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Private Enterprise Networks
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5G is a critical enabler for enterprise digital transformation
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Enterprises want mobile connectivity services now
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This is a big opportunity
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Aether
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ReliableConsistent performance at different
network loads
SecureEnable SIM-based security, and provide platform for the enterprise to control its own trafficSupport High Capacity
Support for not only consumer devices, but also massive IoT
Edge servicesLocal connectivity to edge services which may require back-end connectivity to public clouds
Aether: Enterprise-5G/LTE-Edge-Cloud-as-a-Service
ManagedEnable managed connectivity and edge cloud services while empowering enterprise with control of their own traffic, subscribers and apps
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How do we get there?
Distributed cloud principles
Disaggregation & virtualization
Software-defined networking
New radio, new generation mobile core
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Disaggregation and virtualization
RANgNB
App
Mobile Core
10Mobile core control-user plane separation (CUPS)
Mobile Core UP
Disaggregation and virtualization
RANgNB
App
Mobile Core CP
11Mobile core functional disaggregation
Mobile Core UP
Disaggregation and virtualization
RANgNB
App
Mobile Core CP
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Mobile Core UP
Disaggregation and virtualization
RAN
App
Mobile Core CP
RUDU CU-UP
CU-CP
RAN disaggregation
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Mobile Core UP
Disaggregation and virtualization
RAN
App
Virtualization
Mobile Core CP
RUDU CU-UP
CU-CP
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Mobile Core UP
Software-defined networking
App
SDN infrastructure
Mobile Core CP
RU
CU-UP CU-CPDU
Stratum OS
Stratum OSStratum OSStratum OS
Stratum OS
Trellis
P4Runtime Contract
ONOS
ControlApp
ControlApp
CU-UP.p4*
CU-UP Control
Mobile Core-UP.p4*
Mobile Core-UP ControlRAN Control
* In the future
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Distributed cloud
RU Edge cloud Central cloud
Central cloud
Network functions orchestrated to run scalably and elastically across multiple clouds
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Aether leverages prior ONF projects
ONOSSD-RAN
TrellisKubernetes
XOS
Aether Management & Control Platform
Edge Cloud
Edge CloudInfrastructure
InfrastructureControl & Management
Access Services
Edge Apps
Managed Platforms & Services
Central Cloud
Access Service Mesh Control
Stratum
OMEC
Third Party Applications
Click on project names for more info
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Aether: Enterprise-5G/LTE-Edge-Cloud-as-a-Service
Enterprise
Employees
Employees
Production LineProduction Engineer
Sensors
Meeting Room
Enterprise Datacenter
Surveillance
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Aether: Enterprise-5G/LTE-Edge-Cloud-as-a-Service
EnterpriseEnterprise 5G Edge
Management & Control
Enterprise Control Portal
Third-PartyEnterprise App
Central Cloud
Mobile CoreControl Plane
Mobile CoreUser Plane
Employees
Employees
Production LineProduction Engineer
Sensors
Meeting Room
Enterprise Datacenter
Surveillance
Small Cell
Small Cell
Aether Edge
Third-PartyEnterprise Edge App
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Aether: Enterprise-5G/LTE-Edge-Cloud-as-a-Service
Mobile Core User Plane
Factory Automation Inference
Enterprise App Local
CDN Local
Mobile Core User Plane
Factory Automation
Machine Learning
Enterprise App Remote
Mobile Core Control Plane
Enterprise Control Portal
CDN Remote
Enterprise Database Local
Enterprise Database Remote
Enterprise Safety Inference
Enterprise Safety Machine Learning
Mobile Core User Plane
Mobile Core User Plane
Enterprise Edge Cloud Public Cloud
Mobile Core User Plane
Connectivity-as-a-Service
Public Cloud ML Apps Plug-and-Play
Enterprise Apps’ Components Hosting
Enterprise 5G Edge-as-a-Service
Network Slicing
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Aether: APIs for third-party edge applications and platforms
Enterprise Apps and Platforms
Aether API Gateway
SDN Infrastructure Cloud Infrastructure
5G/LTE Connectivity
AWS APIs Azure APIs GCP APIs Aether APIs 3rd Party APIs
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Aether architecture
Aether Management & Control
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Public Cloud
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Aether in operation
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Aether is operational today
Google Cloud
SPGW-U
RAN CU
ONOS
SPGW-U
RAN CU
ONOS
SPGW-U
RAN CU
ONOS
SPGW-U
RAN CU
ONOS
SPGW-U
RAN CU
ONOS
RAN Emulator
MME SPGW-C HSS
AetherManagement &
ControlONF Menlo Park
ONF Tucson
Intel Labs Hillsboro
More Sites
CBRS
CBRS
CBRS
CBRS
CBRS
CBRS
Operational today(iPhone 11 and Google Pixel 4
phones, CBRS dongles, IP cameras connected)
Operational today
CI/CD
Operational today
ONF Demo Edge Band 7
Operational today
(AT&T Atlanta, Infosys Dallas, Tech Mahindra Dallas, Accelleran Antwerp, GSLab Pune,…)
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Aether supports multiple networks, multiple clouds simultaneously
Aether Management & Control
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SDN
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Internet
Google Cloud
Microsoft Azure
Mob
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Cont
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Connectivity-as-a-Service
Mob
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Mob
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Enterprise App
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Aether Demo EdgeCBRSBand 7
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Aether Edge
COTSOpenFlow SwitchVPN Router
OCP Servers
Management Switch
GPU Kit
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Aether Connectivity
CBRS Small Cell(Sercom, Accelleran)
Band 7 Small Cell(Accelleran)
CBRS Handset(iPhone 11, Google Pixel 4)
Band 7 Handset(Samsung)
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Aether and eSIMs allow for dual private-MNO network connectivity
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Aether supports multiple spectrum bands
Woojoong Kim & Jeremy Ronquillo, ONF
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Aether Edge at Intel Labs Hillsboro
Christian Maciocco, Intel Labs
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Aether management and control platform
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Aether allows for global monitoring of all edges
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Aether can use satellite backhaul – as primary or as backup
Pingping Lin, Jeremy Ronquillo, ONF
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ONF-Inmarsat partnership for Aether satellite backhaul
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Aether satellite backhaul performance
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Enterprise Edge Apps on Aether
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Google Cloud
Infosys
Microsoft
ONF
Aether applications: expect this to grow fast
CDN
ML-driven GPU-based smart spaces
Azure IoT platform integration:ML-driven object identification
Google AI Platform Integration:ML-driven foot traffic counting
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ONF’s CDN application on Aether
CBRS Phone
CBRSSmall Cell
Aether Edge
RANCentral Unit
Mobile CoreUser Planes
Aether Controland Management
PlatformEnterprise
Control Portal
Mobile Core Control Plane
Google Cloud
CDN Local
CDN Remote CDN Archive
Aether ONF Menlo Park Edge Site
Aether Intel Labs Hillsboro Edge Site
Aether Demo Edge Site
Licensed BandSmall Cell
Microsoft Azure
Mobile Core Control Plane
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ONF’s CDN application on Aether
Local content
Remote content
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Microsoft’s object identification application on Aether
Camera
CBRSSmall Cell
Aether Edge
RANCentral Unit
Mobile CoreUser Planes
Aether Controland Management
PlatformEnterprise
Control Portal
Mobile Core Control Plane
Google Cloud
Image ClassifierService
Azure IoT Edge
Aether ONF Menlo Park Edge Site
Aether Intel Labs Hillsboro Edge Site
Aether Demo Edge Site
Licensed BandSmall Cell
Microsoft Azure
Mobile Core Control Plane
Azure IoT Hub
Video Collection
Azure Cognitive Services
Display
Raspberry Pi
Camera Capture Display
Azure IoT Edge
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Microsoft’s object identification application on Aether
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Microsoft’s object identification application on Aether
Sercom CBRS dongle
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Infosys’ GPU-based smart spaces application on Aether
CBRSSmall Cell
Aether Edge
RANCentral Unit
Mobile CoreUser Planes
Aether Controland Management
PlatformEnterprise
Control Portal
Mobile Core Control Plane
Google Cloud
Camera Capture
Inference Engine
Aether ONF Menlo Park Edge Site
Aether Intel Labs Hillsboro Edge Site
Aether Demo Edge Site
Licensed BandSmall Cell
Microsoft Azure
Mobile Core Control Plane
Learning Engine Dashboard & Analytics
Camera
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Infosys’ GPU-based smart spaces application on Aether
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Google Cloud’s foot traffic counting application on Aether
ONF Mobile Team
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SD-RAN and Aether
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SD-RAN
Disaggregation
CU
RRC
PDCP
RLC
MAC
PHYScheduling
DISAGGREGATION
RU
DU
PHY-LO
PHY-HI
MAC
RLC
Scheduling
Packet & Signal Processing Radio Resource Management Control
Option 7.2
Option 2F1
Open Fronthaul
CU-C
CU-U
E1
F1-U F1-C
PDCP
RRC
PDCP-U
SDAP
PDCP-C
RRC
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SD-RAN
Disaggregation
RF Front End
D/A ConversionPHYMACPDCP
RRCCore Network Control Plane
Core Network User Plane
control
RLCScheduling
CENTRAL UNIT(CU)
DISTRIBUTED UNIT(DU)
RADIO UNIT(RU)
Option 2 Split Option 7.2 Split
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SD-RAN
SDN control of the RAN
RF Front End
D/A ConversionPHYMACPDCP-U RLC
Scheduling
RAN Real Time Control
RRC
Near-Real Time RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC)
SDAP
PDCP-C
CU-C
CU-U
DU RU
Option 2 Split Option 7.2 Split
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ONOS RIC
~10 ms~100 ms10-100 ms
A1>> 1 sLatency for Control
Real-time
O1
O-RAN COMPLIANT SB - E2
RAN APPS(Radio Connection Mgmt, Mobility Mgmt, QoS Mgmt, Interference Mgmt, 3rd Party Apps,
Trained Model)
O-RAN COMPLIANT NB - A1
Non-Real-Time RIC
NB CORE API (R-NIB, Flow Objectives, Intents)
DISTRIBUTED RIC NEAR-RT CORE(R-NIB management, Notifications, High-availability & Scale-out)
E2
ONF O-DU
ONF O-CU-C ONOS
CU-U.p4
E2 E2
F1-CF1-U
Third-partyO-RU
OpenFronthaul
RAN
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SD-RAN architecture
Aether Edge
Open Fronthaul
F1-UF1-C
E2E2
Near-Real-Time RIC
O-CU-UO-eNB
A1O1
O2
O1
E2
E2
Aether Control and Management Platform
Non-Real-Time RIC
O-CU-CE1
O-RU
O-DU
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ONOS RIC
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Takeaways
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Aether hosts edge components of IoT and ML
platforms of Azure and GCP, and allows for
seamless operation of all apps that leverage these platforms and their APIs
Aether edge uses enterprise’s existing backhaul
and may also use a satellite
backhaul
Aether enables multi-cloud
connectivity to all public clouds
Aether’s mobile core control is
centralized and provides
connectivity-as-a-service
Aether managesand controls all enterprise
edges as a managed-service
Aether seamlesslyconverges private network connectivity and on-prem edge cloud to empower
enterprise digital transformation
Aether is O-RAN architecture consistent and already hosts an
ONOS-based RIC
Aether is ONF’s Enterprise-5G/LTE-
Edge-Cloud-as-a-Service
Key takeaways
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Aether ecosystem
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Thank you