looking under the hood of various ran access deployment technologies: 4g, lte-a and 5g
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MT09.06.16Radisys Corporation - CONFIDENTIAL
Looking under the hood of various RAN Access Deployment Technologies:4G, LTE-A and 5G
Kristy Chen Product Line Manager
MWC 2017
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xRAN Solution – Making the Network Agile to Deploy New Services
Source: www.xran.org
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TIP 4G Unbundled Block Diagram: Type-1 Architecture (Radio Non Virtualized)
L1 HW + SW
(Intel)
Lower L2(Aricent)
Upper L2(Radisys) L3
(Radisys)
Analytics& OAM
(Radisys)
Virtualization
ComputeNetwork
StackStorage
Platform RF(BaiCells)
Open HW & Platform
REMOTE ACCESS UNIT
Unbundled Software Stack
Software System Integration (Radisys)
End-to-End System Integration and Optimization
CENTRAL ACCESS UNIT
OpenMidhaul
OAM Server(BaiCells)
EPC(Aricent)
Open HW & Platform
CORE
IMS(Aricent)
Virtualization
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MCORD Architecture
XOS (Service Orchestration)
Mobile Edge Services
Disaggregated/VirtualizedRAN
Disaggregated/VirtualizedEPC
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Leaf-Spine Fabric
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ONOS (Networking)OpenStack VTN
Nova Ceilometer Neutron
RAN/EPC Control Agent Control APPs
[ M-CORD mobile edge ]
ContentCachingvSGW vPGW-DvBBU vMME
EPC ControlFunctions
CentralizedEPC
MME PGW
[ Mobile Core ]
RRUs
vPGW-C PCRF
5G Capabilities to be Explored on M-CORD
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RadiSys LTE Cloud-RAN Solution: System Architecture
IP Core Network
MME
HSSS6a
SGW PGW
S5/S8
S11LTE Uu
LTE UE
RRH
BBU
S1
eNodeB
Network Stack
COTS HW
Virtualization
vBBU
CPRI/OBSAI
vMME vSGW vPGW
ComputeStorage
Access NW VNF Core Network VNF
RadiSys LTE Cloud-RAN Solution
CPRI/OBSAI
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Why RAN Virtualization
Source: Orange
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Mobile Edge Computing (MEC)
Source: China Mobile
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Virtual Network Infrastructure for 5G
Source: Intel
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IoT – Connectionless Gateway (Network Slicing)
MME session management +
GW slice selection function
MME mobility management
SGW PGW
MME dis-aggregation
CORE GW SLICE 1 ( legacy slice )
Connection less GW
RAN
UE - 1
UE- 2
Regular LTE handset
Static IoT device IP cloud
S1C
S1U
CORE GW SLICE 2 ( connectionless slice )
OpenFlow
CONTROL PLANE SIGNALLING FOR REGULAR LTE DEVICE
USER PLANE SIGNALLING FOR REGULAR LTE DEVICE
CONTROL PLANE SIGNALLING FOR REGULAR STATIC IoT DEVICE
USER PLANE SIGNALLING FOR REGULAR STATIC IoT DEVICE
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Radisys 4G, LTE-A and 5G
• Radisys 5G v1.0• Radisys eNB solution for CA, LTA-Advanced and 5G• Key stakeholder for Open Source Consortiums such as
xRAN, TIP and CORD
• Competitive Value Proposition• Fully compliant to 3GPP Rel-13/14 LTE Architecture
• 2 CC CA DL with Roadmap to support 5 CC DL• Licensed Assisted Access (LAA)• 5G Based on VZ Tech Forum (5GTF) mmWave
• Strong collaboration with eco system partners including Silicon Manufacturers and Carriers
• Active discussion with leading NA Carrier to demonstrate LTE-A, LAA interop by Q1 2017
• Active discussion with leading NA Carrier to demonstrate 5G interop by Q2 2017