsson AB 2017 Ericsson 2017-07-10 AB Page 2017-06-21 9 Page 9
MME MME MME OSS OSS OSS HSS HSS HSS SGW PCRF SGW/ PGW PCRF PDN GW SGW/ PGW MME MME MME MME MME OSS OSS OSS OSS OSS HSS HSS HSS SGW HSS HSS PCRF SGW / PGW PCRF PDN GW SGW/ PGW PCRF SGW / PGW SGW / PGW multiple slices on the same device 2017-05-23 Press Release In May 2017, NTT DOCOMO and Ericsson demonstrated the world s first 5G network slicing solution with multiple slices simultaneously connected to the same device. Multiple Slices on the Same Device One device - One Slice One Device Many Slices enb Mission Critical MTC MBB Massive MTC One Car Many applications enb Infotainment Voice Car safety One Robot Many usages Video enb In collaboration with: Robot Control Live demo shows an example of network slicing for robotics, showcasing a robot with a head-mounted camera, realizing a video stream and a robotic instruction sent over two different slices 5G Core System Commercial in confidence Ericsson AB 2017 2017-06-06 Page 96 Ericsson Internal 2017-09-21 Page 10
Two distinct new business opportunities Distributed cloud Potential of creating a new business for service providers as well as enabling a distribution of 5G Core and vran NFVI a transformation from purpose built nodes to a cloud solution Distributed Cloud NFV infrastructure Traditional solutions Cloud deployments Virtualized Appliances Integrated nodes Ericsson Internal 2017-09-21 Page 11
Distributed Cloud Distributed Cloud is the Ericsson solution enabling multi-access multi-cloud capabilities anywhere in the network including Edge and facilitating service providers to unlock potential of the network as the Open Platform for application innovations and drive top line Use Cases/Requirements 1) Performance, e.g. Latency, bandwidth, security, availability 2) Cost/TCO, e.g. Compute offload, content staging/delivery, data transfer/analytics 3) Scalability, Security, and Regulations Distribute workloads at optimal location (local/centralized) Bring cloud capabilities closers to consumers for innovations and value creations Ericsson Internal 2017-09-21 Page 12
Network slicing economics Joint study with BT Network slicing enables: New revenue generation Lower opex Greater capex efficiency Highest impact is for new service launches. BT study: Revenue increase +35% Opex reduction 40% 5G Core System Commercial in confidence Ericsson AB 2017 2017-07-10 Page 13
Summary 1. Platform strategy Start Now 2. Open Ecosystem enabler for growth 3. Automation the key for efficiency 5G Core System Commercial in confidence Ericsson AB 2017 2017-07-10 Page 14
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