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Architectural Leadership for the 5G era Designing the flexible 5G system architecture
Dr. Volker Ziegler
Head of 5G Leadership, Chief Architect
Nokia Mobile Networks
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Designing the 5G system architecture: What capabilities will 5G need to
bring? Flexibility, software-ization all the way to radio, massive scalability, automation
Dynamic, flexible and
automated
Network slicing for
different use-cases:
Differentiated service
management and value
optimization for
operators
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long fibers
short waves & wires
Programmable Network OS
Universal Adaptive Core
Humans
& Machines
multi-operator federation
access agnostic converged core
modular, decomposed network functions
Massive Scale Access
Access Remote
mass edge monitoring
new trust framework
ecosystem sharing
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common data layer
self-optimized coverage & capacity
dynamic network optimization
dynamic customer services
SDN NFV
Management & Orchestration
Dynamic Data Security
Smart Network Fabric 3
machine
learning
analytics Augmented Cognition Systems
External data sources
Digital Value
Platforms
ANP, CSP, ICP, Vertical apps
Converged Edge Cloud
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Architecture Vision for the 5G era: The Future X Network
Cognitive and converged and cloud-optimized network evolution
Open APIs
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The flexible 5G system architecture: Nokia AirScale radio portfolio
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Ready to support 5G technologies
All kind of spectrum and bandwidth
Scalable Massive MIMO, 3D MIMO, beamforming and beamsteering
Flexible frame design, dynamic optimization
Multi-connectivity and aggregation
Cloud RAN for massive scalability & openness
Backward compatible new platforms addressing:
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The flexible 5G system architecture: Nokia Cloud Packet Core portfolio
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Web scale capacity and programmability, dynamic network slicing
Control plane
User plane
Shared Data Layer
Stateless control plane VNFs
Separation of control and user (data) plane
Cloud data store such as Shared Data Layer State-efficient VNF processing Deployment flexibility
Licensed
Unlicensed
Shared
Fixed
Mobile
Multi-access
Scalability Configurability
Cloud-native architecture
Centralized Data Center
Distributed Data Centers
Throughput optimized Telco optimized
Network design
Focus on reducing latency & backbone
traffic
Real-time capable
Compact & distributed
Optimized security
Core
OSS
Radio controllers Radio
Demand
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E2E Cloud based infrastructure • Common platform to provision, monitor, and manage network resources
• Enable IaaS, SaaS, BDaaS, and PaaS offerings with zero time to market
Services transformation as integral pre-requisite for 5G architecture design
Automation of E2E Workflows and service delivery • Automated E2E workflow orchestration of processes and tools
• Zero touch, Self service, Plug and Play type of service delivery tools
Self Optimizing networks for simplifying network optimization
through automatic detection and
continuous correction
Continuous Delivery to enable low risk software release
management, better quality and seamless
recovery
Predictive Analytics for outage prevention and root cause
determination
Crowd Operations using trained resources from
the global community to
perform operations, tasks, and
services remotely via the
cloud.