NFV-based LTE core in the Cloud

Features Open Source SDN Software

SDN / NFV The Problem!

Layers of Complexity!Layers of Simplicity!

TCP / IP / UDP!DHCP!

SIP!

WebRTC!

DHCP!

IT in Telecom! Telco Tradition!

SDN / NFV Solution - EPIC!

•  EPIC – Evolved Packet core Integrated Cloud!

•  “Born in the cloud” – agility measured in minutes, not months!

•  Automation and orchestration – process delivery (autonomic)!

•  On premise, hybrid or completely cloud-based deployment!

•  OpEx, not CapEx – per subscriber model!

•  IoT enablement – micro services architecture!

Agile!

Scalable!

Flexible!

SDN / NFV

SMB: !!Sponsor:!!Support: !!Use-cases: !

•  A revolutionary method for rapidly deploying and managing an end to end LTE network.  !

•  vEPC functions at the edge for Public Safety applications!

Project Summary (use cases): !•  Use of Web UI to spin up the environment and the

vEPC functions at CENGN Data Centre, in a matter of seconds!

•  Small cell/eNB at the show with dedicated UEs to demonstrate WebRTC call through the vEPC created!

•  Demonstrate Public Safety use-case by running vEPC functions at the eNodeB!

!!!

Demo Overview!

Conference! Compute Space!

SDN / NFV Demo Context!

•  Compute centre running multiple instances (vEPC):!

•  CENGN!•  Expeto!

•  eNodeB installed at the SDN & OpenFlow World Congress CENGN booth!

•  2 smartphones at the CENGN booth (pre-registered SIMs)!

•  Both locations connected via Internet!

SDN / NFV Use-case 1: Deploy!

1: Bare metal (Ubuntu)!

2: Spin up containerized vEPC!3: Complete LTE core network!

Conference! Ottawa!

SDN / NFV Use-case 2: Usage!

Conference!Ottawa!

1: View pre-registered SIM attach!!

2: Place WebRTC call (view traffic)!

SDN / NFV Use-case 3: !Disaster Recovery!

Conference! Ottawa!

2: Entire LTE core on laptop spun up!3: WebRTC call placed in closed network! 1: Internet disconnected!

SDN / NFV Demo Participants!

Expeto offers the entire LTE core network stack in a Platform as a Service (PaaS) model. Network Functions Virtualization provides the basis for an on-demand, cloud-based environment that can be rapidly deployed using commodity off-the-shelf hardware. As a PaaS solution, automation and orchestration is achieved through IT methods but with traditional telco reliability and resilience. !

CENGN, Canada’s Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks, brings together the supply chain of multinational industry leaders, service providers, SMEs and research organizations to create a sustainable physical and virtual multi-vendor commercialization, test, certification and validation platform networked with state of the art capability.!!

SDN / NFV Demo Participants !Contribution!

Company! Device/Network!EPIC (Evolved Packet Core Integrated Cloud) solution, !Web UI, 2XeNodeB, UEs!

vEPC hosted in CENGN Data Centre!!

THANK YOU!