Open Source in the Era of 5G
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The document discusses the evolution and impact of 5G technology, highlighting its significant advancements in speed, latency, and connectivity capabilities. It outlines the infrastructure needs and opportunities created by 5G, emphasizing the role of open source and software to enhance flexibility and reduce complexity in network management. The presentation ultimately suggests that these advancements will lead to innovative applications and a new generation of telecom networks, necessitating collaboration within open source communities.
Open Source in the Era of 5G
- 1. ©2018 VMware, Inc. Open Source in the Era of 5G All Things Open 2018 Mark T. Voelker Chief OpenStack Architect, VMware
- 2. Mark T. Voelker ( @marktvoelker) • Chief OpenStack Architect @ VMware, Interop Working Group co-chair, OpenStack Foundation Member #54, Meetup attender/organizer, ex-Puppet OpenStack core dev • Fact: can be bribed with doughnuts • In copious (hah!) spare time: OpenStack solutions, Massively Scalable Data Centers, DevOps, security, distributed systems generally, making sawdust with extreme prejudice, raising two great kids with my awesome wife just a few miles down the road from here • Sadly, not a comic book superhero by night… “A computer nerd…. is somebody who uses a computer in order to use a computer.” –Douglas Adams
- 3. 3©2018 VMware, Inc. 2002: Verizon launches 3G service in the USA in July 2007: The iPhone launches (data rates are horrible…3G penetration in the US = ~3.5%) 2008: iPhone 3G arrives (now the fun really begins!) 2011: 3G penetration in the US crosses 82% 2014: 4G penetration in the US crosses 40% 2016: Mobile internet usage passes desktop browser access, cost per MB is now 99.7% less than in 2006 2018: 5G service launches in select markets in the US and China What’s Happening It’s a Whole New World Out There The worldwide 5G buildout will drive up to $56 billion in annual infrastructure spending by 2020.
- 4. 4©2018 VMware, Inc. 5G: What’s the Big Deal? Speeds and Feeds: Not the Whole Story Throughput: 5G will offer speeds up to 10 Gbps. Latency: Latency goes from 50ms to 1ms. Connections: Up to 1 million connections per square kilometer. So….what do you do with that?
- 5. 5©2018 VMware, Inc. 5G: Ok, but what’s the big deal for me? Well that depends…. When I say “the computer you use every day”, what image pops into your head? Maybe these things? Sure. And I bet you’re always looking for wifi…
- 6. 6©2018 VMware, Inc. When I say “the computer you use every day”, what image pops into your head? Or this? I don’t even have to explain this one, do I? Right, moving on….
- 7. 7©2018 VMware, Inc. Maybe even your watch?
- 8. 8©2018 VMware, Inc. Do you think about entertainment? Music, (superhero!) movies, etc? I bet most of you get those from connected streaming devices now….AKA COMPUTERS!
- 9. 9©2018 VMware, Inc. Guess what? Your car is a computer on wheels. (I literally have an appointment to get mine serviced next week due to a software bug!)
- 10. 10©2018 VMware, Inc. Planes? Connected devices with wings. AKA COMPUTERS (kept in the sky and on time by even more computers, might I add…….)
- 11. 11©2018 VMware, Inc. Yep, even connected refrigerators exist nowadays, and some of you might have one….or will. See also: security cameras, doorbells, locks, thermostats, coffee pots, ovens, smoke alarms, & light switches.
- 12. 12©2018 VMware, Inc. Oh, the grid that powers all those things, too…. power meters, utility trucks & crews, sensors, etc. You can increasingly think of the power grid as a network of computers that happens to transmit electricity (and has really long cables).
- 13. 13©2018 VMware, Inc. Same goes for other utilities like water and gas by the way. Your bath is powered by a series of connected computers.
- 14. 14©2018 VMware, Inc. NEWS FLASH: All that? That’s just TODAY. Imagine what all of those things would look like with connectivity that was cheaper, faster, more ubiquitous, and much lower latency… (PS: If you don’t, somebody else will.)
- 15. 15©2018 VMware, Inc. How about low-latency control of critical systems from where ever you happen to be?
- 16. 16©2018 VMware, Inc. Maybe you’d like Augmented Reality that’s actually real- time and useful?
- 17. 17©2018 VMware, Inc. Vehicle fleets, factory components, and geo-dispersed systems that can communicate, self-organize, and self- optimize production processes?
- 18. 18©2018 VMware, Inc. Mobile network tech traditionally runs in ~10 year cycles…. 10 years ago we were just getting our hands on the first 3G iPhone. Start thinking less about what you can do today & more about what you could build tomorrow.
- 19. 19 5G Use Cases (a sample) Speed actually isn’t the most important factor for any of these…it’s the lower latency, the ubiquity, and the flexibility we get by moving to software.
- 20. 20Confidential │ ©2018 VMware, Inc. Sooo…..how we gonna get there? (those bars we just set are pretty darned high)
- 21. 21©2018 VMware, Inc. WE NEED MORE! More cell sites: small cell and macrocell. More edge processing: “servers at every tower” (& buildings, stores, and…) More orchestration: how are we going to control all this? More software & more OPEN SOURCE to drive consensus, abstraction, unified interfaces, & speed But alsoa little LESS… Less complexity: it has to be “carrier grade”, but we have to be able to operate it.
- 22. 22Confidential │ ©2018 VMware, Inc. “We’ll have two types: those built on NFV, and those that won’t work.” --Pat Gelsinger, Mobile World Congress 2017 On projects pushing forward 5G…
- 23. 23 NFV Objectives Expensive • Enterprises delivered with single- function proprietary hardware appliances • Complex integrations and verification • Incompatibility across vendor solutions Complex Operations • Installation, Managing and Maintenance is complex, labor- intensive and costly • Moves / Adds / Changes is time consuming and prone to errors Lack of Agility • Service providers can not innovate and deliver on time to meet real-time customer requirements • Roadmaps dictated by vendors Current Challenges
- 24. 24©2018 VMware, Inc. If you’re thinking “that sounds like a lot of clouds and cloud tech….” You’re absolutely right. So: we need common API’s for managing infrastructure on demand, regardless of the underlying hardware, to support virtualized software workloads while reducing cost...
- 25. 25©2018 VMware, Inc. The Evolution to 5G More compute at the edge, more edges to compute at! Datacenter (processing happens here) Processing is more distributed, at lower latency. All tied together with an open source API and control plane.
- 26. 26©2018 VMware, Inc. Wait… You still don’t know OpenStack? Ok, really quick primer….
- 27. Horizon (GUI) Nova (Compute) Neutron (Networking) Swift (Object Storage) Cinder (Block storage) Glance (VM Image Service) Keystone (Identity Service) OpenStack: The Software AWS Management Console EC2 VPC/ELB S3 EBS Ceilometer/Aodh/Panko (Telemetry Service) Trove (Database as a Service) Heat (Orchestration) Barbican (Secret Store) KMS RDS AWS CloudFormation and AWS comparables vCenter vSphere NSX/DVS vSphere Datastores vSphere Datastores vRealize Automation vIDM vROps VMDK Images vRealize Billing vRealize LogInsightvRNI and VMW SDDC enablers
- 28. For purposes of today’s talk: think of OpenStack as an abstraction layer that provides a common API to unite disparate components into powerful open infrastructure. Put another way: don’t call your underpinning components individually… ASSEMBLE them together as a team.
- 29. But with so many individual sites…and possibly different kinds of clouds… …don’t you still need a way to coordinate and orchestrate it all?
- 30. 30©2018 VMware, Inc. = + 50+ members from across the globe, including major operators like AT&T, Verizon, Orange, China Mobile, China Telecom, Bell Canada, Vodafone, Reliance Jio, etc Representing over 60% of the world’s mobile subscribers! A founding member of:
- 31. Model Design Service Deployment Control-loop FCAPS • VNF Onboarding • NS Design • Instantiation • Termination • Alarm Correlation • Policy Mapping • Triger Healing • Fault Collection • Performance KPI collection VoLTE Auto Healing VoLTE IMS EPC vSBC vI/SCSCF vTAS vSPGW vMME vPCRF vHSS VNF Instantiation VNF Destruction ONAP End2End Orchestration Flow
- 32. Management at design and run time & Control Core cloud Edge cloud Enterprise Cloud Public Cloud WAN IPSE C IPSE C VNF VNF VNF VNF VNFVNFVNF SPTN MEC Multi VIM/Cloud • Multi VIM/Cloud (VIO Extension) • Unified northbound interface • Various VIM backend at the same time • OpenStack/k8s • Different versions • Across cloud islands • Complete lifecycle management • From the preparation • Decouple from external systems Distributed VoLTE with ONAP and Multi VIM/Cloud VNF of vIMSVNF of vEPC Control Point
- 33. 33©2018 VMware, Inc. NFV Use Cases Source: Dell
- 34. 34©2018 VMware, Inc. This picture is big. But not big enough? As massive as 5G is, there’s something even more interesting: If we build in flexibility, if we virtualize, if create and use great open source, if we can keep a lid on complexity, we may open the door to a lot of use cases that haven’t been imagined yet… And that means we may see the next generation of telco networks arrive sooner than we think.
- 35. 35©2018 VMware, Inc. No pressure though, open source communities! (Yes, you.)
- 36. 36Confidential │ ©2018 VMware, Inc. Make it robust. Make it play well with others. Make it less complex. Whatever your project…. Make it carrier grade. A library. An operating system. A web service. A security appliance. An orchestrator. A database.
- 37. ©2018 VMware, Inc. Thank You Also thanks to the fine folks at Marvel for keeping me entertained over 180,000+ miles flown around the world talking about this stuff this year.. Thank you. Any questions?