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Applying GENI Principles to LTE Networks

Abhimanyu Gosain and Ivan Seskar

23rd GENI Engineering Conference

17 June 2015

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AGENDA

• Intro to Long Term Evolution (LTE)• 5G Foreseen Architecture• How/Where do we apply GENI principles ? (Ivan)

• Open Source EPC (Ivan)• GENI Wireless Campus Deployment• GENI Wireless Monitoring and Operating

Procedures

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Intro to Long Term Evolution (LTE)

Application Research Areas:

Public Safety/Emergency Services Backhaul M2M (machine 2 machine) Vehicular safety and in-vehicle applications Carrier Aggregation in Mobile Networks

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5G Foreseen Architecture

Source: The vHGW Use Case and Beyond, Pedro Miguel Neves, PT Inovacao,2015

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Challenges for software based 5G networks(1/2)

• The end to end Architecture and Design of

a software based network

• What is the Infrastructure for a software based

network? Who owns it and where is it located?

• Combining OpenStandards and OpenSource to deliver value (NGMN,PaaS,IaaS,OPNFV)

• How to ensure the Security of a new network design

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Challenges for software based 5G networks (2/2)

Quality of Experience (QoE) improvement by Mobile Edge Computing (MEC)

- User data transactions are processed in local edge network with the computing and cache servers.

- Those functions are moved "Closer" to the edge depending on the service application, mobility, traffic volume and delaySource:” Mobile-Edge Computing – Introductory Technical White Paper” Sep.2014, by ETSI ISG Mobile-Edge Computing”

Issues Core network technologies SDN technologies NFV technologiesUltra- large capacity U-plane ✓ ✓Load increase in C-plane ✓ ✓ ✓Ultra low latency ✓Ultra large scale disaster/ ✓ ✓congestion/failure resilience

Various types of terminal and NW mgt. ✓ ✓ ✓Inter-working with other RATs ✓ ✓Issues on transport layer ✓

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GENI Wireless 2015

• Uniform experimenter experience using yellow nodes, GENI Racks

• Sliced, virtualizedand interconnected through AL2S/Internet2

• 26 Wimax Base Stations in 13 Sites

• 90 android handsets available to experimenters

• 36 wireless (yellow) nodes

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GENI Wireless Campus Deployment

Airsynergy FemtocellLocated closer to the end user, providing much higher aggregate data rates

TDD LTE

Max Transmit Power: 30 dBm per Tx

2 x 2 MIMO: SM and TxD

Operational Frequency Bands:

7 and 41 (2.6 GHz),12, 13, 14 and 17 (700 MHz), 20 (800 MHz), 40 (2.3-2.4 GHz), 42 and 43 (3.4-3.8 GHz)

Air4G MacrocellAir4G provides the outdoor Micro layer of a LTE network deployment

TDD LTE

Max Transmit Power: 2x40 dBm

2 x 2 MIMO

Operational Frequency Bands: 1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 12, 17, 20, 38, 40, 41,42 and 43

4G Base Station Hardware

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GENI Wireless Campus Deployment

4G Clients

Netgear 341U USB ModemLinux DriverTest SIM

LG Nexus 5 Android 5Test SIM

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LTE Campus deployment

GPS Antenna

EPC eth0EMS IP10.3.10.10MME IP10.3.10.11 SGW IP10.3.10.12 PGW IP10.3.10.13 HSS IP10.3.10.14

Eth1Netspan IP (eNBs Management)IP eth1: 10.3.10.7 / 255.255.255.0IPeth0 : 130.127.106.90

UEs IP range (For EPC Config,)130.127.38.231-130.127.38.254

EPC eth1PDN IP130.127.38.1/24GW to Internet (for UEs)130.127.38.1

10.3.10.200

130.127.49.73

VLAN X

EPC VM GENI Rack

Campus Network

AL2S

Netspan

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LTE Campus deployment

GPS Antenna

EPC eth0EMS IP10.3.10.10MME IP10.3.10.11 SGW IP10.3.10.12 PGW IP10.3.10.13 HSS IP10.3.10.14

Eth1Netspan IP (eNBs Management)IP eth1: 10.3.10.7 / 255.255.255.0IPeth0 : 130.127.106.90

UEs IP range (For EPC Config,)130.127.38.231-130.127.38.254

EPC eth1PDN IP130.127.38.1/24GW to Internet (for UEs)130.127.38.1

10.3.10.200

130.127.49.73

VLAN X

EPC VM GENI Rack

Campus Network

Netspan

AL2S

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LTE Campus deployment

GPS Antenna

EPC eth0EMS IP10.3.10.10MME IP10.3.10.11 SGW IP10.3.10.12 PGW IP10.3.10.13 HSS IP10.3.10.14

Eth1Netspan IP (eNBs Management)IP eth1: 10.3.10.7 / 255.255.255.0IPeth0 : 130.127.106.90

UEs IP range (For EPC Config,)130.127.38.231-130.127.38.254

EPC eth1PDN IP130.127.38.1/24GW to Internet (for UEs)130.127.38.1

10.3.10.200

130.127.49.73

VLAN X

OpenEPC VM GENI Rack

Campus Network

AL2S

Netspan

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LTE Campus deployment

GPS Antenna

UEs IP range (For EPC Config,)130.127.38.231-130.127.38.254

PDN IP130.127.38.1/24GW to Internet (for UEs)130.127.38.1

10.3.10.200

130.127.49.73

VLAN X

VNF 1

Campus Network

AL2S/Multiple Campuses

VNF 2

SDN Controller

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Site Task Checklist

Help determine Location for LTE BS deployment. Negotiate Installation Quote from Facilities Engineering Dept. Provide Ethernet/Fiber network drops for BS. Provide Power outlets for BS. Configure VLAN(s) on campus network for backhaul network to

Control Server. Configure Netspan Server ( if not already in place) Configure EPC VNF VM(s) on GENI Rack Configure VLAN on GENI Rack to connect BS to GENI L2 AL2S

Network. Provide a public IP subnet from Control Server to allow Internet

access from User Devices.

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GENI Monitoring and Operations Procedures

www.genimon.uky.edu Compliance with Sprint Master Frequency Agreement Monitoring tx_power,tx_freq of GENI Wireless BS GMOC tickets and response to events/incidents- no

more calling Ivan OperationsWorkflow defined at

http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/GENIOperationsTrial

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GENI Monitoring and Operations Procedures

• Install OMF/OML Monitoring service. • Report Statistics to Central GENI Wireless

datastore.• GENI Monitoring server polls central datastore.

Site Work Items