5G Neutral Hosting

Dimitra Simeonidou, University of Bristol

March 2018

DCMS End-to-End 5GUK Universities’ Test-Networks

Collaborative Hub Innovation

5GUK Network Architecture

5GUK Exchange

Open APIs

Orchestration

Slicing

Convergence

Cyber Security

5GIC: University of Surrey• 5G NR and 5G Core• Orchestrator (Infrastructure & Network Services)• E2E NFV/Slicing• Dual connectivity (Band - control & data)• Network Security

KCL: King's College London • 5G NR and 5G Core• AI Orchestrator• Cloud RAN - Flexible Functional Split• Tactile Internet

UoB: University of Bristol• 5G NR and 5G Core• Multi convergence (Wireless / Fibre)• Urban 5G/Neutral Hosting• E2E Dynamic Service Orchestration• E2E slicing• 5G Exchange Solution

SMART INTER NET L AB

• Deploy and demonstrate, in operational conditions, scenarios formunicipalities and infrastructure owners acting as 5G neutral hosts

✓ Network of networks (technology and vendor agnostic)

✓ Distributed cloud & radio platform: common, multi-tenant, open platform thatextends the cloud model to the extreme edge of the network

✓ 3-tier architecture with network sharing, slicing & MEC capabilities.

✓ Edge management & orchestration and service programming models

✓ City-wide pilots deployment and validation & commercial outreach andstandardization

✓ Connect local and national infrastructures

Focus: 5G Neutral Host

Neutral Host Pillars

Bristol’s 5G Urban Network

IT room

5G room

3.5GHzM-MIMO

Gazebo-UE MIMO

Gazebo-UE MIMO

5G room

IT room

LTE-A 2.6GHz26GHz Mesh5G NR 3.5GHz (2018/11/01)

LTE-A 2.6GHz26GHz MeshWiFi (Nokia)WiFi (Ruckus)EdgeCore Switch

26GHz MeshWiFi (Nokia)WiFi (Ruckus)EdgeCore Switch

26GHz MeshWiFi (Nokia)WiFi (Ruckus)EdgeCore Switch

26GHz MeshWiFi (Nokia)WiFi (Ruckus)EdgeCore Switch

26GHz MeshWiFi (Nokia)WiFi (Ruckus) EdgeCore Switch

26GHz MeshWiFi (Nokia)WiFi (Ruckus) EdgeCore Switch

28GHz 5G NR FWA

Gazebo-UE MIMO

C-RAN (Nokia)EdgeCore SwitchesPolatis Switches

EdgeCore SwitchesMEC Compute Node

INDOOR LTE-A 2.6GHz PicoWiFi (Nokia) & LiFi

INSTALLATIONS

5G in a BOX: Active Sharing

Vendor Agnostic Control and Virtualization

• NFV platform • Open Source Mano (OSM) deployed• Interrogation with Open stack

completed• Deployment of basic VNFs for

connectivity

• SDN control framework• NetOS SDN controller • Iintegration with OSM and physical

layer • ML integration with the ODL

controller

• Nokia Controller and NFV• Start deploying the control plane

solutions (Cloudband, NetAct)

NS Exchange and Brokering: Neutral 5GUKx

Layered Realities Demonstrations

Public Safety Billenium Square (Augmented Reality Tour)

Virtual Reality Dance Millennium Constellations

Our 5GUK Test-bed Partners

Thank you

Questions?

Testbed Design and Implementation