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BRKSPG-2668 Cleaned
BRKSPG-2668 Cleaned
BRKSPG-2668 Cleaned
BRKSPG-2668
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Agenda
• Market Update – Hype or Hope?
• Taking an Outside-In Approach
• Key Tenets for Success in 5G and Beyond
• Use Cases
• Conclusions
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Improved experiences
More Spectrum
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Where we are today
1G 2G 3G 4G 5G
30
2019
Connected devices (Billions)
20
the human population
5G is the
2009
beginning of a
4G launches and the
number of connected massive shift into
devices is greater the
10
the human population
the Internet of
1995 Things
1979
2.5G introduces GPRS,
The first generation of with wider coverage
1 mobile connectivity is and more economical
launched scaling based on IP
networking
0.001
Inflection points
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020
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Global 5G spectrum Japan
Today NSA Sub-6 GHz
China mmWave
Standalone
5G spectrum is Sub-6 carrier aggregation
Today NSA Sub-6 GHz
Australia
mmWave
commonly classified by Today NSA Sub-6 GHz
3 spectrum bands – 2021 Standalone
Sub-6 FDD
High (mmWave), Mid, 2021 mmWave
and Low. Sub-6 carrier aggregation
Standalone
Indicates that the rollout will continue beyond the listed year
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5G deployments to date
Sub 6 Ghz
5G deployments are
expanding rapidly.
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5G NSA: an inside-out, network-centric solution
IMS
Backhaul
RRU Internet
BBU
eNodeB
LTE
IMS
Backhaul
RRU Internet
BBU
gNodeB
LTE & 5G
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Inflection points will accelerate 5G Standalone
Spectrum Device
Availability Growth
User
Applications Experience
Expectations
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…And a transformed architecture
Access Transport Core + Cloud Services
vRAN, Far Edge User Plane, Edge Apps Control, Policy, Core
Private + Public Hybrid Cloud
Enterprise
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A foundation built for the new outside-in 5G world
self-optimizing and self-healing, agile services platform
Mass Scale
re-imagine operations and
Secure, trustworthy
continue to support hybrid Architectural infrastructure
workflows tenets Maintain integrity of hardware and
software, as well as overall system to
operate securely
Full-stack observability
Multi-box, multi-vendor, single domain
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Network domains
Automation and Service Assurance
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Is 5G meeting the
hype? What is the
reality?
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Open Virtual RAN
flexibility, scalability, optionality
RU
and Virtualized
Decreased TCO – CAPEX and OPEX
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Open vRAN architecture options
Cell site Far Edge Edge Core
DU CU
Backhaul
RU NGC
UPF
Midhaul Backhaul
DU CU
RU NGC
UPF
Fronthaul Backhaul
DU CU
RU NGC
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Evolving from 4G to 5G
4G LTE 5G NSA 5G SA Converged Core
eNodeB eNodeB eNodeB eNodeB gNodeB eNodeB gNodeB gNodeB eNodeB gNodeB
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Evolving to 5G SA:
A hybrid environment with 5GC and EPC DDN
(URLLC)
Internet
DDN
(m-MTC) IMS
eMBB
Network
Slice
A flexible core network consolidates
Charging
Core
R14 LTE and 5GC R15 and R16 features Policy SMF UPF+
SAEGW-c N4/Sx SAEGW-u
NSSF Functions
HSS/
UDM
AMF
N3/N9
N26
Edge
Common
Functions
Slices Edge
Hosting
UPF+
SAEGW-u Edge
S1-MME
N2
N3 Functions
S1-MME
vCU
F1 F1
LTE NR
Legacy
EUTRAN
5G 5G
NSA SA
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5G mobile interfaces & transport requirements
Interface Interfaces Components Protocol stack Transport requirements
O-RAN 7.2X CU-Plane (eCPRI) O-RUßàO-DU Ethernet/VLAN Point to Point- Access only
Ethernet/VLAN/IP
O-RAN Fronthaul
Legacy Fronthaul
O-RAN 7.2X M-Plane O-RU,O-DU,NMS –hybrid IP (NETCONF) Multi-point - Access, agg, core
O-RU-O-DU - Hierarchical
Legacy Fronthaul 1914.3 (RoE) RRHßàBBU with RoE mapper Ethernet Point to point – Access only
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5G and 4G mobile use cases
Access Pre-Agg Aggregation Transport
Cell site
Fronthaul (eCPRI) Backhaul (CP+UP) N6
UPF
O-DU O-CU
O-RU Midhaul (Xn)
Backhaul (N9)
Backhaul N6
UPF
O-RU O-DU O-CU
Midhaul (Xn)
Fronthaul (eCPRI) Midhaul Backhaul N6
UPF
O-DU O-CU CP
O-RU
Midhaul Backhaul
5G Distributed UPF
O-CU UP
Backhaul
Backhaul
UPF
N6 AF
RRH
RoE
Mapper
RoE
Mapper
GiLAN
4G co-existence
Backhaul
eNodeB
SAE
GW
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Cisco’s 5G transport strategy
Transport SDN / Orchestration and Telemetry
Services: MP-BGP EVPN and L3VPN
Underlay transport fabric: MPLS or SRv6, QoS, Precision Timing
Peering
Access Pre-Agg
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Aggregation Transport Core 20
Cloud
• End to End Segment Routing packet fabric • Statistical multiplexing and statistic gain from
using routers/switches edge towards transport core
• Inter-connected using point to point fibre with • Data centers strategically located at all levels
Ethernet presentation
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O-RAN basic 5G transport O-RAN
Mngmt
O-RU Transport
Midhaul/Backhaul Control Plane (L3VPN) Network
N6
O-RU
O-DU
UPF
O-CU
EVPN VPWS
EDGE DC REGIONAL DC
SEGMENT ROUTING
• No clear view from operators on how to separate different 5G components even without slicing
• Ethernet VPWS services for fronthaul interfaces with priority queuing
• L3 VPNs for midhaul/backhaul
• 2 off same backhaul VPN infrastructureL3VPNs for midhaul/backhaul control plane and
midhaul/backhaul user plane
• 4G / 5G share
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ACI to SR/MPLS handoff
• Unified Segment routing (SR/MPLS) based
transport network
IP/MPLS/SR IP/MPLS/SR
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5G Edge with ACI Remote Leaf
Integration with
Central/Regional Data Center Edge Datacenter SR/MPLS Transport Network
(SP services – UPF, SMF, AUF, IMS, PCRF, MME) Cache, UPF, MEC
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End-to-end slicing from edge to cloud
CMTS
O-DU UPF
Mobile
R-PHY O-CU Core
100us->1ms (4G/5G) NFVI <10ms NFVI NFVI
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Moving from Hype
to Reality
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Making 5G a reality
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Outside-In Customer Focus
Maximize 5G SA Transition
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