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OPEN PLATFORM BaSED 5g

On the road to THE Software telco

Alex Jinsung Choi, Deutsche Telekom ONF Spotlight, Sept 2020

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We observe accelerating market dynamics

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Altogether having the potential to disrupt the telco sector Changed customer expectations Customers now expect digital experiences, individualized services instantly provided, usable and changeable Evolved technology Network technology evolves towards cloud, software & automation Lack of innovation Constant pressure on prices forced supplier consolidation leading to dramatic slow-down of innovation New competition Hyperscalers offer connectivity & telco services based on their global cloud platform

Cloud, Disaggregation, orchestration & open APIs are key Technology ingredients of network differentiation

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Access IP Control & Orchestration Customer Interaction & Products Cloud & Service Platforms

Disaggregation to drive flexibility & scalability towards future proof “cloud- speed” and renewal of supply ecosystem Orchestration across domains and lifecycle to increase speed & quality by DevOps and cope with complexity Open APIs to optimize TCO, push innovation, enable global reach and direct network monetization

Dt Community EngaGement

• focus, alignment, efficient collaboration

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• Broad engagement in communities & standards organizations
• Need to leverage synergies, avoiding overlap and duplication of efforts
• Balance between open innovation and reliable standards / stable reference points

Disaggregation helps renew our supplier ecosystem and remove vendor lock-in

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Network disaggregation breaks-up monolithic network gear to optimize TCO, drive flexibility & accelerate innovation

Disaggregated RAN Legacy RAN

Antenna BBU + RU

RAN = Radio Access Network, BBU = Baseband Unit, RU = Radio Unit RRU = Remote Radio Unit, RIC = Radio Intelligent Controller, CU/DU = Centralized/Decentralized Unit

RF Cable RRU RRU RRU Antenna

Automated Cloudified/Software-based Open APIs & Ecosystem Modular/Decomposed

Antenna BBU Fiber RU Cloud Infrastructure

x86 FPGA Open APIs

CU SW DU SW RIC

Open APIs

Monolithi c HW + SW Monolithi c HW + SW

Open APIs

Management & Orchestration

Opening the ran for innovaiton

remote radio head (RRH) / radio unit (RU)

Heavy investments in RAN partially due to complex legacy integration and strong market consolidation

TODAY TOMORROW – OPEN RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS

Multi-vendor technology unit

Bring smaller and innovative companies to participate More flexibility to combine solutions from different vendors Open fronthaul interface as key initial step towards disaggregated RAN

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DT zero Touch automation platform

RAN = Radio Access Network, BBU = Baseband Unit, RU = Radio Unit

Zero-touch & closed loop SMO platform (non realtime)

Transport CU

Central sites

RU DU VIM INFRA (DC)

Edge

+ K8s

DU Transport

SMO platform enables:

• Model driven
• Policy enforcement
• Data collection & analytics
• Optimization Framework
• AI/ML
• Zero Touch provisioning
• Closed loop Mgmt.
• SON capabilities

Closed control loop

… generating distinct characteristics Edge Cloud places compute, storage & network capabilities closer to devices

Edge Cloud is a key control point for Telcos calling for a cross-operator approach to succeed vs. hyperscalers

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Datacenter-grade compute, storage & network … placed closer to … devices and endpoints

5G

Reduced latency Optimized Network TCO Context & location awareness Enhanced security & data privacy

… enabling new use cases and business models

AR Maintenance Multiplayer AR Gaming Real-time V2X

telco Edge Cloud enables scale for developers while providing flexibility and monetization opportunities for operators

Valuable Telco assets:

Œ Managed quality of connectivity Ž Proximity to customers  Network APIs

But we need to act now. Fast. Together. Multi Cloud

&

Multi Operator

Telco Edge Cloud

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Telco Edge Cloud

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