Dr Dritan Kaleshi Lead Technologist at the Digital Catapult Centre introduced the technical aspects of 5G and the features of the 5G testbed in Brighton at the first of Digital Catapult Centre Brighton's 5G workshops. These workshops were designed to raised awareness of the opportunities and features of 5G within small digital businesses, as well as identifying potential use cases to be take forward to be explored within the National 5G testbed for digital businesses in Brighton. We are inviting small digital businesses to get in contact to discuss how they might exploit the 5G testbed. If you are interested in how you might do so please email digicatbrighton@wiredsussex.com

1. 5G
and
5G Brighton Testbed
Dritan Kaleshi
Lead Technologist – Future Networks
5G Fellow
5G Brighton - 5G Network Workshop
FuseBox, Brighton, 5th September 2017

2. Outline
• 5G Context and overview
• 5G Brighton project: structure, objectives, timelines,
• How to engage: discovering what may be important to you
5G Networks, 5G Brighton Project Workshop, 2017-09-05

3. 5G context
• 5G represents an inflection point for mobile communications and
digital infrastructure
• Very ambitious vision & global effort aiming for a “5G” system
deployment by 2020+.
• UK government recognises it as a key significant opportunity for
future digital infrastructure.
• Government ambition “to lead in 5G development and
standardisation”
• UK 5G Strategy (DCMS), Connected Future (NIC), 5G Testebeds
(FCCG)
• UK 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme funded as part of £740M for
fibre and 5G testbeds and trials announced – part of the UK 5G
Strategy
5G Networks, 5G Brighton Project Workshop, 2017-09-05

4. Mobile communication evolution at a glance
• Note: each generation is, in fact, delivered through continuous standardisation
releases (several steps/phases)
• This evolution has underpinned fundamental socio-economical change.
• But the huge transformation in the network tech is not understood enough by end
users - and this includes vertical industries in particular …
Digital Voice +
Data-over-Voice
(switched circuit)
All-IP network
Voice-over-data
(VoIP)
The flexible
mobile network
…
2G 3G 4G 5G
beyond
5G …
Digital
Voice
Technology
change
+ data + faster + faster ???
User
perspective
ofchange
Mobile
calls
1991 2001 2010 2020+
5G Networks, 5G Brighton Project Workshop, 2017-09-05

5. What is 5G? Two views – not quite the same!
• The hyper-connected vision (e.g. 5GPPP, NetWorld
2020)
• 5G will lead to new network systems that properly integrate
communication, computing and storage technologies for
better data services anywhere, anytime.
• Network fabric flexibility and convergence underpin new
digital services.
• Traditional evolution to next generation cellular access
technology
• Just another generation of mobile connectivity technology.
• Data takes care of itself - more or less as today!
5G Networks, 5G Brighton Project Workshop, 2017-09-05

6. The UK prediction for 5G
• Add a picture with the triangle – ambition and numbers
5G Networks, 5G Brighton Project Workshop, 2017-09-05

7. Why 5G represents an inflection point?
• At no other point in the history of mobile communications is the
success of the next generation dependent so much on vertical
industry uptake
• The need for potentially new business models due to:
• Commoditisation of (mobile) connectivity
• Digitalisation of vertical industries
• Transformational advances in networks – need ability to test
whether these work both technically and economically
5G Networks, 5G Brighton Project Workshop, 2017-09-05

8. 5G Networks, 5G Brighton Project Workshop, 2017-09-05

9. What does it mean
for
my company ?!

10. “The Cloud ” is not just cloud …
… when you have to fly through it !
S1
S1
S1
S1
S1
S1
MME
S-GW
PCRF
P-GW
S11
S5
S7
OTT Operator
IP Services
Internet
SGi
SGi
5G = opportunity for a a true
convergence of computing,
storage and comms
5G Networks, 5G Brighton Project Workshop, 2017-09-05

11. Why network changes matter for the delay and service creation?
5G
4G  5G
5G
60% of interactions in mobile networks are within 100 miles radius !
5G Networks, 5G Brighton Project Workshop, 2017-09-05

12. 5G Networks, 5G Brighton Project Workshop, 2017-09-05
What does it mean for
my company ?!

13. Testbeds as opportunity to open up innovation
• Generational mobile service upgrades are done through a
tight binary relationship between equipment manufacturers
and MNOs
• Communication Technology development is expensive
• In this space innovation depends on access to (expensive)
network equipment
5G Networks, 5G Brighton Project Workshop, 2017-09-05

14. 5G challenges on the road to reality
5G is still being developed, and its initial shape is being
worked out.
1. Technology choice vs. cost of deployment
There is a broad set of workable options and technological
advances, from new radio to network to computing (IT) –
which ones come first where and what is the
upgrade/evolution roadmap?
2. Regulatory framework
Spectrum, planning, competition, USO, new incentivisation
3. Demand generation and new business models
Vertical industry uptake depends on understanding how IT can
work differently/better in new mobile networks
4 ingredients for a successful
GPT
• Market need
• Technology capability
• Innovation (cross-
innovation)
• Regulatory framework
5G Networks, 5G Brighton Project Workshop, 2017-09-05

15. 5G Brighton
Doing Data Better with 5G
NEED A BETTER IMAGE HERE (Dritan)
…, Dritan Kaleshi, Daniel Dearing, Hamid Falaki, Sarah Robbs, …
5G Brighton
Doing Data Better with 5G Communications

16. What is it? (Phase 1 - 2017)
• Physical network deployment of cellular and WiFi/WiGig technology providing mobile
service to suitable end-user devices (laptops with dongles and suitable mobile phones
– currently Nexus 5X and Google Pixel)
• Covering a 20m x 30m area (initially indoors) in FuseBox
• Multi-technology: 4G+ radio with modified (5G) EPC, WiGig/WiFi, IoT
Some options delivered in Phase 2 – October 2018. Some flexibility depending on the the use cases proposed in Brighton
• It includes MEC infrastructure, virtualisation of EPC, and SDN/NFV capabilities
• It will connect with other UK testbeds nationally
D Kaleshi, Brighton, 27th March 2017

17. 5G Testbed Brighton – Technology and timeline
Cellular
(indoor / outdoor)
IEEE 802.11ad (WiGig)
(indoor & outdoor)
IoT
(NB-IoT and/or next-gen cellular IoT)
(indoor & outdoor)
5G Service Layer
5GTestbed(DigiCatand5GIC)
UseCaseDev
-DCCB
Phase 1 (December 2017)
Phase 2 (March 2020)

18. What does mean in practice? 5G Brighton Testbed
D Kaleshi, FuseBox, Brighton, 27th March 2017
Phase 1
(Small, <600m2)
(5G-like) EPC
(MME, S-GW, P-GW)
Computing & Storage
(MEC)
Phase 2
(Larger)
Other UK
Testbeds

19. What does mean in practice? 5G Brighton Testbed
Phase 1
(Small; FuseBox)
(5G-like) EPC
(MME, S-GW, P-GW)
Computing & Storage
(MEC)
Phase 2
(Larger; Gatwick???)
Other UK
Testbeds
BDX
FuseBox Larger venue
?
D Kaleshi, FuseBox, Brighton, 27th March 2017

20. How to engage?
• What is your technology interest?
• In the network technology
• As a communication service
• Mobile?
• As a black-box?
• With in-network computation (delay or service deployment locale)
• Talk to us ! Together, and in confidence, explore what you are doing that may need a mobile
connection and/or computation for your service or application
• We can co-explore the 5G roadmaps and feature availability and you can compare that with
your own – or discuss it further if you choose to
• Cost of using the testbed:
• Free for early demonstrations (subject to compatibility with testbed capabilities)
• Collaborative project – public funding
D Kaleshi, , Brighton, 27th March 2017
DCCB lead,
with DC
DC lead,
with DCCB

21. 5G Brighton: Example use case (DC)
Navigating buildings with Augmented Reality
• Starting point:
• Acme Ltd. is working on a solution to navigate buildings using AR.
• Their solution works on WiFi at the moment, they want to explore how their
technology may work with cellular.
• Initial tests show the network cannot support their application data rate and/or
latency.
• They (may) have some ideas how to continue, but are not yet ready to talk to mobile
operator/vendor (not sure yet, not clear, lack of contact/response, …)
• But they are located around Brighton (or have heard about 5G Brighton …) 
• They contact 5G Brighton engagement team
• Meeting #1: pre-sale for collaboration]; what is the challenge, what is the testbed, what can it do, what
it cannot do, what are the engagement options
• Meeting #2-4: Detailed preparation of experiment, understanding technical interfaces, timeframe,
testbed configuration requirements (single/multiple tenancy, load. etc.); help to identify external
stakeholder of interest from industry
• Experiment/Engagement. Development of interface extensions (if necessary, e.g. For MEC hosting);
development of experiment software, demo preparation. Execution.
• Joint dissemination of outcome. Help to engage with external stakeholder of interest from industry.
D Kaleshi, , Brighton, 27th March 2017
DCCB lead,
with DC
DC lead,
with DCCB

22. Questions ?
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