The Journey to Virtualization & Transformation in the Core Network Kevin Peters President & CEO, NetNumber 2018 TM Forum 1
NetNumber Overview FOUNDED Boston, 2000 GLOBAL PRESENCE 175 employees 170+ customers, 5 continents 500+ TITAN servers PORTFOLIO TITAN CSRC Platform Global Data Services FINANCIALS Privately held Debt Free Profitable 2018 TM Forum 2
2012: Vision for Network Functions Virtualisation Source: ETSI, Nov 2012 2018 TM Forum 3
But the path forward has not been clear or easy Did we expect it to be? 2018 TM Forum 4
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In a few years, we can expect the communications industry to look and feel similar to the IT industry ETSI, Nov 2012 2018 TM Forum 6 2018 TM Forum 6
IT Industry Evolution Cloud/Mobile/Social 10,000 5 PC / Client Server 1,000 4 100 3 Mainframe / Mini 10 2 1 0 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Synchronous Protocols & Terminals Distributed Processing, Networking & Apps Client- Server Approach Cloud & Social Networks 2018 TM Forum 7
What s Changed? Innovation VS Adoption 2018 TM Forum 8
Disruption Drives Transformation Transition to NFV/SDN will continue well beyond 2020 Benefits are hard to realize in the short term Transformation is complex as legacy and next-gen networks coexist IoT, containers and network slicing, 5G will add new complexities Transformation isn t just about technology Network transformation is both a network and a software challenge 2018 TM Forum 9
Telecom Overlay Network SLF Dx,Dh/ for LTE & WiFi PCRF Rx,Gx,S9,Sh,Sy/ Ro,Rf,Sy/ O(F)CS HSS Cx,Sh,S6,SWx/ DSC SWa,SWm,S6,S13,Gx,S9/ EIR S13/ Rx/ Radius EPC, Non-3GPP SWa,SWm,SWx/ Dh,Sh,Rf,Ro/ Cx,Dx,Rf/ Cx,Dx/ Gm/ SLg/ AAA TAS Ma/ I-CSCF Mw/ E-/P- CSCF GMLC Mw/ ISC/ Mw/ Ml/ Mi/ Le/ SOAP Radius IWF Mi/ Mg/ S-CSCF LRF LoC-DB SS7/C7 for CS & PS DNS DNS Gf/MAP MAP, CAP, INAP ENUM/DNS DNS/ ENUM Mi/ DNS IN-SCP CAP,INAP MAP,INAP Mx/ Mx/ Mx/ for IMS & IPX DNS CRE/ BGCF Mj/ MNP-DB INAP STP ISUP MGCF IBCF MAP ISUP,INAP, CAP,MAP Ici/ MAP SS7 Radius Other (H.248, ) HLR Packet Core CS/PLMN IPX 2018 TM Forum 10
Software-ization of Telecom Overlay Network for LTE & WiFi Mw/ E-/P- CSCF GMLC Mw/ Ml/ Mi/ Le/ SOAP Mi/ Mg/ SS7/C7 for CS & PS SLF HSS EIR IN-SCP MNP-DB HLR Dx,Dh/ PCRF DIA FW Rx,Gx,S9,Sh,Sy/ Ro,Rf,Sy/ O(F)CS Cx,Sh,S6,SWx/ DSC Ut-Proxy S13/ Rx/ SWa,SWm,S6,S13,Gx,S9/ Radius EPC, Non-3GPP TITAN Function SWa,SWm,SWx/ Dh,Sh,Rf,Ro/ Cx,Dx,Rf/ Cx,Dx/ Gm/ SLg/ AAA TAS Ma/ I-CSCF ISC/ Mw/ Radius IWF S-CSCF LRF LoC-DB DNS DNS Gf/MAP MAP, CAP, INAP ENUM/DNS DNS/ ENUM Mi/ DNS CAP,INAP MAP,INAP Mx/ Mx/ Mx/ for IMS & IPX DNS CRE/ BGCF Mj/ INAP STP ISUP MGCF IBCF MAP ISUP,INAP, CAP,MAP Ici/ MAP SS7 FW SS7 Radius Other (H.248, ) Packet Core CS/PLMN IPX 2018 TM Forum 11
Transformation of Telecom Overlay Network Reduce Complexity of Signaling Core with One Centralized Platform for Many Network Functions TAS MGCF Packet Core EPC, Non-3GPP O(F)CS DNS/ CRE/ Ut-Proxy DIA LoC-DB S-CSCF HSS EIR SLF IN-SCP HLR MNP-DB ENUM I-CSCF BGCF SS7 AAA IWF LRF DSC STP FW FW TITAN CS/PLMN PCRF E-/P- CSCF IBCF IPX GMLC DNS SS7 Radius Other (H.248, ) 2018 TM Forum 12
Transformation of Telecom Overlay Network Reduce Complexity of Signaling Core with One Centralized Platform for Many Network Functions Broader choice of solutions TAS MGCF EPC, Non-3GPP O(F)C S DNS/ CRE/ DIA LoC- MNP- Ut- IN- SS7 S- I- Proxy ENUM BGCF CSCF AAA FW IWF DSC HSS LRF EIR SLF SCP STP HLR DB FW DB TITAN Packet Core CS/PLMN Virtualized, remote-managed install PCRF E-/P- CSCF IBCF IPX Access to new vendor-partners GMLC Software-enabled innovation 2018 TM Forum 13
Key Insights for Moving Forward from a Network Guy Long-term migration requires specialized skills Adopt approach to bridge legacy and new Revisit your architecture: Don t migrating existing chaos Care for the ecosystem Software-ize the hybrid (signaling software is perfect place to start) Find the mammals 2018 TM Forum 14
Transitioning from Hardware to Software is a Major Step 2018 TM Forum 15
Bridge from a Software Platform to a Software Future is Shorter 2018 TM Forum 16
Software Environment is a Spring Board to the Future 2018 TM Forum 17
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