This document discusses the need for experimental facilities to support vertical industries with IoT and 5G technologies. It describes how vertical industries have specific needs that require specialized solutions. The 5GINFIRE project aims to establish an open, NFV-enabled experimental platform to instantiate vertical industry applications and network slices according to their requirements. This will allow different actors to experimentally contribute to 5G development for verticals. The platform will integrate virtual functions from verticals, NFV infrastructure from FIRE testbeds, and network slicing to support experiments across multiple industries like smart cities, automotive, and eHealth.
Experimental Facilities to enable experimentation of vertical industries
1. 25/07/2018
Experimental Facilities to enable
experimentation of vertical industries
Prof. Flávio de Oliveira Silva, Ph.D.
Faculty of Computing (FACOM)
Federal University of Uberlândia
Uberlândia, MG, Brazil
mehar.facom.ufu.br
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https://5ginfire.eu July, 25 – Natal, Brazil
2. The MEHAR Group
25/07/2018
IoT on Vertical Industries
• IoT is an enabler for a completely new set of services,
applications, and business models
• Vertical industries have particular needs and require
specialized solutions
• At this time the world is engaged in the development of
the next generation of International Mobile
Telecommunications (IMT-2020), a.k.a, 5G
• 5G vision is to provide wireless access network that
supports the requirements of different vertical markets:
– Not only enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMMB), but Ultra-Reliable
Low-Latency Communication (URLLC) and Massive Machine Type
Communication (mMTC)
• All these technologies combined create a fusion between
the real and the digital worlds
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3. The MEHAR Group
25/07/2018
A Generic IoT Based System
• Can one facility support the end-to-end experimentation of
such System?
• The experimentation of such system poses several challenges
• Necessary to create new experimental facilities that are
aligned with this vision
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5G NETWORK
Cloud Computing
Backend
SENSORS in the Field
infrastructure managed
by the service provider
5G Network managed by the
Telecom Operator
Cloud Computing Backend
managed by the Cloud
Operator
4. The MEHAR Group
25/07/2018
A Generic IoT Based System
• Some examples of several efforts on different areas
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5G NETWORK
Cloud Computing
BackendSENSORS in the Field
infrastructure managed
by the service provider
5G Network managed by the
Telecom Operator
Cloud Computing
Backend managed by the
Cloud Operator
FESTIVAL
FIESTA-IoT
RAN and
C-RAN
5GINFIRE
FUTEBOL
PAWR
ORCA
FIWARE
Chameleon
CloudlabORBIT
COREBackhaul
5GCITY
FIBRE
F-INTERROP
5. The MEHAR Group
25/07/2018
Evolving FIRE into a 5G-Oriented Experimental
Playground for Vertical Industries (5GINFIRE)
• Main Goals
– Aims to establish a 5G NFV-enabled experimental facility in order
to instantiate and support vertical industries
– Create a experimental facility where different actors of the 5G
ecosystem (startups, industry, SDOs, operators, academia,
research institutes) can experimentally contribute to 5G
development and deployment
• Approach
– The facility contains an open source MANO infrastructure based
on industry standards in order to instantiate an NFV based 5G
architecture enabling the creation of several network slices
according to the requirements of a given vertical.
– Integrate with FIRE based Testbeds to reuse resources
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7. The MEHAR Group
25/07/2018
5GINFIRE
Concept
• Experimental
Vertical
Instances
(EVIs)
• Virtual
Functions of
Verticals (VxF)
• Network
Function
Virtualization
Infrastructure
(NFVI)
• FIRE Testbeds
– FIESTA IoT,
NITOS and
FUTEBOL
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8. The MEHAR Group
25/07/2018
5GINFIRE Platform
• NFV based Platform with support to different verticals
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Smart
City
Safety
EVI
Automotive
EVI
Wireless
Network
Slicing
Smart
City
Safety
EVI
eHealth
Multiple
Wireless
Technologies
VIM
OSM stack
5TONIC
site
VIM
ITAv
site
VIM
UNIBRIS/BIO
site
Other sites
(e.g., open
calls)
VIM
UFU site
Under
construction
TCD site
Under
deplyoment
NITOS site
Under
deplyoment
PSNC site
Under
deplyoment
9. The MEHAR Group
25/07/2018
Concluding Remarks
• Vertical industries have specific requirements and use
particular solutions
• IoT, 5G, Cloud Computing are enabling technologies for a
new set of services, applications, and business models
• 5GINFIRE aims to establish a 5G NFV-enabled
experimental facility in order to instantiate and support
vertical industries
– Open to startups, industry, SDOs, operators, academia and
research institutes
• An entirely new way to develop, test and experiment this
new set of services and applications will impact their life
cycle
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10. 25/07/2018
Thanks for the opportunity
Flávio de Oliveira Silva
flavio@ufu.br
Faculty of Computing (FACOM)
Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU)
https://5ginfire.eu