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EdgeLink™Solution

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TransportNetworkDefinition

ExternalNetworks

EdgeTransport

HighCapacity,LowLatency,Wiredand

Wireless,DiverseIntegrated

Traffic

InternetofEverything

SmallCellRRU

LocalDataCenter

UserPlanevBBU

EdgeComputingContentCaching

CoreTransportOpticalTransport

NetworksLong-Haul

CoreNetwork

ControlPlaneNFVBilling

Orchestration

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EdgeLink™Solution– mmW5GTransportSDN-basedMulti-hopMeshNetworkcomposedofGigabit,Low-LatencyMillimeterWaveLinks

– WiGig/802.11adbaseband– 60GHzlongrange,38dBigainantennas– Multi-tenant,multi-serviceleveltransportslicemanagement– Meshtopologyforfaulttoleranceandavailability

EdgeLinkNodes:– NetworkDiscoveryandNeighborSelection– OpenFlow-based,mmWMAC/PHY/RF

MeshControllerSoftware:– SDN-based,managesthemeshtopologytomaintainTransportSliceServiceLevelrequirements

O&MSoftware– Cloud-enabled,web-interfaceforremoteoperationsandmonitoring

InterDigital’sCloud-Based

SoftwarePlatformOpenFlowMeshController

WiGigBaseband

RF

WiGigBaseband

RF

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SoftwareHardware

INTERDIGITALMESHLAYERSOFTWARE

AntennaUnit

NetworkUnit

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IntelligentSoftwaretoBuildaCarrierGradeEdgeNetwork• EdgeLink™solutionisaSDNcontrolledmulti-hopmeshnetworkofmmWavetransportnodes

• ClusterofEdgeLinknodesconnectedbymeshtoEdgeLinkGateway

• KeyComponents• EdgeLink™solutionNodes

• NetworkDiscoveryandNeighborSelection• OpenFlowSwitch(OpenvSwitch)• mmWMAC/PHY/RFairinterface

• MeshControllerSoftware• BuiltonSDNframeworks(OpenDayLight,ONOS)

• O&MSoftware• Web-basedinterfaceforremoteO&M

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EasilyCustomizableSoftwareusingFlexibleInterfaces

NorthboundAPIs(REST)BaseNetworkService

FunctionsServiceAbstractionLayerEdgeLink™Controller

OpenFlow

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EdgeLink™Controller

GatewayNode

IPCLOUD

Non-GatewayNode

InterDigital’sEdgeLinkMeshControllerSoftware,O&M

EdgeLinkCluster EdgeLinkCluster

Operator1

Operator2

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MeshSoftwareFunctions• Networkdiscoveryandautonomousneighborselection

• Proprietaryin-bandsignalingwiththeMeshNetworkControllerforTopologymanagement

• Managementofnodeandsectorstatemachines

• LinkFailurehandlingandswitchingtoalternatepath

• SectorRecoveryandNodeRecovery

• Linkmetriccollection• L2transportimplementedbyOpenVSwitch

• SNMPsupportwithEdgeLink™MIB• Easeofconfigurabilityviatextfileconfigurationparameters 2023

802.11adPHY

HostIF

60GHzPhasedArray

NodeManagerandStateMachine

ConfigurationManager

EventManager

LinkMetrics

Scheduling&QoS Manager

RoutingManager

Baseband-HostInterface(AdaptationLayer)

MeshControllerInterface(OpenFlow)

EthernetConvergenceLayer/Layer2Bridge

Ethernet

VirtualSwitch(OVS)

BufferManagement

CentralizedRouting

OpenDayLight,ONOS

NeighborSelection

QoS(EIRandCIRTraffic)

NetworkMetricsandStatus

MeshNode

MeshController

Gatewayand/orAccess

Point

WiGig BB&RF(Sector1)

802.11adPHY

HostIF

60GHzPhasedArray

WiGig BB&RF(SectorN)

Ethernet

InternetorPrivateNetwork

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SupportsIntegrated5GTransportNetworks- Crosshaul

Processingcloud

Core Backhaul (BH) Fronthaul(FH)

CPRI

CPRI

CPRI

Point-to-pointnetwork

Processingcloud

Crosshaul:IntegratedFH/BH

Packet-basednetwork

Core

• Today’sC-RANmobiletransportnetworkwillnotscaletosupportadditionalspectrumandantennas

• Separatedfronthaulandbackhaulmanagementaddscomplexityandcost

• C-RANfunctionalsplitsarefixedandstatic

• Anintegratedfronthaul/backhaul(Crosshaul)willsupportdiverse5Gtraffictypes

• UnifiedmanagementbuiltonSDNframeworks• Wirelessandwiredtransportfordensenetworkedge

connections,withpathdiversityforhighreliability

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EdgeLinkat5GBerlinTestbed• EdgeLink™solutiondeployedintothe5GBerlinTestbed,hostedbyFraunhoferHHI– underthe5GCrosshaulproject

• 3EdgeLinkmmWNodes– outdoorinstallationonbuildingswithintheFraunhoferandBerlinTechnicalUniversitycampuses:• Rangingfrom95to185metersdistances• 1GW+2non-GWNodes

• MultiplexingofFronthaulandBackhaultrafficovertheInterDigitalmmWEdgeLinkMeshtransportnetwork:• Backhaul==CommercialLTESmallCell• Fronthaul==Cloud-RAN(remoteradiounitsandcentralized

baseband)providedbyCoreNetworkDynamics,CrosshaulPartner

• Executedarangeofexperimentsconsideringtrafficloadingprofilesunderreal-worldconditions

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ControlPlane

EdgeLink™solutionMeshSDNController

EdgeLink™solutionEMS

LiveEdgeLink™solutionmatches5GBerlin– CrosshaulTestbedEdgeLink™Solution– LiveMWC2017Demo

EdgeLink™solutionWirelessmmWCrosshaulTransport

CoreNetwork

CloudRAN

BasebandProcessingUnit

OpenEPC

MME

S-GW,PGW

3DVideoGogglesHD,3DCamera

Backhaul– eNodeBEmulation

RemoteRadioUnit(NextGeneration

Fronthaul)

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