Presentation of the 5G Monarch project at the Speed5G Workshop on March 7th 2018 in London

1. SPEED-5G Workshop:
Advanced spectrum management in
5G+ networks
5G Mobile Network Architecture for diverse services,
use cases, and applications in 5G and beyond

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The 5G Infrastructure Public Private Partnership (5G PPP) is a joint initiative between the
European Commission and European ICT industry (ICT manufacturers, telecommunications
operators, service providers, SMEs and researcher Institutions).
The 5G-PPP is now in its second phase where 21 new projects were launched in June 2017.
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From Phase 1 to Phase 2
Conceptual design of a flexible,
adaptable, and programmable
architecture for 5G
5G fully-fledged architecture with
prototype implementations and
application of these prototypes to
representative use cases

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5G mobile network architecture evolution
Background
Requirements
§ Support of large variety of
vertical-driven use cases
§ Diverse requirements on
service flexibility, reliability,
security, availability
§ Diverse service
characteristics: lifetime,
location, number of users,
traffic properties
§ No “swim or sink” network
but flexible architecture for
common infrastructure
Phase I: Baseline
§ Build on SDN & NFV
§ Flexible and adaptive:
instantiation, location,
control and orchestration
of Network Functions
§ Network slicing: multiple
logical networks on the
same infrastructure
§ Joint optimization of
access / core NFs through
intelligent interaction
design and co-location
Phase II: Bring to Practice
§ Enhance and complete
baseline with enabling
innovations
§ Fill conceptual gaps
§ Driven by verticals:
develop and implement
use cases with dedicated
functionality requirements
§ Test in reality: Proof-of-
concept and validation
through simulation and
real-world testbeds
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Network slicing
Introduction to 5G MONARCH architecture
§ Network slicing is an innovation in network architecture to allow vertical use cases
§ Slicing can comply with QoS requirements of different services, operating over the same
physical infrastructure
– Ultra reliable uMTC slice requires ultra reliable, eMBB slice requires high throughputs
§ Each network slice is an isolated virtual network, optimised for a specific use case
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Level 3:
Management
Orchestration Access Mgmt. Cloud Mgmt. WAN Mgmt. Cloud Mgmt.
E2E Service Management and Orchestration
Level 2:
Network
Slices
Industry Slice
Media & Entertainment Slice
Level 1:
Network
Resources
and Functions
Virtualized
Network
Functions
Wireless and Fixed Access Edge Cloud Wide Area Network Central Cloud
Network SlicingWhat is network slicing?
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Focus on spectrum management
Introduction to 5G MONARCH architecture
§ 5G Monarch extends the use cases of a mobile network to
– Functional, operational, security
§ 5G Monarch is a platform that offers
– Multi-tenancy (a slice of the network may be used for eMBB services by one tenant, another slice of
the same network may be used for the combination of eMBB + mMTC + V2I services by another
tenant)
– Flexibility in how (spectrum) resources are used. Resources are pooled and assigned according to
priority criteria based on the type of services.
– Adaptiveness in how (spectrum) resources are used. By transferring network functions in the cloud,
the processing can take place in centralised servers rather than at the base station. This makes the
network adaptable to demand peaks. From a spectrum-management perspective resources can be
allocated adaptively as the demand shifts between DL and UL and along the course of a day.
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Multi-tenancy
Introduction to 5G MONARCH architecture
§ What is multi-tenancy
§ Benefits from multi-tenancy
– Acts like a network capacity extension (spectrum is pooled and can be allocated to a tenant who
rents a slice of the network and does not have a spectrum-licence)
– Flexible spectrum deployment allows for improved user experienced data rates
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Flexibility
Introduction to 5G MONARCH architecture
§ The 5G MONARCH architecture has an innovative interaction between NFV-orchestrator
(NFVO), intra-slice controller (ISC) and cross-slice controller (XSC)
– Interworking NFVO with a WAN Software Defined Networking (SDN) orchestrator
§ Flexible antenna site (spectrum) to edge cloud mapping (processing)
– XSC control allows for more flexible spectrum usage
§ Spectrum owned by multiple stakeholders, increases maximum deployable capacity per macro site
– Provides a flexible means of resource management
– Allows for improved interference management
– Inter-cell resource allocation (spectrum, compute, storage, transport)
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Adaptiveness
Introduction to 5G MONARCH architecture
§ The 5G MONARCH platform integrates services of extreme traffic demand with eMBB
– Outdoor augmented or virtual reality (AR/VR) can be realised in an area with a deployment of
mmWave small cell nodes which allow for these applications
– The new mmWave spectrum resources can be dynamically assigned depending on where the
demand hotspot is located
§ With 5G MONARCH the network becomes programmable (network elasticity), even
backhaul
– Capacity on demand through automatic connectivity services in a scalable and cost-efficient
manner
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5G-MoNArch concept
5G-MoNArchoverallarchitecture
5GPPP Phase 1
architecture
5G-MoNArch
Enabling
innovations
Cloud-enabled
protocol stack
Inter-slice control
& mgmt.
Experiment-
driven
optimization
Enablingcommonnetworkfunctionality
5G-MoNArch Functional
innovations
for identified use cases
Secure and resilient network functions
Resource-elastic network functions
Secure and resilient
network slice
Resource-elastic
network slice
Sea port
testbed
Touristic city
testbed
Common
architecture
building
blocks
Slice specific functions
Previous projects
Architecture
instantiation
Architecture
instantiation
Deployment
Deployment
Common
architecture
building
blocks
Slice specific functions
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Testbeds: Smart Sea Port (Hamburg, Germany)
5G-MoNArch concept
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§ Scope
– Network slices fulfilling industrial
requirements on reliability, resilience and
security: failsafe operation
§ Applications
– Traffic light control (URLLC) for logistics
transport traffic steering: connected through
wireless connection; reliable and resilient;
data integrity
– Video surveillance (MBB): Video
surveillance required to control entrance to /
status of areas, logistics support, etc
– Environmental measurements (mMTC):
Sensors installed on moving barges which
must be connected through wireless
terminals

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Testbeds: Palazzo Madama (Turin, Italy)
5G-MoNArch concept
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§ Scope
– Network slices fulfilling requirements from
media & entertainment to handle temporary
mass events with high load / throughput per
user
§ Application areas:
– On-site live event experience (eMBB) by
means of augmented / virtual reality –
museum view full of real and imaginary
people
– Cooperative media production (URLLC):
interaction and cooperation with imaginary
and real people having the same AR / VR
experience

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Impact
5G-MoNArch concept
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Highly flexible and adaptive
communication for future
multimedia & entertainment
Secure, resilient and reliable
industrial communication without
the need for own infrastructure
Demo of resource elasticity

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Summary
5G-MoNArch concept
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Industrial Sea Port use case
§ Logistics transportation traffic
steering
§ Environmental measurements
§ Video surveillance
Touristic City use case
§ AR/VR for life experience
§ Cooperative media production:
user interaction with virtual
environment
Network slicing
Logical sectorization of the infrastructure using SDN, NFV,
orchestration and analytics
New methods & algorithms for orchestration and optimization
across slices, and among virtualized functions
Reliability, Resilience & Security
§ RAN reliability: multi-connectivity, network coding
§ Resilience in telco clouds: fault isolation & prioritization
and scaling of NFs & semi-autonomous 5G islands
§ Security: security trust zones & fault isolation
Elasticity of Resources
§ Efficient resource scaling through network functions
§ Computational resources – graceful downscaling
§ Orchestrate: re-allocate network functions within and
across the edge cloud
§ Slice-aware network size and resource optimization

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Key Facts
Project Overview
§ Project Details
– Project runtime: July 2017
– June 2019 (24 Months)
– Leadership team:
§ Coordinator: Nokia Munich
(Germany)
§ Technical Management:
Universidad Cárlos III de
Madrid UC3M (Spain)
§ Innovation Management:
Deutsche Telekom, Darmstadt
/ Bonn (Germany)
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Role of Real Wireless: estimate revenues and costs from enabling slicing
Techno-economic insights from 5G Norma relevant to spectrum utilisation
§ mMTC IoT can be served by a channel that is shared with eMBB traffic
§ Sub 1GHz spectrum is valuable to serve mMTC deep indoors with high confidence
§ Outdoor uMTC (semi-autonomous driving) can be served by a channel that is shared with
eMBB traffic
§ In order to provide mMTC and uMTC slices
– The macrocell densification that is envisioned by 2020-22 is high enough
– Macrocells in hotspot areas should have access to a wide spectrum 700-3600 MHz
– A number of small cells is also needed in the 1800-2600 bands
§ Some of the business models of venues/neutral host could benefit from a degree of more
control on the spectrum utilisation
– Savings from economies of scope, by mixing the data traffic needs of multiple vertical businesses
– Savings from taking advantage of spatial and temporal distribution of traffic demand
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