Networking, application areas, piloting and testbeds
Wednesday, 20 June 2018, 13:30-14:00, Foyer 2
How 5G Will Impact on Vertical Industries 5G Network Slicing Enabling Smart Energy-as-a-Service
Giampaolo Fiorentino (Italy & Engineering, Italy); Antonello Corsi (Engineering, Italy)
The 5G play an enabler role by making some vertical industries smarter, faster and efficient harnessing Ultra-high bandwidth, Ultra-low latency, and an Ultra large number of connections which will change the operating and working modes of core services in vertical industries. In this respect, the 5G is to able to guarantee optimal communications of the energy grid deploying, operating and managing existing and new 5G communications techniques and energy infrastructures (in the context of the Smart Energy-as-a-Service) easier, safer, more secure and resilient from an operational and financial point of view.
Towards 5G as a Service for over the Top Players
Sofiane Imadali (Orange Labs & Orange, France); Ayoub Bousselmi, Xavier Campderros, Juan Gascon, Gregory Akpoli-Johnson and Marion Duprez (Orange Labs, France)
Following the convergence of the mobile communications and cloud computing industries, current 4G services evolve towards 5G cloud native ones. Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) leverage cloud-computing paradigms for this shift. This approach should help MNOs reduce Operational Expenditures and propose a larger 5G usecases portfolio. To execute this vision, Virtualized Network Functions need to become cloud-native themselves. This paper introduces a cloud native platform allowing MNOs to expose their assets: networking resources, mobile services, and cloud computing to Over-The-Top (OTT) players such as entertainment and media companies, in an as a service fashion.
From Community Networks to Community Data: The AppLea Farming Mobile App
Aristeidis Pilichos, Merkourios Karaliopoulos and Iordanis Koutsopoulos (Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece)
We present AppLea, an open source farming Android application that aspires to become the online assistant of farmers and stock-farmers with their daily activities. The app has been developed in close cooperation with the farming community of fourteen villages in Thessaly, Greece, which have access to the Internet thanks to the Sarantaporo.gr community network. Its goal is two-fold: (a) to serve as the online logbook of daily activities in the farm, easing their planning, recording and reporting to agronomists and cooperatives; (b) foster the sharing of data about good (and bad) farming practices, thus fostering the provision of advanced smart farming services to them. We describe the main capabilities of the app, which aims to multiply the value of the local community network for the local economy and actively contribute to the sustainability of both.
The 5GinFIRE Platform – A Testbed for End-To-End 5G Experimentation
Anastasius Gavras (Eurescom GmbH, Germany); Halid Hrasnica (Eurescom, Germany); Spyros Denazis and Christos Tranoris (University of Patras, Greece)
5G is the next generation networking infrastructure with a strong focus on requirements of various vertical domains. 5G brings improvements on networking performance but also introduces new services for deploying software involving networking aspects in an end-to-end manner from the edge to the cloud. 5GinFIRE is an EU H2020 project that builds and operates an Open 5G NFV based reference ecosystem of experimental facilities. It enables 5G NFV-based architectures for vertical industries’ applications and facilitates experimentation.
SliceNet: E2E Cognitive Network Slicing and Slice Management in 5G Networks
Anastasius Gavras and Maria Barros Weiss (Eurescom GmbH, Germany); Qi Wang (University of the West of Scotland, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Jose Maria Alcaraz Calero (University of the West of Scotland & School of Engineering and Computing, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
Network slicing is a concept recently introduced in 5G networks. The EU 5G PPP SliceNet project focuses on network slicing and addresses the associated challenges in managing, controlling and orchestrating services for customers in the vertical industry sectors. It maximizes the potential of 5G networks by leveraging advanced software networking and cognitive network management. This poster presents the goals, initial achievements and expected innovations of the project.
Enabling Experimental Research Through Converged Orchestration of Optical Wireless and Cloud Domains
Cristina Dominicini (Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Espírito Santo, Brazil); Magnos Martinello (Federal University of Espirito Santo, Brazil); Cristiano Bonato Both (Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre, Brazil); Juliano Araujo Wickboldt (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil); Reza Nejabati (University of Bristol, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Daniel Fernandes Macedo (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil); Johann M. Marquez-Barja (University of Antwerpen – imec & IDLab Research Group – imec, Belgium); Luiz DaSilva (Trinity College & Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
In this paper we present an overview of the FUTEBOL Control Framework (CF), which aims to enable experimentation at the boundary of wireless and optical networks by facilitating the composition and control of experiments through a comprehensive software-based toolkit. FUTEBOL CF integrates the optical, wireless, and cloud domains, allowing the advancement of telecommunications through experimental research on optical-wireless networks that comprise heterogeneous resources from federated testbeds under a unified CF.
SAAM: Supporting Active Ageing – Use Cases and User-Side Architecture
Andrej Hrovat (Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia); Martin Žnidaršič (Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia); Bernard Zenko (Josef Stefan Institute, Slovenia); Matevž Vučnik (Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia); Mihael Mohorcic (Jozef Stefan Institute & Jozef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Slovenia)
The SAAM (Supporting Active Ageing through Multimodal coaching) project is developing a Virtual Assistant-Coach that supports the ageing population living at home, preserving physical, cognitive, mental, and social well-being of older citizens for as long as possible. We focus on innovative, technology-enabled approaches, with a novel and practical emphasis on ambient sensing and learning of user needs and preferences, and effective coaching by leveraging the user’s social support networks.
CityLab: A Flexible Large-scale Multi-technology Wireless Smartcity Testbed
Jakob Struye, Bart Braem and Steven Latré (University of Antwerp – imec, Belgium); Johann M. Marquez-Barja (University of Antwerpen – imec & IDLab Research Group – imec, Belgium)
In this paper we present an overview of the CityLab smart-city testbed, highlighting the offered diverse technical features to experimenters, in particular the multiple wireless technologies and easy access. Also, we present the experimentation challenges that CityLab testbed has addressed.
Enabling Smart Retail Through 5G Services and Technologies
Nikos Stasinopoulos (Incelligent, Greece); Claudio Meani and Pietro Paglierani (ITALTEL, Italy); Panagiotis Demestichas (University of Piraeus, Greece); Kostas Tsagkaris and Athina Ropodi (Incelligent, Greece)
The focus of 5G on vertical applications has brought about a great attention on Crowded Events (CE). This paper presents a novel framework specifically designed for CEs, which combines the contributions of two 5G Application Providers, namely Italtel (a Large Enterprise) and Incelligent (an SME, pursuing its entrance at the scale-up phase). In a challenging scenario like a CE, the proposed system can offer to end users a bundle of high-value services, such as high-quality video sharing and personalized recommendations obtained from historical data and machine learning techniques. In particular, this paper describes a smart retail scenario and focuses on the generation of personalized recommendations for end users in a crowded mall or a touristic location. The creation, deployment and maintenance of the presented 5G-ready Application is supported by the EU Horizon2020 MATILDA project proposition, which provides the tools to foster and speed up the extension/evolution of the “cloud” paradigm to the 5G ecosystem.
A 5G NFV Test Bed for the Evaluation of AI Based Network Management and Security (Concepts)
Mathias Strufe (DFKI GmbH, Germany); Wei Jiang (German Research Center for Artifitial Intelligence (DFKI GmbH), Germany); Hans Schotten (DFKI, Germany)
In this paper, a wireless test bed for demonstrating intelligent management in virtualized network infrastructure is presented. To instantiate virtual networks on demand including Network Function Virtualization (NFV) OpenStack is applied. In addition, OpenAirInterface (OAI) is integrated into the test bed to support realistic wireless scenarios. Two virtual network environments, that demonstrate self-optimization to improve end-to-end Quality-of-Experience (QoE) and self-protection against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, are described.
Last Level Cache Partitioning to Protect Multi-Tenant VNFs from Noisy Neighbors
Paul Veitch (BT, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Tomasz Kantecki (Intel, Ireland)
Real-world Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) solutions must provide predictable performance on shared infrastructure, including how to deal with “Noisy Neighbor” effects. A significant shared resource bottleneck is the central processor’s Last Level Cache (LLC). This short paper describes how Cache Allocation Technology (CAT) can deterministically prioritize LLC resources between competing workloads.
Metro-Haul: Supporting Autonomic NFV Services over Disaggregated Optical Networks
Ramon Casellas (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC/CERCA), Spain); Sergio Llana (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain); Lluis Gifre Renom (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM), Spain); Ricard Vilalta (CTTC/CERCA, Spain); José Luis Izquierdo Zaragoza (Frequentis AG, Austria); Raul Muñoz (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC/CERCA), Spain); Marc Ruiz (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain); Ricardo Martinez (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC/CERCA), Spain); Luis Velasco (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain)
The Metro-Haul Control, Orchestration and Management (COM) architecture is presented from a high-level point of view; A key, novel component of the COM architecture is the Monitoring and Data Analytics (MDA) system, able to collect monitoring data from the network, datacenters and applications which outputs can be used to proactively reconfigure resources thus adapting to future conditions, like load or degradations. To illustrate the architecture, a use case of a Content Delivery Network (CDN) network service taking advantage of the MDA is experimentally demonstrated.
On the Design of 5G End-to-End Facility for Performance Evaluation and Use Case Trialling
Kashif Mahmood (Telenor, Norway); Pål R. Grønsund (Telenor & University of Oslo, Norway); Anastasius Gavras (Eurescom GmbH, Germany); D Kennedy (EURESCOM, Germany); Dan Warren (Samsung, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Christos Tranoris (University of Patras, Greece); Andrea F. Cattoni (Keysight Technologies, Denmark); Eleonora Cau (Fraunhofer FOKUS Institute, Germany); Paul Muschamp (British Telecom, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
A focus area of phase 3 of 5G PPP is the design and deployment of a 5G end-to-end facility that can demonstrate that the key 5G network KPIs can be met, and which can be accessed and used by vertical industries. This poster paper presents key guidelines to implement such a 5G end-to-end facility.
A 5G Framework for the Next Generation In-Flight Entertainment and Communications (NG-IFEC)
Elisa Jimeno (ATOS, Spain); Javier Fernandez Hidalgo (I2CAT, Spain); Miguel Catalan-Cid (i2CAT Foundation, Spain); Pouria Sayyad Khodashenas (i2CAT Foundation (i2CAT), Spain); Jose Escobar Soriano (Atos, Spain); August Betzler (i2CAT Foundation, Spain); Elisenda Temprado Garriga and Leonardo Goratti (Zodiac Aerospace, Germany)
With the emergence of 5G technology, a radical change is expected in the role played by the mobile network technology in different markets. An outstanding example is provided by in-flight entertainment systems offered by airlines. Leveraging on the 5G new capabilities, the Next Generation In- Flight Entertainment and Communication (NG-IFEC) aims to reduce the overall cost and maintenance complexity while increasing the QoS and automate operations. In this paper we propose a solution based on the ongoing activities of the 5G ESSENCE project. In particular, we pay special attention to the required in-cabin deployments and propose a particular implementation based on available open source technologies. Our main objective is to contribute to the scientific community by opening new research perspectives, and introducing the 5G ESSENCE approach in the realization of the NG-IFEC systems.
SliceNet: Enabling 5G Use Cases for Vertical Businesses
Ana Aleixo (Efacec Energia, Portugal); Jose Maria Alcaraz Calero (University of the West of Scotland & School of Engineering and Computing, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Maria Barros Weiss (Eurescom GmbH, Germany); Giacomo Bernini (Nextworks, Italy); Giuseppe Celozzi (Ericcson Telecomunicazioni, Italy); Rogério Paulo (Efacec, Portugal); Anastasius Gavras (Eurescom GmbH, Germany); Marius Iordache and Elena Oproiu (Orange, Romania); Mark Roddy (CIT Infinite, Ireland); Alberto Rodrigues and Eduardo Rodrigues (Efacec Energia, Portugal); Salvatore Spadaro (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain); Paul Walsh (CIT Infinite, Ireland); Qi Wang (University of the West of Scotland, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
The use cases motivating 5G are so diverse and challenging that 5G networks must be customizable for a very broad range of individual scenarios. The Project SliceNet, part of the European 5G infrastructure PPP, is set to implement end-to-end multi-domain network slicing that provides a management plane for slices, as well as facilitating vertical business added value, coupled with optimized Quality of Experience (QoE) for the end users. This paper analyses the requirements derived from a set of use cases from different vertical industries including: Smart Grid Self-Healing, e-Health Smart/Connected Ambulance and Smart City.
Plug’in: A 5G Experimentation Platform for Collaborative and Reproducible Research
Ayoub Bousselmi (Orange Labs, France); Sofiane Imadali (Orange Labs & Orange, France); Marion Duprez (Orange Labs, France)
We present Plug’in: a 5G experimentation platform to develop and test 5G software components and VNF chains. Plug’in allows researchers to collaborate on a shared platform and make their developments and experiments reproducible. The key enablers to achieve such a platform are cloud computing, virtualization and automation. Plug’in provides a sandbox where researchers can experiment on existing software components (also called atoms), chain them, and develop new ones. Atoms are deployed leveraging standard virtualization technologies regardless of their programming language. Finally, we evaluate the compute component of Plug’in.
The isITethical? ExchangeSupporting Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) in 5G and Beyond
Monika Büscher (University of Lancaster, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
This paper describes the isITethical? Exchange, an online knowledge exchange hub and service for responsible research and innovation in networks and communications. Currently focused on public safety communications, isITethical? provides a community platform and co-created services for reflexive, creative, proactive balancing of IT innovation in relation to fundamental rights.