On the Design of 5G E2E Facility for Performance Evaluation and Use case Trailing

MANO

Site Facility A

RAN and wireless

Optical/Satellite, Metro and Core Networks

Edge cloud

Edge cloud

Core cloud

Virtual resources

VIM

Orchestrator

VNF repository

VNFM

Site Facility B

Site Facility C

E2E Network slice

Automotive

eHealth

IoT

Industry

Media

Facilities Interconnection Facilities Interworking

Network Level (Logical Network)

Future Verticals [ICT 19] enabled by 5G E2E facility

partners expertise

Phase I-II-III projects

Advisory Board

KPIs/Test Plans

Resources & Functional Level

Facility Service Level

Standardization

UEs

Endpoints

Massive Gens

RAN

MEC, Core Services

Endpoints

Experiment and Test Executor

NFV Orchestration

Testing portal (Customer Access) Automated

testing functions Network Analytics

Service Broker

Service Orchestration

Main Facility Sites

Experimentation Facility Sites

Mobile Experimentation

Facility Site

OBJECTIVE Build and operate a 5G test and experimental network through deployment of interworking 5G sites and modelled according to 5G Architecture which is open for verticals (in particular from ICT-19) CONCEPTUAL ARCHITECTURE • Resources and Functional Level – Radio Access

Network (RAN), Backhaul, Mobile Core and Cloud Computing facilities.

• Network Level – Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) interconnected to build customized logical networks for eMBB, URLLC and mMTC 5G service classes.

• Service Level – Reference environment for validation and Implementation of the Network and Service

Management and Orchestration Plane as defined in 5G Architecture.

TECHNOLOGICAL AREAS • 5G Radio access • Reliability for urban Vehicle-to-Everything

(V2X) communication • Internet of Things (IoT) data fabric functions

embedded into network slices • E2E network service orchestration • Edge computing support and IoT Edge slicing

capabilities • Satellite integration with 5G • 5G network KPIs measurements and

evaluations • E2E slicing implementation and management • New Business models – Ecosystem

TESTING CAPABILITIES Embedded in the end-to-end facility to support performance evaluation and access for vertical industry applications • Test methodology for component integration,

E2E performance tests, and benchmarking • Industry reference test cases for 5G network

validation and testing • Detailed test plans for validation of 5G

network KPIs via execution of test campaigns • Industry reference testing framework and

infrastructure

This work is based on a project proposal for the ICT-17-2018 call and which is currently in the grant agreement preparation phase

Open for Verticals coming from ICT-19 and potentially others.