Smart Communication Platforms for Prototyping Smart City Applications
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Competence Center NGNI Fraunhofer FOKUS Keynote at National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) Annual Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand, August 25, 2013 Smart Communication Platforms for Prototyping Smart City Applications Prof. Dr. Thomas Magedanz Fraunhofer FOKUS / TU Berlin [email protected] www.fokus.fraunhofer.de/go/ngni Competence Center NGNI Fraunhofer FOKUS Agenda Smart Cities as Future Internet Show Case Smart City communication infrastructures requirements The Role of IP Multimedia Subsystem, Machine Type Communication, Evolved Packet Core and related Open APIs within emerging Smart City SDPs FOKUS Toolkits and practical examples Summary Q&A Competence Center NGNI Fraunhofer FOKUS Main Messages of the Talk Convergence of fixed and mobile networks plus internet technologies was the driver for Next Generation Network (NGN) IMS (plus an SDP) is the common control platform of the NGN today Over the top (OTT) services challenge operators and IMS platforms Future Internet (FI) is a hot research topic and equates to emerging Smart City (SC) ICT platforms and applications Smart Cities relate to the domains of Internet of Things ( M2M) and Internet of Services ( SDP) Smart Cities are driving even more convergence of networks and control platforms Evolved Packet Core (EPC) and Machine Type Communication (MTC) platforms are becoming key pillars around IP Multimedia System (IMS) in the context of emerging Smart City ICT platforms Nevertheless Open APIs will abstract from the specifics of the platforms FOKUS tools and testbeds are designed to prototype Smart City ICT Competence Center NGNI Fraunhofer FOKUS A déjà vu - From NGN towards SDPs for Future Internet / Smart Cities Main Idea: A Core Platform provides reusable capabilities ( Enablers) for multiple applications hiding the details of underlying technologies Converged Telecommunication Services Future Internet / SC Applications (FMC, Triple Play, IPTV, Telco 2.0) (eGov, eHealth, eUtilities, eLogistics) Telecommunications Future Internet / Smart Cities Service Delivery Platform Core Platform Fixed and/or Mobile Mobile or Fixed Transmission Network(s) IP Network(s) Telecommunications / NGN Domain Future Internet Domain Competence Center NGNI Fraunhofer FOKUS From specific to unified next generation Multi-Service networks Individual networks = individual services vs. Multi service networks NOTE: This slide is more than 15 Years old ! Competence Center NGNI Fraunhofer FOKUS Source DTAG Competence Center NGNI Fraunhofer FOKUS Connectivity vs. Content – Where will be the Money in Mobile Broadband?• Communications (Voice/Messaging) vs. Connectivity Services (QoS) versus Multimedia Content (Games, Videos, eBooks, Clouds, etc.) Common Applications GSM and Services UMTS EDGE CDMA WLAN WiMax IP – based Core Network LTE (IMS or EPC) Wireline IMS xDSL POTS/ Apps ISDN Competence Center NGNI Fraunhofer FOKUS From Simple Voice to Innovative Service Platforms Goal for Everybody High Internet Services – Customer Care and service quality – Rapid, efficient customer-centric services Domain – Value curve understood to maximize revenue Lean operation with Business Agility – How to provide How to foster a Communications “Carrier grade” “leap change in Services Domain ServiceProliferation quality? innovation”? Goal: Leverage Existing Revenue Relationship Low Low Service Revenues High Competence Center NGNI Fraunhofer FOKUS New Eco System demands Federation and Open APIs Competence Center NGNI Fraunhofer FOKUS OTT vs. Telco Networks & Platforms – APIs/IMS/EPC/MTC as last resort?? Over the Top Multimedia Services Evolution CS Future VoIP Communities Internet IN IM UIC Over Cloud SDP the Top Apps Services All NGN RCS IP VoLTE I. of Services NGN I. of Things IMS Net. of the Future Classic Telco Voice Evolution EPC MTC IP 2006 2010 ??? All IP Networks will pave the road for Over the Top (OTT) Application Evolved telecom platforms may provide revenue potentials via Service Gateways (APIs) on top VoIP/RCS (IMS), Maschine Type Communication (MTC) and Smart Bit pipe approaches (EPC) RCS will have to compete with Unified Communications (UIC) in OTT area Competence Center NGNI Fraunhofer FOKUS NGN2FI Evolution is a Challenge Information Technologies (Service Oriented Architectures & Cloud Comuting) PES Smart Cities Internet RCS Next Fixed and Mobile FMC Generation OTT Telecommunications 3/4 Play Network SDP Telecommunications IPTV IMS MTC EPC Network Virtualization Future Self Organising Networks Internet Evolution Revolution Competence Center NGNI Fraunhofer FOKUS Dimensions of the Future Internet Future Internet Pillars . Network of the future . Internet of Content . Internet of Things . Internet of Services Infrastructure Foundation: . Network infrastructure / substrate that supports the pillars . Shall support capacity requirements of Future Internet Future Internet, The Cross-ETP Vision Document, Version 1.0, 2009 Competence Center NGNI Fraunhofer FOKUS FI = Towards a Thinner Protocol Stack Application Overlay & Mediation Presentation Session Application Transport Mediation Network Connectivity Data Link Physical Chair for Next Generation Networks (AV) TU Berlin Switch Evolution towards Software-Defined-Networks (SDN) Ethernet Switch Architecture OpenFlow Switch Architecture and OpenFlow Controller interaction OpenFlow Controller Routing logic OpenFlow Protocol OFP Ethernet Switch OpenFlow Switch SOFTWARE (Control path) Secure Channel Routing protocols, management and control, mobility Control Path (OpenFlow Protocol) management, Access Control Lists, VPNs, etc. HARDWARE (Data path) Data Path / Flow Table (Hardware) Packet Forwarding Competence Center NGNI Fraunhofer FOKUS Source: EURESCOM Project P1956 Competence Center NGNI Fraunhofer FOKUS What is Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) Independent Network Functions Classical Network Appliance Software Vendors Virtualization (NFV) is a Approach Ecosystem novel paradigm that Innovative presumes that the network Competitive & WAN Message CDN Session Border Orchestrated, functions: Acceleration Router Controller automatic & remote install. Are implemented only as software (programs) DPI Firewall Carrier Tester/QoE . Can run on top of Grade NAT monitor Standard High Volume x86 Servers common servers Standard High Volume Storage SGSN/GGSN PE Router BRAS Radio Network Controller NFV implies that network Standard High Volume Fragmented non-commodity hardware. Ethernet Switches functions: Physical install per appliance per site. Hardware development large barrier to Network Virtualization . Can be moved as entry for new vendors constraining required innovation & competition. Do not require special equipment © NFV White Paper presented at “SDN and OpenFlow World Congress”, Darmstadt Oct 22-24, 2012 Competence Center NGNI Fraunhofer FOKUS Competence Center NGNI Fraunhofer FOKUS The Internet of Things Source: Frost& Sullivan, Presentation: M2M Technologies Overview; 2011 Competence Center NGNI Fraunhofer FOKUS Stop the Silo Mindset - Horizontal Approach for M2M I li ith ETSI TC M2M ifi ti Competence Center NGNI Fraunhofer FOKUS Europe’s key Initiatives for Future Internet Research FIRE and the FI-PPP Europe’s Future Internet Research and Experimentation Initiative (FIRE) Europe’s Future Internet Public Private Partnership Programme (FI-PPP) Future Internet Core Platform FIRE FI-PPP Competence Center NGNI Fraunhofer FOKUS The Notion of Enablers within the European Future Internet Initiative Competence Center NGNI Fraunhofer FOKUS EU FI PPP Facts Competence Center NGNI Fraunhofer FOKUS FI-WARE: Collaborating with Usage Area Projects Outsmart: making public infrastructure in urban areas more intelligent and Envirofi: efficient environmental data in the public domain Fi-content: networked media including gaming Finest: increasing efficiency in international Finseny: logistics value-chains Reaping the benefits of Safety: Making cities SmartAgriFood: Making Instant Mobility: electricity saber the food value chain using FI in personal management at smarter mobility community level Competence Center NGNI Fraunhofer FOKUS Future Internet vs. Smart Cities Future Internet is “a socio-technical system comprising Internet-accessible information and services, coupled to the physi- cal environment and human behavior, and supporting smart applications of societal importance” FI can transform a Smart City into an open innovation platform supporting vertical domain of business applications built upon horizontal enabling technologies. FI pillars for a Smart City environment: . The Internet of Things (IoS): defined as a global network infrastructure based on standard and interoperable communication protocols where physical and virtual “things” are seamlessly integrated into the information network . The Internet of Services (IoS): flexible, open and standardized enablers that facili- tate the harmonization of various applications into interoperable services as well as the use of semantics for the understanding, combination and processing of data and information from different service provides, sources and formats. The Internet of People (IoP): envisaged as people becoming part of ubiquitous intelligent networks having the potential to seamlessly connect, interact and ex- change information about themselves and their social context and environment. Competence Center NGNI Fraunhofer FOKUS Future Internet … to make our cities smart A Smart City is a huge Future Internet Show Case E-Living E-Health Politics & E-Government Communications