(5G-XHaul) Dynamically Reconfigurable Optical-Wireless Backhaul/Fronthaul with Cognitive Control Plane for Small Cells and Cloud-RANs

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1 Dynamically Reconfigurable Optical-Wireless Backhaul/Fronthaul with Cognitive Control Plane for Small Cells and Cloud-RANs (5G-XHaul) E. Grass (1), J. Gutiérrez (1), K. Grobe (2), A. Fehske (3), R. McConnell (4), M. Barrett (4), I. Mesogiti (5), E. Theodoropoulou (5), G. Lyberopoulos (5), D. Camps-Mur (6), J. Paradells-Aspas (6), N. Vucic (7), E. Schulz (7), J. Bartelt (8), G. Fettweis (8), I. Berberana (9), D. Markovic (10), D. Simic (10), V. Petrovic (10), M. Anastasopoulos (11), A. Tzanakaki (11), D. Simeonidou (11), M. Beach (11), A. Nix (11), D. Syrivelis (12), T. Korakis (12) (1) Innovations for High Performance Microelectronics (IHP), Germany (Project Coordinator) (2) ADVA Optical Networking, Germany (3) Airrays GmbH, Germany (4) Blu Wireless Technology, UK (5) COSMOTE Mobile Telecommunications S.A., Greece (6) Fundació Privada I2cat, Internet I Innovació Digital A Catalunya, Spain (7) Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH, Germany (8) Technische Universität Dresden, Germany (9) Telefónica I+D, Spain (10) TES Electronic Solutions, Germany (11) University of Bristol, UK (12) University of Thessaly, Greece Paris, July 2 nd

2 Outline Introduction and Consortium Members Project Objectives and Goals Project Timeline and Cooperation Upcoming events 2

3 Introduction Reconfigurable backhaul/fronthaul network, which aims to contribute to the 5G transport network. Able to transport legacy RANs as well as future 5G RANs Heterogeneous contributions, openness to collaboration with other projects 3

4 Introduction Main concepts: Programmable optical and wireless network elements SDN architecture, Control Plane logically centralized, Scalable Cognitive Control Plane: Predict and adapt to spatio-temporal demand variations Wireless and Optical enhancements L in k C a p a c ity L in k C a p a c ity In s ta lla tio n & m a in te n a n c e c o s ts h i g h U n ifie d c o n tro l o f w ire le s s & o p tic a l In s ta lla tio n & m a in te n a n c e c o s ts H i g h U n ifie d c o n tro l o f w ire le s s & o p tic a l N e tw o rk w id e e n e rg y e ffic ie n c y h ig h lo w L in k D e la y N e tw o rk w id e e n e rg y e ffic ie n c y H ig h L o w E n d -to -e n d D e la y A g ile s e rv ic e d e p lo y m e n t h i g h N e tw o rk e le m e n t e n e rg y e ffic ie n c y N e tw o rk w id e c a p a c ity A g ile s e rv ic e d e p lo y m e n t H i g h N e tw o rk e le m e n t e n e rg y e ffic ie n c y N e tw o rk w id e c a p a c ity E x is te n t s o lu tio n in th e m a rk e t 5 G -X H a u l 4

5 Members Consortium Members IHP GmbH (Coordinator) ADVA Optical Networking Airrays GmbH Blu Wireless Technology COSMOTE Fundació Privada i2cat, Internet I Innovació Digital a Catalunya Huawei Technologies Dusseldorf GmbH Technische Universität Dresden Telefónica I+D TES Electronic Solutions University of Bristol University of Thessaly Universities (3x), Research Institutes (2x), SMEs (2x), Operators (2x), Industry partners (3x) Support from: Mobile VCE: Requirements definition, Experts support National Instruments Germany GmbH: Training & Consulting, (Pre-) Release Software 5

6 Project Objectives Design a flexible backhaul/fronthaul network for serving current and future RAN deployments in a dynamic, service oriented, and cost-effective way Enable seamless integration of future-proof technologies in the optical and wireless (Sub-6 GHz, mm-wave) metro/access domains, through a converged software-based control plane Provide a self-consistent transport network design able to operate in a RAN agnostic way. Additionally, 5G-XHaul will make interfaces available to future RAN technologies 6

7 Technical Highlights (1/3) Wireless domain: Programmable mm-wave backhaul 7

8 Frequency Technical Highlights (2/3) Optical domain: Elastic bandwidth allocation with Time Shared Optical Networks (TSON) Elastic TSON frame Small Cell RRH Macro-cell 2 time Light IP flow BBU pool 3 Large CPRI flow 1 8

9 Technical Highlights (3/3) Cognitive Control plane: Estimate spatio-temporal demand variations and allocate resources accordingly. Advances interfaces between RAN and transport. 9

10 Project Goals Integrated demonstrator of 5G-XHaul architecture in a wireless optical testbed in the city of Bristol Bristol 5G city testbed with 5G-XHaul extensions ( Wireless Tech. validation in NITOS Design & Requirements Tech. Development Optical Tech. validation in TSON Integrated validation in Bristol Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 M6 M30 M36 10

11 List of Workpackages Project WPs and Timeline A L L T E S IH P i2 C A T T ID U N IV B R IS U T H B W T C O S T U D A IR H W D U A D V A 5G-XHaul within H2020 timeline 11

12 Inter-project cooperation Current Association Working Groups and Joint Activities structure: WG 5G Vision and Societal Challenges Facilitator: Jean-Sebastian Bedo WG 5G Pre-standards Facilitator: Magnus Madfors WG 5G Architecture Facilitator: Simone Redana WG Software Networks (SDN,NFV) Facilitator: Josep Martrat WG SME support Facilitator: Jacques Magen WG 5G Spectrum Facilitator: Terje Tjelta Joint Activity: Community building and Public Relations Facilitator: Jacques Magen Joint Activity: 5G International cooperation Facilitator: Werner Mohr Joint Activity: 5G-PPP KPI monitoring and management Facilitator: Ingrid van der Voorde 12

13 ... upcoming dates Project start: July, 1 st Upcoming events Organization of the Kick-Off Telco: July 22 nd Organization of the Kick-Off Meeting: Early September 2015 Future expectations Organization of technical workshops: optical/wireless demonstrations Definition of a strategy regarding 5G-XHaul future impacts and project continuation (~2,5 years) 13