C-RAN and Low Power Architectures Preparing the Way for 5G

What impact will 5G have on HetNet Low Power Small Cells and In-Building networks? Virtualization – what, when and why? How will unlicensed technologies influence cellular deployment and services?

 

 

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When

December 6-8, 2017

Where

Hilton San Jose

San Jose, CA USA

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Limited to 100 seats

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Introduction

The move from traditional macro and small cell architectures to a centralized one in C-RAN and vRAN may be viewed as part of the transition to virtualized networks. This workshop will explore short term opportunities and longer-term potential for more efficient traffic and interference management, optimized applications, services, and content delivery

Workshop Goals

  • Understand network architecture choices and trade-offs
  • Explore network evolution for macro, small cell, DAS, etc. towards 5G
  • Discuss and debate 4G architectural choices towards 5G

Agenda

DAY 1
December 6

Wednesday

7:00 PM

Registration and Evening Reception

Registration at hotel

DAY 2
December 7

Thursday

7:00 AM

 

Registration and Breakfast

 

8:00 AM

Welcome and Introductions

 

8:30 AM

Keynote

  • Architecture needs and real world deployment scenarios

Keynote Presentation

 

DMTS

 

10:00 AM

Networking Break

 

10:40 AM

Service Provider Perspectives

  • Mobile Operator view and position on transition towards C/V-RAN
  • C-RAN architecture requirements and proposals
  • Review of the different radio architecture splits and pros/cons
  • Evolving network infrastructure to support 5G
  • 5G architecture, LAA Distribution, LBT in LAA to not interfere
  • 5G network dimensioning in terms of capacity
  • Deployment scenarios
  • Where is CRAN intended to be deployed and what is the planned proportion of CRAN deployment in the network?
  • Do operators plan fixed functional split or dynamic function split or mixed?
  • Network deployment plan and application of 5G
  • Are operators focused on 5G deployments in dense urban to start? - What about graceful transition from dense urban to light urban?
  • The challenges faced by operators
  • The differentiation between C-RAN (Centralized RAN) vs Cloud RAN
  • The reasoning behind choosing the solutions and how they plan to address them
  • Deployment model (via Enterprise IT or Version direct deployment)

Network Operations with Massive MIMO and User-Centric Cells

 

Senior Research Engineer

 

 

Edge Cloud a Complementing 5G Networks

 

PMTS

 

 

12:00 Noon

Networking Lunch

 

1:00 PM

OEM Perspectives

  • Standardization ecosystem, status, and timeline relevant to C-RAN and NGFN initiatives
  • Will C-RAN be an open architecture or proprietary? (Vendor specific)
  • Exploring MEC Multiple Access Edge Computing
  • What impact will 5G have in C-RAN?
  • Range of configurations of C-RAN cells (# of carriers, bandwidths, bands, MIMO etc.)
  • Are there small and large configurations?
  • Is there a sweet spot configuration? (Relating to 4G, 4G+ and migration to 5G)
  • Compare and contrast with SDN/NVF approaches

Dark Fiber, Passive DWDM, Active DWDM … Pro's and Con's of each in a 5G CRAN Architecture

 

Solution Architect

 

 

Packet-Based Fronthaul Capacity Planning and Packet Scheduling

 

Senior Research Engineer

 

 

C-RAN Architecture Resilience – Dimensioning from an Availability perspective

 

Senior. Staff Systems Engineer

 

3:00 PM

Networking Break

 

3:40 PM

OEM Perspectives, continued

  • 5G network architecture.
  • Will LTE macrocells migrate to C-RAN (centralized baseband with CPRI Fronthaul)
  • Clearly current frequency band small cell Densification is occurring, how will the macro layer be optimized?
  • Layer management?
  • Where are the requirements heading?

Realizing vRAN through On-Premise Mobile Clouds

 

CMO

 

 

4:20 PM

End of Day Panel

 

5:00 PM

Adjourn

 

7:30 PM

Networking Dinner - Orchestria Palm Court

 

DAY 3
December 8

Friday

7:00 AM

Registration and Breakfast

 

8:00 AM

OEM/System Perspectives

  • What additional functions will 5G use-cases drive at the edge of the network?
  • Enterprise C-RAN with virtualized baseband and low power distributed remote system, from DAS to DRS towards 5G.
  • LAA, Latency Challenges
  • Better understand the technical challenges related to the migration to C-RAN, and changes to the KPIs. Understanding the network's influence on C-RAN operation
  • Aesthetic footprint
  • Flexibility, BTS slicing, real time reliability, integration with MEC type function, neutral host...
  • IEEE & 3GPP collaboration
  • Trade-offs between moving to the edge and centralization for intercell clustering and interference management
  • Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) Evolution
  • Building blocks and functional splits of low power C-RAN and vRAN
  • The importance of virtualized DU towards 5G CU – DU architecture
  • Short term impact of RAN virtualization on Enterprise
  • C-RAN architecture for 5G

Opportunities to Optimize on the way to 5G

 

VP, Strategy and Business Development

 

 

Central to Cloud RAN for 5G Transport

 

Principal Packet Strategy Manager

 

Seamless migration toward 5G RAN Transport

 

SVP

 

 

10:00 AM

Networking Break

 

10:40 AM

Technology Enablers

  • CRAN with MEC instead of just over it – an economics point of view
  • How to truly share the infrastructure – challenges and possible solutions
  • What does WiFi have coming to eradicate interference?
  • Disruptive solutions for higher speeds - 400GBps
  • The impact of 5G on MMIC demand
  • Antenna design for C-RAN networks
  • From C-RAN to D-RAN with coordination
  • Edge Computing
  • URLLC
  • Management of CRAN
  • ONAP project doesn’t include all carriers yet - What do others think?
  • Network (cRAN) slicing - moving the gateway and application to the mobile edge
  •  CRAN Architecture what do the network elements look like?
  • 5G Low Power system specification (RF power, antenna numbers, system throughput, Power consumption, working bands)
  • 5G Architectures (C-RAN, vRAN, HetNet, 4G Interworking, etc.)
  • C-RAN, Simulation/analysis on different RAN split performance gain vs cost
  • Issues and challenges to be faced when C-RAN in 5G to coexist with 4G
  • Quantified analysis on cost saving in CRAN vs dRAN; RAN CP and UP separation performance gain analysis
  • Outdoor small cell deployment

MEC and CRAN: Better Together

 

Project Chair

 

 

4G AAS to 5G Massive MIMO: Solving Power and Footprint Challenge

 

Director

 

 

 

12:00 Noon

Networking Lunch

 

1:00 PM

Technology Enablers

  • Testing and Validation
  • Power Architecture topics: HVDC, power backup
  • C-RAN: Layer 1 split scenarios - pros and cons, small call networks and integration to C-RAN, cell edge coordination with small cells
  • 5G Network architecture trends
  • Understanding what densification means to coordination between small cell and macro
  • What are the relative costs of CRAN?
  • Estimated link length between CU, DU and Remote radio heads
  • NFV, SDN, mm wave, Layer 3 routing, CRAN deployment strategy, Use cases
  • Green Sites, ERAN
  • Usage of 50 Ohm & 75 Ohm RF connections

Fronthaul Remote Testing and 24x7 Monitoring

 

Senior Advisor, CTO

 

 

Test, Measurement and Optimization of Hybrid Systems

 

Technologist, CTO Office

 

 

P3 - 5G Way Forward & 5G EMF Measurements

 

Head of P3 Optimization Global Unit

 

3:00 PM

Networking Break

 

3:30 PM

Technology Enablers, continued

Leveraging Low Rooftops for CRAN Densification

 

CTO

 

 

4:10 PM

Closing Panel

 

5:00 PM

Adjourn

 

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    Deadline for electronic version of presentation/handout materials: Monday, November 27th, 2017

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    300 Almaden Blvd.
    San Jose, CA 95110
    Phone: 408-287-2100
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