5G Cloud Native Packet

Core and Network Slicing

Automation

Laurent DESAUNAY -TSA

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Session Abstract
5G Cloud Native Packet Core and Network Slicing Automation
• 5G packet core are evolving to cloud native VNF for more better agility and Scaling. This session
will focus on the new automation and operational requirements associated to the Cisco 5G Cloud
Native in the context of 5G Network Slicing and we will introduce the Cisco solution to address
this evolution.
• During the session the attendees will learn about:
• The Operational impact & challenges associate to the cloud native VNF insertion.
• The Cloud Native Packet Network Function Instantiation requirements (Container & Micro Services)
• The Cloud Native Packet Network Function scaling requirements
• The Cloud Native Packet Network Function Monitoring requirements
• The Cloud Native Packet Network Function fault & Impact Analyze requirements
• The Cisco Solution and approach to address those requirements and challenges in the context of end to end slicing automation

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Agenda

• Introduction - 5G Slicing Automation, SLA & Operation

• 5G Packet Core Slice and Cloud Native
• 5G Core Slice- Instantiation and configuration
• 5G Core Slice - Service Assurance and SLA
• Cisco 5G Core Slice- Orchestration & Service Assurance
solution
• Summary

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All the industry & customers are
speaking about 5G e2e network
slicing. Does it mean the same to
each of us?

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Introduction –
5G Slicing Automation,
SLA & Operation
5G Slicing Automation, SLA & Operation
Standards bodies and open source projects involved in 5G

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Customer 5G Perspective of Network Slicing
It’s an End-to-End Business Service!
Network Slicing is fundamentally an end-to-end partitioning Benefits
of the network resources and network functions so that  Each separable business operation can be
selected applications/services/connections may run in efficiently and reliably run on a network slice
isolation from each other and for a specific business purpose • Alternate policy and charging structure
• Unique service assurance characteristics
API Programmability and BSS • Increased service security
Slice Service Orchestration (NSO)  Infrastructure orchestration manages the
Sliced 5G Core
Enterprise
Slice complexity driven by the requirements of
NSSF AUSF
each slice
Tenants
UDR
Video
client
RG AN
AMF
S ig n
S tr en
a l
g Ath D
G1 J2 M E3
P B W
H4 TK5 N6
Q7 C8 XF9
I U L O
R* 0 Y#

Common
V
S Z

Wireline Slice
VPN Functions • Leverages the SP distributed DCs and Footprint
• Each slice can have its own MANO/OSS
UPF Intra-Slice
Management
Resource
Management environments
VPN SMF PCF AF
AF
AF Intra-Slice

RAN Slicing UPF

Management
Intra-Slice Data
 New service introductions are quicker
Management Network

UPF
Data
Network • Slicing has a significant reduction in regression
Svcs Data

VPN
Network
testing cycles
• Isolation eliminates effects of rogue applications
Common Layer for Resources
RAN Slicing
(E.g. M2M)
Physical
Resources
Spine/
Leaf
Compute Storage • Smaller failure groups imply no single “too big to
fail” node
E2E use-case
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5G Slicing Automation & SLA –
Communality from the Various Standards
Fundamental Requirements :
• Intent Based Management for Instantiation and SLA/OLA monitoring

• Closed Control Loop (CCL) for Dynamic/real time Slice adjustment

to warranty SLA
• Hybrid and Multi- domain Infrastructure Management impose
segmentation in Sub-Slice /Domain for scale and abstraction
• Common or compatible CFS & RFS Modelling for Flexibility agility
and End to End Slice intent definition .

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End to end slicing – high level Requirement
It is a E2E logical constructs different network resources & functions that serves business purpose

End to End Cross Domain Orchestration and Service Assurance

• Priority, Charging, Policy control,

Functionality Security, Mobility
Slice attributes

• Latency, Mobility, Availability,

Performance Reliability, Data Rates

• Users Groups, Public,

Users Corporate, MVNO, Dev teams,
tests…

Unified underlay and overlay networks with Segment Routing

Its about offering a Service Level Agreement (SLA)

Slicing solution must be affordable to make sense
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 5G Slicing Automation, SLA & Operation-
from Cisco perspective
Requirements
Use cases

TTM & SLA

CFS
- Service Intent Base Orchestration

Model
eMBB mMTC URLL - RFS CFS Intent based Modelling
- Close Loop Service Assurance
- Cross Domain Orchestration,
TTD SLA & operation
Lifecycle

Plan Design Implement Retire Capabilities

Optimize Remediate Monitor

MTTR
10’s-100’s 10’s (100’s?)

RFS
Model
thousands
Domains

1.000’s 100.000’s

Edge
Mobile
RAN Compute Transport DC Core
Latency , Synchronization, Throughput

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 5G Slicing Automation & Operation
Key Functions Blocks
PORTAL & BSS/ OSS
Analytics & Assurance Inventory

Business workflow Manager

Optimization

Assurances

SLA.Apps
Analytic
Analytic
Apps

Apps
Apps

Apps
Close
Loop
Cross-Domain Collector Cross-Domain Orchestrator
Controller Policy Mg
Data Lake

Domain Domain Domain Domain Domain Domain

Collector Collector Collector controller controller controller

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 5G Slicing Automation & Operation
• Service Intent Base Orchestration
• RFS CFS Intent based Modelling
• Close Loop Service Assurance
• Cross Domain Orchestration, SLA

Cisco high level Architecture & Vision

& operation

Analytics & Assurance

Inventory

Assurances
Central loop Business workflow Manager

SLA.Apps
Analytic
Analytic

Apps
Apps

Apps

CFS
Layer
Cross-Domain Cross-Domain Orchestrator
Collector Controller Policy Mg
Data Lake

Edge DC Transport 5G Packet Core Enterprise

RFS
RAN

Layer
Local loop Local loop Local loop Local loop Local loop

5G CORE
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5G Packet Core Slice
and Cloud Native
5G Core slicing
Who is defining it?
3GPP : A network slice is viewed as a logical end-to- At date, 3GPP defines slicing procedures for
end network that can be dynamically created. A given the core network and directives for the
User Equipment (UE) may access to multiple slices access network and suggestions for the
over the same Access Network (e.g. over the same transport network.
radio interface). Each slice may serve a particular
service type with agreed upon Service-level 3GPP 5G Timelines
Agreement (SLA). In this article we provide highlights
of 3GPP Network Slicing as being defined in TS
23.501 in SA2. A Network Slice is defined within a
Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) and includes the
Core Network Control Plane and User Plane Network
Functions as well as the 5G Access Network (AN).
Other SDOs publishing articules and studies on
network slicing, such as IEEE, ITU-T, NGMN,
GSMA, BBF, O-RAN

Normative work still ongoing

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3GPP Network Slicing Model
• E2E Concept:
• UE, RAN, 5GC
• Transport and Datacenter
• Multi-domain Orchestration and
Automation

• Key 5GC Operations

• Slice identifications
• Binding Application to Slice
• Selection of AMF, PCF, SMF
• Use of NSSF Slices are logically separated core-networks
• Reference Standards
• Dedicated networks
• TS 23.501 Section 5.15 (Network Slicing)
• Multiple slices per UE (max 8)
• TS 23.503 Section 6.1.2.2 (URSP, NSSP)
• AMF/NSSF per UE
• TS 38.300 Section 16.3 (Network Slicing)
• NF per slice (i.e.: SMF/UPF/PCF)

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 Key Concept & Slice Terminology defined by 3GPP
Network Slice Instance, Network Slice template, Network Slice Subnet Instance
A slice can be:
1:1:1 (Radio/Core/Transport)
Network Slice Instance (NSI) 1:n:m (Radio/Core/Transport)

Network Slice Template (NST)

CN NSSI TN NSSI AN NSSI

Network Subnet Slice

Templates (NSST)

Mobile core network Transport network Access network

Multiple NSSIs per NSI
NSSI CAN BE CASCADED
Physical Infrastructure
Ref 3GPP TS 28.530 & 3GPP TS 28.531
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 Key Concept & Slice Terminology defined by 3GPP
Slice Topology and Slice IDs Phone
UDM
Slice IoT-Delphi
sPCF
aPCF SMF DelphiD 3d Slice ID. DNN Slice ID DNN
Mehmet Mehmet
UPF
Slice 1 Slice 1
NRF
IoT

Internet Internet
IMS IMS
sPCF SMF
AMF Emergency Emergency
UPF Merc_IoT
Slice IoT-Merc 3m C300-CA4567 Slice ID. DNN
C300-CA4567
Slice 3m Slice 3m
Merc_IoT Merc_IoT
Slice 3d Slice 3d
PCF
PCF DelphiD DelphiD
SMF IMS
PCF SMF
eMBB

UPF Internet 1
UPF Subscribed Slice IDs Configured Slice IDs
NRF AMF AMF
Slice ID
Slice Smartphone

Slice Type Value Slice Type Slice Differentiator

gNB gNB gNB eMBB 1
1 byte 3 bytes
Mehmet URLLC 2
Volte
C300-CA4567 Slide ID = S-NSSAI
Merc Delphi mIoT 3 Slide ID Set = NSSAI
Youtube
EngH Diag
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Cisco Network Slicing for 5G core Network

5G Core Orchestration • Leverage VNF and CNF to

disaggregate Control Plan from
User Plan to distribute and Scale 5
Core Functions.
• Implement the NSI, NSSI for Slice
isolation.
• Use the NSSAI in conjunction with
the AMF and NSSF for the slice
selection ( 8 slices per UE )
• Slice Management Authentication

• Dedicated UPFs per slice

• An Orchestration Layer to create,

deploy, configure, modify, scale
delete Slices

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Slice - Associating Internet, Enterprise & IMS
Slice (NSI)

Internet Slice (NSSI)

Access (NSSI) SMF NRF

PCF
NSSF AMF Slice-1 (1,1), Slice-2 (2,2), Slice-3 (3,3)

UPF SMF PCF SST = 1, SD = 1

NRF SMF PCF SST = 2, SD = 2

NRF at this point has NF’s from

AMF different slices registered in its
SMF database and can route calls
PCF based on the slice type and slice
differentiator
UPF

Enterprise Slice (NSSi)

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Cloud Native Applications
- deployment Models

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Cisco 5G Ultra Cloud Platform
Components and Cloud Native model

Cisco 5G Ultra Cloud

Platform
-Run on a Vim
(Openstack/Vmware)

- Offer a Cloud infra based

o K8 name SMI with a
common Execution engine
to operate the cisco 5G
A cloud native NF is set of container define in
NFs
Microservice with lifecycle Managed by K8 - An optimized UPF based
on VM leveraging the $G
CUPs Model
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 Cisco 5G Ultra Cloud Platform
Slicing sample
Netconf Netconf Netconf
Slice n+1

/Yang API /Yang API /Yang API

AMF SMF PCF

UPF
(StarOS VM based) OPsC
OPsC OPsC

Netconf
/Yang API SMI
Netconf Netconf Netconf Netconf
/Yang API /Yang API /Yang API /Yang
CEE
Slice n

AMF SMF PCF

UPF
UPFVM based)
(StarOS
OPsC
OPsC OPsC

Kubernetes nodes MASTER

Linux VM Linux VM Linux VM Linux VM

VIM

Storage Compute switch

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5G Core Slice- Instantiation
and configuration
 Cisco 5G Slicing automation
End to End Automation a Multi-Domain challenge
Slice Domain Service
Models Models Models BSS/OSS NaaS API
Environment Gateway
Efficient E2E orchestrator need
REST
to consumes:
Cisco NSO
• Abstracted models of multiple Cross Domain
(Service
Orchestrator
Orchestration)
domains Netconf
Netconf
•
Mediated Orchestration
Flexible Slice & Sub-Slice Netconf
Nfvo-Vi
(Netconf) Nfvo-Vi Links Exposed as APIs

definition & models REST Netconf (Netconf)

• Slice/Service Intent that can be RAN Edge SR Data

Center
Cloud PCE
instantiated, updated , deleted eMBB Transport Automation
Suite

on demand LLC
mMTC

RAN Slices
VPN VPN
VPN
Efficient E2E orchestrator need to
orchestrate multiple domain and NFVI VIM NFVI VIM NFVI VIM

separating the CFS from the RFS

Far Edge/RAN Edge Cloud Transport Telco DCs Slice OSS
using a unique modeling language.
Direct Orchestration Links (available in
some potential architectures)
Slice OSS

Slice OSS
Customers

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 Cloud Native VNF Orchestration Model with a Mano
orchestration stack
Option 1 Option 2 Option 3
Orchestrator Orchestrator Orchestrator

VNFM
VNFM

Bare Metal with direct integration Bare Metal with VNFM Hybrid cloud native and VM
between the NFVO and K8 integration with K8 with NFVO integration to K8

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 Cisco 5G Core configuration & deployment
5G Cloud Native & Virtual Packet core Domain Orchestration

Service and VNF Design and Onboarding

Orchestrator NFVO
NED NED NED NED NED

VNF Instantiation & Life Cycle Management

Vnf Day 1&N Containers
config deployment &
config

VNFM
Netconf
/Yang
API
CNF CNF CNF
Slice / Services/ VNFs configuration
Kubernetes nodes MASTER Kubertnetes
VNF VM and NFV
Linux Linux Linux deployement
VM VM VM

PNF VIM
Automate Service Assurance

Storage Compute switch

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 5G Core NF and Slice Creation
– Deploy, Install, Configure and Execute

Orchestrator flow

Deploy VM’s on
Openstack
Install K8s cluster
• VNFD Model Definition Instantiate 5G Slices/NF
• VM image
• Cluster Model Definition
• VM Flavor Configure 5G Slices/NF
• Assign K8s Roles Create NSI & NSSI For Each
• VM Networks
• Master and Minions NF
• IP Design Base on the NSD /NSI build
NSSI is build and instantiate
base on the VNFD build NSST the NF DAY 1/ DAY N config
• Define repository for • For each NF create Slice
each application in the config and apply
slice
• Define key parameters
for to convert into
working configuration
• Inject day-1
configuration into each
application
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Cisco 5G Ultra Cloud Core Cloud
-Infra Instantiation & onboarding Onboarding
Instance creation
Service Assurance
FAULT
Manager Performance SLA
NSO NFVO
NED NED NED NED

Onboarding
NETCONF YANG
Instance creation

Placement
Netconf
/Yang API SMI
Netconf
/Yang
CEE
ESC
VNFM

Onboarding

Instance creation

Kubernetes nodes MASTER

Linux VM Linux VM Linux VM Linux VM

VIM

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Cisco 5G Ultra Cloud Core Cloud
-NF instantiation and Scaling
Service Assurance
FAULT
Manager
Performance SLA
NSO NFVO
NED NED NED NED
NF
* SNMP
* TELEMETRY
Onboarding
NETCONF YANG
* CSV KPI
AMF Day 1 Cfg
NETCONF YANG Instance creation
Create AMF NETCONF YANG

Scaling Event
Netconf
/Yang API SMI
Netconf
Placement
Netconf
/Yang API
/Yang
AMF CEE

OPsC
ESC
VNFM

Onboarding

Instance creation
Kubernetes nodes MASTER

Linux VM Linux VM Linux VM Linux VM

VIM

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 Cisco 5G Ultra Cloud Core Cloud
-5G Core Slice instantiation and Scaling
Service Assurance
FAULT
Manager
Performance SLA
NSO NFVO
NED NED NED NED NED
Placement
NF
* SNMP
Onboarding
* TELEMETRY CLI NETCONF YANG NETCONF YANG NETCONF YANG NETCONF YANG
UFP Day 1 Cfg
* CSV KPI AMF Day 1 Cfg SMF Day 1 Cfg PCF Day 1 Cfg Create AMF,SMF
NETCONF YANG
Instance creation
PCF

SLICE Create UPF

Netconf
/Yang API SMI
Netconf Netconf Netconf
/Yang API /Yang API /Yang API Netconf

AMF
/Yang
SMF PCF CEE
UPF
ESC
VM based
OPsC
OPsC OPsC

VNFM

Onboarding
Kubernetes nodes MASTER
Instance creation
Instantiate
UPF

Linux VM Linux VM Linux VM Linux VM

VIM

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5G Core Slice - Service
Assurance and SLA
 Cisco 5G Slicing SLA & Operation
Service Assurance SLA Management Architecture
Operation & Business
Analytics APPs
Real Time Analytics APPs
for Dynamics Close loop

Analysis/reportin

Analysis/reportin

Analysis/reportin

Analysis/reportin
QoS/QoE

Trending
Impact

SLA
g

g
Optimization

Fault Impact
Trhreshold
PM SLA
Controller
/ NWDAF
Data Lake/ Data
Persisted

Big data Platform

Data Subscription Bus Communication BUS

Collector
Programmable & Elastic Collector Collector Collector Collector Collector Collector Notification
Network
Network Collector Collector Collector Collector Collector Notification
Collection Layer
Telemetry
SNMP Syslog Telemetry Bulk, CSV Netflow s API
Telemetry
Notification
Notification
SNMP Syslog Telemetry Bulk, CSV Netflow s API

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 5G Slicing Automation & Operation
Cisco Service Assurance SLA Management BluePrint Architecture & Products
EtoE SLA Services
Cisco Cosswork Impact & Business

3rd Party
Matrix

Apps
Situation Mgt Analytics APPs
PM/KPI/SLA Service impact & root
cause Analysis
Managment

Cisco Crosswork Data Gateway

CDG Controller
Data Lake

RAN Edge DC Transport 5G Packet Core Enterprise

Local loop Local loop Local loop Local loop Local loop Real Time Assurance
Analytics APPs
for Dynamics Close loop

CDG CDG CDG

CDG CDG

5G CORE
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Cisco Service Assurance Solution

Quality and Root Cause Machine Actionable

Capacity Analysis Learning Automation
Insights

Threshold Crossing
Alerts/ML based
Anomalies
Performance
Fault Management
Management

SNMP Syslog Performance

Events Alarms Configuration
Counters

E2E Network in Scope

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 Fault, Impact Analyze & Root Cause

Cisco 5G Core -Operation & Management

Service Assurance

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5G and Mobile Packet Core Fault Management
Challenges and Requirements
Applications and Services Tenant
Log files, APM, Tenant Service
Ticketing Ticketing
SNMP, Syslog Catalog
Data Services Internet Services Enterprise System System

CMDB
End User, Customer and Tenant Services Log files, SNMP,
Syslog, Alive Partner
DevOps Apps Ticketing
UPF SMF AMF. NRF… System Inventory
SNMP, Syslog,
Virtualized Network Functions and Applications Alive, APM

Log files, SNMP, Fault management ESX / NOVA

Syslog, APM Systems

Virtualized Compute (OpenStack / ESX)

Log files, SNMP, CMDB /

Syslog, APM Inventory

Internal Internal
Ticketing Ticketing
System System

Datacenter(s) and Network Partner

Log files, SNMP, Ticketing CMDB /
Syslog, CORBA, System Inventory
API
Core Network

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5G and Mobile Packet Core Fault Management
How Cisco is addressing it ?

Dev Storage

Knowledge Recycle
Sys Admins Network & Decision Support

Service SITUATION ROOM

Noise Reduction SITUATION Overlay DBA
Proactive Intelligent Collaboration
& Event
Millions of Events Correlation Insight
get fired from Infra
your Applications,
Infrastructure Intelligent
& Tools Notification
Workflow
Outage Occurs Automation

FILTER DETECT ACT DIAGNOSE REMEDIATE

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5G and Mobile Packet Core Fault Management
Cisco Crosswork Situation Manager a way to address the challenge

CrossWork Situation Manager is Analytic

fault correlation and alarm impact
Solution.
• Collect Faults form virtual Infra and Physical
Network.
• Filter deduplicate alarms & define
Situations/patents
• Enrichment Situation base on Operator
experience & Knowledge
• Situation triggers automation or other APPs
and healthcare systems

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5G and Mobile Packet Core Fault Management
Crosswork Situation Manager- Coverage & Key Function Benefits

Real-Time Noise Reduction

Derive Proactive Insight

Social Collaboration & Knowledge Recycle

Automate Remediation

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 Performance and SLA

Cisco 5G Core -Operation & Management

Service Assurance

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 5G and Mobile Packet Core Performance Management
Challenges and Requirements
• Need Packaged and Customizable analytics to report network quality, capacity utilization across fixed-
line and mobility services SLA report
• Uses Data & Decision Science, leveraging network- enhanced data telemetry

Performance Capacity Analytics Congestion Analysis

Analysis

• Large Volume of Data and Data Source

• Telemetry streaming Bulkstats, Syslogs and SSDs
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 5G and Mobile Packet Core Performance Management –
Analytics Framework
Presentation UI
NBI API Notifications Automation
Dashboards

Network Performance Capacity Network Compliancy Custom Data

Apps
Management Planning Audit Checks Apps modeling

Machine Learning Apps Integrated ICs

• Real-time anomaly detection • Geo-spatial clustering • KPI Library • Correlation
Analytics
• Outlier detection analysis • Thresholds • Quality Scoring
• Forecasting • Pattern mining • Knowledge Rules
• Correlation • BH detection

Storage NoSQL e.g.: Hadoop, Cassandra SQL e.g.: Postgres, MariaDB, MongoDB

Core Core Routing & Radio (eNodeB, Generic data DC/NFVi

• Bulkstats • eDR Switching NodeB, RNC) • XML • Telemetry
Data • Syslog • RTT • Telemetry • Statistics • CSV, JSON, • SNMP
Adapters • Config • SNMP • ODBC • OS, Hypervisor
• SNMP • IPSLA Logs
• Netflow
Cisco Confidential
 5G and Mobile Packet Core Solution
Performance Management – Network Insight Package
Cisco Matrix for Mobility Network Analytics • Top offenders /performer analysis by
time frame
• Accessibility, Mobility, Integrity KPIs
Performance Insights Capacity Insights Service Insights Audits
• Network Health Scoring
• VoLTE, Data, Service Quality
Presentation
indicator
• Capacity Insights

Orchestrator
• PCRF Application health analytics
• 4G/5G
Application Layer Matrix Analytics Application
Audit Package
• Automated Network Performance
Audit
Data Broker Matrix Data Layer • Automated Configuration Audit

Machine Learning

Statistics

Actions
Events • Anomaly Detection, Forecasting
Data Connectors
Fault

Automation/Orchestration integration
• Integrated with Cisco NSO .

Packet Core Radio

Network Layer IMS
& Policy
R&S
Access

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5G and Mobile Packet Core Performance Management –
Cisco Matrix – Technology Coverage & Key Features
Multi-data Source PM Collection

Software Centric KPIs

Flexible GUI and Dashboard

Analytic & Machine Learning

Cisco Confidential
 Application & NF Monitoring

Cisco 5G Core -Operation & Management

Service Assurance

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5G and Mobile Packet Core Cloud NF Monitoring
Cisco Appdynamics – Coverage & Key Features
Application & Software Centric KPIs

Flexible GUI and Dashboard for APPs Monitoring

Application Transaction topology

Analytic & Machine Learning

KPIs Alarming Dashboard

Traffic Distribution Dashboard

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Cisco 5G Core Slice-
Orchestration & Service
Assurance solution
 Blueprint for 4-5G Mobile Core
Central Operation & Management
OSS/BSS (TOP LEVEL SUPERVISION, CHARGING)

SERVICE ASSURANCE Configuration &

Life Cycle Management
Cisco Cisco Cisco
Crosswork Orchestrated Cisco NSO
Matrix Appdynamics NFVO Central Operation
Assurance NED
Situation Infra and NF Apps & NF package
PM collection & KPI software
Manager Analytics PM collection & KPI
Analytic a Fault & Analytics Cisco ESC
Root Cause Analyzes
Model Driven Cisco ESC
Orchestration VNFM
VNFM

SNMP//Syslog APPs Transaction

SNMP PM, CDR & Monitoring KPI VNF & Slice Day 1 and
Fault collection Telemetry collection AppD Agent VNF Instantiation,
Day N Configuration
Life Cycle Mgt
and Day 0 config
SR

AMF NSSF
Opt. SMF NRF
UPF PCF CEE
Operational
LTE Slice #n Slice #p console

Apps &
Content

5G NR SR SR SR
Fronthaul SR
Backhaul
Hub Site

SR = Segment Routing Super Site Internet

SP Wi-Fi
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 Cisco Management & Automation for Mobile Core
deployment Architecture Blueprint
OSS / BSS

Central Mgt Pod 1 Active Central Mgt Pod 2 Standby DC2

Service Assurance DC2 ZenOSS
Service Assurance active b
 Fully Redundant
NSO
NFVO
NSO
NFVO

architecture for critical

NFVO-ro Sync NFVO-ro Cisco Controller
Cisco Standby Cisco
Cisco Active CrossWork
CrossWork
Matrix
Situation Manager Matrix

components
Situation Manager
Resource
Analytic
Manager

 Flexible Architecture -
ESC
ESC
Sync
ESC
ESC Can adapt Geo
vnfm vnfm
DC1
vnfmActive DC2 vnfmStandby
Deployment, Hierarchical
split
ESC1  Inherent support for
Massive horizontal Scale-
out
POD POD POD
 Replicable Building
Blocks
…
Zen OSS
Collector

 X86 based and Linux

VNF VNF
based
VNF

VNF
VNF VNF  Fully Virtualized Vmware
VNF VNF VNF
Based

Site 1 Site 2 Site n

 5G end to end Slicing Automation & Operation
Cisco BluePrint Architecture & Products
• Service Intent Base Orchestration
• RFS CFS Intent based Modelling
• Close Loop Service Assurance
• Cross Domain Orchestration, SLA
& operation
Inventory
Cisco Cosswork
Cisco BPA
3rd Party
Matrix

Apps
Situation Mgt Central loop
PM/KPI/SLA Service impact & root

CFS
cause Analysis
Managment

Layer
Cisco NSO
Cisco Cosswork Data Gateway Cross-Domain Orchestrator
CDG Controller
Policy Mg
Data Lake

Edge DC Transport 5G Packet Core Enterprise

RFS
RAN

Layer
Local loop Local loop Local loop Local loop Local loop

CDG CDG CDG

CDG CDG

5G CORE
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 Cisco 5G Core NFV & Slice Orchestration
3GPP-defined Network Slice Mgmt System

Cisco’s 5G CNFs Cisco’s 5G VNF

Cisco’s NFV Orch Cisco’s Assurance

3GPP mapping Cisco’s Mgmt and Orchestration Solution

Network Slice Orchestration

BPA
CSMF Communication Service Perf Data Communication Service Fault Data Conversion of SVC Req to NW Slice Req Communication Service Catalogue Service Mgmt Data for each Customer

NSO
NSMF NSI Mgmt Data for each Cust NSI Fault Mgmt NSI Perf Mgmt Derivation of NSSIs from NSI NSI Slice Specific Config Mgmt NSI Lifecycle Mgmt

AN NSSMF CN NSSMF NSSI Fault Mgmt NSSI Perf Mgmt NSSI Slice Specific Config Mgmt NSSI Lifecycle Mgmt

REST (Os-Ma-nfvo)

NFV Orchestration

Situation Manager Matrix NSO

5G NF App Config Automation 5G NF LCM Definition
1) K8s Cluster Deployment
5G NF 5G NF NED 2) OpsCenter and 5G NF NFVO FP
Fault Performance Deployment UPF VM Base VM SMI CM
Management Management VNFD VNFD VNFD

NSD
5G NF NED 5G NF NED SMI CM NED
Assurance

(Nfvo-Vnfm)
NETCONF
NETCONF
NETCONF

NETCONF

REST
AppDynamics (Future)

REST (Or-Vi)
SMI CEE (TBC) PCF
PCF
SMF
SMF ConfD VNF-EM VNF Manager
OpsCenter OpsCenter
SMI (ESC)**
K8s Cluster Cluster Mgr UPF
VM

(Vi-Vnfm)
Base VM VM

REST
KVM VIM
CVIM-MON Computes (CVIM)
** ESC team is looking at ESC’s abstracting
CNF and VNF toward NFVO in Rakuten POC.
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 Cisco 5G Core NFV & Slice Orchestration
3GPP-defined Network Slice Mgmt System

Cisco’s 5G CNFs Cisco’s 5G VNF

Cisco’s NFV Orch Cisco’s Assurance

3GPP mapping Cisco’s Mgmt and Orchestration Solution

Network Slice Orchestration

BPA
CSMF Communication Service Perf Data Communication Service Fault Data Conversion of SVC Req to NW Slice Req Communication Service Catalogue Service Mgmt Data for each Customer

NSO
NSMF NSI Mgmt Data for each Cust NSI Fault Mgmt NSI Perf Mgmt Derivation of NSSIs from NSI NSI Slice Specific Config Mgmt NSI Lifecycle Mgmt

AN NSSMF CN NSSMF NSSI Fault Mgmt NSSI Perf Mgmt NSSI Slice Specific Config Mgmt NSSI Lifecycle Mgmt

REST (Os-Ma-nfvo)

NFV Orchestration

Situation Manager Matrix NSO

5G NF App Config Automation 5G NF LCM Definition
1) K8s Cluster Deployment
5G NF 5G NF NED 2) OpsCenter and 5G NF NFVO FP
Fault Performance Deployment UPF VM Base VM SMI CM
Management Management VNFD VNFD VNFD

NSD
5G NF NED 5G NF NED SMI CM NED
Assurance

(Nfvo-Vnfm)
NETCONF
NETCONF
NETCONF

NETCONF

REST
AppDynamics (Future)

REST (Or-Vi)
SMI CEE (TBC) PCF
PCF
SMF
SMF ConfD VNF-EM VNF Manager
OpsCenter OpsCenter
SMI (ESC)**
K8s Cluster Cluster Mgr UPF
VM

(Vi-Vnfm)
Base VM VM

REST
KVM/ESXi VIM
CVIM-MON Computes (CVIM)

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Conclusion
5G Network end to end Slicing
Network Slicing is fundamentally an end-to-end partitioning of the network resources and
network functions so that selected applications/services/connections may run in isolation from
each other for a specific business purpose driven by the Orchestration capabilities

End to End Orchestration

Orchestration
offering Network as
Ran Edge DC Transport Telco DC SD-Wan Mobile core a Service
Controller Controller Controller Controller Controller Controller

Control / User Plane

Separation,
Distributed physical
& Virtual Fct
Based on Slice
attributes, Service
isolation and
security
End to End Securty

Cross Domain
Service based
on Multiple
standard

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 5G End to End and 5G core Slicing Orchestration
Requirements
Use cases

TTM & SLA

CFS
- Service Intent Base Orchestration

Model
eMBB mMTC URLL - RFS CFS Intent based Modelling
- Close Loop Service Assurance
- Cross Domain Orchestration,
TTD SLA & operation
Lifecycle

Plan Design Implement Retire Capabilities

Optimize Remediate Monitor

MTTR
10’s-100’s 10’s (100’s?)

RFS
Model
thousands
Domains

1.000’s 100.000’s

Edge
Mobile
RAN Compute Transport DC Core
Latency , Synchronization, Throughput

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Cisco Operation & Management for Mobile Core a
modular Architecture design to cover the entire lifecycle
• Modular architecture for Central ,
local and remote operation
• Model driven design for
declarative NFV orchestration
• Supports VM and Cloud Native
VNFs
• Design to support the Full VNFs
life cycle including Upgrade
• Supports Cisco and 3rd party
VNFs
• Supports Day 1-2 & Day N VNF
Configuration
• Provides Performance and KPI
Analytics for Mobile Packet core,
Infra and Applications
• Integrates Fault analytic for a
Mobile Packet core, Infra ,
application fault detection &
correlation for VNF/CNF and PNF

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