A 5G Americas White Paper Nov. 2019

“Incredible amounts of data will be made available by newcapabilities in 5G, coupled with new technology enablerssuch as Edge and Cloud computing that will require theability of network operators to analyze, manage andorchestrate, as they deploy network resources to providenew services and applications efficiently.”

Chris PearsonPresident, 5G Americas

“AI and machine learning can revolutionize the way serviceassurance is provided, significantly reducing turnaroundtime and streamlining business and operational processes.This is where well-structured management and orchestration(MANO) will become integral to the smooth functioning of 5Gnetworks.”

Ehud RisenbergDirector Product Management, Cisco

Centralized Service Assurance System for a Wireless Network

Service and Resource Orchestration

Integrated MEC Deployment in 5G Networks

Capabilities Exposure

NMSManagement

Reporting

AI/ML Analytics

NMSManagement

Reporting

Big DataProcessed FCAPS

Instrumented Network Element (NE)

Core Functions

Raw FCAPS Data

Software LayersConversion to one or more of

ASCII/TL1, Q3, CORBA, SNMP, etc.

Data ReductionFiltering, Throttling & Others

NMI

Core Functions

Raw FCAPS Data

Un-instrumented Network Element (NE)

Discovery & Reconciliation Architecture Model

Local & Global Learning & Decision Making in Distributed Networks

ONAP Software Architecture

Container Virtual Machine

Advantages • More efficient, high concentration of containers per hardware node, low overhead

• Each container is a partial instance of the operating system (OS), not a complete OS

• Free choice & full control on the OS & its parameters

• Full control over OS version upgrades• Fully dedicated resources (CPU, RAM, DISK)

Disadvantages • No control of the kernel (provider controls/upgrades the kernel)

• Only one kernel per hardware node – no mixing OS

• Higher overhead per VM• Less VMs can run on a hardware node

Central data center of the network operator

Centralized SON component

CN NF CN NF

Local (edge) cloudCluster level SON

component

RAN CU RAN CU

Local (edge) cloudCluster level SON

component

RAN CU RAN CU

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CN: Core NetworkRAN: Radio Access Network

CU: Central Unit of the RANDU: Distributed Unit of the RAN

Organization A

Enterprise Systems

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Organization B

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Entity A

Entity B

Entity C

The network management service X is consumed

The network management service X is produced (exposed)

The network management service X is consumed

The network management service X is produced

O-RAN Architecture Schematic Diagram

3GPP management system

NF (CN) NF (RAN)

SON algorithm

SON algorithm

SON algorithm

NF(RAN)

3GPP management system

SONalgorithm

NF(CN)

Multi-Domain Service Optimization