Plug’in 5G Research Platform

5G end-to-end opensource chain developed by and for Orange research

December 2018

Contributors: Sofiane Imadali, Ayoub Bousselmi, Mohamad YassinWilliam Diego, Lukasz Rajewski, Tomasz Osinski, Grzegorz Panek

Speaker: Marion Duprez

2 Interne Orange

Plug’in

integrative collaborative

end-to-end

self-service

opensource

Research platformto experiment 5G

3 Confidential Orange

Plug’in = Content + Container

Plug’in = Atoms + Sandbox

Plug’in 5G Research Platform

4 Interne Orange

Plug’in sandbox

WallToolbox

AtomDocsAtomStore

PlayGround

AtomStore

AtomDocs

PlayGround

8 Interne Orange

5G assembly line

Plug’inSandbox

Under 5G hood

Ultra Long Range Cell

5G Telco Cloud

Piloting 5G

5G Cockpit for Network Operations Discover

Plug’in1

5G onboard

5G for connectedcars

5G resourcesfederation – Stadium use case

5G as a service

Booths at ‘17 Orange Research Exhibition

Plug’in at ’17 Orange Research Exhibition

also at Orange Booth @ MWC’18

9 Confidential Orange * UE: User Equipment – RAN: Radio Access Network

5G End-to-End Open Source Chain

UEs

Streamingserver

Car joystick Onboard camera

RAN Core Applications

Orchestration

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Infrastructure Lifecycle : Network Slice Creation

MME

P-GW

S-GW

HSS

LTE EPC

MME

P-GW

S-GW

HSS

LTE EPC

Node 2Node 1

virtualeNodeB

virtualProbe

p 5201 p 5201 port 2210 port 2210

SCTP traffic

port 2152

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Infrastructure Lifecycle and Flows Prioritization

UEs RAN Core Applications

Orchestration

Downlink critical remote access (low latency)Downlink broadband video streamingUplink onboard camera video

Car joystick

Streamingserver

Onboard camera

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CoreRANField Trial Scenario

Power Amplifier

eNB CN

Rennes

Streamingserver

Car joystick

Onboard camera

Next steps:- Dec/Jan 19: Field trial in Rennes- April 19: Demo @ Orange Research Exhibition

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Conclusion

- Plug’in is a key PF transforming Orange Research OAI plays a key role

- Plug’in sandbox preparing to go into production

- Plug’in contribution to collaborative projects (eg 5GPPP 5G-EVE)

- Successful 5G will result from a dynamic open ecosystem http://pluginthefuture.eu/

ThanksDziękiMerci

15 Confidential Orange

Technical configuration: Demo

‐ ‐ Device : Samsung Galaxy S4 mini & Dongle Huawei E3276s‐ ‐ Frequency band : 2.6 GHZ FDD‐ ‐ USRP : B210‐ ‐ RAN : 

o Sw : Develop Branch of openair5g (or from Fujitsu : issue343_dlcqi_retransmission) 

o Hw : Serveur HP (24 vCPUs), Ubuntu 14.04 Kernel 3.19‐low‐latency‐ ‐ CN :

o Sw : issue with OAI versions tag v0.5.0, Version d’août 2017, Version juillet 2018 ont été testées mais divers bugs dont non support de certains devices (tgv v0.5.0 testé avec Samsung Galaxy S4 mini et LG G4 en simultané sans problème)

o Hw : Intel NUC 5i5RYK (4 vCPUs, 8 Go RAM), Ubuntu 16.04‐ ‐ Infra : docker, orchestré par Kubernetes‐ ‐ Orchestration RAN et CN via Cloudify

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Technical configuration: Field Trial

‐ ‐ Device :o Smartphone : Motorola TDD ‐Moto X Play 4G, Ref : X000LUSX0Vo Remote controlled car équipée d’un Dongle Huawei E3276s (+ carte 

Raspberry Pi)‐ ‐ Frequency band : 2.6 GHZ TDD‐ ‐ USRP : X310‐ ‐ RAN : 

o Sw : Fujitsu branch (issue343_dlcqi_retransmission)o Hw : Serveur HP (24 vCPUs) Ubuntu 14.04 Kernel 3.19‐low‐latency

‐ ‐ CN :o Sw : issue with OAI versions tag v0.5.0, Version d’août 2017, Version 

juillet 2018 ont été testées mais divers bugs dont non support de certains devices (tgv v0.5.0 testé avec Samsung Galaxy S4 mini et LG G4 en simultané sans problème)

o Hw : Serveur HP (24 vCPUs) Ubuntu 16.04‐ ‐ Infra : docker, orchestré par Kubernetes

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AmplifiersTx Ouput : +40 dBm

Technical configuration: Field Trial - antenna

› TDD Testbed› Band 38 (TDD 2580-

2610 MHz)› TDD frame : 0› USRP X310 – UE COTS: Moto X Play 4G› Tx power: 38 dBm› UE Rx sensitivity: -120dBm› Coverage radius: 1200m› BW used: 5 MHz (and 10 MHz tested)› DL data rate: ~5Mbps – UL: 1Mbps› 2 UEs attached› OAI branch: Fujitsu : issue343_dlcqi_retransmission› Issues met: choice of OAI version, TDD RX/TX isolation› To be improved: AGC

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Use Case #1: Network Slice Creation

MME

P-GW

S-GW

HSS

LTE EPC

MME

P-GW

S-GW

HSS

LTE EPC

Node 2Node 1

eNodeBProbe

p 5201 p 5201 port 2210 port 2210

SCTP traffic

port 2152

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MME

P-GW

S-GW

HSS

LTE EPC

MME

P-GW

S-GW

HSS

LTE EPC

Node 2Node 1

eNodeBProbe

p 5201 p 5201 port 2210 port 2210

SCTP traffic

port 2152

eNodeB Probe

port 2210 port 2210 p 5201 p 5201

SCTP traffic

Node 3

Use Case #2: Network Slice Scaling