In this deck, Greg Wahl from Advantech presents: Transforming Private 5G Networks.
Advantech Networks & Communications Group is driving innovation in next-generation network solutions with their High Performance Servers. We provide business critical hardware to the world's leading telecom and networking equipment manufacturers with both standard and customized products. Our High Performance Servers are highly configurable platforms designed to balance the best in x86 server-class processing performance with maximum I/O and offload density. The systems are cost effective, highly available and optimized to meet next generation networking and media processing needs.
“Advantech’s Networks and Communication Group has been both an innovator and trusted enabling partner in the telecommunications and network security markets for over a decade, designing and manufacturing products for OEMs that accelerate their network platform evolution and time to market.” Said Advantech Vice President of Networks & Communications Group, Ween Niu. “In the new IP Infrastructure era, we will be expanding our expertise in Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV), two of the essential conduits to 5G infrastructure agility making networks easier to install, secure, automate and manage in a cloud-based infrastructure.”
In addition to innovation in air interface technologies and architecture extensions, 5G will also need a new generation of network computing platforms to run the emerging software defined infrastructure, one that provides greater topology flexibility, essential to deliver on the promises of high availability, high coverage, low latency and high bandwidth connections. This will open up new parallel industry opportunities through dedicated 5G network slices reserved for specific industries dedicated to video traffic, augmented reality, IoT, connected cars etc. 5G unlocks many new doors and one of the keys to its enablement lies in the elasticity and flexibility of the underlying infrastructure.
Advantech’s corporate vision is to enable an intelligent planet. The company is a global leader in the fields of IoT intelligent systems and embedded platforms. To embrace the trends of IoT, big data, and artificial intelligence, Advantech promotes IoT hardware and software solutions with the Edge Intelligence WISE-PaaS core to assist business partners and clients in connecting their industrial chains. Advantech is also working with business partners to co-create business ecosystems that accelerate the goal of industrial intelligence."
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2. Agenda
1. Quick Glance at 5G Landscape
2. Case Study 1:
Private Enterprise 5G Mobile Network
Solution in Manufacturing
3. Case Study 2:
Private LTE/5G Network in Utility Company
4. Advantech Value:
Software Investment
Hardware Flexibility
Advantech DNA
3. SAP Integration
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Internet of Things
Cloud Computing
Big Data
Smart Factory
5G
5G Accelerating Digital Transformation
Expanding the broadband landscape
4. More Data, More Opportunities!
AVG.INTERNET USER
1.5 GB
OF TRAFFIC / DAC
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
4 TB
OF TRAFFIC / DAC
CONNECTED AIRPLANE
5 TB
OF TRAFFIC / DAC
SMART FACTORY
1 PB
OF TRAFFIC / DAC
CLOUD VIDEO PROVIDERS
750 PB
OF TRAFFIC / DAC
2020 data usage will have tremendous increase
5. Fixed and Mobile Convergence
Enterprise / IoT Access / Edge Core Cloud / Data center
Fixed Mobile Convergence driven by Central Office
transformation (NGCO)
MEC: New Services that
land on the Network Edge
Mobile Core: Transforming with NFV
(vBNG, vCMTS, vEPC, 5G CUPS)
IT Cloud: Firewalls, Load Balancers,
CDN and Security functions
uCPE, SD-WAN
On-premise Edge
Industrial
Enterprise
Residential
Enterprise
private network
Intelligent edge
compute
Immersive
media
vRAN, multi-
access edge
computing
Next generation
central office
Wireless base
stations wireline
access
Router Backbone
Advantech partner with software eco systems – RAN, Firewall, and EPC
6. The Ability of Private 5G Network
3
Enable edge
services
Enterprise
& cloud CPE Wireless access
Multi-access
edge computing Edge central offices Core
2
Enable network
functions
1
uCPE-Enterprise 5G-NFVi Infra HPC
Private 5G
Network
Private Cloud
Live broadcast Cloud gaming Industrial
automation
Smart retail Smart stadium
Building blocks to accelerating the network transformation journey
Deliver edge
optimized
platforms
7. Private 5G Network for Industrial Automation
Container ports Oil refineries Manufacturing Construction
Mines Warehouses Wind farms Oil rigs
Increasing production where it counts
8. Case Study 1: Private Enterprise 5G Mobile Network
Solution in Manufacturing1. Application field:
• Industrial 4.0
– Smart Manufacturing
• Mining Industry
• Smart City
• Intelligent Healthcare
• Transportation & Logistic
3. How it works?
• Small Cell
• RAN
• Core Network (EPC)
• ToR Switch
Spectrum :
5G N78/N79 +
4G LTE-A b48
Small Cell
Internet
Enterprise
Network
Survallience Automation AI Sensors Gateway
2. Challenges in manufacturing
• Improving the security &
performance
9. Case Study 1: Private Enterprise 5G Mobile Network
Solution in Manufacturing
Mission Critical
Ultra-reliable
low latency
Security
Private managed,
cellular access
Cost Effective
Lighter
infrastructure
High Performing
Dedicated bandwidth
& improved QoS
4. Solution Features:
10. Software defined
Base station
Case Study 2: Private LTE/5G Demonstrator
in Utility Company
2. Challenges in the utility space
• Data latency
• Demand secure networking
• Mobility requirement
3. How it works?
• Build around Red Hat or VMWare for
EPC, BBU, other MEC applications
• Edgecore ToR 10G & 25G
• 2x Control via SKY-8101 Single socket
SP HA Controller setup
• 4x Compute via SKY-8101D dual socket
SP 80G in and 80G IO out per socket
• 2x Storage via SKY-8201L dual socket
SP HA Storage setup
1. Client:
• Large utility company
Advantech Intel Select Solution for NFVi
11. Advantech Delivers
1. BMC based Platform Management
• HTML5 Web UI
• Serial over LAN
• iKVM
IPMI v2.0 compliant remote monitoring & control
Fail-safe local and remote upgrade for BIOS and BMC
Remote virtual storage
Redfish
SNMP
2. Remote Monitoring
• Server iManager
Diagnostic framework
H/W status monitoring
Inventory information
Misc. platform control and
monitoring tools
Advantech’s Carrier Grade Server Hardware Platform Management Solution
In-house development
& Maturity
Availability /
Fail-safe Mechanisms
Security Remote Control
& Usability
Customization
13. 1
Advantech DNA
Zero touch Provisioning options
• Flexible software loading
and hardware configuring
options
- High Quality, Very customizable, No surprise Changes
DQA system testing available to
customers to ensure high quality
production and lower failure rates
Fix BOM – No changes to firmware,
BIOS, or hardware after customer
commitments
Complete flexibility with customer
testing/programing requirements
• Customer owned testing
equipment to meet
• Customer specified tests and
burn-in options
2
3 4
[ben]: change title to “Carrier Grade HW Platform Mgmt Solution” because I think on the sw level 5G cares more about vRAN and vEPC, and network management solution (such as Wave-In’s XiNOS). BMC is the most basic stuff in any server platform…what we can say about our own software is our BMC which is designed to be more roboust (carrier grade)
http://www.wavein.com.tw/xinos.html
Advantech Platform Management Software (IPMI Core)
Advantech’s in-house IPMI implementation, fully owned Advantech IP
Built from ground up for modularity and stability
Supporting multiple architectures with single code base
Mature – first deployment in 2008
Interoperation tested
Extensive customization options
Several licensing options available
Regular security update
[ben]: suggest to change to “the best x86 platforms for 5G network solutions” because we can only offer x86 platforms there are other HW platforms for 5G such as switches, radio interface units, amplifiers & antennas that we can not offer and have to work with our partners to create, for example, a turnkey solution for “private 5G mobile network infrastructure” for enterprises.