Virtual Networks 2.0: Cloud-Native Deployments for 5G

Brought to you by The Virtual Networks Group

This event will shed light on the observation that in 5G 'IT meets Telecom'

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About the event

The phrase ‘IT meets Telecom’ is well illustrated by the vision of cloud-native deployments for 5G, which position future mobile, fixed core and access networks as an enterprise service architecture with regional data centres interconnected through a software-defined wide area network.

Key to this paradigm shift is the move away from the traditional way of designing networks (through peer relations between network functions) to applying well-established web service-based methods utilized by big Internet players such as Google, Facebook and others.

This shift brings together concepts such as service-based architecture with a lifecycle management through emerging virtualization and orchestration frameworks. Industry activities in this space focus on key SDOs, such as the 3GPP, but also concrete demos and 5G trials that showcase the capabilities of those new network designs.

This workshop will cover concrete deployment insights by key players in this field with references to those ongoing industry activities.

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Sponsored by InterDigital Europe

InterDigital develops fundamental wireless technologies.

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Supported by UK5G

The national innovation network dedicated to the promotion of research, collaboration and the commercial application of 5G in the UK.

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Agenda

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13:30

Registration and networking with refreshments

14:00

Introduction to UK5G/CW

Simon Mead, CEO, CW (Cambridge Wireless)

14:05

Sponsor welcome

Dirk Trossen, Principal Engineer, InterDigital Europe

14:10

Introduction to the Virtual Networks Group

Philip Bridge, Principal Network Architect, BT/EE

14:15

Turning the cellular system into a distributed cloud

Dirk Trossen, Principal Engineer, InterDigital Europe
This presentation outlines the current activities in 3GPP on the ‘enhanced service-based architecture’ which is seen by many as enabling a cloud-native environment for future 5G environments, allowing for control and user plane services to be realized as mere ‘cloud applications’ on top of such SBA. The presentation will cover challenges, requirements and efforts underway for realizing first deployments.

14:35

Q & A

14:50

Enabling the adoption of key cloud native principles

Todd Spraggins, Director of Strategy, Oracle
The desire for Communications Service Providers to get more agility and savings out of networks has driven them to look beyond just Network Function Virtualization to a more cloud native architecture This talk will explore how 3GPP’s recent shift to a Service Based Architecture for the 5G core enables the adoption of key cloud native principles.

15:10

Q & A

15:25

Refreshments and networking

16:00

Orchestration is critical capability for the success of 5G

Milind Bhagwat, Principal Enterprise Architect BT

5G is set to revolutionize many industries like manufacturing, healthcare and transportation. The demanding requirements from a 5G can only be met by a cloud native network deployment.
Orchestration is used to plan and coordinate the infrastructure resources like compute, storage and network in order to set up functions and services.
This talk will provide an overview of the architecture of this orchestration capability required to successfully deploy and operate this cloud native 5G network.

16:20

Q & A

16:35

Panel session with all speakers

Chaired by Philip Bridge, Principal Network Architect, BT/EE
• Dirk Trossen, InterDigital Europe
• Milind Bhagwat, BT
• Todd Spraggins, Oracle

17:05

Event wrap up

17:15

Event close

Speakers

Milind Bhagwat - Enterprise Architect, BT

Milind is an Enterprise Architect at BT where he leads the technology strategy for Network Orchestration.

Milind has worked in the IT industry for more than 20 years and has a track record of leading architecture and design for multi million pound transformation programs. In addition to technical IT skills, Milind is experienced in a variety of domains including Business Architecture, Requirements Management, Capability-based Planning Techniques and Process Design.​

Todd Spraggins - Director of Strategy, Oracle

Todd Spraggins is an unapologetic telecom evangelist with an extensive career of deploying leading-edge solution to many of the world’s largest service providers. As Director of Strategy in the Oracle Communications CTO office, he pushing the boundaries of what Operators can do with SaaS by bringing the mobile core to the web-scale cloud. Prior to Oracle he was the Sr. Director for Standards and Strategy at GENBAND and held multiple senior Architect roles at Nortel, beginning his career at Bell Northern research. He holds a Masters of Science in Telecommunications from Southern Methodist University and a Bachelors of Science and Engineering from Tulane University.

SIG Champions

Julie Bradford - Head of techno-economic analysis, Real Wireless

Julie has worked in the wireless industry for over 15 years. At Real Wireless, she is a thought leader in 5G business case analysis including understanding 5G use cases, quantifying (in financial terms) the operational and socio-economic benefits of 5G services and understanding network dimensioning and cost implications under 5G virtualised networks.

She has most recently been working with city councils around their wireless strategy and related Green Book outline business case development. She also led Real Wireless’ techno-economic analysis on the EC Horizon 2020 5G-MoNArch project. Inspired by the project’s smart sea port testbed constructed by HPA, Nokia and DT in the Port of Hamburg, this analysis included quantifying the operational benefits of 5G to port authorities and other port users and the cost implications of delivering these industrial grade wireless services from existing mobile infrastructure via network slicing supported via the virtualised 5G-MoNArch network architecture.

Previously, Julie was Communications Engineer at QinetiQ UK, consultant at PA Consulting UK, and Senior Systems Engineer for Airvana UK. In addition to working at Real Wireless, Julie is a CW board member and champion for the CW Virtual Networks Special Interest Group (SIG).

Andrew Palmer - Consulting Director, CGI

Andrew has more than 33 years of experience in IT, Telecoms and TV and Media, having worked in various roles for IBM, AT&T, Ericsson, Motorola and Arris. Andrew's present role is to leverage existing CGI capabilities that match the needs of our clients in the Space, Defence and Intelligence sectors, as well as building new capabilities that will support the emerging and changing needs of our client base. Andrew has proven experience in developing and delivering complex SI and Services solutions that meet both business and technology needs.

Andrew has co-authored "UK Telecoms For Dummies", an essential guide to the complicated UK Telecoms sector as well as articles for publications such as the Cambridge Wireless Journal including "How do we build the new world of 5g?". He frequently speaks at conferences and provides media commentary on industry topics like 5G, IoT and Smart Cities, as well as being a member of the techUK Spectrum Policy Forum and the Cambridge Wireless Virtual Networks Special Interest Group.

Paul Rhodes - Director of OpenRAN, AtlasEdge Data Centres

Paul has a B Eng in Communications Engineering from University of Hull and worked in the wireless industry internationally for over 30 years.

At AtlasEdge he is responsible for RAN and Open vRAN Public and Private network architecture, strategy. He has deployed 4G and 5G small cell networks in both classical architecture and as dark-fibre disaggregated RAN networks and is currently refining the technical and cost implications of centralised classic and virtualised networks.

During his career Paul has worked in Telco Vendors and Infrastructure Providers, significantly for Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung, CityFibre and World Wide Technology in Technical and Commercial roles in both Europe and North America. He is also an Expert Working Group Member in Wireless Networking at UKTIN.

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The Bradfield Centre, 184 Cambridge Science Park Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0GA

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