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5G Convergence and Business Opportunities for Satellite

Mansoor Hanif CTO

06 November 2018

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• As each individual network technology reaches the Shannon limit –• Network convergence with Technology Agnostic Architecture provides new areas

of progress – making ultimate use of technology, channels, spectrum and infrastructure

• Technology Agnostics are still firm believers in Networks as a force for good!

A blurred landscape:

• Optical+Wireless• Space+Terrestrial• Network+IT• Access+Transport• CORE+Access• Cross-fertilisation of

underlying enablers(Mod/Demod, SDM, etc…)

Agnostics in the Post-Shannon Era

• There has never been so much spectrum available to mix and match – with more on the way• UK approach is to provide technology neutral spectrum licenses (and Unlicenses!)

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• Customer Dynamics:

– Strong scale and momentum of consumer dynamics

– Business and Verticals now leading the charge to new revenues through Edge Convergence

– Reinforcing cycle: Improved connectivity for cloud services => increasing multi-device access

• Hardware Dynamics:

– Success of OCP has encouraged push to Whitebox solutions and HW Commoditisation

– Strong Industry momentum behind use of Generic HW for diverse domains – purpose-built architecture in design

– Gaming industry pushing the limits and costs of real-time processing power capability

• Software Dynamics:

– Large-scale adoption of SDN principles, in particular separation of User and Control Data

– 5G driving the push to cloud-native networks with super-malleable configuration

– Embedded programmability has become a must-have for all network elements and user devices

– AI & ML becoming persavive

• Infrastructure Dynamics:

– Infra dependence on connectivity => increased focus on convergence and coordination of Public and Private Infrastructure (eg ESN, HE, NR, NIC, etc)

• Service Dynamics:

– Service is eating the World: meeting stringent SLAs needs the best use of ALL network connectivity

– Focus on Ultra-reliability => Tiered Layers of connectivity increasingly based on Network Convergence

The Dynamics of Network Convergence

4 Key Challenges for Today’s Networks

Difficult environments

KEY OFCOM FOCUS

Improving rural coverage and

reliability

KEY OFCOM FOCUS

Increasing capacity in

dense urban environments

OFCOM SUPPORT

100% indoor coverage

OFCOM SUPPORT

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A slice of the expanding universe for everyone …

• Private enterprise networks?• Tier 1 vendors?• MSPs?• Infracos?• Local Authorities with MSPs?• Satellite + OEMs?

Satellite Operators?

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Ofcom engaged to foster Network Slicing through collaboration and support – Satellite Industry welcome

• For services to interoperate across networks, operators and at scale, we need to work together

I. Supporting UK (DCMS) Collaborative trials on 5G network slicing

II. Input to R16 URLLC Standards

III. UK5G Innovation Network www.uk5g.org

IV. Digital Catapult 5G Manufacturing WG

V. Engagement with businesses and organisations from different sectors

VI. Ongoing contribution to BEREC discussion on net neutrality impact on verticals

VII. Advisory Board input and support to research projects (mmWV, V2X, 5G-tours)

British Telecommunications plc 2018

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LTE-Broadcast over Satellite backhaul

Rural small cell –Combining G.fast and

meshed small cells

Infill for railway cuttings (repeaters)

Railway tunnel

coverage

Tethered Balloons and

UAVsDevice to Device with next-gen wireless mesh

Converged 4G and satellite connectivity

for trains

Lighthouse coverage for

Ships and UAVs

Indoor Multi-host MEC

solutions

Private 4G networks / NiB / Edge computing

Coverage on demand – meshed airborne small cells BVLOS: connecting the farthest reaches – SOURCE BT RESEARCH / IEEE Trento 5G Summit

Radio Beams use for

SatelliteNetwork

Private Beam

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CoreNetwork

Mesh linksLTE/mmWaves

Control data

Primary backhaul

Secondarybackhaul

First respondersBeam

RailwayBeam #1

Rural small cellsBeam