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AI, IoT, 5G and the Cloud:ICT Drivers & Outcomes

Clive Hogg RCDD

Oct 2018

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Always Important:

Pathways

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Local Area Networks (LAN) Carrier Networks Data Centres

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FTTH

FTTA

MDU

CO

DC

WAN

Wireless

LAN

Diverse Environment

Harsh Environments

Local Area Networks

Carrier Networks

Data Centres

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The Importance of the Cloud and IoT

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Hollywood shows the way

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I’m afraid I can’t do that, Dave.

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Source: Wikipedia

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Segments Driving IoT Investment

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Industry 4.0

Within modular structured smart factories, cyber-physical systems monitor physical processes, create a virtual copy of the physical world and make decentralized decisions

Source: Wikipedia

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Epistemic Action Required

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Internet of Things Reference Model

Source: Cisco

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IoT Food: What Does it Need to Survive?

• Battery Life 10 yrs

• Limited need to think

• Efficient function / stand by

• Low Latency Range Packet loss Rate Speed

− Factory 0.25-10 ms <100m 10-9 <30km/hr

− Process 50-100 ms <500m 10-4 <5 km/hr

− Smart Grids 3-20 ms >km 10-6 0

− Road Safety 10-100 ms <2km 10-5 <100

− Audio 2 ms <100m 10-6 <5 km/hr

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IoT Food: What Does it Need to Survive?

• Current 4G limitations

− Latency 50ms up to 85ms peak time

− Shared scheduling at uplink

• Developments in 4GX and LTE (CAT-M1 developments)

− Fast uplink access (5-10 ms)

− Reduced packet size = tailored uplink speed

− Device to Device sub letting (machine language/fog computing)

− Network Slicing (priority and availability)

• Densification

− 5G

− Small Cells (Heterogeneous)

− High fibre count short range backhaul

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Killer Apps Throughout History

• Plumbing

• Electricity

• Telephony

• Internet

• Wifi

• Data Centres

• IoT

Half Time

The Light Bulb

ADSL

Email

4k, Home Entertainment

Cloud services

????? FitBits? ...Nah

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IoT Device Directions

• Machine 2 Machine Comms

• Low Power Chips

• Smart Algorithms

• Long Battery Life

Bluetooth Phones

Zigbee Industrial

Z-Wave Home Auto

WiFi Long Reach

Cellular Telco link

Sigfox M2M

• Really?

• K.I.S.S

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Can We Rely on the Cloud for IoT?

• Smart Grid example

Source: Cisco

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Edge Computing M2M and AI Needed

Source: Cisco

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OK… But What About ICT Media?

• Typical Environments

• LAN Office, Campus

• Industrial Automation

• Entertainment

• Venues, Public Spaces

• Personal Devices

• Shipping and Tracking

• Utilities

• Data Centres

• Cloud Computing

• Central Office

• Traditional Service Paths

• Cat 5/6

• Fibre OM1,3,4 and SM

• Coax

• Telephony (DSL)

• FTTx

• POL

• WiFi

• Cellular

• DAS

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More devices & more applications

Apps & DevicesMore hardware to support

devices & applications

CongestionMore infrastructure

for more data

Infrastructure

ICT Challenges

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20th Century Pathways and Closets

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Wireless, 4G, 5G = Fibre

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Wireless, 4G, 5G = Fibre• Fibre Densification

• Small Cells 4-6 fibres per pole

• DAS in Commercial and Public Spaces

• Fronthaul Cables 864, 1728, 3,456 fibres!

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High Count Ribbon is Becoming the Industry Norm

Extreme Density Cable3456F, Fiber, Single-Mode (OS2) in less than 30mm dia!

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Why Fronthaul?

• Orchestration of Baseband Units (BBU)

• Eventually assuming EDGE computing role

Source: Medium.com

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Plug & Play is Needed Everywhere

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Delivering Data to Where it is Demanded

• In Building Networks• Wifi• DAS• Converged Networks (SD LAN)• Passive Optical LAN• Hospitality

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Since We are at the Game…4K UHD from the Field to the Sofa (SMPTE Standards)

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Progress Towards the Dematerialized Zone (ST 2110)

Current Technology

Non Specific Media IT

Cloud Fit

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ST 2110A Whole New World of Connections

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Cloud-fit – Suitable for Use in a Cloud-based Environment

• Key characteristics of Cloud-fit architectures and applications

• On Demand – scalable, elastic, measurable

• Security from the outset – Internet best-of-breed

• Generic cloud infrastructure – ubiquitous, resilient, public

• Multi-cloud – private, public, multi-cloud vendor

• Key characteristics of broadcast applications operating on non-media-specific IT include:-

• Self-describing APIs – well documented, fully functional

• Software-only

• Virtualisable – runs on virtual machines

• Security - best current practices

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It’s All About Scale & Flow of Data

1000s

Millions

Billions

Fog and Edge DCs

Hyperscale DCs

IoT Devices

Question Time