EdgeLink Overview 0628 - InterDigital
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EdgeLink™Solution
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TransportNetworkDefinition
ExternalNetworks
EdgeTransport
HighCapacity,LowLatency,Wiredand
Wireless,DiverseIntegrated
Traffic
InternetofEverything
SmallCellRRU
LocalDataCenter
UserPlanevBBU
EdgeComputingContentCaching
CoreTransportOpticalTransport
NetworksLong-Haul
CoreNetwork
ControlPlaneNFVBilling
Orchestration
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EdgeLink™Solution– mmW5GTransportSDN-basedMulti-hopMeshNetworkcomposedofGigabit,Low-LatencyMillimeterWaveLinks
– WiGig/802.11adbaseband– 60GHzlongrange,38dBigainantennas– Multi-tenant,multi-serviceleveltransportslicemanagement– Meshtopologyforfaulttoleranceandavailability
EdgeLinkNodes:– NetworkDiscoveryandNeighborSelection– OpenFlow-based,mmWMAC/PHY/RF
MeshControllerSoftware:– SDN-based,managesthemeshtopologytomaintainTransportSliceServiceLevelrequirements
O&MSoftware– Cloud-enabled,web-interfaceforremoteoperationsandmonitoring
InterDigital’sCloud-Based
SoftwarePlatformOpenFlowMeshController
WiGigBaseband
RF
WiGigBaseband
RF
. . .
SoftwareHardware
INTERDIGITALMESHLAYERSOFTWARE
AntennaUnit
NetworkUnit
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IntelligentSoftwaretoBuildaCarrierGradeEdgeNetwork• EdgeLink™solutionisaSDNcontrolledmulti-hopmeshnetworkofmmWavetransportnodes
• ClusterofEdgeLinknodesconnectedbymeshtoEdgeLinkGateway
• KeyComponents• EdgeLink™solutionNodes
• NetworkDiscoveryandNeighborSelection• OpenFlowSwitch(OpenvSwitch)• mmWMAC/PHY/RFairinterface
• MeshControllerSoftware• BuiltonSDNframeworks(OpenDayLight,ONOS)
• O&MSoftware• Web-basedinterfaceforremoteO&M
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EasilyCustomizableSoftwareusingFlexibleInterfaces
NorthboundAPIs(REST)BaseNetworkService
FunctionsServiceAbstractionLayerEdgeLink™Controller
OpenFlow
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EdgeLink™Controller
GatewayNode
IPCLOUD
Non-GatewayNode
InterDigital’sEdgeLinkMeshControllerSoftware,O&M
EdgeLinkCluster EdgeLinkCluster
Operator1
Operator2
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MeshSoftwareFunctions• Networkdiscoveryandautonomousneighborselection
• Proprietaryin-bandsignalingwiththeMeshNetworkControllerforTopologymanagement
• Managementofnodeandsectorstatemachines
• LinkFailurehandlingandswitchingtoalternatepath
• SectorRecoveryandNodeRecovery
• Linkmetriccollection• L2transportimplementedbyOpenVSwitch
• SNMPsupportwithEdgeLink™MIB• Easeofconfigurabilityviatextfileconfigurationparameters 2023
802.11adPHY
HostIF
60GHzPhasedArray
NodeManagerandStateMachine
ConfigurationManager
EventManager
LinkMetrics
Scheduling&QoS Manager
RoutingManager
Baseband-HostInterface(AdaptationLayer)
MeshControllerInterface(OpenFlow)
EthernetConvergenceLayer/Layer2Bridge
Ethernet
VirtualSwitch(OVS)
BufferManagement
CentralizedRouting
OpenDayLight,ONOS
NeighborSelection
QoS(EIRandCIRTraffic)
NetworkMetricsandStatus
MeshNode
MeshController
Gatewayand/orAccess
Point
WiGig BB&RF(Sector1)
802.11adPHY
HostIF
60GHzPhasedArray
WiGig BB&RF(SectorN)
Ethernet
InternetorPrivateNetwork
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SupportsIntegrated5GTransportNetworks- Crosshaul
Processingcloud
Core Backhaul (BH) Fronthaul(FH)
CPRI
CPRI
CPRI
Point-to-pointnetwork
Processingcloud
Crosshaul:IntegratedFH/BH
Packet-basednetwork
Core
• Today’sC-RANmobiletransportnetworkwillnotscaletosupportadditionalspectrumandantennas
• Separatedfronthaulandbackhaulmanagementaddscomplexityandcost
• C-RANfunctionalsplitsarefixedandstatic
• Anintegratedfronthaul/backhaul(Crosshaul)willsupportdiverse5Gtraffictypes
• UnifiedmanagementbuiltonSDNframeworks• Wirelessandwiredtransportfordensenetworkedge
connections,withpathdiversityforhighreliability
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EdgeLinkat5GBerlinTestbed• EdgeLink™solutiondeployedintothe5GBerlinTestbed,hostedbyFraunhoferHHI– underthe5GCrosshaulproject
• 3EdgeLinkmmWNodes– outdoorinstallationonbuildingswithintheFraunhoferandBerlinTechnicalUniversitycampuses:• Rangingfrom95to185metersdistances• 1GW+2non-GWNodes
• MultiplexingofFronthaulandBackhaultrafficovertheInterDigitalmmWEdgeLinkMeshtransportnetwork:• Backhaul==CommercialLTESmallCell• Fronthaul==Cloud-RAN(remoteradiounitsandcentralized
baseband)providedbyCoreNetworkDynamics,CrosshaulPartner
• Executedarangeofexperimentsconsideringtrafficloadingprofilesunderreal-worldconditions
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ControlPlane
EdgeLink™solutionMeshSDNController
EdgeLink™solutionEMS
LiveEdgeLink™solutionmatches5GBerlin– CrosshaulTestbedEdgeLink™Solution– LiveMWC2017Demo
EdgeLink™solutionWirelessmmWCrosshaulTransport
CoreNetwork
CloudRAN
BasebandProcessingUnit
OpenEPC
MME
S-GW,PGW
3DVideoGogglesHD,3DCamera
Backhaul– eNodeBEmulation
RemoteRadioUnit(NextGeneration
Fronthaul)
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