How will we build the platform for 5G? How will NFV transform to 5G core and what is the status today? Here you can download the Key Note presentation form Ericsson CTO Erik Ekudden, from the SDN NFV World Congress 2017 in the Hague.

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Building the
platform for 5G
Erik Ekudden
Group CTO, Ericsson
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Full Mobility
Cloud Technologies
Programmable Networks
Automation
Global access
agnostic mobility
mm Wave and
Adaptive Beamforming
Flexible spectrum
assignments
Management
transformation
Virtualization, containers
and microservices
Distributed cloud with
edge compute
Network abstraction
Orchestration cross
domains
Multi-layer SDN
Automated Life Cycle
Management
Dev opsXaaS
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Real-time data stream analytics and
insight execution
Cognitive Technologies
Technologies shaping the industry
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5 billion 4G subscriptions 2022
In Europe, 4G/5G will be 95% of subscriptions
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The operator 5G industry
digitalization opportunity by 2026
Source: Ericsson and Arthur D. Little
Energy &
Utilities
Manufacturing
Public Safety
Financial
Services
Healthcare
Automotive
Media &
entertainment
Public Transport
17%
8%
11%
13%13%
5%
19%
13%
$582B
OPERATOR ADDRESSABLE
5G DIGITALIZATION
REVENUES
IN 2026
Adding an addressable
market potential of
34%in revenue growth
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driving a comprehensive 5g agenda
5G Doors open for new industry verticals
• 5G for industries
Industry Engagements
• Leading industry transformation through partnerships
Open Source momentum broadens within the industry
• Industry/Customer initiatives
• Ericsson engagements
Establishing the framework for 5G
• Standardization
• Spectrum
Key driver in the intelligent transport systems space
• Infrastructure, vehicle electronics, operators, car manufacturer, chip
manufacturer, road regulators etc.
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Industry Pilots & engagement
Automotive Manufacturing TransportMining
Develop end-to-end solutions
for future mobility and
transportation services,
impact regulation and
standardization
Audi, BMW, Ericsson, Huawei,
Intel, Qualcomm, Nokia, Orange,
Verizon, AT&T, China Mobile,
Vodafone, DT….(30 partners up
to date)
Evaluate mobile
communication for
underground mining, incl.
safety and increased
productivity
ABB, Boliden, Ericsson,
Luleå University of
Technology, PiiA, Telia,
Volvo, Vinnova and Wolfit
Evaluate 5G and IoT
opportunities to improved the
production efficiency, enabled
by data analytics, cloud and
industrial IoT and more
Chalmers University of
Technology, Ericsson,
SKF and Vinnova
Explore use of 5G for
intelligent transport and
investigate as-a-service
offerings and reduce fleet
operations costs
KTH Royal institute of
Technology, Ericsson
and Scania
SMART VEHICLES,
TRANSPORT
CRITICAL CONTROL
OF REMOTE DEVICES
INFRASTRUCTURE,
MONITOR & CONTROL
SMART VEHICLES
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Use case evolution
Multi-standard network
Cat-M1/NB-IoT
Cloud optimized functions
VNF orchestration
Gigabit LTE (TDD, FDD, LAA)
Massive MIMO
Network Slicing
Dynamic service orchestration
Predictive analytics
5G NR
Virtualized RAN
Federated network slicing
Distributed Cloud
Real time machine learning/AI
Screens
everywhere
Immersive
experience8K
AR
4K
VR
On demand
information
Autonomous
control
Technologies
Connected
doctors
and patients
Remote
operations
Process
automation
Cloud robotics and
remote control
Metering and
smart grid
Machine intelligence
and real-time control
Manufacturing
Healthcare
Energy & Utilities
Enhanced Mobile
Broadband
Automotive
AI
New toolsVR
Real-time information
vehicle to vehicle
Monitoring and
medication e-care
Flow management
and remote supervision
Resource management
and automation
On the road to 5G 5G experienceCurrent
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Distributed cloud Architecture
Better media delivery closer to the network edge
CN UPF
MSP and other
acceleration
VNF’s
Internet
Video
Application
vRAN CN UPF
Network Edge Centralized
MSP (TDF)
Media Processing
Policy &
Charging
3 ms
› AR/VR and 360 Viewport selection
› OTT Aggregation/Caching
› Split-TCP and ARFM for low latency
› Pre population of popular content
› Ad insertion, Repackaging
› Media Processing (4K, HD, UHD, HDR)
› Media Distribution and Storage
› cDVR, Timeshift, VoD
› CDN: Multicast ABR, UC ABR
› TCP Optimization, ABR Shaping
Aggregation site
30- 300 ms
MSP and other
acceleration
VNF’s
Delivery/acceleration candidates:
› AR/VR and 360 Viewport selection
› Split TCP and ARFM
For APP traffic in Edge, candidates:
› Per user access control
› TDF enabled user specific policies
CN UPF CN CP
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5G NG CORE
Service Based Architecture
Application
Session
Mgmt
User Plane
N4
N3
N2
N1
N6
User Plane
N9
Authentication
Server
Unified
Data Mgmt
Access &
Mobility
Policy
Control
Network
Repository
Network
Exposure
Nausf Nnef Nnrf Npcf Nudm
Namf Nsmf Naf
Potential benefits:
› NR standalone (SA) mode
› Multi-slice UE, single UE simultaneously
connecting to multiple services over
multiple slices with optimized access
and mobility signaling
› Improved QoS concept
› Simultaneous access to local and
centralized networks within the same
data connection
› Mobility on Demand concept
› Preparing for multi-access integration
Data
Network
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NFV – now happening
Becoming industrialized
Ericsson +100 customers in 75+ countries, 25 live commercial networks
Telefonica
LGU Plus
Telstra
Digicel
Swisscom
NTT DoCoMo
NFVI
SDN
vEPC
vIMS
vPCRF
vUDC
vDSC
vMSP
vBNG
vMSC
NFV MANO
VNFM
Tampnet
Vodafone
Hutchinson
Vodafone
Wind
Panasonic Avionics
Telefonica
Colombia & Peru
Motorola, Austria
Spark
Tango
Softbank
TeliaSonera
Vodafone Egypt
Másmóvil
Verizon
Millicom
Zain RTA
AT&T
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NFV Achievements to date
5gPlatform
Container/VM
S
App
Logic
DB
S
Enterprise
Massive MTC
Critical MTC
Mobile Broadband
60G/server vEPG
NW slices on Distributed Cloud
Cloud Native VNF’s Multi VIM
36h VNF & PNF Multi-vendor
DevOps
Dynamic
Orchestration
Technical platform becoming industrialized – business innovation is next
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