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Mark Grayson
Distinguished EngineerCisco Office of Mobility CTO
Virtual small cells set the stage for 5G
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Everything connected, everywhere, all of the time
Adaptive capacity, directed towards demand
Automated network deployment and operation
Wireless access service managed by the venue, fulfilled by the service provider
What should the future small cell networks deliver?
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Blurring of Small Cell Access Technologies
Passpoint/NGH, TWAG/EPC
Improved Efficiency
< 1 GHz
Higher (outdoor) delay spreads
Performance Management
More Like Wi-Fi More like CellularPower,
Spectrum Exclusivity
Combo:LAA, LWA, MP-TCP
Virtualized controller>6 GHz
Listen-before-talkMulti-Operator
As-a-service consumption
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Blurring of Wireless Architectures
RANController
Wireless Access NetworkOrchestrator
Wireless Access NetworkAnalytics
Service Provider Portal
Infrastructure Layer
Virtualized Service LayerService Orchestration Layer
NFV Infrastructure
Co-ordinated Radio Service
Physical RadioNodes
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Meeting Verticals’ Expectations
RANController
Wireless Access NetworkOrchestrator
Wireless Access NetworkAnalytics
Venue Portal Service Provider Portal
Infrastructure Layer
Virtualized Service LayerService Orchestration Layer
CommonNFV
Infrastructure
SlicedRadio Service
Shared Physical Radio Nodes
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Addressing Consumption Realities
2019: 96% of Data Consumed Indoors…
Home
50%
Work
35%
Hotspot
11%
On the Go
4%
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Transforming the access network in advance of 5G
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Focus on…
Architecture Scaling the businessAutomation
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• Decomposed RAN with Small Cell/Controller• Multi-technology, Multi-Operator• Evolution to virtualization through centralization
Cisco Universal Small Cell: Laying the Architectural Foundations
Infrastructure Layer
Multi-Tenant Service Layer
Co-ordinated Radio Service
Multi-tenant RANController
Split Base StationFunctionality
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Cisco SON: Automating the Multi-Vendor, Multi-Technology HetNet
• Facilitates mass densification via SON auto configuration
• Auto-tunes each cell for optimal HetNet performance
• Reduces interference and improves cross-layer mobility
• Overcomes limits of X2 multi-vendor interoperability
• Sees entire network and synchronizes all layers
LTE OSS UMTS
OSS
Small cells OSS
NodeBseNBs dSONdSON
Quantum SONSON
RNC
MME
Orchestrate dSO
N
Orc
hest
rate
dSO
N
Small cells GW
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Enterprise
WiFi
VASMobile
Cisco Channel Enablement:Scaling Vertical Solutions with a New Marketplace
Mobile infrastructure packaged into vertical tailored solutions
Solution Innovation Value chain Disruption
+Sold to and deployed by enterprises as IT projects
Cisco / SP
SPCisco
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Setting the stage for 5G!