This project has received funding from the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 815279. Custom-Made Enhanced Packet Cores Custom-Made Enhanced Packet Cores as Network Services for 4G/5G Testbeds as Network Services for 4G/5G Testbeds managed with Open Source MANO managed with Open Source MANO Thomas Dreibholz, Thomas Dreibholz, [email protected][email protected]Mosaic5G Workshop Mosaic5G Workshop December 3, 2020 December 3, 2020
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This project has received funding from the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 815279.
Custom-Made Enhanced Packet CoresCustom-Made Enhanced Packet Coresas Network Services for 4G/5G Testbeds as Network Services for 4G/5G Testbeds
managed with Open Source MANOmanaged with Open Source MANO
Thomas Dreibholz, Thomas Dreibholz, [email protected]@simula.noMosaic5G WorkshopMosaic5G Workshop
3 December 2020 Custom-Made Enhanced Packet Cores as Network Services for 4G/5G Testbeds 4
Our Goal: An OpenAirInterface VNF● Main purpose: testbed setups for research and development
● OAI EPC as VNF
– Easy to use, EPC should (hopefully) work “out of the box”
– Build of OAI software inside VMs, according to specified Gitrepositories and commits⇨ get exactly the desired installation (e.g. using Mosaic5G branches)
● NSs using the VNF and possibly other VNFs
– Example 1: add Mobile Edge Computing services to EPC
– Example 2: use FlexRAN for network slicing
– ...
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Basic Testbed Setup
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What is needed for the VNF?
● Base VDU image
● The VNF itself
● Juju Charms to configure the components
● Management of the build process
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Base VDU Image● VDU image goals:
– Full-featured base VDU image, including development and debug tools
– Different versions of Ubuntu LTS (Xenial, Bionic, Focal)
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The SimulaMet EPC VNF
HSS: Home Subscriber ServerMME: Mobile Management EntitySPGW-C: Control Plane of the Packet Data Network GatewaySPGW-U: User Plane of the Packet Data Network Gateway
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