EURECOM 5G Experimental Site
Communication Systems Department
EURECOM
Unleashing the potential of open-source in the 5G arena
Summary
Overview of EURECOM’s 5G test site
– Part of H2020 5G-EVE French Node (along with similar test sites
@ Orange Labs, B-COM, Nokia Bell-Labs)
– Part of OPFNV VCO 3.0
Strong Collaboration with RedHat on cloud computing
environment for RAN / CN
– field testing site for OAI CI/CD
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EURECOM 5G Test Site
Outdoor deployment of 5G-NR RRUs (+LTE-M/NB-IoT)
Frequency allocations in place / pending – 3600-3680 MHz TDD (61 dBm EIRP, NR band 78) => 5G eMBB/URLLC
– 2580-2610 MHz TDD (61 dBm EIRP, LTE band 38) =>
– 698 – 703/753 – 758 MHz FDD (LTE band 68) => IoT / ProSe
– 733 – 736/788 – 791 MHz FDD (LTE band 14) => IoT / ProSe
Experimental Playground for OAI – Target scenarios : eMBB, URLLC, mMTC, D2D
Outdoor RRS (16 -> 64 elements)
Indoor RRS (32 elements)
1GbE
2x20GbE 4x20GbE
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French H2020 5G Sites (5G-EVE)
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Main target: Testing of new vertical use-cases enabled by 5G
OPNFV VCO 3.0
Managed by Linux Foundation and RedHat
Objective: Full 5G, Cloud Native, and Edge
2 test sites
– EURECOM in Sophia Antipolis
– Kaloom in Montreal
Please visit:
https://wiki.opnfv.org/display/OSDD/VCO+Demo+3.0
+Home
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Technologies at EURECOM Site
OpenAirInterface and Mosaic5G
commercially-available RF and computing equipment
– USRP B2x0, N3x0 + “Home-integrated” RF
– Will use one commercial eCPRI RRU
3GPP technologies
– 3GPP 5G NR (including RU,DU and CU node functions)
– 3GPP 4G LTE (including RU,DU-LTE and CU-LTE node functions)
– 3GPP 4G LTE-M
– 3GPP 4G NB-IoT
– 3GPP 4G LTE-Sidelink (ProSe / V2X)
– 3GPP Rel 15 EPC (MME,HSS,S+PGw)
– 3GPP Rel 15 5GC (end 2019)
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Outdoor Components (Geography)
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4G/5G Radio Site
Current Physical Deployment (Indoor Band 38 RRUs)
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HW/Interconnection / Orchestration
RAN / EPC cloud
– OpenShift x86 cluster (Xeon Gold 36-core servers)
– CumulusOS switching fabric
– Currently 12 4G RRUs (TDD Band 38,2585-2605 MHz)
– 2x8-antenna 5G NR RRU (TDD Band n78, 3600-3680 MHz)
– 2x2-antenna 4G IoT/Sidelink RRU (FDD Bands 14,68)
– Control-plane (EPC/CU) can be remote (OAI VNFs at remote
site for CU)
– Will be controllable in ONAP environment (end 2019)
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Internet/GEANT
Indoor RRU Net
Outdoor RRU Net
UE Pool
Physical Architecture
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CURRENT
DEPLOYMENT
Extension
Fall 2019
Extension for
OAI CI
Framework
CI RF
Current Physical Deployment
Platform gateway
– 1x Xeon E5-v3
Switching Fabric
– 3x EdgeCore 54-Port
25G/100G Ethernet
Switches
Xeon servers
– 4x Xeon Gold 6154
– 1x Xeon Silver 4114
5G RRUs (in server
room for testing)
– 2x USRP N310
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Two configurations
1/ All Core + RAN entities at EURECOM
– Will use functional splits inside RAN/CN Cloud under OpenShift
– Each functional entity (MACRLC, L1, MME,HSS, etc.) in
separate containter
– Simple orchestrator
2/ Control-plane and User-plane split between site
– Control plane in another 5G-EVE site (e.g. Orange Chatillon)
MME,HSS,RRC,PDCP-C
– User-plan entities at EURECOM site
SDAP/PDCP-U, MACRLC, L1 at EURECOM site
– ONAP orchestration from Orange
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Some objectives for OAI using the site
Integrate the site with OAI CI/CD framework
Collaborate with RedHat to make OAI + OpenShift
combination a tool for community
Master remotely-controllable UEs in the field
– Need agreement from local authorities and communities
Stationary and mobile CAT-M devices (Band 14/68)
access to nearby highway
Add cell site around Orange Labs premises in
Sophia Antipolis (3 km away)
Mutualize some techniques for operating such
networks with PAWR sites (Utah, NYC)
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