the ngn test centre infrastructure & services - shane dempsey (ngn test centre)

Giving NGN Innovation a Helping Hand

Outline  

•  Introduc.on  •  Applica.on  Domains  

•  Services  •  Exper.se  •  Infrastructure  •  Commercial  Engagements  

A  Helping  Hand  

•  TSSG  are  founding  the  Na.onal  NGN  Test  Centre  

•  Funded  by  Enterprise  Ireland  and  WIT  

•  In-­‐kind  Investment  from  Ericsson  Ireland  following  a  public-­‐tender  process  

Mission  

•  Encourage  Indigenous  NGN  Research  &  Development  •  Enable  Irish  Business  to  take  advantage  of  new  opportuni.es  in  the  global  market  for  NGN  products  and  services  

•  Enabler  greater  par.cipa.on  of  Irish  academic  &  industrial  partners  in  IST-­‐funded  NGN  projects.    

•  Promote  strategic  &  commercial  alliances  between  Irish  and  European  businesses  in  the  NGN  domain  

•  Establish  an  Interna.onal  Centre  of  Excellence  in  NGN  R&D.  

•  Indigenous  tech  companies  –  Mobile  &  fixed  Telephony  –  Mobile  Internet  –  IPTV  

•  Researchers  within  academic  Ins.tutes  –  Network  Management  –  Service  reliability,  scalability    –  Quality  of  experience  

•  FDI  Scenarios  –  Collaborate  with  world  class  exper.se  in  Ireland  –  Interconnec.on  &  federa.on  of  test  facili.es  

Who  benefits?  

1-2 July 2009 Luleå Sweden

Why  NGN?  

VOIP Metro Ethernet

IP DSLAMs

IPTV IP RAN

LTE

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Wireline"

Other  Factors  

•  Impressive  Broadband  Growth    –  (source:  gartner)  

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Challenges  for    Developers?  

–  How  to  create  NGN  Services  more  easily?  •  Modular  building  blocks  •  Appropriate  tools  

–  Leveraging  Service  &  Network  Coupling?  •  Differen.ated  from  “Over  The  Top”  approach  •  Management,  Monitoring,  Control,  Context  

–  Scalability  (of  infrastructure  and  service)  •  Carrier  grade  test  infrastructure  

–  Developing  the  right  Strategic  Alliances?  •  Vendors,  operators,  other  service  providers  

Application Domains

Fixed-­‐Mobile  Convergence  Features  

Enriched Call Call enriched with multimedia Sharing

Video Call & Conferencing

Enhanced Phonebook Contacts enhanced with capabilities and rich

presence

Enhanced Messaging Conversational messaging experience

Mobile & Desktop Convergence Integration between voice, video, messaging

& presence across desktop, mobile & tv

RCS  

Presence + Service Capability “Favorite friends” view Full network backup available

Conversation view for chat Chat history storage on phone Integrated File transfers

Share still Image Share Live Video Setup during live voice call

Integral part of original phone interface

Rich Address Book IM & File Share ContentShare *

Mobile IMS Based Solution

Based on the GSMA Rich Communication Suite * Example client

IPTV  

Two-way 3G Unicast

Dedicated broadcast One-way

One-way 3G Broadcast (MBMS) combined

”From Prime Time to My Time” Two-way IPTV & Web TV

Chatting

Interactive & digital Personalization

Advertising

Sharing Podcast TV

On Demand

Mobility Voting

Centre Services

Technology  &    Services  

•  The  technology  &  services  offering  must  be  right!  

•  Poten.al  clients  are  looking  for:  –  Func.onality  –  Operator-­‐support  – Major  Vendor-­‐support  

–  Standards-­‐compliance  –  Reliability  and  consistency  

Test  Centre  Services  

Client  Roadmap  

Feasibility Report

Clients may be at different stages & have varying requirements

Outputs

Market & feasibility

Prototype Dev

Test Design

Software Iterations

Test Plan

Test Centre Trials

Test Report Operator Trials

Expertise

The  Elements  

1-2 July 2009 Luleå Sweden

•  Skilled  &  Ericsson  Trained  Engineers  •  Combined  with  a  carrier-­‐grade  test  

infrastructure  •  Interna.onally-­‐recognized  research  in  

NGN  Service  &  Network  Mgt.  

Create  an  Irish  NGN  Ecosystem  

Infrastructure

NGN Layers

Architectural Blueprint

Subscribers to

IMS-based Services

VoIP Peering Partner’s Network

Wholesale Customers PSTN

Access Network

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#2

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Verizon IP/MPLS Network

Session Management

Transit Routing

Decomposed Access

Functions

Decomposed Access

Functions

Decomposed Access

Functions

MGCF

IM-MGW IM-MGW

Network Routing

Subscriber Data

UE

IMS “Core”

Shared Media

Resources

Shared Billing

Services

Network Policy

Policy and QoS

Control

Subscriber Data

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Subscriber Data

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Service Orchestration

[Source:Verizon]

Multi-tenancy

Infrastructure Ericsson Core

Fokus Core

N-SBC

JSR 289, SLEE App Servers

2/3G femto GGSN Open GGSN

Network Operator

•  OAM provisioning system for users & services •  Fault Detection & Analysis to improve resiliency and aid

debugging •  Alarms, status etc.

•  Mgt Network Elements fitted to nodes (SNMP MIB’s available)

OSS & Fault Analysis

•  Offline (post-pay) & Online (pre-pay) supporting charging system

•  MM environment to create recorders, mediators & transmitters for charging data.

•  Ericsson SAPC 3.0 (Policy & Charging Rules Function)

Multi-mediation & Charging

•  J2EE Model •  SUN Glassfish or Oracle

Weblogic •  Support for clustering •  Web-based and script

based deployment •  Remote access available

Application Deployment

Remote Access •  Typical Network design using a dedicated LAN infrastructure including

Layer3 switches and a firewall

vlans for network isolation

Public facing nodes exist in the DMZ

A/N-SBG nodes are part of the

External Zone

VPN’s at layers 3 & 4 For Interconnects

Layer 2 Interconnect also possible

Client Compatibility •  Compatible with: •  SIP Phones (Cisco etc.) •  Soft-phones

–  X-Lite –  Movial –  Fokus Monster

•  Dual-mode mobile •  Sony-Ericsson P1i shown

•  Range of handsets with Movial RCS client •  Symbian S60, Android

Commercial Engagements

Striking  the  Balance  

staff

support

Re-investment

Power, Connectivity, etc.

Professional Services

Contract Research

Corporate Sponsorship

National & EU Research

Programmes

Types  of    Engagements  

•  Short  Term  •  Short  term  contract  research  •  1  week  to  ~  1  month  

•  Longer  term  engagements  •  Contract  research  at  discounted  rates  •  Funded  research  projects  from  na.onal  or  EU  (IST,  Cel.c)  

ini.a.ves  •  Contact  us  to  discuss  your  requirements.    

Funding Examples •  Contact  your  EI/IDA  development  advisor  but  the  following  

are  oben  possible:  •  Innova.on  Partnerships  (12-­‐24  months,  grant-­‐level  

depends  on  various  factors  including  the  degree  of  innova.on)  

•  Innova.on  Vouchers  (5k  Euro,  can  be  matched  by  client)  •  IST  Project  Par.cipa.on  

•  7th  Framework  provides  the  largest  global  R&D  funding  opportunity  for  Future  Internet  and  Next  Genera.on  Networks  research.  

•  Irish  SME’s  are  under-­‐represented    

Case  Studies  

•  Available  on  Request  but  some  examples  – Mobile  Solu.ons  Consul.ng  

•  Ciaróg,  CabCall  Communica.ons,  …  

– NGN  Service  Layer  Consul.ng  •  Eircom/Meteor  (described  later)  

– NGN  Infrastructure  Tes.ng  •  Druid  Sobware  (femto  infrastructure)  

– Security  Tes.ng  •  Codenomicon  (Finland)  

Contact  Details  

1  Shane  Dempsey  NGN  Test  Centre  Manager  TSSG,    ArcLabs  Carriganore,  Waterford  Tel:  +353  51  306142  Email:  sdempsey@tssg.org    

Contact  Details  

Deirdre  Morrissey  Test  Centre  Brand  Manager  TSSG  ArcLabs,  Carriganore,    Waterford  Email:  dmorrissey@tssg.org