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CrosshaulTechnology:EdgeLink™mmWTransport

™

EdgeLink™– mmW5GCrosshaulTransport

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SDN-basedMulti-hopMeshNetworkcomposedofGigabit,Low-LatencyMillimeterWaveLinks

– WiGig/802.11adbaseband– 60GHzlongrange,high-gainantennas– Multi-tenant,multi-serviceleveltransportslice

management– Meshtopologyforfaulttoleranceandavailability

EdgeLink™ Nodes:– Networkdiscoveryandneighborselection– OpenFlow-based,mmWMAC/PHY/RF

MeshControllerSoftware:– SDN-based,managesthemeshtopologytomaintain

Transportsliceservicelevelrequirements

O&MSoftware– Cloud-enabled,web- interfaceforremoteoperationsand

monitoring

InterDigital’sCloud-Based

SoftwarePlatformOpenFlowMeshController

WiGigBaseband

RF

WiGigBaseband

RF

. . .

SoftwareHardware

INTERDIGITALMESHLAYERSOFTWARE

AntennaUnit

NetworkUnit

ControlPlane

EdgeLink™MeshSDNController

EdgeLink™EMS

LiveEdgeLink™Networkmatches5GBerlin– CrosshaulTestbed

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EdgeLink™TransportNetwork– LiveDemo

EdgeLink™WirelessmmWCrosshaulTransport

CoreNetwork

CloudRAN

BasebandProcessingUnit

OpenEPC

MME

S-GW,PGW

3DVideoGoggles

Backhaul– eNodeBEmulation

RemoteRadioUnit(NextGeneration

Fronthaul)

HD,3DCamera

Viewsfromthe5GBerlinTestbed3EdgeLinkmmWNodes–

acrosstheHHIandBerlinTechnicalUniversitycampuses

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185meters

140meters95meters

IndoorLabDeployment

OutdoorAntennaInstallation

LiveRemoteSurgeryGame–EnabledviaEdgeLink™

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Example5GUltra-ReliableLow-LatencyUse-Case:– Virtual/real-worldinteraction– Low-latencywithin

humanperceptiontolerances– Highthroughput– LiveHD/3Dvideo– Missioncritical/ultra-highavailability

Entertaining“GameofRemoteSurgery”:– Twoplayersneedtocompleteasetofa“surgicaltasks”– Oneplayerwitha5Gconnectionandasecondplayerwitha4G

connection

EdgeLink™CrosshaulCapability:– SimultaneouscloudRANfronthaul(NextGenerationFH)and

backhaultransporttraffic

5G: ApplicationEnd-to-EndLatencyRequirements

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100nsec 1µsec 10µsec 100µsec 1msec 10msec 100msec 1sec 10sec

Digital HumanResponseTolerance Annoying

IndoorGeolocation HighSpeedTrading Web

VehicleMotionControl(autonomouscars/drones) HapticTele-surgery

HumanRoboticControlWebcamInternalLatency

StreamingVR3DTele-Rehabilitation

ConnectedCollaborationSkype

www.us-ignite.org5G 4G

Today’s4GCloud-RANMobileTransportNetworkCPRItransportsIQdataviapoint-to-pointopticallinksinafronthaul(FH)network.Painpoints§ Bandwidthusageisindependentofuser’sload® Highlyinefficient§ Nopathdiversity® Lowfaulttolerance§ Separatedtransportmanagement(FH- BH)® Complexityandcost§ Cloud-RANFunctionalsplit® FixedandStatic

5G-Crosshaul:5GMobileTransportNetwork5GCloud-RANwillbetransformedtoapacket-basednetwork.FHandBHwillconvergetoanintegratedtransportnetwork(Crosshaul):§ BWusagedependentonuser’sload® Higherefficiency§ Enablespathdiversity– Packet-basedRouting® Higherfaulttoleranceand

loadbalancing§ Unifiedmanagementplatform(FH+BH)® Lowermanagementcomplexity

andcost§ Cloud-RANFunctionalsplitandplacement®

§ Variable – Supportofdifferentfunctionalsplits§ Dynamic – NFV-based5Gnetworks

Crosshaulforthe5GTransportNetwork

7

Processingcloud

CoreBackhaul(BH)Fronthaul(FH)

CPRI

CPRI

CPRI

Point-to-pointnetwork

Processingcloud

5G-Crosshaul:IntegratedFH/BH

Packet-basednetwork

Core

Partners(21) ProjectDurationJul2015– Dec2017

www.5g-crosshaul.eu

EUFunding7.95MEuros

ProjectTractionFinaldesignand

experimentationunderway

The5GIntegratedFronthaul/Backhaul

TransportNetworkDefinition

ExternalNetworks

EdgeTransport

HighCapacity,LowLatency,Wiredand

Wireless,DiverseIntegrated

Traffic

InternetofEverything

SmallCellRRU

LocalDataCenter

UserPlanevBBU

EdgeComputingContentCaching

CoreTransportOpticalTransport

NetworksLong-Haul

CoreNetwork

ControlPlaneNFVBilling

Orchestration

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TransportNetworkEvolution

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‒ Voiceandlimiteddata‒ Upto2Mbpscellcapacity

‒ Mobilebroadband‒ 100Mbpscellcapacity

“Packetized”All-IP

“Flexible”Advanced-IP

‒ Connectedeverything‒ 10+Gbpscellcapacity‒ Diversetrafficprofiles

2G/3G 4GLTE 5G

Connection-Oriented

Transportinnovationisdrivenbyacombinationofserviceandarchitecturerequirements

‒ Macrobased‒ Dedicatedwired&P2Pwireless

‒ HierarchicalwithsmallcellLayerbeingadded

‒ Denseheterogeneousnetworks‒ Virtual/Cloud-RAN