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JANUARY 2019
THE ETSI MAG
THE INTERVIEW
Ed Tiedemann, SVP Engineering, Qualcomm - p.4-5
TECH HIGHLIGHTS
OSM enabling 5G automation - p.10-11
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Building network transformation with ETSI NFV - p.14-15
BUILDING NETWORK
TRANSFORMATION
Editorial
The Interview
Ed Tiedemann,
SVP Engineering, Qualcomm
P4/5
“Welcome all to this
Meet the New
new year and this new
edition of Enjoy!”
Standards people
P6/7
Tech Highlights
P10/11
It’s always a pleasure for me to introduce Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
our new activities, members and inevitably comes to mind. As we state In the Spotlight
celebrations and give you an insight later in our “In the spotlight” section, NFV
Building network transformation
about a specific technology and how evokes the Transformers series: from
you bring it from our meeting rooms to plain vehicles into advanced, intelligent, P13/16
your company’s product roadmap. Our powerful machines.
magazine this time focuses on “Network
Transformation” and how ETSI, 3GPP To anticipate future telecommunication
and oneM2M are helping build the next breakthroughs and the fast-paced
generation of ICT networks. environment, ETSI needs to innovate. We Working together
were first with our Industry Specifications with Next Generation
But before we jump into this new year, Groups, key in setting some of the Mobile Networks
let me highlight some of the latest 2018 fundamentals for 5G standards. You will
news. A new Chairman was elected at learn more about some of them in this P17
ETSI’s General Assembly in November; edition. Also related to NFV, another piece
find more about her in “Inside”. A month of innovative drive came when we started
What’s on?
later, 3GPP celebrated its 20th anniversary an Open Source project in support of
in the beautiful town of Sorrento, the development of NFV standards, and
Italy, which gave us the opportunity to Open Source MANO was born. You can Upcoming events
interview their current Chairmen. At the read more in “Tech Highlights”. P26/27
IoT week we showcased a world first:
a tractor connected to a car thanks to None of this would have come true
oneM2M standards, a testament to without our very dedicated staff and all
the active participation of new industry the energy, creativity and passion of our
sectors in our committees. 2018, the Members.
30th year of ETSI’s creation, was again a
fruitful year and as the new year begins, Because after all, as Henry Ford rightly Enjoy! The ETSI Mag
a wind of change is blowing to transform said, “Enthusiasm is at the bottom of all Edited and published by ETSI
future networks... progress”. So may your life be happily Quarterly edition
enthusiastic for this new year! Copyright ETSI 2019
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over 36,000 workers erected the Palace Editor-in-Chief: Claire Boyer
of Versailles near Paris, “Transformation” Enjoy reading! Design: Le Principe de Stappler
referred to carrying enough water to run
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Transformation from a somewhat different Luis Jorge Romero,
angle. When talking about our Networks ETSI’s Director General
and thinking about Transformation,
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News roundup
TCCA and ETSI RENEW PARTNERSHIP FUTURENET
The first partnership between ETSI and WORLD Event
the TETRA Association, now TCCA,
was signed in 1997 and was renewed FutureNet World, 26-27 March 2019,
in November 2018. The development London, is an exciting new annual event
of the TETRA standard has been an that will address the operators’ toughest
network and operational challenges as
ETSI success story, with TETRA now
part of their digital transformation. The
mature and continuing to receive global
theme for 2019 is ‘Network Automation
acceptance. The cooperation between
and AI’ and the event offers a unique
the two bodies continues and ensures
insight into how operators can evolve
coordination in evolutions of the TETRA their networks and apply intelligence
standard as well as in work on critical and the use of AI, enabling them to
communications in general. ETSI and take advantage of the next wave of
TCCA have the common objective of opportunities and ensure they are ready
developing, maintaining and promoting for the 5G, data-driven world. ETSI is
standardized solutions for critical mobile endorsing the event. ETSI speakers
communications, including but not include Mostafa Essa, ENI official; Bruno
limited to TETRA, LTE and future 5G Chatras, NFV Vice Chairman; and Andy
standards. Reid, OSM Vice Chairman.
FIRST PLUGTEST on Remembering
Millimetre Wave Transmission MIKE WALKER
ETSI is organizing the first millimetre event will focus on proving the ability Professor Michael Walker OBE passed
Wave Transmission (mWT) interoperability of Software Defined Network (SDN) to away on the 27th of September 2018.
Plugtests™ event, 21-24 January 2019 operate from an end-to-end service point He went from being a mathematics
at ETSI in Sophia Antipolis, France. This of view. Professor at the University of Tübingen to
being a world renowned expert on Cyber
and Mobile Security and Cryptography
within the telecommunications industry
1st mWT Plugtests event and academia. He will be remembered
21-24 January 2019 for his pioneering work on mobile
security. In the mid-1980s he was one
ETSI, Sophia Antipolis, FR of the key individuals in the early days of
digital communications with GSM (2G).
He also defined technical security and
cryptography within standards bodies.
He was Chairman of ETSI Board and the
first Chair of the 3GPP security group.
We offer our sincere condolences to his
family and friends.
It will also for the first time, concentrate interoperability issues, and offers true
on the advantages of using a standard multi-vendor/multi-technology operation.
Northbound Interface (NBI) which makes The event is open to telecom operators
it possible to leverage the vast library of and to all microwave and millimetre wave
existing data models, eliminates most equipment vendors.
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The interview
In our exclusive interview,
Ed Tiedemann shares with us his
vision of network transformation
from the perspective of 5G New
Radio and the new potentialities
of millimetre wave bandwidth.
To you, what’s exciting about the
upcoming network transformation
to 5G?
I’m excited about the tremendous new
capabilities that 5G NR (new radio) brings
that can address many different types of
services. With NR, 3GPP has developed
many of these capabilities, such as
ultra-reliable low latency communication
(URLLC), from the ground up. It is
exciting to work with new industries and
their user communities which are eager
to evaluate our new 5G platform. Another
exciting aspect of 5G is the use of the
Millimetre Wave (mmW) bands that will
bring a tremendous amount of spectrum
to operators. This is all driving the
advancement of mmW technology such
as transmitters, receivers, and antennas
that can fit into handsets already densely
packed with many components. Coupled
with the highly directional antenna
techniques enabled by massive MIMO,
the amount of potential capacity is huge.
Interview
Ed Tiedemann
Dr. Edward G. Tiedemann, Jr. is a Senior group on M2M convergence, which
Vice President of Engineering of Qualcomm resulted in oneM2M, of which ETSI is a
Technologies, Inc. He leads Qualcomm’s founding partner. Before joining Qualcomm
worldwide standardization and industry in 1988, Dr. Tiedemann was at MIT’s
organization activities. Dr. Tiedemann was Lincoln Laboratory, where he worked on
instrumental in the design and development millimetre wave satellite communications
of the TIA/EIA/IS-95 CDMA system, and led systems. In his spare time, he is involved
Qualcomm’s, and much of the industry’s, with several universities, is active in historic
efforts in the design and development of preservation, and is on the board of
the third-generation cdma2000® system. Board of Overseers of the Peabody Essex
Dr. Tiedemann led the offline industry Museum.
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As for mmW propagation issues, our Partners had the foresight and put forth
experiences in an outdoor environment the effort to bring together 3GPP.
are more positive than initially expected, We foresee This commitment has continued until
and we expect to obtain good outdoor
coverage using existing cell sites. Outdoor
commercial 5G today and will continue, I expect, for a
long time. The processes and policies
to indoor coverage is a challenge, but the NR deployments which have been put into place have
removal of most of the outdoor traffic on a global scale fostered tremendous innovation, and
from the lower frequency bands can
result in much better performance and in 2019. through the cooperation of the many
diverse companies involved and the
user experience for all. leadership of 3GPP, have managed to
We have heard that 5G will become develop critical specifications on time.
commercial in 2019; is it going to is just one example. 5G will enable more
The impact upon society through the
happen? immersive mobile extended reality (XR)
development of 3G, 4G, and now 5G
experiences. We envision split XR, which
Making a new generation of mobile has been tremendous. It is amazing how
reduces the processing burden on the
technology, be it 3G, 4G, or 5G, a many people relate to the technology by
handset by transferring some of this
commercial reality is no small feat. It having seen billboards saying “4G-LTE”
processing to the edge cloud. The low
requires the entire mobile ecosystem to or having heard of 5G.
latency requirements of XR fit nicely with
the low latency provided by the NR air
interface and edge cloud processing. As
a result, we can move XR from today’s
Our experiences tethered environment to true mobile One trend
of mmW usage while providing photorealistic
graphics and visuals. The second phase
we see today is
in an outdoor of 5G, based on 3GPP Release 16, will the convergence
environment are expand 5G to new industries such as of mobile with AI,
autonomous driving with 5G NR C-V2X
more positive and dynamically configurable factories transforming the
than initially with 5G NR wireless industrial ethernet. wireless edge.
expected. Can you share with us your product
roadmap for 5G?
At Qualcomm, we are working on This is something that ETSI and the entire
products that deliver modem-to-antenna 3GPP community should be proud of.
work closely together. For 5G, we are in capabilities across all 5G spectrum What ETSI calls “World Class Standards”
very good shape. 3GPP did a tremendous bands. This includes the world’s first are the “World’s Standards” for wireless
job pulling together NR from the first announced 5G modem family, the communications.
workshop in September 2015 to the Snapdragon X50, as well as antenna
acceleration resulting in the completion What about the future evolution of
modules that can support global 5G
of Non-Standalone (NSA) capabilities communication networks?
in December 2017 and completion Working in this fast-paced ICT industry is
of Release 15 including Standalone tremendously exciting. We will continue
(SA) in June 2018. Companies are our quest to wirelessly connect virtually
now closely cooperating with myriads 5G will enable everything around us. Clever people will
of interoperability testing and field more immersive exploit the new capabilities that we have
trials that are leading to NR compliant
deployments. By the time this article is
mobile extended brought to 5G.
published, several operators will have reality (XR) One trend we do see today is the
convergence of mobile with AI,
announced commercial NR service. We experiences. transforming the wireless edge that is
foresee commercial 5G NR deployments
happening on a global scale in 2019 in opening doors to new opportunities
both sub 6 GHz and mmWave spectrum and use cases. I expect that mobile
bands. technology evolution will surely continue,
frequency bands in both mmW (QTM052)
resulting in many 5G releases of the 3GPP
and sub-6 GHz (QPM56xx). In addition,
If you had to pick key use cases in specifications. I am confident that we will
we are also developing a 5G small
5G, what would you select? move onto 6G in about a decade, although
cell solution (FSM100xx) that can be
it’s hard to predict what it will entail.
5G is a unifying connectivity fabric deployed to enhance 5G coverage for
that will connect virtually everything both indoor and outdoor deployments.
around us. For the first phase of 5G All in all, the future for mobile communi
How do you see ETSI’s role in the
deployments, based on 3GPP Release cation is bright, and I am excited to be
5G network transformation?
15 specifications, we see 5G enabling part of the global and exciting effort to
new and enhanced mobile broadband In 1998, the staff of ETSI and other push mobile technology evolution and its
use cases. A more capable smartphone visionaries in the 3GPP Organizational standardization forwards.
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Meet the new standards people
Welcome to our NEW
members
Aria Networks, United Kingdom
Aria Networks provides AI-based solutions for automating and
optimizing the supply chain that delivers services for digital
economy service providers and data centre operators. It is a
technology-agnostic software provider for telecommunications,
cloud, data centre, over-the-top (OTT) and social network service
providers.
BTL Inc., China
BTL offers a standard testing establishment with professional
EDCO, United States
technology to assist customers in obtaining various certifications Enterprise Data Center Operators, EDCO, is formed by a number
rapidly. BTL provides a variety of testing services and reports, of large organizations. It monitors protocol changes that affect
certification application, and technology and standards large data centres at the IETF. EDCO represents the interests
consultancy. Service products range from ITE, communication, and issues important to the network deployment, operation and
home appliances and portable electric machinery instruments to design of large, complex enterprises and other large data centre
industrial electronic products. operators at standards bodies and regulators.
Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany Itk AVtobvS SARL, Switzerland
Bundesdruckerei is a manufacturer of banknotes, stamps, Itk is active in computer consultancy activities. It provides
identity cards, passports, visas, driving licences, and vehicle services for post-quantum symmetric cryptography, secure
registration certificates. It is a one-stop shop provider for the and GDPR-compliant smart cities, smart and secure mobility
secure organization of digital transformation. It ensures that management, and 3D printing as a service.
companies, authorities and entire states can rely on the secure
protection of personal identities.
RunEL, Israel
RunEL is a technology leader in the 5G mobile wireless
CEA LETI, France revolution. The company vision is to improve life experience
The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission by connecting people and things using superior technology. Its
(CEA) operates in defence and security, low carbon energies, mission is to introduce the revolutionary Sparq-2020 chipset for
technological research for industry and fundamental research. 5G infrastructure that will become a significant player in Ultra
Leti, a technology research institute at CEA Tech, pioneers micro Reliable Low Latency Communication (URLLC).
and nanotechnologies in a wide range of markets. The institute
works in the areas of healthcare, energy, transport and ICT.
Sasken, India
Sasken is a specialist in Product Engineering and Digital
certSIGN, Romania Transformation providing concept-to-market, chip-to-cognition
certSIGN develops software for information security and R&D services to global leaders in semiconductor, automotive,
information systems protection. The organization helps protect industrials, smart devices and wearables, Enterprise Grade
electronic information, from online contracts and transactions to Devices, SatCom, and transportation industries. For over 29
information stored on workstations and servers, to individuals and years and with multiple patents, Sasken has powered over a
legal entities. CertSIGN is recognized as a European Qualified billion devices through its services and IP.
Trust Service Provider and appears on the European Trusted List.
Scania CV AB, Sweden
Cochlear, Belgium Scania is a manufacturer of trucks, buses and diesel engines
Cochlear has delivered 30 years of implant innovation to hundreds for heavy vehicles as well as marine and general industrial
of thousands of people. The organization provides devices to applications. Work is done in strategic partnerships as the
help people to hear and be heard – empowering them to connect challenges faced require cooperation with governments,
with others and live a full life. Cochlear provides innovative and universities and stakeholders in the commerce and transport
high-quality products and services to deliver a lifetime of hearing infrastructure. Current involvement includes smart and safe
outcomes. transport, energy efficiency and electrification.
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Secure Chorus, United Kingdom
Secure Chorus in a not-for-profit membership organization
serving as a platform for multi-stakeholder cooperation to develop
forward-looking strategies, common technology standards and
capabilities in the field of information security. Its membership
brings together governments and supranational organizations,
from global enterprises to technology start-ups, academic UNIVBRIS, United Kingdom
institutions, regulators, trade associations and standards bodies. University of Bristol has had a long history, a dedicated support
infrastructure, and experienced staff for participating in EU
Sensus UK, United Kingdom projects. It is a member of the “Worldwide Universities Network”
and of the Russell Group of universities. The academic quality
Sensus is a global leader in utility infrastructure systems and of the University is reflected partly in the Nobel Prizes and
resource conservation. It aligns people, products and processes Fellowships associated with its community.
to help public service providers do more with their infrastructure.
It applies technical and data-driven insights to deliver new levels
of efficiency, responsiveness and analytical capabilities while UWB Alliance, United States
reducing environmental impact. UWB Alliance is a global, not-for-profit organization to establish
Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology as an open standards
SYSOCO, France industry. It seeks to drive growth through end-to-end, vendor-
agnostic interoperability programmes to provide accurate
SYSOCO is the French leader in the integration of location, navigation, tracking, security, imaging, sensing, and
radiocommunications systems and Smart Connect solutions in communication to IoT and industry 4.0 applications across
order to optimize and secure the communications of operators multiple industries.
of smart cities and Industry 4.0. Relations are maintained with
major radiocommunication equipment manufacturers and the
company maintains lasting partnerships in the field of industry. VMware Inc., United States
VMware software powers the world’s complex digital
TekVizion PVS Inc., United States infrastructure. VMware seeks to engineer new ways to make
technologies work together seamlessly. It applies principles
TekVizion PVS, Inc. provides testing services. It focuses on Voice of virtualization and software innovation to securely connect,
over Internet Protocol and unified communications services manage and automate the world’s complex digital infrastructure.
and accelerates the connected business to create competitive The company seeks to apply these principles to IoT, edge
advantage. The company provides SIP trunk turn up and computing and Artificial Intelligence among others.
cloud testing services. Its customers include Panasonic, Unify,
Microsoft, Cisco, NEC, and Mitel.
ireless Power Consortium (WPC),
W
Truphone, United Kingdom United States
Truphone is a global mobile network with a centralized services The WPC is a group of leading manufacturers in a wide range
model, partnering with mobile networks in each country. It of industries that understand the untapped potential of wireless
engineers better connections between things, people and charging. This includes leading makers of mobile phones,
business. The company has invested in state-of-the-art SIM consumer electronics, batteries, semi-conductors, components,
software, intuitive management platforms and a powerful global wireless power technology and infrastructure – such as wireless
network to achieve this. operators, furniture and automotive parts.
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The SME interview
In this interview,
Professor Demestichas
introduces Wings ICT,
a Greek Small and Medium
Enterprise developing solutions
for wireless solution.
He is also addressing
the challenges ahead.
Interview
Professor Panagiotis
Demestichas
Professor Panagiotis Demestichas holds Additionally, his expertise has led him to
a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering work on system development for WINGS
from the National Technical University of ICT Solutions and its spin-off Incelligent.
Athens (NTUA). He teaches networks, He has published numerous articles and
services, queueing systems, network research papers and is a member of the
design and management at the University Association for Computing Machinery
of Piraeus, School of ICT, Department of (ACM) and a Senior Member at IEEE.
Digital Systems, Greece. He conducts
research on 5G, clouds, IoT, nanosystems
and wearables, SDN/NFV, and smart
energy/transportation/health/cities.
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Professor Demestichas, can you evident in the business domain, where in addition, there is also a demand for
tell us more about WINGS ICT we will witness close collaborations exports overseas, in Asia and the U.S. for
Solutions’ activity? between operators and vendors with instance. An excellent quality is also an
SMEs focused on vertical applications. important factor.
WINGS is a company that is oriented
to the delivery of solutions for verticals. The network can become an ecosystem Therefore, our team has developed a
Our foundation comprises wireless that will also host, manage and own system that can monitor and optimize
technologies such as 4G and 5G, IoT, intelligent applications, in a broader way fish quality based on sensors, embedded
AI, big data and cloud technologies. We than today. intelligence, predictive analytics, and
are quite advanced in the area of utilities proper visualizations. We are in the
with energy, water or gas, food security process of pursuing further partnerships
and safety involving smart aquaculture, in that field.
smart city applications to address air
quality management or assisted living
ETSI can help in
instructions like parking. the establishment What role does Artificial Intelli-
gence play in your development?
More recently we have started to of ecosystems
We have developed skills that are
target factories and the logistics and
transportation sector, through mobile
that will stimulate now collectively called AI (Artificial
robotics. We are also proud to have business Intelligence); we could call them
cognitive systems. All this work forms the
collaborations with large companies interactions. WINGS ATHENA platform, from which we
such as IBM, Intrasoft and Pole Star UK
(maritime), while also developing our instantiate our solutions, which are more
platforms, creating partnerships with tailored to the various vertical domains.
companies such as OTE, Ericsson and We have teams working on sensors
Nokia, and looking at the future through And how do you see ETSI’s role in
and embedded intelligence, resource
research. We have grown as a company that transformation?
orchestration, data management, insight
and now have more than 100 employees. The key role will be in standards, but and prediction generation, and intelligent
there are also further roles to play! decision-making and visualizations.
In your opinion, which key Standards will always be very important
technologies drive network and the core of the activities. Even
Professor Demestichas, what
transformation? though we are in fast-moving times, and
challenges do you foresee for the
standards take time and effort, we need
Key technologies are IoT and big data, future networks?
to acknowledge that they are essential if
for acquiring data; Artificial Intelligence, we want openness in the long run. There are many, and that’s a good thing,
to make sense out of the data; and 4G but we need to address them to make the
evolution and 5G, for delivering and However, there are also further areas. future a brighter one! A shift in mindset is
obtaining rich information streams and ETSI is doing amazing work in harmonizing necessary.
associated insights, at the needed speed research streams and bringing them
and reliability. closer to standardization, paving the way
for potential future standards.
Moreover, I think that ETSI, with its working To address
structures and reputation, can help in the the challenges of
The network establishment of ecosystems that will
future networks,
will become an also stimulate business interactions. As
an example, ETSI events should be seen a shift in mindset
ecosystem that as an opportunity for interactions, not
is necessary.
can deliver only between infrastructure players, but
also with vertical domains.
“intelligence” and
not just bits. All of us, working around or on networks,
Speaking of events, what was your
involvement at the ETSI IoT week? have to start thinking in a manner that
will lead to actions which will constitute
We made a demonstration on aquaculture the confluence of different streams:
We believe that the network will be management and optimization. This is infrastructure and verticals, business
dramatically transformed. We see the one of the areas where we are investing and technology, research and standards,
network as an ecosystem that can deliver our energy, and for which we have high and regulations and laws. We should
“intelligence”, and not just bits, in the expectations, due to the social and try to challenge our work from various
coming years. In other words, we foresee financial added value. It is important perspectives, from a societal, business
that there will also be tighter couplings to have sufficient quantity of fish in and technical point of view. I believe that
between the network and the intelligent an appropriate time frame. Current through this something good can come
applications delivered. This will also be supplies cannot meet the EU demand; out.
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Tech Highlights
Open Source MANO:
Enabling 5G Automation
OSM today offers the necessary means to handle distributed Network Services and
Network Slices over heterogeneous environments. Such networks offered as a service
can be operated from a single pane of glass in OSM.
Deploying and operating a large agility and continuous optimization that capable of modelling and automating
distributed network has traditionally been a fully automated network would require. the full lifecycle of network functions
an extremely complex task, involving (virtual, physical or hybrid), network
The goal of ETSI Open Source MANO
a plethora of pieces of equipment, services and network slices, from their
is the development of a community-
protocols and connections, where initial deployment (instantiation, Day-0,
driven production-quality orchestration
element heterogeneity and segmented and Day-1) to their daily operation
stack for telco services, capable of
views per technology (not necessarily per and monitoring (Day-2). Moreover,
modelling and automating real telco-
service) have been the norm, conditioning OSM’s information model is completely
grade services, with all the intrinsic
the management procedures to infrastructure-agnostic, so that the same
complexity of production environments.
accommodate that reality. A community Open Source project was model can be used to instantiate a given
intended here to accelerate maturity of element (e.g. virtual network functions)
With the foundation of ETSI NFV (network in a large variety of Virtual Infrastructure
function virtualization) in 2012, a unique the technology and standards and enable
a broad ecosystem of virtual network Managers (VIM) types and transport
opportunity emerged to make networks technologies, enabling an ecosystem of
more flexible and operable at scale, functions vendors. It was also meant to
test and validate in an agile fashion the Virtual Network Functions models ready
leveraging the homogeneity and extreme for their deployment anywhere.
elasticity that virtualized environments interoperability of the orchestrator with
can provide. Thus, in the same manner the other components it has to interact In addition, OSM provides a unified
that cloud-computing concepts made a with: commercial NFV infrastructures and Northbound Interface, based on NFV
Network Functions. SOL005, which enables the full operation
significant impact in IT, network function
virtualization is expected to play an A key practical advantage of OSM’s of the system and the Network Services
equivalent role with respect to networking. approach is that it vastly minimizes under its control.
In such a revolution, orchestration is integration efforts through a well-known Since its creation in 2016, OSM has
critical to realizing this view of service information model, aligned with ETSI NFV, produced six releases with growing
functionality and maturity, including the
aforementioned multi-VIM (OpenStack,
VMware, OpenVIM, Amazon Web
Services), multi-SDN (ODL, ONOS,
Floodlight) and multi-site capabilities,
together with advanced service modelling
features such as Enhanced Platform
Awareness, underlay automation, virtual
network function scaling, and monitoring.
Recently, OSM launched its latest
release, Release FIVE, which provides
key features to successfully enable
5G use cases, such as the support of
network slices, dynamic creation of inter-
datacentre connections (infrastructure-
agnostic), orchestration of physical and
hybrid network functions, VNF-level
monitoring, policy-based closed loop…
and a large list of enhancements in terms
of modelling, usability, reliability and
design time tools.
n F rancisco Javier Ramon Salguero,
Figure: OSM scope as End-to-End Service Orchestrator ETSI’s OSM chair
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for Edge Computing
Bringing developers in China, Germany and Italy together to trial edge computing
solutions, ETSI’s Group on Multi-access Edge Computing has launched its first MEC
hackathon series and is ready to organize the next one.
MEC Edge Cloud 3D
Holographic E2E Service
Solution in Beijing
The ETSI Multi-access Edge Computing ISMB, I3P, Saguna, VIAVI and Vodafone. to showcase their solutions to the
group organized their first MEC The winner, EDGEGAP, demonstrated jury. All finalists were rewarded, their
hackathon series in Europe and China to a solution for optimization of multi- applications covering a variety of edge
engage with application developers and player gaming. The Match Maker app computing use cases, from automotive
let them demonstrate their applications was installed on both a Huawei MEC Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
with ETSI MEC Application Programming server running apps in containers (ADAS) to real-time object recognition
Interfaces (APIs) in a variety of use and a Saguna server running apps in and intelligent consumer advertising.
cases. virtual machines. The winner of the The experience from the first hackathons
The events took place simultaneously on Turin hackathon, JARVIS, put forward was highly encouraging. The events
18-19 September in Beijing, Berlin and a solution that exploited MEC’s proved their value in directly engaging
Turin. The automotive sector being one performance capabilities within vehicle with the developers for a valuable
of the key areas for edge computing and collision avoidance systems. dialogue. ETSI ISG MEC has an open call
5G, the main focus of the events was in- The event in Beijing was hosted by for companies to organize hackathons
vehicle infotainment. Other applications China Mobile, China Telecom, China on MEC-related topics, so join us!
demonstrating the benefits of MEC were
Unicom and Huawei. Nine developer
also welcome.
teams representing the Chinese IT
The Berlin hackathon was organized by sector, research institutes and mobile n Dario Sabella, ETSI’s MEC ISG secretary and
ETSI and supported by Huawei, Intel, operators were accepted to the finals Sami Kekki, ETSI’s MEC ISG vice chair
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OSM Release FIVE Next
is 5G-ready Generation
With this new Release, Open Source MANO
Protocols
delivers 5G-ready end-to-end service
orchestration across virtual, transport,
launches
physical and hybrid domains. The new micro-
service architecture has eased the seamless
integration of new features needed for 5G and
Flexilink
edge orchestration. These include 3GPP™
5G Network Slices management capabilities and a Wide Area Network Infrastructure
specification
Manager (WIM) plugin model to enable dynamic multi-data centre connectivity over
different transport networks. Service Function Chaining (SFC) has also been extended, The ETSI group on Next
making OSM the orchestrator of choice for SFC automation in other projects, such as Generation Protocols has just
OPNFV. OSM Release FIVE also provides policy-based closed loop scaling, triggered by released a new specification,
metrics from the infrastructure and the network functions. While continuing the alignment
GS NGP 013, defining Flexilink,
and feedback to ETSI NFV, this release provides significant improvements in terms of
usability, reliability and design-time tools, enabling the modelling and operation of complex which specifies user plane
network services. packet formats and routing
mechanisms that allow core and
access networks to support the
new services proposed for 5G,
including the lowest possible
Security standard for delays for ultra-reliable low
latency communication (URLLC).
This specification offers an
enterprises and data centres efficient header compression
mechanism as the headers carry
an index into the routing table and
all other information is thus sent
only once for each flow instead of
in every packet. The control plane
messages can carry much more
information than will fit into packet
headers, including authentication
and other security features, and
will support multiple address
formats such as IPv4 and IPv6.
Adding a new form of addressing
only needs a software update
to the control elements, and no
change to the hardware. Any part
of an IP network can be replaced
by Flexilink without affecting the
rest of the network.
ETSI’s committee on Cybersecurity has eTLS allows network operators to meet specifications to be developed.
released a new standard that enables vital their service agreements and legal
functions for data centres and enterprises, mandates while protecting users from eTLS was driven by a huge industry need,
called Enterprise TLS (Transport Layer being forced to revert to older, less secure outlined in the ETSI report TR 103 421,
Security) or “eTLS”. eTLS is a protocol protocols. Operators and users also gain
which recommended providing a series
that supports secure TLS communications visibility over who has access to their data.
of standards-based solutions to the
whilst allowing troubleshooting,
demonstration of regulatory compliance, This standard, TS 103 523-3, called evolving needs of industry, networks and
detection of attacks (such as malware Profile For Enterprise Network and middleboxes such as firewalls. eTLS is the
activity, data exfiltration, DDoS incidents), Data Centre Access Control, is one of first published part of these recommended
and more, on encrypted networks. the three Middlebox Security Protocol standards.
12 ENJOY THE ETSI MAGIn the spotlight
BUILDING
NETWORK
TRANSFORMATION
Network transformation today goes beyond what we have seen in other industries when
applying digital transformation. Networks are undergoing a change to the very nature of
the infrastructure itself. We could even talk about a complete transformation of the kind
that we adored in the Transformers films: from plain vehicles into advanced, intelligent,
powerful robots.
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is definitely the technology that initiated the boom
of network transformation and a key for 5G services. Virtualization comes naturally from
the “cloud” of the IT world applied to a heterogeneous network infrastructure based on
disparate, ad-hoc equipment.
NFV brings a lot of benefits to the industry, although when the ETSI NFV group began,
a certain number of the stakeholders were sceptical. The journey of NFV is a fascinating
story that you can read about on pages 14 and 15. And the NTT Docomo showcase
brings NFV to implementation, anticipating that 75% of their network will be based on
virtualized network function by 2020; read more on page 16.
ENJOY THE ETSI MAG 13In the spotlight
Building Network Transformation
with ETSI NFV
Network transformation has become a pervasive mantra in the industry, an industry
that still longs for the Golden Age of the mobile boom at the turn of the century and that
has been looking for a new battle cry to galvanize the ranks and bring the excitement
back to the network technology field.
meeting. The concepts, framework and
A bit of history applications brought about by the NFV
The word “transformation” is action, aimed at achieving similar goals NFV went through
somehow rooted in the various digital as those provided by cloud technologies a bloom of
transformations other industries are in the IT space, have been the core of
facing, but in the case of networks we are network transformation since then. creativity, extreme
talking about a much deeper change, as expectations
the process is focused on changing the
very nature of the network infrastructure The hype is and some
disillusionment.
itself. In this sense, we could even
talk about a change like the one in the
coming
Transformers series: from plain vehicles From that moment on the NFV wave grew,
into advanced, intelligent, powerful first on its own and afterwards as part change, as an archetypal paradigm shift,
robots. of the wider network transformation, as the foundations of how network services
a trend that promised to not only renew are created, managed and consumed. As
infrastructures and technologies but to with many, if not all, of these paradigm
Network ETSI NFV on Gartner Hype Curve
transformation
is like the one in 1st term 2nd term 3rd term
the Transformers “Setting fundamentals“ “Go Normative“ “Go Implement“
series: from Peak of inflated Expectations
plain vehicles NFV events OPNFV formed
into advanced,
intelligent, Other groups reference NFV
powerful robots. 64
Proofs of Concept
Multiple open source groups emerge
We can date the start of the
transformation back to 2012, when
Proofs of Concept
several lab heads in the companies 1st specifications Stretched industry resources f n
that have started to work on virtualizing p e onme
Sloghte
rise
ETSI OSM formed
network infrastructures got together in Trough of I
31 l i
Paris and explored how to consolidate Disillusionment
En
e
the extremely promising results they were Refresh
On th
achieving. Standardizing the application Objectives
of these virtualization technologies 24 ONAP formed
to network service provisioning and 12
management seemed the best way to 9
achieve this consolidation. Network 5
Function Virtualization, NFV, both the 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
ETSI Industry Specification Group and
Publications / Year
the term itself, was a consequence of this
14 ENJOY THE ETSI MAGshifts, NFV has followed to some extent implies the simplification of the roll-out of This constituted what ETSI NFV called
a hype curve, passing through a rather network services, reducing deployment Release 1, and not only produced the
steep growth of interest that included a and operational costs, and facilitating orchestration diagram that has become
bloom of creativity (and strange ideas), network management automation. While the main NFV banner, but also gave
a peak of extreme expectations, and NFV was originally conceived to help the community this craving for early
then some degree of disillusionment as practical assessment that has been a
some of the most inflated hopes became key characteristic of its activity since the
less clear and seemingly competing beginning.
approaches flourished. We are confident NFV is a
we are approaching the peaceful plains
of actual technology productivity. In
necessary The next step:
ingredient in the
any case, it is clear NFV was the fuse
that initiated the boom of network development of automation?
transformation. Once the fundamentals were set and
next-generation proven to be solid, it was time to undertake
NFV for today networks, and a detailed exploration of network
in particular the virtualization and its requirements in
and tomorrow emerging 5G.
terms of orchestration, management,
performance, reliability and security.
In short, NFV intends to apply the
well-established IT virtualization The result of this work was ETSI NFV
technologies to consolidate the Release 2, which gives a set of detailed
heterogeneous network infrastructure network service providers in the search
specifications addressing the aspects
based on disparate, ad-hoc equipment for cost reduction and agility, it has
mentioned above, providing a final
onto industry-standard high-volume proven to be an essential tool to enhance
consolidation of the essential concepts
servers, storage, and packet switches. how these services are requested and
established by Release 1. After this set
This involves implementing network consumed by users. And it is a necessary
of concrete specifications, an equally
functions in software which can run on ingredient in the development of next-
important challenge remained: the
such a homogeneous, industry-standard generation networks, and in particular
integration of the NFV procedures with
infrastructure. This software can then the emerging 5G.
operational practice, so NFV-enabled
be moved to, or introduced in, various infrastructures and services could
locations in the network as required. NFV
Setting be incorporated into actual industrial
processes and provide a clear migration
fundamentals path. This was the main goal of Release
3, which the group is about to complete,
ETSI NFV started by building a basic
4th term framework to provide a common ground
and which is laying the foundations for
exploring other ambitious goals around
“ “Evolve & adapt“ for all the people involved, including the
agreement on common terms, essential
Interoperability events for addressing the change that was
taking place. This effort in building
Specifications
the fundamental NFV framework took
NFV was at the
place in parallel with a strong activity to origin of the
demonstrate the feasibility of the NFV transformation
wave, and is still
on it, in a quite
Plateau of productivity The exciting ride
Test suites
groundbreaking to the future
nt Expanding use cases proposal was network.
Implementations received with
Implementable specifications some degrees of
Copyright ETSI 2018
the next frontiers of networking, such
Early Plugtests scepticism. as automation and the applicability in
new environments enabled by next-
Formalizing releases generation networks.
NFV was at the origin of the transformation
concepts and principles, especially wave and is still on it, in a quite exciting
8 2019 2020 relevant for a ground-breaking proposal ride to the future network.
that was received with a high degree of
scepticism by a majority of the industry. n Diego Lopez, ETSI’s NFV ISG chair
ENJOY THE ETSI MAG 15In the spotlight
NTT virtualizing its network
for a shorter time to market
NTT DOCOMO started introducing network functions virtualization (NFV) into its
commercial network in March 2016 to achieve a stronger and more flexible mobile
network with off-the-shelf servers. Read more about the outcome.
The deployment of NFV into the
network has so far been a success.
NTT Docomo® Nonetheless, as is usual in such a
headquarters in Tokyo network transformation, the early
with Olympic Games deployment steps also came with their
countdown own challenges as the standards and
solutions were evolving.
DOCOMO is starting to consider how to
evolve the current deployed NFV network
to make it more reliable against failures
and natural disaster impacts, while
at the same time taking into account
the expected evolution of virtualized
network functions and their operation.
For instance, further cloudification of
VNFs is expected, considering the
advent of 5G networks. This will also
have impacts on the NFV infrastructure,
which needs to evolve to achieve a more
efficient resource usage, improved agility
in service deployment, and operations
automation. It is expected that ETSI
NFV test specifications will reduce
the integration efforts of interoperable
multi-functional/multi-provider NFV
systems and the verification processes
in the operator’s lab. But to achieve this,
DOCOMO’s approach follows a gradual Evolved Packet Core and IP Multimedia further specification work to remove
migration plan re-using existing assets Subsystem. DOCOMO expects that 75% dependencies between the virtualized
such as network functions, operations of the network will be based on virtualized network functions, NFV-MANO and
support systems, and internal operation network functions by 2020. infrastructure is needed, such as
workflows, alongside the introduction of a workflows for all the procedures that are
multi-vendor infrastructure, management DOCOMO’s NFV commercial deployment needed for the lifecycle and configuration
and orchestration system to cope with is based on the ETSI NFV architectural
of the virtualized network functions and
the NFV-specific aspects. framework. ETSI NFV-defined reference
network services.
points, interfaces, and models enable
By introducing NFV into its network, interoperability among the NFV functional
DOCOMO will continue driving the NFV
DOCOMO is already achieving reduction blocks, which help operators integrate
journey together with other network
of capital expenditure and increased each component more independently.
operators and network equipment
efficiency such as better connectivity,
quality of the network, and shorter time In DOCOMO’s case, virtualized providers by cooperating and sharing
to market. But to move even further, network functions and their managers, NFV best practices
DOCOMO is accelerating the network NFV infrastructure and the remaining
migration to include more types of NFV management and orchestration n Yuya Kuno, Engineer of the network management
Virtualized Network Functions (VNF) and components come from different and orchestration group of the core network
enhance the operations support systems providers. This setup allows the operator development department in NTT DOCOMO.
and NFV management and orchestration to leverage a rich ecosystem where Yoshihiro Nakajima, Manager of the network
(MANO) systems. As of now, 12 network solutions can be integrated based on management and orchestration group of the
node types have been virtualized different requirements and indicators core network development department in NTT
and deployed in the field, including such as quality, performance, and cost. DOCOMO
16 ENJOY THE ETSI MAGWorking together
5G - Transforming the Network:
the NGMN Vision
The objectives for 4G primarily had to do with data throughput and cost per bit to
support mobile broadband (residential) end-users. 5G is going to change the situation
substantially.
5G will not only deliver dramatically
increased network capacity and faster
connection speeds, it will ultimately bring
a step change in the capability of networks
to deliver new mobile applications like
AR/VR and enriched content. It will
enable specific services demanded by
enterprises like Vertical Industries with
ultra-reliable, low latency communication
(URLLC) and massive IoT.
Furthermore, 5G introduces a new
technology paradigm. Where today
networks deliver basically the same
service to everyone everywhere, 5G
will deliver tailored capabilities and
performance for a specific use case
at a given point in time and location.
Services will get their specific “slice”
of the network; network virtualization,
alongside further convergence of fixed
and mobile networks, will enable services-
on-demand.
networks. Initial studies from NGMN What the concept of Self Organizing
have highlighted the implications and Networks promised some years ago will
As never before, mobile networks will go
trade-offs that need to be considered. be delivered in future with the support of
through a tremendous transformation,
The next step will provide an end-to-end Artificial Intelligence.
both on the radio and on the core. NR
(new radio) and MEC (edge computing) (e2e) technology view on how to meet the
various URLLC requirements and what it We are looking forward to continuing our
are key enablers for low latency and high
means for the network architecture. What close and very successful cooperation
speed while a virtualized core, based on
is implemented in the 5G standard already with ETSI to jointly deliver the huge
NFV and SDN, supports network slicing to
is the so-called RAN Functional Split potential that 5G offers to the benefit of
adapt to user demands.
between centralized and distributed units. the mobile ecosystem.
Highlighting the key elements of future In addition, 5G will see a new type of RAN
Convergence, leveraging the capabilities n Dr. Peter Meissner, CEO NGMN Alliance
mobile networks – as NGMN is addressing
them in its current work programme – of technologies in licensed and unlicensed
Service Based Architecture (SBA) is given spectrum.
top priority. It’s transforming the 5G core
network allowing network services to be Two major cross-functional objectives
implemented in a flexible manner. SBA will are coming with 5G. One is a holistic
be deployed in cloud native environments approach on e2e security including
to achieve serviceability, elasticity, high classical network security (3GPP),
availability, multi-tenancy and automation. implementation security (Software and
Hardware) and management as well as
The automotive industry and industry application/device security. The other one
automation are key drivers for points to Zero Touch Network & Service
transforming the RAN (radio access Automation to handle the complexity of
network) architecture. Their requirements future networks and to reduce the total
on URLLC cannot be delivered by today’s cost of ownership.
ENJOY THE ETSI MAG 17Happy anniversary 3GPP!
In December, 3GPP celebrated its 20th anniversary in the beautiful town of Sorrento, Italy.
For this special occasion, the 3GPP Chairmen made a personal reflection on this success
story.
“Let’s make 5G happen!” Georg Mayer is the Chairman of the Core Network and Terminals Technical Specification
Group of 3GPP (TSG CT). He coordinates 5G related work inside and outside 3GPP and
works closely with several of the new stakeholders in 5G, such as public safety, railways,
autonomous systems and IoT service providers.
How did you get started with You must have seen a lot over the
3GPP? years, what’s your best memory?
I was working with enterprise networks I have many but what comes to my mind
at the time and already involved in is my first meeting in Finland, Oulu in
standardization. I wanted to move into February where it was freezing…After the
mobile networks standardization and so I meeting, some of us seriously hesitated
applied, and 3GPP was the natural group to go to a bar just across the street
to attend. I actually started working on because of the cold. The good spirit of
the group finally gave us the courage to
voice over IP related issues (IMS).
go and enjoy a great evening together.
What impressed you the most
If you could turn back the clock,
when you joined 3GPP? what single thing would you
The sheer size of the meetings and change, if any?
how lively they were compared to my We could have had more communication
previous experience in standardization. with other standardization bodies and
There were so many issues discussed other industry organizations, other
during the same meeting! The magic of sectors. We need to better promote
it was finding consensus in a room full of ourselves because we do connect the
competitors. And at the end everybody world and need more input from those
n Georg Mayer, CT Chairman, Huawei backed the decision. who use our technologies.
18 ENJOY THE ETSI MAG“Happy Anniversary 3GPP! Since graduate school, Erik Guttman has worked mainly in networking and
telecommunications standards, leading engineering teams, researching requirements,
These have been 20 great testing activities and participating in networking research. Since 2007 Erik has participated
in 3GPP as a delegate and SA2 Chairman. He is now the Chairman of the System
years!” Architecture Technical Specification Group of 3GPP (TSG SA).
How did you get started with You must have seen a lot over the
3GPP? years, what’s your best memory?
While working at Sun Microsystems in I remember a social event at a SA2
Sun Labs in 1998, I was part of a “4G” meeting in Brunstad, Norway. Balazs
research effort. I participated in the IETF [Bertenyi], then SA2 Chairman, had the
and SA2 to investigate the use of IP spontaneous idea that a few ‘leaders’
mobility for GPRS. I learnt a lot at that throw off their clothes and charge into
time, and found out that 3GPP is a great the harbour. I joined the intrepid few
organization to work in! I am very happy who raced into the chilly water in our
to have joined Samsung and to have underwear while the working group
worked as an SA2 delegate since 2007, cheered us on. Thanks for the great team
having a chance to contribute to 4G spirit activities, Balazs!
standardization.
If you could turn back the clock,
What impressed you the most what single thing would you
when you joined 3GPP? change, if any?
I really liked the way that each 3GPP What a hard question! In general, I
meeting makes concrete progress and have no regrets! I continued work at the
involves direct collaboration off-line to IETF for a few years as chairman of the
forge agreements through revisions. ZEROCONF working group. In retrospect
The quality of the engineers involved it would have been nice if I had had the
and the timeliness of the projects also chance to move on and work as a 3GPP
made for exciting work – and still does! delegate full time after 2000, instead.
I immediately formed friendships that
n Erik Guttman, SA Chairman, Samsung continue to this day.
Balazs Bertenyi was elected as the Chairman of the Radio Access Networks Technical
“Keep calm and carry on… Specification Group of 3GPP (TSG-RAN) in 2017. He joined 3GPP standardization in 2000
for another 20 years!” working in SA2 and SA. He then moved to RAN working on 5G.
How did you get started with You must have seen a lot over the
3GPP? years, what’s your best memory?
As everybody else, I was asked to cover I remember a great ski trip we made several
only one meeting in SA2 on IMS, that was years ago in Innsbruck in conjunction
18 years ago and counting. The most with the SA2 meeting there. It was great
intriguing element of the 3GPP world fun and the fact that you connect to
is the fact that you always work on the people on a personal level builds trust
latest technologies and with some of the and personal relationships across the
best minds of industry. aisle and that makes standard’s work a
truly unique experience.
What impressed you the most
when you joined 3GPP? If you could turn back the clock,
what single thing would you
The breadth and the depth of some of the change, if any?
senior delegates was really fascinating, I
got to learn a lot very quickly. Although There are always small regrets about
things you could have done differently
you have several hundreds of people
or better to get a more optimal decision,
in the meeting room, 3GPP still makes
but at the end of the day I wouldn’t really
steady progress thanks to an efficient
change anything. You learn from your
working culture.
mistakes and accept the fact that others
n Balazs Bertenyi, RAN Chairman, Nokia will make mistakes too. We’re all human…
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