The 5G EffectAssessing the Mobile Future Through an Akamai Lens

Today’s SpeakerVinay KanitkarAkamai Fellow

5G Technology and Drivers

How We Got Here…

1GMobile Voice

Calls

2GMobile voice

calls and SMS

3GMobile Web

Browsing4G

Mobile Video and Higher Data Speed

5G Technology to

serve consumers and digitalization of

industries

Higher CapacityMany times faster, supporting instant access to services and applications.

Network LatencySignificantly reduced to 1-10ms.

Network SlicingTechnology enabling virtualized networks and service-based resource allocation

What Will Make 5G a Game Changer?

Source: Ericsson Article on 5G

What would 5G bring by 2023…

Battery lifetimes beyond 10 years for remote cellular devices

9B9 Billion Mobile Subscriptions

20B20 Billion Connected

IoT Devices

1B1 Billion 5G

Subscriptions

20%20% of global population

covered by 5G

75%Video will account for 75%

of mobile data traffic

Source: Ericsson Mobility Report

Ability to spin up virtual networks on-demand with network slicing

Quick reaction time (low latency) to enable remote robotics

Ability to stream a UHD movies

5G FOR MEDIA AND

ENTERTAINMENT

Technology Enablers

5G Radio

5G Core Network

5G Management & Orchestration

• High Capacity and Full Mobility • Improved Beamforming • Massive MIMO • Carrier Aggregation • New high-frequency spectrum

• QoS support for consumer/app profiles• Roundtrip latency in 10 ms range • Flexible deployment of services • End-to-end Network Slicing

• Congestion handling per subscriber, service, or based on usage

• Dynamic allocation of resources according to traffic variations

• Reduced load on transport links and centralized processing units

A major driver of higher throughputs in 5G is the use of very high (mmWave) frequencies

Only reasonable for extreme high density locations

Nokia study showcasing Munich• mmWave - airport, soccer arena, two

downtown locations• Everything else won’t change: 2-3.5 Ghz &

Sub-1 Ghz outside dense urban locations

Frequencies & Coverage

Reduced Latency

Network operators are actively looking at two main options for reducing latency for 5G

● Network Decentralization: this approach involves deploying mobile packet core locations much closer to end-users

● Edge computing with or without Local Break-out: deploying cloud-native or virtualized compute capabilities close to the edge of the network

Higher Bandwidth5G brings many new technologies that enable significantly higher bandwidth

● Denser deployments● Higher frequencies● Much larger frequency spectrum combined with carrier

aggregation● MIMO/Beamforming

Network SlicingThe ability to dynamically allocate compute, storage, and bandwidth resources to create virtual networks with desired levels of quality of service. For example:

● An ultra low-level latency network for gaming● Compute at the edge with upstream delivery guarantees for IoT

services● On-demand video caching/delivery capabilities

A Look at 5G Use Cases

Use Cases for 5G Technology

HUMAN MACHINE INTERACTIONHigh performance of 5G networks will make IoTmore accessible for tracking, surveillance, smart-homes and other new type of services inconjunction with IoT and other M2M devices.

SENSORS NETWORKS5G technology will expand business opportunitiesthrough monitoring, tracking and automation on alarge scale - from connected farms andagriculture to smart cities and buildings.

SMART VEHICLES AND TRANSPORT

A lot of focus is to provide autonomous drivingexperience. Sensors embedded in vehicles willcommunicate with each other in near real timeover 5G.

CRITICAL SERVICES, INFRA CONTROL

High reliability and low latency required to controlcritical services and infrastructure would helpunlock new opportunities for public safety, citymanagement and governance

CRITICAL CONTROL OF REMOTE DEVICESThe future is automation of everything. Providebetter connectivity to heavy machineries, smart-grids and remote surgeries for manufacturing,mining and healthcare industries.

BROADBAND AND MEDIA EVERYWHERE

Mobile users can experience high-quality serviceboth upload and download of content in crowdedor remote areas at high speed, due to low latencyand increased throughput

Source: Ericsson Ericsson 5G Use Cases

Examples – Media, Performance and SecurityMedia

Enhanced Mobile MediaUltra low-latency high-quality mobile media experiences

Hyperlocal In-Venue Media ContentMEC will help with local storage & targeted content for hyperlocal experiences inside stadiums, malls

Home Broadband & TVHigher network capacity enabling high quality mobile and fixed broadband over common infra

Immersive Media (AR, VR, Cloud Gaming)Low latency and MEC to enable in-home VR, AR and gaming, instantly responsive

Premium Media over Dedicated MobileDedicated bandwidth via network slicing for premium media distribution like 4K content and assured QoS

Performance and Security

In-Car EntertainmentEnabling media on-the-go. 5G hotspots to download maps or movies

Massive IoTConnected vehicles, smart cities, healthcare, critical infrastructure

Security Capabilities at the New EdgeReal-time anomaly detection, deeper learning, and mitigation at the edge

5G and Akamai

What are we seeing in the industry?• Many operators are pursuing their own efforts in terms of design goals,

architectures, and infrastructure strategies• Unified core network and common edge computing capabilities for

fixed/mobile seem to be very common goals• Lots of work on optimal spectrum deployment

• Extending LTE and LTE-Advanced technologies to try to achieve 5G design goals today

• Many third-party edge colocation, peering, and compute start-ups

Work so far at Akamai• Participation in the ETSI Multi-Access Edge Computing group

• Several operator engagements under way

• Proofs-of-concept with several start-ups

Key Future Work• Research and prototyping on new deployment models

• Specialized software capabilities for 5G use-cases• New operational and security models

• Integration with operator capabilities for service instantiation and orchestration, network slicing, local break-out, LTE-B, etc.

• Akamai as a service broker for a new edge-compute era

5G Edge Case StudyMaximize Quality At Scale, On-Demand

5G VoD Delivery

Cloud Storage

Customer Video Storage

User Count < Threshold

Wireless Operator Network

Cellular Tower

As long as the user count is within acceptable limits, content is delivered

in the conventional way

1

Cloud Storage

Customer Video Storage

5G VoD Delivery

Akamai MicroEdge Instantiated

User Count > Threshold

Wireless Operator Network Cellular Tower

As long as the user count is within acceptable limits, content is delivered

in the conventional way

1When content goes viral or user count increases beyond a threshold, Akamai

Micro Edges are instantiated

2Users are switched to receive locally cached content from Micro Edges to

optimize delivery performance

3

Operator Creates An Akamai Micro Edge