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BRKSPM-2578 Cisco Ultra Platform Evolution to 5G Laurentiu Spiridon, Consulting System Engineer Cisco Spark Questions? Use Cisco Spark to communicate with the speaker after the session How 1. Find this session in the Cisco Live Mobile App 2. Click “Join the Discussion” 3. Install Spark or go directly to the space 4. Enter messages/questions in the space cs.co/ciscolivebot#BRKSPM-2578 © 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Agenda • “5G” Defined • 5G Market Status • Cisco Ultra solution and its evolution • 5G Ready Technologies and 5G Non-Standalone Core • Next Generation 5G Mobile Core Agenda • “5G” Defined • 5G Market Status • Cisco Ultra solution and its evolution • 5G Ready Technologies and 5G Non-Standalone Core • Next Generation 5G Mobile Core The Next Mobile Generation 2020s 2010s 5G Digitization 2000s 4G 1990s 1980s 3G • LTE/LTE-A, 2G Broadband data 1G • WCDMA, & video • Digital CDMA2000 • Analog • GSM, IS-95, IS-136 • Voice & data • AMPS • Voice capacity • Voice BRKSPM-2578 © 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 6 ? 5G Digitization BRKSPM-2578 © 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 7 5G is led by new services Ultra Reliability Broadband access Higher Massive (Wherever + Whenever) AR/VR everywhere user mobility Internet of Things Ultra Capacity and Coverage 1G UHD Video Average 1 Gbps per High Speed Train Sensor Networks Ultra High-Speed device (up to 20 Gbps to cell site) Extreme real-time Ultra-reliable communications Lifeline communications communications Broadcast-like services Ultra Low Latency (1 ms End-to-End) + Massive Device Connectivity Tactile Internet Natural Disaster E-Health Services Broadcast Services Source:NGMN BRKSPM-2578 © 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 8 5G Use Cases BRKSPM-2578 © 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 9 5G Radio Architecture • Key capabilities : Various spectrum bands Millimeter waves (mmWaves), Massive MIMO Optimized OFDM waveform Scalable numerology RAN considerations BRKSPM-2578 © 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 10 Next Gen Mobile Core Capabilities • Key capabilities : • Virtualization (*) • Stateless VNF • Control/User Plane Separation (*) • Mobile Edge Computing (*) • IoT Capabilities (*) • Network Slicing • Service Based Architecture • Access agnostic inc. 3GPP & non- 3GPP RAN and FMC • API Exposure • Cloud scale Network • Automation and Orchestration * • The marked (*) are in scope for LTE Advanced and 5G core BRKSPM-2578 © 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 11 Network Slicing Divide and Conquer Policy Network Slice Sub Selection DB MBB Core Function Network Slice Streaming Selection Camera CN IoT Core Network CPU Virtualization BRKSPM-2578 © 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 12 5G Security Challenges Increased threat vectors due to weak IoT / Massive Machine Type Communications inbuilt security in IoT devices, attacks using encrypted traffic Increased complexity in mitigating side Virtualized mobile network functions, services channel attacks, Internal I/Fs exposed and applications to attacks, LI Increased threat vectors due to Ultra Low Latency application use cases Distributed Data Center, Multi Access Edge Networks, NW Slicing Co-existence of 5G and Legacy Network Multiple technologies, higher traffic to manage Adhering to Regulatory requirements (GDPR, DLP,….) BRKSPM-2578 © 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 13 3GPP Standards Timelines for 5G 2017 2018 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 NR anchored on 5G Core 5GC 5GC Phase 2 NR anchored on EPC EPC 5G Radio Groups Option 3 Option 2 Option 4, 5 and 7 ASN.1 ASN.1 EPC EPC N26 5GC S1-U N2 N3 S1-MME X2 NR f2 NR f2 LTE f1 LTE f1 NR anchored on EPC NR anchored on 5G core network NR Non-Standalone (NSA) NR Standalone (SA) Architecture completion Details completion Stage 2 Stage 3 BRKSPM-2578 © 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 14 3GPP 5G Deployment Options • 2 Radio technologies • LTE and eLTE • 5G NR • 2 Core Networks • LTE • 5G NG Core • Dual Connectivity • LTE developed functionality using Master eNB and Secondary eNB setup • Allows fast adoption of 5G and performance robustness. BRKSPM-2578 © 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 15 5G Architecture Options Option 5 Option 2 Option 1 5GC 5GC EPC EPC N2 N3 NR f2 eLTE f1 LTE f1 LTE Option 3 Option 7 Option 4 5GC 5GC EPC EPC S1-U S1-MME NR f2 X2 NR f2 NR f2 LTE f1 LTE eLTE f1 f1 BRKSPM-2578 © 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 16 5G Schedule Innovators Early Adopters Early Majority Late Majority Laggards We are here! 2017- 2020 2020 - 2022 2025+ BRKSPM-2578 © 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 17 Agenda • “5G” Defined • 5G Market Status • Cisco Ultra solution and its evolution • 5G Ready Technologies and 5G Non-Standalone Core • Next Generation 5G Mobile Core 5G – Global Market Trials Verizon tests multi-vendor 5G with Cisco, Samsung • https://newsroom.cisco.com/press-release-content?articleId=1844370&type=webcontent BRKSPM-2578 © 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 19 Market Status Planned 5G spectrum auctions/ allocations BRKSPM-2578 © 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 20 Agenda • “5G” Defined • 5G Market Status • Cisco Ultra solution and its evolution • 5G Ready Technologies and 5G Non-Standalone Core • Next Generation 5G Mobile Core Cisco Mobile Core Evolution Ultra Services Platform VNF-EM SCM SLAM LCM Control Plane CF CF Centralized Management Ultra Services PlVaNtFf-oEMrm SCM SLAM LCM Control Plane User Plane UPP UPP Control Plane / Forwarding Plane CF CF User Plane Session Plane Session UPP UPP Plane SF SF Forwarding Remote User Plane Plane Forwarding Plane NF AF User Plane UPP UPP Native HW Ultra Ultra CUPS Micro Services / Cloud Native Container • Hardware based • Virtualized EPC • Scale bandwidth Platform • Fully Programmable • VNF Automation • High session thruput • 5G-Ready • Scalable and • 5G Any Use Case • Distributed IP anchor • Multi Access reliable • Low latency BRKSPM-2578 © 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 22 Cisco Ultra Solution – NG Mobile Core solution VNF Element Manager, VNFM Proxy, NFV-O Service Manager, Monitoring (e.g. Cisco NSO) Ultra Policy Ultra Gateway Ultra Services Platform Platform Framework • Carrier-grade policy, • Cloud-ready VNF, fully • Pluggable framework for in- charging, and subscriber featured packet core line, subscriber-aware, VNFM data management solution enhanced services • Multiple functions (EPC, (e.g. Cisco ESC) • Rapid service creation ePDG, SaMOG) • Integrated as separately environment • CUPS - Separated control upgradeable software • Monetization opportunities and user-planes packages for 3G, 4G, 5G and IMS • Remotely deployable user • Native life-cycle service architectures plane for ultimate elasticity management and and scalability automated configuration VIM Openstack / NFVI (DC infrastructure) Vmware BRKSPM-2578 © 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 23 Cisco Ultra Gateway • Proven platform - serving 1.5B subscribers; deployed many of Tier 1s, total 350 • Creating with the goal of supporting multiple services in the same load • High performance, scalable up and down PGW/ MME/ Small ePDG/ InLine SGW SAEGW CSGN GGSN SGSN Cell GW SaMOG services Charging/Reporting Overload Protection Resiliency Cisco StarOS Infrastructure Platform BRKSPM-2578 © 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 24 Cisco Ultra Policy • Proven platform - deployed in many tier 1 service providers • High performance, scalable up and down • Highly available and extensible 3GPP SP Wireline PCRF/ DRA ANDSF eSCEF OCS Wi-Fi Policy Server Subscriber Subscriber Entitlement Entitlement Intelligence Personalization Rules Session Persistence Database Cisco Policy Platform BRKSPM-2578 © 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 25 Cisco Cellular IOT Cisco IoT Connectivity Management Smart lighting 2G/3G/LTE Billing Policy IoT Application Authentication Orchestration (HSS) Connected Cars Cisco Ultra IoT Core APIs IoT Application NB-IoT CSGN eSCEF /PGW IoT Application Waste mgmt NFV/SDN • Multi-access core with unified policy, charging and service layer for different types of devices • Interface with IoT applications via standardised/open Restful APIs based on ETSI framewok • Core network support all 3GPP wireless IOT connectivity (NB-IoT, LTE-M and 2G/3G/LTE) • Includes 3GPP compliant SCEF and SCE capabilities BRKSPM-2578 © 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 26 Ultra GW Control Plane Architecture Session Function Session Function Demux Tasks x2 Session Function IP address Session Tasks Redundant tasks Control Function Management State replication Platform management tasks CF CF SF SF SF SF StarOS StarOS VM VM StarOS StarOS StarOS StarOS VM VM VM VM HyperVisor HyperVisor HyperVisor HyperVisor HyperVisor HyperVisor VM VM VM VM VM VM Standby tasks BRKSPM-2578 © 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 27 Ultra GW User Plane Bearer Plane Architecture GTP-U, DPI tasks CF CF SF SF SF SF UP UP StarOS StarOS VM VM StarOS StarOS StarOS StarOS StarOS StarOS VM VM VM VM VM VM HyperVisor HyperVisor HyperVisor HyperVisor HyperVisor HyperVisor HyperVisor HyperVisor VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM Standby tasks BRKSPM-2578 © 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 28 S/P-GW Design – CUPS based Gx Gy LI APN cisco.com Subscriber ip address is CF CF SF SF SF SF ip pool group cisco.com allocated in round robin Standby Standby ip pool1 – UP1 through ip pool group in ip pool2 – UP2 order to balance traffic ip pool3 – UP3 between UP Sx Interface UP1 VM IP pool SGi Interface UP packet goes advertisement straight to allocated via BGP UP VM UP2 VM (no ECMP) UP3 VM S1U address advertisement S1u Interface via BGP UPn VM (no ECMP) Standby BRKSPM-2578 © 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates.