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SonjaFiliposka(UKIM),DamirRegvart(CARNet),YuriDemchenko(UVA)

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5G– HowwillNRENsEvolve?KurtBaumann(SWITCH),kurt.baumann@switch.ch

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• 5GIntroduction• Whatistomorrowsneed• WANOpportunities• Techno-EconomicDrivers• 5GDesignprincipalsandEcosystem

• 5GbeyondtheNRENs• IntroductionSurveyandResults• NRENs5G

• EducationasaVerticalMarket• RoleandConclusion

• References

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Outline

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• 5GIntroduction• Whatistomorrowsneed• WANOpportunities• Techno-EconomicDrivers• 5GDesignprincipalsandEcosystem

• 5GbeyondtheNRENs• IntroductionSurveyandResults• NRENs5G

• EducationasaVerticalMarket• RoleandConclusion

• References

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Expectation– TrafficEvolvement

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TomorrowsNeed

IEEE5GSummit,Dresden,FranzSeiser,DeutscheTelecom

ExceptionallyfasterdataratesSignificantlylowerNetworklatencyMassivelyincreasedmobiledatavolumesExtendedbatterylifeforremotedevices

MassiveBroadbandmBBTodeliverGBBWondemand

MassiveMachinetypeCommunicationmMTC:Toconnectsbillionsofsensors

Ultracriticalmachine-typeCommunication(uMTC):ToallowimmediateFeedbackwithhighreliability,andenabledRobotcontrolandautonomousdriving

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WANOpportunities

IEEE5GSummit,Dresden,5GLabGermany’sVision,GerhardP.Fettweis,FrankH.P.Fitzek,TechnischeUniversitätDresden

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MomentumandTechno-EconomicDrivers

Anumberoftechno-economicdrivesareConvergingtocreateaparadigmchangeinDesignandOperationsoffuturenetworks.

• ProgressICT• Pervasivediffusionofultrabroadbandaccess

FixedandRadioAccess• Failing(costs)ofhardware• MaturityofVirtualization• WiderOpenSourcecommunity• Probablypowerfulterminals(APs)

Source:Towards5GSoftware-DefinedEcosystemsTechnicalChallenges,BusinessSustainabilityandPolicyIssues

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5G– BriefSummaryofMainArchitectureComponents

ProgrammableE2EconnectedandcomputeinfrastructureRADIONETWORKSEGMENT- Evolutionin:• Capacity/Performance/SpectrumAccessNONRADIONETWORKSEGMENT- Evolutionin:• NativeFlexibility/Programmabilityconversion

PhysicalNetworkandComputingFacility• C-RANwithaoptionofflexibleprocesssplitRAN/C-RAN• Flexibleaccessto,andunifiedmanagementof,

bothnetworkandcomputeresources• Flexibility,elasticityanddynamicconfigurabilityacrossdata,

controlandmanagementplanes(optimalutilizationofinfrastructureresources)

5GMobileNetworkArchitecture• Challenge:By2018,theglobalmobiletraffic

willincreasefrom2.6to15.8Exabyte's.• Physical/NewVirtualNetworkFunction*• EdgeCloud/CentralClouddeploymentsè NeedtointegrateLTE-AevolutiononRANlevelè 5Gnetworkslice

*Challengesthroughserviceabstractionandvirtualizedcomputing,storage,andnetworkresources

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5GDesignPrinciples

• Leveragespectrum• Cost-effectivedensedeployment

• Coordinateandcancelinterference

• Commoncomposablecore• Fixedandmobileconvergence

• Simplifyoperationsandmanagement

• Automationandselfhealing• ServiceOrchestration

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5G– EcosystemaVision

Business Function/ServiceLayer- SpecandImplementation

Businessprocess- Provisioningofapplication

relatedfunctions

5GPPPArchitectureW-Group,Viewon5GArchitecture,Whitepaper1.0,July2016

Orchestrator functionswillallocateComputerandnetworkresourcestotheServicestargetingdiverseanddedicatedBusinessdrivenLOGICALnetworks

LogicalNetworks– networkslices,willcontainspecializednetworkingandComputingfunction

Novelnetwork functions– Requirement:EfficienttransmissionanddataprocessingLowlatencyèMobileEdgeCloud

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5GbeyondtheNRENs– TheSurvey

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Perspectivetofillinthesurvey:• fromanNRENperspective• Networkprovider,academicICTs• fromaResearcherperspective• fromtheEnd-Userperspective• fromtheOutreachperspective

SurveyinSection:- Affiliation:Identifying5GCommunity- NRENCampus:CurrenttypeofNetworktrafficandusedStandards- NRENCampusand5G:

- 5Gtypeoftraffic,contentexperience,whatisneededconnectingeverythingeverywhere- NRENsfocuson5G,thetechnical,economicdriversandusecases

- NRENevolutionin5G:- Impacttheacademicnetwork,NRENsdisciplineon5G,5Genabledservices- ConvergenceWireless/Wired,Constraints

- GEANTand5G:HowtheyseetheroleofGEANT

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veryimportant32%

important58%

notveryimportant7%

insignificant0%

don'tknow3%

Whatimpactwill5Ghaveontheacademicnetworksandrelatedtechnologies?

RatherEverything68%

Rathersharingdataonthepersonalcontext

13%

RatherVideoandGoods13%

Campus<=>cloud3%

don'tknow3%

Whatisyourtrafficevolvementinthepast5years?

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NRENs5GTrafficDiversity

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MassiveContent:Speed>10Gb/s==>Tb/s

19%

MassiveContent:Speed>10Gb/s==>Tb/sMassiveControl:Response:1ms

26%

MassiveControl:Response:1ms7%

MassiveSensing:1b/sover10yearsoffanAAAbatery

MassiveControl:Response:1ms10%

MassiveContent:Speed>10Gb/s==>Tb/sMassiveSensing:1b/sover10yearsoffan

AAAbateryMassiveControl:Response:1ms

29%

MassiveSensing:1b/sover10yearsoffan

AAAbatery6%

Cost-effectiveconnectivity3%

TrafficflowingthroughtheR&Eisverydiversifiedwiththeuserrequirements:• PrimarilyonMASSIVECONTENT,demandinghigh

speednetworks• Criticalscenariosrequiringlowresponses• ProlongedBatteryLive.

Whatisneededtoconnecteverything,everywhere?

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NRENsanswerstoSocietyImpactof5G

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BiggestImpact:InternetofThingsisfortheNRENSanewsubjectfromestablishinginfrastructuretodeploymentofservices(e.g.collectingenvironmentaldata,healthcarepatientinformation…).

With“connectedcars”,wefocuson“massiveresponse”,todelaysensitiveNetworks(e.g.Healthcare,artperformance).

Embeddedcommunication,virtualrealitybringsuscloserto(N)RENsR&Evertical(market).

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5GImpacts/Challengestothe(N)RENs

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5GNetworkArchitecturetoaddresskeychallenges:- By2018,theglobalmobiletrafficwillincreasefrom2.6to15.8Exabyte's.- Edgeandcoreclouddeploymentswillrequiremassivecontentdelivery,- Storageandprocessingaswellascomplexprocessescontrol

ToelaborateaPhysicalNetworkandComputingFacility- ACloudRadioAccessNetwork(C-RAN)withaoptionofflexibleprocesssplitRAN/C-RAN- Flexibleaccessto,andunifiedmanagementofboth,networkandcomputeresources- Flexibility,elasticityanddynamicconfigurabilityacrossdata,controlandmanagementplanes

(optimalutilizationofinfrastructure resources)

NetworkSoftwarization andProgrammabilityrequired:- ConvergedDataPlanefunctions:- InfrastructureSoftwarization functionsvirtualization,andprogrammability,- NetworkVirtualization(NFV),standardofnetworkingin5G

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NREN’s5GObstacles

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33Responses=100%

Obstacles:Lackofmature5Gecosystemsimplieslackofusecasesandmissingbudgets/funding.

Currentgenerationofnetworksarenotfullyexploitandclosethecircletomissing5Gecosystems.

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NREN’s5GDrivers

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Drivers:10-100xhigherand5xlowerlatencyletsupposetheperspectiveoftraditionalNetworking,focusonmassivecontent.

100xmoredeviceswith+20dBbettercoverageaskingfornewStandards,additionalSpectrums.

10+yearsbatteryliveforcesconnectingthings(devices),theIoT (LoRaWAN)world.

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NREN’s5G- MostImportantUseCases

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MostImportantUseCases:Connectingdevicescoupledwithadditionalbroadbandcapacitywillseenasthefutureperspective,the5Gworld.

Smartcitiesshowsrealusecases,e.g.Healthcare,patientinformation;carparkreservations;TrafficmonitoringorEnvironmentalInformation.

VirtualRealitywithlowlatency,thetactileInternetrequiresmassiveresponse,immediatewithhighreliabilityandrobotcontrol,autonomousdrive

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MassiveContent,SensingandControlimpliesthisconvergence– notimmediately,butitcomesoverthenextviewyears;sotheprocessofconvergenceisstarted.

Theimportanceofwirelesswillincrease,butfromtheNRENspointofviewtherearelimitedcapacitiestofurtherdevelopthenetwork.

NRENsfears increasingdependencies tolagercarriers

Itshouldbeeasytoimplementaconvergencebetween5Gandtheexistingnetworkstructurealreadylocallyexist.Sothewill ofEnterprisesisaskingforcooperation

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NRENs5G- EducationasaVerticalMarket

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5G– AcatalystforTransformationoftheeconomyandconnectedsociety- Relyonitsinfrastructure,whichcovernetworkneeds- Contributiontodigitalisationofverticalmarket(education)

Topics:- Advancedmobiletechnology(IEEE802.11/LTE-A…)- IoT andTactileInternet

Futurelearningmodel:- International,Immediate,virtualandinteractiveenvironments- Learnercentric/skillcentric/Ondemandandpersonalized- Studentdevelopment– enforcecriticalthinkingandcollaborativelearning

Applicationssupportingfuturelearningmodels:- VirtualReality(e.g.training,simulation)- AugmentedReality(e.g.directorindirectviewofphysical,

real-worldenvironment)

LearningForms:- VirtualClassroom,Virtualteam-working,Tele-teaching/monitoring,Virtualuniversities- Lessinterventionfromtheteachers,mostlythroughexploring,discoveryandpeeringcoaching

Source:References:GSA5GVerticalsSeries- Education

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NRENs5GRolewithinGEANT- Conclusion

Makeexperiencewith5Gchallenges- Adaption,andNewtechnologies

Technology Economy Collaboration

WirelessTechnology(IEEE802.11x),Portmappedbasednetworkaccess (IEEE802.1x),IoT-TTN-LoRaWAN,LTE-A,Microwavetechnology

Resell5GdealsandchannelbackrequirementstowardGEANT

Development ofCriticalInfrastructuresandsupportingNRENsbackboneconnectivity.

WiFi coexistingtoISPscellularnetworktechnologies(LTE-A,Microwavetechnology)

TheInterfacetoR&E VerticalMarket– Virtual,Augmentedreality:Offeringtrainings,virtualnetworkenvironments,andconsultingactivities,e.g.inE-learning

Buildinggoodtestcasesfor5G

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5G- References

• IEEE5GSummit,Dresden,October2016• Slides:http://5glab.de/media/

• Viewon5Garchitecture,5GPPPArchitectureWorkingGroup,Version1.0.July2016• Document:https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4QzlQzRZg9yLVc4eHEyTjM5M1E/view?usp=sharing

• TheBenefitsofCloudRANArchitecturesinMobileNetworkExpansion,FuJitsu• Document:http://www.fujitsu.com/downloads/TEL/fnc/whitepapers/CloudRANwp.pdf

• NetworkFunctionVirtualizationin5G• Document:http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=7452271

• GSA5GVerticalsSeries– Education.GSA&JISC2016• Documents:https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4QzlQzRZg9yYTlyc2VSTGVTWHc/view?usp=sharing

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ThisworkispartofaprojectthatreceivedfundingfromtheEuropeanUnion’sHorizon2020researchandinnovationprogrammeunderGrantAgreementNo.731122(GN4-2).

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5GEcosystem– IndicativeResearchList

5GPPPArchitectureW-Group,Viewon5GArchitecture,Whitepaper1.0,July2016

HighdegreeofFlexibility:NetworkSliceFlexibilityè Multiplelogicalnetworksè RAN/CNsplit

TransitionfromtodaysNetworkentitiestoaNetworkofFunctions.

ManagementofControlofsystemsandResources

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Marketpotential– From4Gto5GChallenges