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Part One
Core Network Development of Mainstream Operators

North ① vEPC/ vIMS are in scale commercial use (including virtualized forwarding plane)
America ② At the early stage of 5G, FWA has been in commercial use in multiple cities
③ MEC will be deployed widely, to extend from “5G Fixed” to “5G Fixed + Mobile”, using intelligent edge network
architecture to achieve “5G FMC”

① Operators have transferred from NSA path to SA target path

Europe ② At the early stage, core network slicing will be implemented, to achieve E2E network-wide slice orchestration,
focusing on AR/VR services
③ Operators focus on the automatic deployment/test of 5GC through ONAP and OSM.

① vEPC / vIMS are in scale commercial use (including virtualized forwarding plane)
Asia ② At the early stage, eMBB slice is used to meet services of big video and large bandwidth
③ Operators are exploring and verifying MEC scenarios including edge image detection based on 5G and MEC,
intrusion detection, real media, autonomous car, etc.

Virtualization has been in scale commercial use,

and SA target architecture has become the common choice
Conclusion

R15 standard meets 2020 eMBB commercial requirements, and the

industry chain is maturing

5G is the chance for operator transformation, and mainstream

operators are deploying 5G networks based on virtualization

Global operators actively deploy 5G networks and select different

deployment policies per different conditions
Part Three
 One Core for All - Common Core

Common Core
EPC 5GC
KPI
Converged User Data
HSS UDM
Multiple Cores
20% 2G/3G/4G/5G/Fixed full convergence
Reduce signaling & latency

Converged Policy
PCRF PCF

Investment
SMF
GW-C
40% Support both SA and NSA, no repeated
Converged
N26 Control
Overlapping Investment MME AMF upgrade Reusable resource

Converged
GW-U Forwarding
UPF

Complicated O&M DevOps-based rapid service onboarding

AI-based self-optimization & autonomy
2G/3G 4G 5G Fixed

5G E2E live demo

5GC SA lab test with commercial devices 5G MOU vEPC on AWS Public
Cloud
 ZTE SBA+ Architecture Enables Rapid 5G Service Innovation
3GPP Micro-Service
SBI
NF1 NFn l Micro-service architecture enables
NF2
NFS1 SSU and gated launch to shorten
NFS1 NFS1
service TTM.
MS MS MS MS
MS MS l Agile CI/CD by DevOps tools.

…
MS … NFSn
NFSn
Cross-Platform
…

MS MS MS MS
NFSn
l On demand deployment on VM,
MS MS MS MS container, VM + container, and bare
metal, saving CAPEX.

Internal
MSI
Easy Evolution
Telecom Micro-Service Platform Common Service
3GPP R16
Internal Component … Load Balance Routing … eSBA Service l Shared common service promotes
Communication Warehouse Framework resources use ratio.
l Foresight design, common service
Infrastructure
is evolvable to R16 eSBA Service
Container
VM Container Bare Metal Framework, reducing CAPEX.
VM
Convergent Data Enables Smooth Migration to 5G

4G 4G/5G

Data Highlights
HSS HSS/UDM/AUSF

l Efficient Storage, Less CAPEX

Unified management of user data, getting
MME MME AMF SMF profile on demand

l Reusing 4G Card, Smooth Migration

4G 4G 5G Unified authentication of 4G/5G, making users
directly accessing 5G without changing card or
number

4G Users can reuse 4G USIM card and number when migrating to 5G

Convergent Control Plane Improves User Experience & KPI

Separated Control Plane Convergent Control Plane

HSS/UDM Policy Highlights
HSS UDM

l Better User Experience

Location
Reducing 4/5G interoperation signaling
report
Handover Convergent
Signaling Control Plane l Better KPI
MME AMF
Reducing handover latency significantly
LTE NR LTE
Improving handover success rate
NR

l Less TCO
Simplified O&M reduces OPEX
Simplified networking reduces CAPEX
Convergent User Plane Guarantees Service Continuity

Internet

Policy Highlights
PGW
Convergent User Plane
UPF +GW-U l Guaranteed service continuity
IP Anchor Anchored in the same UP node with the
same UE IP address, no service
interruption during handover

l Single IP simplifies networking

UPF and GW-U share the same IP to
reduce UP networking complexity and
save IP resource
LTE NR

UE IP: 10.1.1.1 UE IP: 10.1.1.1

ZTE CUPS+ Achieves Distributed Deployment with High Efficiency & Low
Cost

• The C-Pool reduces the C-plane redundancy, and one

U-plane can correspond to multiple C-planes in the C-
Pool. The redundancy mode is changed from the
traditional 1+1 to the N+M, providing high reliability
EM and improving resources use ratio.
SMF/GW-C SMF/GW-C
C-Pool

• One U-plane corresponds to multiple C-planes, so that the

breakdown of one U/C-plane only influences self-online
UPF/GW-U UPF/GW-U Full Mesh UPF/GW-U UPF/GW-U users.
U-Pool U-Pool • The architecture supports the heterogeneous CUPS, so that
the operator can make a more flexible choice.
Region A Region C

UPF/GW-U UPF/GW-U

U-Pool
Region B • 1 C-Pool manages multiple U-Pools to make unified daily
management, service configuration and version
management, simplifying O&M complexity and reducing
O&M cost.
Part One
5G Common Core Roadmap

3GPP 2018 2019 2020

R15 (Phase 1) R16 (Phase 2) 5G Evolution

NSA Access

vEPC

More
Cloud Native Features

Cloud PoC Commercial PoC Commercial

5G Core
• SBA • 2G/3G/4G/5G • mMTC, uRLLC
• Slicing Convergence • V2X
• CUPS/MEC • FMC • …

Commercial version of Common Core has been released in Q1 2019, to accelerate 5G commercialization and 4G expansion
 Promote 5G Commercialization Step by Step

……

Common Core
（2/3/4/5G）
S1 N2/N3 N2/N3
N26 5GC NR
LTE eLTE
EPC (Common Core)
5GC
EPC (Common Core)
S1 N2/N3

LTE NR
BS dual-connection (Option 4/7)
S1 N2/N3

LTE NR Convergent Core

Interoperation • NR access mainly, LTE BS gradually exits or evolves

• New NR BS to interface with 5GC
• New 5GC, overlapping networking, no impact on existing
networks
• Data Centric services mainly, supporting 4/5G reselection
• LTE BS and NR support interoperation
• EPC and 5GC support interoperation and support
4/5G handover
• Voice service continuity
to eLTE, using dual-connection technology to
optimize capacity & coverage requirements
• EPC and 5GC are converged as Common Core,
supporting slicing
Part One
Fostering an Open and Win-Win Ecosystem

Common Edge Slice Store for MEC

5G Slicing Wholesale Solution 5G-Oriented Core Network Evolution Solution

Common Core 4MIX Distributed Cloud CloudStudio

TECS CloveStorage CO Re-Architecting Solution vBRAS

Platinum Member Gold Member Enabling CSP Digital Transformation

Leading Player in All Areas of NFV Development

Leading 5G Core Vendor

Very Strong in NFVI/MANO/vIMS/vEPC

Leader of 5GC/G-VNFM
Rich Experience Accelerates 5G Commercialization
1st 5G-Ready Virtual Core
5G demo at the Tibo Exhibition 2019
1st 5G SA call in Europe
5G holographic call
Large-Scale NFVI + vEPC

1st 5G video call in Hungary

1st 5G Slice Store in Europe

5G service demo: 4K video conferrencing, VR,

low-latency cloud storage...

500+
E2E Industrial Cooperation, Accelerating the
Commercialization Process
@2019Q1 @201811 @201812
SA
Function
Complete SA 5GC Functional Test Complete 5G SA Lab Test The first to complete SA 5GC Phase 1 Test

@2.6GHz
VoNR
First 5G SA VoNR in Europe 5G SA VoNR 5G SA VoNR in Xiongan

E2E
5G SA Data Connection
Commercial Terminal 5G Holographic Call @ Global 5G Event 5G SA First Call

Performance
&
Interoperability First 4/5G Interoperation Demo The first to complete R15 SA IOT
(N8/N10/N12)