5G – Peak Complexity

(and how to make it simpler)

Dan Warren, Head of Network Standards & Research, Samsung

 A quick recap…

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 5G Architecture

NFVO NSMF NSSMF MDAF NSSF NEF NRF PCF UDM UDR AF

SEPP

VNFM
CSMF EGMF NFMF AUSF AMF SMF UDSF 5G-EIR NWDAF

DN

VIM
All VNFs

CU-CP
RRU DU
CU-UP UPF

VNF
Pool

Orchestration
Management
Control Plane
User Plane
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 Operational realities

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 Sliced to abstraction?
NSMF NSSMF MDAF NSSF UDM UDR AF

SEPP
NFVO
AUSF UDSF 5G-EIR NWDAF
User
Use PlaneLBO
Plane LBOwith
withshared
(different)
coreshared
VNFs core VNFs
CU-DU
MEC split with shared core VNFs
VNFM Use Plane
CU-DU LBO
Split
Use
Use Plane
Plane LBO with shared
LBO with (different)
coreshared
VNFs core VNFs
CU-DU
MEC split with shared core VNFs
Use Plane
CU-DU LBO
Split with (different) shared core VNFs
Use
Use Plane
Plane LBO
LBO with shared core VNFs
CU-DU
MEC split with shared core VNFs DN
Use Plane
CU-DU LBO
Split
VIM

VNF
Pool

Orchestration
Management
Control Plane
User Plane
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 Where to apply AI? Everywhere!

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 Is there anything other than a full system view?
1. Objective specific vs. full NF optimisation

NF NF NF

Multi-KPI
Optimisation ?%

Optimise Optimise
15% ?%
throughput throughput

Reduce Power Reduce Power

?% -15%
Consumption Consumption

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 Is there anything other than a full system view?
2. Function specific vs end-to-end
Optimise end-to-end throughput

NF1 NF2 NF3

45% ?
51.8% ?
Optimise
throughput
15% Optimise
throughput
10%
??
Optimise
throughput
20%
??
15% ?
0% ?
-15% ?

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 Is there anything other than a full system view?
3. Function specific vs Domain

Optimise Load Balancing

NF1
NF1
NF1
NF1
NF1
Optimise
15%
throughput
Optimise
15%
throughput
Optimise
15%
throughput
Optimise
15%
throughput
Optimise
15%
throughput

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 Combining the conclusions
Optimise end-to-end KPIs

Optimise NF1 Domain KPIs Optimise NF2 Domain KPIs Optimise NF3 Domain KPIs

NF1
NF1 NF2
NF1 NF3
Multi-KPI NF2 NF3
NF1
Optimisation
Multi-KPI NF2
Multi-KPI
OptimisationNF1
Multi-KPI Optimisation
Multi-KPI
Optimisation Multi-KPI Optimisation
NF1
Optimisation
Multi-KPI Optimisation
Multi-KPI
1
Optimisation Multi-KPI Optimisation
Optimisation
Multi-KPI Optimisation
1 Optimisation Optimisation
Optimisation
Optimisation 1
Optimisation 1 Multi-KPI Optimisation 1
Optimisation Optimisation
2 Optimisation 1
Optimisation
Optimisation 1 NF3.1
Optimisation Optimisation
NF2.1
2
Optimisation Optimisation
1 2
… 2
Optimisation
Optimisation
Optimisation
2
2
Optimisation
NF1.1
… 2
Optimisation …
Optimisation NF3.2
… NF2.2 …
2
Optimisation … …
… NF1.2 …
…
…

This is without Slicing, without Service orchestration and only considering one Network Function per domain.
Why is it so hard (particularly when it seems so easy in a Cloud)?
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 Thoughts and observations

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 Micro-Services and Kubernetes

5G Network Function A
Request
Create
Response
Update Network Service 1
Release

Consumer Operation
Network Service 2

5G Network Function B

Network Service N
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 Moving beyond NFs
Container
5G Beyond 5G Catalog
4G Container1
Service Orchestration
MS-A MS-B
MANO VNF Catalog MS-C MS-D
vRAN vCore Service
VNF3 Container2
NFVO MS-A MS-B
Orchestration
MS-W MS-A
MS-C MS-D
MS-Y MS-C
VNF1 VNF2 VNF7 VNF8
Container
VNFM VNF4 Container3
VNF3 VNFn VNF9 VNFx MS-W MS-X
Mgmt
MS-W MS-G
VNF1 MS-Y MS-Z
Container1 ContainerX
MS-N MS-C
VIM Container2 ContainerY
VNFn VNF9 VNFx VIM
… Container3 ContainerZ …

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Thank You
dan.warren@samsung.com
@tmgb