COMACConvergedMultiAccess&Core

COMACSummary

•  Takingfreshapproachtobuildingaunifiedplatform•  Disaggregateallmobileandbroadbandcomponents•  Recombineandcreatecommonelementsthatcanserviceboth

•  Userauthentication,charging,security,userplanedataprocessing

•  BuildcommonuserplaneleveragingP4andNG-SDN•  Enables100xefficiencyimprovements

•  PreviouslydemonstratedbyONFwithP4-basedSPGW-UserPlaneinM-CORD

•  Createscloud-nativeplatformforaccessandedgecloud

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COMAC-HighLevelRDArchitecture

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Access Controller

3GPP RAN CU-Ctrl Plane

3GPP RAN Control

3GPP RAN DU

OLT

Converged Multi-Access

Control (Authentication, Session,

Policy, etc.) Mobility

Management 3GPP RAN RU

The Reference Design Team is chartered with developing a high-level umbrella architecture (consistent with O-RAN & SEBA)

Core Controller

Converged User Plane (3GPP RAN CU-User Plane + 3GPP CORE-User Plane + BNG-User Plane)

COMAC-HighLevelRDArchitecture

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Access Controller

3GPP RAN CU-Ctrl Plane

3GPP RAN Control

3GPP RAN DU

OLT

Converged Multi-Access

Control (Authentication, Session,

Policy, etc.) Mobility

Management 3GPP RAN RU

The Reference Design Team is chartered with developing a high-level umbrella architecture (consistent with O-RAN & SEBA)

Core Controller

Converged User Plane (3GPP RAN CU-User Plane + 3GPP CORE-User Plane + BNG-User Plane)

Builds on O-RAN Controller

Builds on SEBA & VOLTHA

(which built on R-CORD)

Builds on OMEC MME

Builds on OMEC &

R-CORD BNG

Builds on ONOS & NG-SDN

Builds on P4, NG-SDN,

OMEC SPGW, R-CORD BNG

COMACOperatorGroup

•  COMACOperatorGroup

•  AllarecommittingtotheReferenceDesignprocess•  Contributingspecs,epics,userstories,developers,testers,etc.•  Committingtoconsuminganddeployingthework,referencingRDinRFPs

•  Additionally,SprintisparticipatinginCOMACopensourceproject*

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* Operator Group is limited to ONF Partner member operators, but open source project is open to all interested parties

FoundingCOMACEcosystemVendors

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CommunityNowOpenToBroaderParticipation

OMECOpenMobileEvolvedCore

OMECSummary

•  NewOpenSourceProject•  IntelandSprintcontributingseedcode•  ComprehensiveEPCfunctionality–7Coderepositories

•  OptimizedforIoTand5G•  Virtualized,disaggregated&distributed•  User-controlplaneseparated•  Allowscomponentstobeplaceswherebestsuitedinthenetwork

•  Access,Edge,TelcoCloudorPublicCloud

•  Lightweight-foredgeapplications•  Key‘upstream’buildingblockforCOMAC•  Opensmobilecorespaceforinnovation

•  Closed/proprietarymarketdominatedbyincumbentsbuildingverticallyintegratedsolutions8

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SGX Billing Dealer In

SGX Billing Router

SGX Billing Dealer Out

SGX enabled Secure and Auditable Billing

SGX Key Store

CDR

Service Gateway Control

(SGW-C)

Packet Gateway Control

(PGW-C)

Service Gateway User Data (SGW-U)

Packet Gateway User Data (PGW-U)

Forwarding Policy Control (FPC) SDN Controller

Mobility Management Entity

(MME)

Home Subscription Server (HSS)

Policy Charging Rules Function

(PCRF)

Subscriber Data Base

CTF

CDF

Internet

Offline Charging Service (OFCS)

Mobile Network Core or Evolved Packet Core (EPC)

Data

Access Network

Data

MME: Mobility Management Engine (Control) HSS: Home Subscriber Services (Authentication) PCRF: Policy and Charging Rules Function SGW-C: Service Gateway Control SGW-U: Serving Gateway User PGW-C: Packet Gateway Control PGW-U: Packet Gateway User Subscriber Database FPC: Forwarding Policy Control (IETF) SDN: Software Defined Network Controller OFCS: Offline Charging Service CTF: Charge Trigger Function CDF: Charge Data Function VNF: Virtual Network Function

OMECComponents

Blue – Part of OMEC project Green – Operator specific for billing/charging

WhatisNew•  OMECisadramaticallyupgraded&expandedversionofEPCcomponentsusedbyM-CORD

•  GreatlyExpandedFunctionality,nowincluding:

•  PolicyandChargingRulesFunction(PCRF)

•  ChargeTriggerFunction(CTF)

•  PolicyandChargingEnforcementFunction(PCEF)

•  OSSutilitiesincludingCLI,loggingandstatisticsinterfaceAPIsforVNFs

•  Trafficgeneratorfortestinguserplanefunctions

•  Majorupdatesfor3GPPRelease-13compliance

•  Optimizedforcapacityandperformance

•  Designedtoscaletosupportlargenumbersofdevices(IoT)

•  Testedto50ksubscribers

•  FullyApache2.0licensed

•  Replacesolder-releaseMMEencumberedwithGNU-licensewhichlimitedadoption

•  Nowincludescompletelyre-writtenMMEwithcleanApache2.0licensing

•  OMECprojectnowledbyindependentgovernance

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UnderstandingCOMAC&OMECinContextofONFPortfolio

ExemplarPlatforms Solutions

OpenSourceComponents

Trials Deployments

OPENSOURCE

Operatoragree on‘ExemplarPlatforms’usingselectedcomponents

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WhereCOMAC&OMECFitinONFStrategy

WhereCOMAC&OMECFitinONFStrategy

ExemplarPlatforms Solutions

OpenSourceComponents

Trials

ReferenceDesigns

Deployments

OPENSOURCE

Operatoragree on‘ExemplarPlatforms’usingselectedcomponents

REFERENCEDESIGN

Operatorsjointlycreatecommonspecifications

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A

WhereCOMAC&OMECFitinONFStrategy

ExemplarPlatforms Solutions

OpenSourceComponents

Trials

ReferenceDesigns

Deployments

RFP ReferenceDesignsbecome“goldstandards”forbasisofRFPs

OPENSOURCE

Operatoragree on‘ExemplarPlatforms’usingselectedcomponents

REFERENCEDESIGN

Operatorsjointlycreatecommonspecifications

DEPLOYMENTS

OperatorRFPsbasedonthesedesigns

B

A

C

Operatorscommittotrialsanddeployments

Announcements

ExemplarPlatforms Solutions

OpenSourceComponents

Trials

ReferenceDesigns

Deployments

RFP ReferenceDesignsbecome“goldstandards”forbasisofRFPs

OPENSOURCE

Operatoragree on‘ExemplarPlatforms’usingselectedcomponents

REFERENCEDESIGN

Operatorsjointlycreatecommonspecification

DEPLOYMENTS

OperatorRFPsbasedonthesedesigns

B

A

C

Operatorscommittotrialsanddeployments COMAC Open Source

Exemplar Platform

COMAC Reference Design

OMEC Open Source

Project

BuildingonEarlierM-CORDandR-CORDProjects

Access Edge Core

MOBILE

BROADBAND

OpenFlow

COMMONSDNINFRASTRUCTURE

ONOS

TrellisSDNFabric

M-CORD

R-CORD

DisaggregatingtheMobileandBroadbandProjects

Access Edge Core

MOBILE

BROADBAND

OpenFlow

COMMONSDNINFRASTRUCTURE

ONOS

TrellisSDNFabric

M-CORD

R-CORDSEBA&VOLTHA

O-RANController

OMECOpenMobileEvolvedCore

R-CORDSubscriberMgmt

DisaggregatingtheMobileandBroadbandProjects

Access Edge Core

MOBILE

BROADBAND

OpenFlow Stratum&P4Migratingto

COMMONSDNINFRASTRUCTURE

ONOS ONOS-NGMigratingto

Next-GenSDN

SEBA&VOLTHA

O-RANController

TrellisSDNBackhaul ODTN

OMECOpenMobileEvolvedCore

R-CORDSubscriberMgmt

COMAC&OMECinRelationtootherONFProjects

Access Edge Core

MOBILE

BROADBAND

COMAC(ConvergedMulti-Access&Core)

OpenFlow Stratum&P4Migratingto

COMMONSDNINFRASTRUCTURE

ONOS ONOS-NGMigratingto

Next-GenSDN

SEBA&VOLTHA

O-RANController

TrellisSDNBackhaul ODTN

OMECOpenMobileEvolvedCore

R-CORDSubscriberMgmt

COMAC&OMECinRelationtootherONFProjects

Access Edge Core

MOBILE

BROADBAND

COMAC(ConvergedMulti-Access&Core)

OpenFlow Stratum&P4Migratingto

COMMONSDNINFRASTRUCTURE

ONOS ONOS-NGMigratingto

Next-GenSDN

SEBA&VOLTHA

O-RANController

TrellisSDNBackhaul ODTN

OMECOpenMobileEvolvedCore

R-CORDSubscriberMgmt

New

New

RelationtoCORD&M-CORD•  M-CORD-SuccessfulONFTrailblazingactivity

•  Demonstratedpowerofdisaggregationandnetworkslicing

•  COMAC&OMECnowarefocusofONF’smobileefforts•  COMACexemplarplatformisa‘profile’oftheCORDproject

•  OMECisacomponentprojectpulledinbytheCOMACEPprofile

•  ContinuesmovetomodularizeCORD-makingvariationseasytoconsume•  COMAChasnowgrownoutoftheM-CORDwork•  FollowsSEBAmodel(virtualizedbroadband)

•  SEBAgrewoutoftheR-CORDwork•  SEBAisa‘profile’oftheCORDproject•  SEBA(andotherCORD‘profiles’)useKubernetesHelmChartstopullprescribedcomponentsfromupstreamrepositoriestobuildeasytoconsumeplatforms

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Summary•  BuildingonONFtrackrecordandprojectportfolio

•  LeadinginnovationinSDN/NFV/Cloudforaccessandedgenetworks•  Comprehensiveportfoliowithsolutionsformobileandbroadband

•  CORDnaturalplatformforcarrieraccess&edge

•  Creatingplatformfornext-generationservices•  Seamlesslyintegratingmobileandbroadband•  Disaggregatingandplacingfunctionalitywherebestsuited

•  Access,Edge,TelcoCloudorPublicCloud

•  Lightweight&customizable•  Enablingspecializeddeploymentsfordifferentserviceofferings(aformofnetworkslicing)•  Capex&opexsavingsdueto:

•  Reducedfootprint,whiteboxeconomicsandoptimizationsfromintegratingmobile+broadband

•  Nimblecloud-nativeconvergedinfrastructureyields•  Fasterserviceturn-upandexpandedservicefootprint(anyserviceanywhere)

•  Inpositiontoinventthe“right”NG-COREfor5Gandbeyond

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OMECArchitecture&ScalingDataPoints•  OMECprovidesanend-to-endcomprehensive3GPPcoreinfrastructure:

•  FullysecureddistributedXeonE3basedSGXenabledbillingsystem,automated,realtimebillingdatacollectionandstorage

•  SGXbasedsecured,auditablemutualattestation•  GuaranteedconfidentialityandintegrityofChargeDataRecords(CDRs)

•  1x“Frame”ofCapacity=13+VNFshandling250KFlows,1000TPS,2MPPS•  Resources:~100CPUCores,256GB,1TBHDD,8x10GbE

•  Testedto50,000subscribers

•  Crossplatformdeploymentsupported•  Orchestration,provisioningandnetworkconfigurationtoolsready•  KVM,AWS,Docker,K8,etc.

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