Integrating verticals with the 5G

communications network for E2E

experimentation

Raul Muoz
Centre Tecnolgic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC)

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Target 5G end-to-end scenario
The fifth generation of mobile technology (5G) is not only about the development of a new radio interface, but
also of an end-to-end converged network and cloud infrastructure for both traditional human-based and
emerging Internet of Things (IoT) services.

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Integrating verticals with the 5G communications network
Verticals require to define processes (e.g. manufacturing of a product, autonomous driving, tele-surgery, etc.).
Each process is defined as a service chaining by orchestrating virtualized vertical functions (e.g., temperature
monitoring, distance or energy consumption measurement, Big data, data analysis, automated car control,
storage) and virtualized network functions (e.g., vEPC, firewall, logging, user authentication) from a repository.
Vertical requirements:
Definition of the network service, forwarding graph, and virtualized vertical function descriptors (similar to
NFV)

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Programmability of vertical applications and network functions
In addition to MEC, NFV and C-RAN functions running on top of distributed cloud Infrastructures, verticals
require virtualized applications with different requirements in terms of end-user latency or computational
capabilities:
Vertical requirements:
API to dynamically request virtual computing and storage resources wherever are needed in order to deploy specific
virtualized vertical functions (programmability of vertical applications)
API to dynamically request the instantiation of virtualed network functions (e.g. vBBU, vEPC) from a repository
wherever are needed.

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Differentiated E2E quality-of-service (QoS)
The heterogeneity of the applications for each vertical sets different requirements in terms of networking
resources, ranging from ultra-low latency and high reliability for mission-critical applications to high dynamic
bandwidth allocation for video surveillance.
Vertical Requirements:
API to dynamically request differentiated quality of services connections between devices, virtualized network functions
and virtualized vertical functions.

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Network slicing
The 5G communications network
Mobile broadband Services Vertical #1 Services Vertical #2 Services

shall accommodate a wide range of

Vertical-centric services
(e.g., Factory of the Future) (e.g,, Automotive)
Business Service
Service Service Service Service Service Service Service Service Service
#1 #2 #3 #1 #2 #3 #1 #2 #3 Layer

use cases dealing with a wide variety

of requirements from the different Business Function
Layer

Northbound Interfaces
Vertical #1 Vertical #2 Vertical #3

verticals. Function Function Function

Repository Repository Repository

Multi-service Control

It is required to provide multiple, Layer

highly flexible, end-to-end dedicated

Network-centric services
network slices (considering virtual Network
Network Function
Layer

Southbound Interfaces
Function

network and cloud resources and Abstract resources: Wireless Satellite Optical
Repository

virtualized network functions

Satellite Network Edge Cloud Core Cloud
Edge Cloud

Infrastructure

resources) over the same physical Layer

infrastructure in order to deliver RAN and wireless backhaul Optical Access Network Optical Metro Network Optical Core Network

vertical-specific requirements.
Vertical Requirements:
Source: 5GPPP White paper
MWC2016: https://5g-ppp.eu/wp-
content/uploads/2016/02/BROCHURE_
5PPP_BAT2_PL.pdf
API to dynamically request
vertical-specific network slices
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The value of experimental research:
CTTC 5G end-to-end experimental platform
CTTC is working in the development of a 5G end-to-end experimental platform for testing advanced end-to-end
IoT and mobile services.
It integrates various existing experimental facilities already available at CTTC which cover activities from the
PHY layer to the application/service layer for mobile networks.
Analog Front-end GEDOMIS testbed EXTREME testbed ADRENALINE testbed R. Muoz et al The CTTC 5G
End-to-End Experimental
Platform IEEE Vehicular
Virtual Virtual Virtual
Technology Mag, Vol.11, N.1,
LTE/5G Functions vEPC Functions Functions
March 2016
Phy
Metro DC Core DC
Edge DC
LTE/5G analog ADRENALINE Testbed,
front-end wave
& mmwave:
LTE/5G PHY http://networks.cttc.es/ons/adrenal
(FPGA/SDR)
- Antenna ine
- Power amplifier CASTLE testbed
- Filter
EXTREME Testbed,
- Mixer LTE/5G/SATELLITE http://networks.cttc.es/mobile-
- Digital Phy
predistortion
networks/extreme_testbed/
(SHAPER) GEDOMIS Testbed,
http://technologies.cttc.es/phycom/
gedomis/.
LTE/5G/ SATELLITE PHY RAN & Wireless Backhaul MAN WAN IoTWorld Testbed,
Energy harvesting (3G/LTE, Wi-FI) (Packet Aggregation) (Optical Core)
devices
(SIMULATION) http://iotworld.cttc.es.
IoTworld testbed Castle Testbed
http://www.cttc.es/project/cloud-
GW1 GW2 GW3 GWm
architecture-for-standardization-
development/
Shaper Testbed
WSN1 WSN2 WSN3 WSN4 WSN5 WSNm
http://technologies.cttc.es/phycom/
shaper/
Sensors, Actuators

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Our experimental view: SDN/NFV architecture for end-to-end cloud and
network services
Virtualized function Orchestrator (Vertical #1) Virtualized function Orchestrator (Vertical #2)

Virtualized Vertical Virtualized Network Virtualized Vertical Virtualized Network

Function Manager Function Manager Function Manager Function Manager

Global Orchestrator (VIM)

Distributed Cloud
E2E Network Orchestrator (parent)
orchestrator

Wireless Network Orchestrator (child) Transport Network Orchestrator (child) OpenStack API
API, AWS
Amazon,
Windows
Azure
SDN Metro SDN Core Core cloud
SDN RAT SDN RAT Edge cloud
Network Network Orchestrator
Controller 1 Controller 2 Orchestrator Controller
Controller

Wireless Edge Data

RAN and Center
backhaul 1
Core Data
Center

Wireless
RAN and
backhaul 2
Metro Access/Aggregattion Network Core Transport Network Public Cloud
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CTTC involvement in activities with verticals
5GPPP White papers
5G empowering vertical industries (Section editors)
5G and Energy
5G Automotive Vision

Wireless World Resarch Forum (WWRF) Working Groups

(http://www.wwrf.ch/workinggroups.html):
WG End-to-end (E2E) network slicing for 5G and beyond
VIP WG 5G e/m-Health and Wearables
VIP WG The Connected Car

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 Thank you!

Raul Muoz, PhD

Head of the Optical Networks and Systems Department
Centre Tecnolgic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC)
raul.munoz@cttc.es
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