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Private Enterprise Networks

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 5G is a critical enabler for enterprise digital transformation

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 Enterprises want mobile connectivity services now

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 This is a big opportunity

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 Aether

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 Aether: Enterprise-5G/LTE-Edge-Cloud-as-a-Service

Managed
Enable managed connectivity and edge
cloud services while empowering

Reliable enterprise with control of their own

traffic, subscribers and apps
Consistent performance at different
network loads

Secure
Enable SIM-based security, and
provide platform for the enterprise to

Support High Capacity control its own traffic

Support for not only consumer devices, but

also massive IoT

Edge services
Local connectivity to edge services
which may require back-end
connectivity to public clouds

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 How do we get there?

New radio, new

generation mobile core

Distributed cloud
principles
Disaggregation &
virtualization

Software-defined
networking

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 Disaggregation and virtualization

App

gNB
Mobile Core
RAN

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 Disaggregation and virtualization

Mobile Core CP

App
Mobile Core UP
gNB
RAN

Mobile core control-user plane separation (CUPS)

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 Disaggregation and virtualization

Mobile Core CP

App
Mobile Core UP
gNB
RAN

Mobile core functional disaggregation

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 Disaggregation and virtualization

Mobile Core CP

CU-CP

App
DU CU-UP Mobile Core UP
RU
RAN

RAN disaggregation
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 Disaggregation and virtualization

Mobile Core CP

CU-CP

App
DU CU-UP Mobile Core UP
RU
RAN

Virtualization
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 Software-defined networking
Control Control CU-UP Mobile Core-
Trellis App App RAN Control Control UP Control

ONOS

P4Runtime Contract

Stratum OS Stratum OS

Stratum OS Stratum OS Stratum OS

CU-UP.p4* Mobile Core-UP.p4* App

RU

DU CU-UP CU-CP Mobile Core UP Mobile Core CP

SDN infrastructure
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 Distributed cloud

Central cloud

RU Edge cloud Central cloud

Network functions orchestrated to run scalably and elastically across multiple clouds
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 Aether leverages prior ONF projects
Click on project names for more info
Edge Cloud Central Cloud

Managed Platforms
& Services
Aether Management
& Control Platform

Access Service
Mesh Control
XOS

Edge Apps Third Party Applications

Access Services
OMEC

Trellis
Infrastructure
Control & Kubernetes ONOS
Management SD-RAN

Edge Cloud
Infrastructure
Stratum
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 Aether: Enterprise-5G/LTE-Edge-Cloud-as-a-Service

Sensors
Surveillance

Enterprise Datacenter

Employees

Production Engineer
Enterprise
Production Line

Employees

Meeting Room

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 Aether: Enterprise-5G/LTE-Edge-Cloud-as-a-Service

Third-Party
Enterprise Edge App
Sensors
Surveillance Mobile Core
User Plane

Aether Edge
Small Cell Enterprise Datacenter

Employees Enterprise
Control Portal

Enterprise 5G Edge
Small Cell Management & Control
Mobile Core Third-Party
Production Engineer
Enterprise Control Plane Enterprise App
Production Line

Central Cloud

Employees

Meeting Room

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 Aether: Enterprise-5G/LTE-Edge-Cloud-as-a-Service

Mobile Core User Enterprise Safety Enterprise Safety

Connectivity-as-a-Service
Plane Inference Machine Learning

Factory Public Cloud ML Apps Plug-and-Play Factory

Mobile Core User
Automation Automation
Plane
Inference Machine Learning
Enterprise Apps’ Components Hosting

Mobile Core User Enterprise Enterprise

Plane Database Local Database Remote

CDN Local CDN Remote

Mobile Core User
Plane Enterprise 5G Edge-as-a-Service

Enterprise App Enterprise App

Local Remote
Network Slicing

Enterprise Control
Portal
Mobile Core User
Plane

Mobile Core
Control Plane

Enterprise Edge Cloud Public Cloud

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 Aether: APIs for third-party edge applications and platforms

Enterprise Apps and Platforms

AWS APIs Azure APIs GCP APIs Aether APIs 3rd Party APIs
Aether API Gateway

5G/LTE Connectivity

SDN Infrastructure Cloud Infrastructure

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Mobile RAN Hybrid Cloud
Mobile
CentralRANUnit Management
Mobile RAN
Central Unit
Central Unit Runtime
Mobile Core
Mobile Workflow
UserCore
Plane Management
Mobile
UserCore
Plane
User Plane
Control

SDN Fabric Monitoring &

Fabric
SDNControl Automation
Fabric
SDNControl

Enterprise Edge
Enterprise Edge
Control
Aether Management &

Enterprise Edge
Services Control
SDN RAN Control
SDN RAN Control
Public Cloud
Aether architecture

Mobile Core
Control Plane
Service
Connectivity-as-a-

Internet
 Aether in operation

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 Aether is operational today
Operational today
Operational today
(iPhone 11 and Google Pixel 4
phones, CBRS dongles, IP RAN CU CBRS
cameras connected) Operational today
SPGW-U
CBRS
ONOS
RAN CU Band 7 RAN CU
ONF Demo Edge
CBRS
SPGW-U SPGW-U CBRS
RAN Emulator CI/CD
ONOS Aether ONOS
ONF Menlo Park Management & Intel Labs Hillsboro
Control

RAN CU MME SPGW-C HSS RAN CU

CBRS SPGW-U Google Cloud SPGW-U
CBRS
ONOS ONOS
ONF Tucson Operational today More Sites
(AT&T Atlanta, Infosys Dallas, Tech Mahindra Dallas,
Accelleran Antwerp, GSLab Pune,…)

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 Mobile RAN
Central Unit

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Band 7
Mobile Core
User Plane

Mobile RAN
Central Unit

CBRS
Mobile Core
Google Cloud

User Plane

SDN Fabric Hybrid Cloud

Control Management

Enterprise Edge
Runtime
SD-RAN Control Workflow
Management
Control

Azure IoT Edge Monitoring &

Automation
Aether Management &

GC AI Edge Services Control

Aether Demo Edge

Mobile Core
Control Plane
as-a-Service
Connectivity-

Internet

Google Cloud AI
App
Enterprise

Mobile Core
Control Plane
as-a-Service
Connectivity-

Azure IoT Hub

App
Aether supports multiple networks, multiple clouds simultaneously

Enterprise
Google Cloud

Microsoft Azure
 Aether Edge

GPU Kit

Management Switch

OCP Servers

VPN Router
OpenFlow Switch
COTS

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 Aether Connectivity

CBRS Small Cell

(Sercom, Accelleran)

Band 7 Small Cell

(Accelleran)

Band 7 Handset CBRS Handset

(Samsung) (iPhone 11,
Google Pixel 4)

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 Aether and eSIMs allow for dual private-MNO network connectivity

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 Aether supports multiple spectrum bands

Woojoong Kim & Jeremy Ronquillo, ONF

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 Aether Edge at Intel Labs Hillsboro

Christian Maciocco, Intel Labs

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 Aether management and control platform

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 Aether allows for global monitoring of all edges

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 Aether can use satellite backhaul – as primary or as backup

Pingping Lin, Jeremy Ronquillo, ONF

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 ONF-Inmarsat partnership for Aether satellite backhaul

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 Aether satellite backhaul performance

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 Enterprise Edge Apps on Aether

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 Aether applications: expect this to grow fast

CDN
ONF

Microsoft Azure IoT platform integration:

ML-driven object identification

ML-driven GPU-based smart spaces Infosys

Google Cloud Google AI Platform Integration:

ML-driven foot traffic counting

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 ONF’s CDN application on Aether
Aether Demo Edge Site
Mobile Core Aether Control
RAN and Management Enterprise
User Planes
Central Unit Platform Control Portal

Mobile Core
Control Plane
CBRS Phone

CDN Local
CBRS
Small Cell CDN Remote CDN Archive

Aether Edge
Google Cloud

Licensed Band
Small Cell
Microsoft Azure
Aether ONF Menlo Park Edge Site
Mobile Core
Control Plane
Aether Intel Labs Hillsboro Edge Site

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 ONF’s CDN application on Aether

Local content

Remote content

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 Microsoft’s object identification application on Aether
Aether Demo Edge Site
Mobile Core Aether Control
RAN and Management Enterprise
User Planes
Central Unit Platform Control Portal

Raspberry Pi
Camera Mobile Core
Control Plane
Camera Image Classifier
Display
Capture Service
Azure IoT Edge
Azure IoT Edge
CBRS
Small Cell Google Cloud
Aether Edge

Mobile Core
Control Plane
Licensed Band Microsoft Azure
Small Cell Azure Cognitive Services
Aether ONF Menlo Park Edge Site Video Collection Display

Aether Intel Labs Hillsboro Edge Site Azure IoT Hub

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 Microsoft’s object identification application on Aether

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 Microsoft’s object identification application on Aether

Sercom CBRS
dongle

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 Infosys’ GPU-based smart spaces application on Aether
Aether Demo Edge Site
Mobile Core Aether Control
RAN and Management Enterprise
User Planes
Central Unit Platform Control Portal

Mobile Core
Camera Capture Control Plane
Camera
Inference Engine
CBRS
Small Cell Google Cloud
Aether Edge

Mobile Core
Control Plane
Licensed Band Microsoft Azure
Small Cell

Aether ONF Menlo Park Edge Site

Learning Engine Dashboard & Analytics

Aether Intel Labs Hillsboro Edge Site

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 Infosys’ GPU-based smart spaces application on Aether

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 Google Cloud’s foot traffic counting application on Aether

ONF Mobile Team

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 SD-RAN and Aether

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 SD-RAN
Disaggregation

PHY
Scheduling

MAC
RU PHY-LO
RLC
Open Fronthaul
Option 7.2
PDCP DISAGGREGATION PHY-HI

DU
Scheduling

MAC
RRC
RLC

F1-U F1 F1-C
PDCP-U Option 2

CU-U SDAP
PDCP
CU
E1 PDCP-C
RRC
RRC
CU-C

46 Packet & Signal Processing Radio Resource Management Control

 SD-RAN
Disaggregation

control
Core Network
Control Plane RRC

Scheduling
D/A RF
Core Network PDCP RLC PHY
MAC Conversion Front End
User Plane

CENTRAL UNIT DISTRIBUTED UNIT RADIO UNIT

(CU) (DU) (RU)
Option 2 Split Option 7.2 Split

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 SD-RAN
SDN control of the RAN

Near-Real Time RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC)

CU-C DU RU

RRC PDCP-C

D/A RF
SDAP PDCP-U RLC MAC PHY
Scheduling
Conversion Front End

CU-U
RAN Real Time Control

Option 2 Split Option 7.2 Split

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 ONOS RIC
Latency for Control Non-Real-Time RIC
>> 1 s
A1

O-RAN COMPLIANT NB - A1

RAN APPS
(Radio Connection Mgmt, Mobility Mgmt, QoS Mgmt, Interference Mgmt, 3rd Party Apps,
Trained Model)

~100 ms
~10 ms
10-100 ms
NB CORE API O1
(R-NIB, Flow Objectives, Intents)

DISTRIBUTED RIC NEAR-RT CORE

(R-NIB management, Notifications, High-availability & Scale-out)

O-RAN COMPLIANT SB - E2

E2 E2 E2
Third-party
O-RU ONF O-CU-C ONOS
Real-time
F1-C
Open
F1-U CU-U.p4
Fronthaul
ONF O-DU
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RAN
 SD-RAN architecture
Aether Control and Management Platform

Non-Real-Time RIC

O1 A1
O1
Near-Real-Time RIC

E2 E2 E2

O-CU-C
E1
O-eNB O-CU-U
E2 F1-C
F1-U
O-DU

Open Fronthaul

O-RU

Aether Edge
O2
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 ONOS RIC

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 Takeaways

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 Key takeaways
Aether is O-RAN Aether is ONF’s
architecture consistent Enterprise-5G/LTE-
and already hosts an Edge-Cloud-as-a-Service
ONOS-based RIC

Aether hosts edge Aether edge Aether enables Aether’s mobile Aether manages Aether seamlessly
components of IoT and ML uses enterprise’s multi-cloud core control is and controls converges private network
platforms of Azure and existing backhaul connectivity to centralized and all enterprise connectivity and on-prem
GCP, and allows for and may also all public clouds provides edges as a edge cloud to empower
seamless operation of all use a satellite connectivity-as- managed-service enterprise digital
apps that leverage these backhaul a-service transformation
platforms and their APIs
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 Aether ecosystem

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 Thank you

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