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Solving the Network From IoT to SDN and Everything In-Between

M A Y . 3 0 . 2 0 1 4

Joseph Byrne | Digital Networking Strategy Lead

http://www.freescale.com/SDNhttp://www.freescale.com/IoT

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External Use 2

The Evolved Network:Making Networking Infrastructure Consumable

Software-Defined Networking

Network Functions Virtualization

Redistributed Intelligence

− Simplify and improve network configuration− Accelerate roll-out of network apps

− Improve resource elasticity− Reduce cost of network services

− Reduce network infrastructure cost− Enable new applications− Improve application performance

REDISTRIBUTEDINTELLIGENCE

NFV

SDN

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External Use 3

SDN Defines a Platform for Network Applications

• How to improve configurability and feature velocity?− Make the network programmable− Centralize control− Developers need access to network

• Use Cases− Auto provisioning− Service creation/insertion− WAN virtualization− Network monitoring and analytics

SDN CONTROLLER

APP APP APP

DATAPLANE

DATAPLANE

DATAPLANE

Software-Defined Networking

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External Use 4

NFV Decouples Applications from Hardware

Network Functions Virtualization

• How to improve cost and speed of network applications?− Move functions to software− Replace bespoke hardware

with more general systems− Virtualize software

• Use Cases− Mobile core-network functions− Broadband remote-access servers

VNF VNF VNF

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External Use 5

Redistributed Intelligence:Context Defines Where Intelligence Goes

Centralize Locally Move to Cloud Distribute

Coordination LOCAL GLOBAL LOCAL

Latency Sensitivity HIGH LOW HIGH

Backhaul Required HIGH but LOCAL HIGH and WIDE AREA LOW and WIDE AREA

Example SDN CONTROL Virtual CPE CACHING

Cloud

LOCALNODE

LOCALNODE

EDGE

ACCESS

PREMISE

LOCAL NODE

LOCAL NODE

LOCAL NODE

Cloud

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External Use 6

Other Technologies Build on the Evolved Network

REDISTRIBUTEDINTELLIGENCE

NFV

SDN

INTERNET OF THINGS

CloudRAN

5G Cellular

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External Use 7

IOT: Intelligence Is Available Where Needed

Software-Defined Networking

Redistributed Intelligence

PAST FUTURE

Cloud

GATEWAY

THING

THING-CENTRIC NEWORK VIEW EVOLVED NEWORK VIEW

Cloud

Network Functions Virtualization

GATEWAY

VNF

THING THING THING THING THING

ACCESS

VNF

Metro Edge

VNF

Ctrl

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External Use 8

Cloud RAN: An Alternative Network Architecture

RADIOHEAD

RADIOHEAD

RADIOHEAD

vEPCSDN CTRL

vL2

vL2vL2

L1L1

L1

BASESTATION

BASESTATION

BASESTATION

EvolvedPacket Core

Macrocell Cloud RAN

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External Use 9

5G: Support 100x Network Users and 100x Bandwidth

INTERNETvEPC CTRL CRAN

CARRIER DATA CENTER

RADIOHEAD

SMALLCELL

MACROCELL

Wi-Fi

VNF VNF VNF

SDN• Controls access nodes

(5G-Wi-Fi® handoff)• Controls path to Internet

(EPC bypass)

NFV RI

• Moved to edge (e.g., caching, vEPC)

• Moved to cloud (e.g., cRAN)Billions ofIoT Nodes

Smartphones and Tablets

AugmentedReality

Two-Way4K Video

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External Use 10

How Must Multicore Processors Change?

#1

#2

#3

Easy to use

Scalable

Supported by software

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External Use 11

The New Multicore Path: Improving Ease of Use

• Open (multivendor) instruction set• Peripherals as software objects• C-programmable packet engines• Mgmt and config abstraction

MHz

Cores

Usabil

ity

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External Use 12

A Single Multicore Architecture Must Scale

From small IoT gateways

To MASSIVEComm Systems

=

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External Use 13

Software Complements Multicore Processors

• Vendor-neutral APIs• Turnkey, optimized code• Vendor-supported Linux®

• Development services

Multicore companies must fill the void

A void is opening in the value chain

• OEMs are moving up• OS/tools landscape changes

Processors

System S/W

System H/W

Applications

Services

OE

Ms

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External Use 14

How Freescale Enables This New Vision

• Multicore QorIQ communications processor Layerscape architecture− Easy to use− Designed for the Evolved Network

• Industry’s broadest portfolio− Multicore QorIQ communications processors scaling from 1 to 24 cores− Wireless processors from femtocell to cloud RAN− IoT components from sensors to cloud

• Investment in software and standards− 700 software engineers− Commercial software and services− OpenFlow™ plugfests− Engaged with operators and OEMs on NFV

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External Use 15

Building on the Evolved Network,We Create Something Great

Can your multicore supplier do this?

REDISTRIBUTEDINTELLIGENCE

NFV

SDN

IoT

5GCRAN

BYOD

Big Data

Telematics

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