OPEN PLATFORM BaSED 5g On the road to THE Software telco Alex - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

OPEN PLATFORM BaSED 5g On the road to THE Software telco Alex Jinsung Choi, Deutsche Telekom ONF Spotlight, Sept 2020 – internal –

We observe accelerating market dynamics Altogether having the potential to disrupt the telco sector Changed customer expectations New competition Customers now expect digital experiences, Hyperscalers offer connectivity & telco services individualized services instantly provided, usable and based on their global cloud platform changeable Evolved technology Lack of innovation Network technology evolves towards cloud, Constant pressure on prices forced supplier software & automation consolidation leading to dramatic slow-down of innovation – internal – 2

Cloud, Disaggregation, orchestration & open APIs are key Technology ingredients of network differentiation Disaggregation to drive flexibility & Customer Interaction & Products scalability towards future proof “cloud- speed” and renewal of supply ecosystem Control & Orchestration Orchestration across domains and lifecycle to increase speed & quality by DevOps Cloud & Service Platforms and cope with complexity IP Open APIs to optimize TCO, push innovation, enable global reach and direct network monetization Access – internal – 3

Dt Community EngaGement - focus, alignment, efficient collaboration • 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 – internal – 4

Disaggregation helps renew our supplier ecosystem and remove vendor lock-in Network disaggregation breaks-up monolithic network gear to optimize TCO, drive flexibility & accelerate innovation RRU Management & Orchestration RRU Modular/Decomposed RF Cable RRU Monolithi Open APIs c Cloudified/Software-based HW + SW Antenna BBU + RU RIC Open APIs Open APIs & Ecosystem CU SW DU SW RU Open APIs Antenna Automated Fiber Cloud Infrastructure Monolithi x86 FPGA c Antenna BBU HW + SW Legacy RAN Disaggregated RAN – internal – 5 RAN = Radio Access Network, BBU = Baseband Unit, RU = Radio Unit RRU = Remote Radio Unit, RIC = Radio Intelligent Controller, CU/DU = Centralized/Decentralized Unit

Opening the ran for innovaiton TODAY TOMORROW – OPEN RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS Heavy investments in RAN partially due to complex legacy integration and strong market consolidation Open fronthaul interface as key initial step towards disaggregated More flexibility to RAN combine solutions remote radio head (RRH) / radio from different unit (RU) vendors Multi-vendor technology unit Bring smaller and innovative companies to participate – confidential – 6

DT zero Touch automation platform Zero-touch & closed loop SMO platform (non realtime) SMO platform enables : Model driven • Zero Touch provisioning • Policy enforcement • Closed loop Mgmt. • Data collection & analytics • SON capabilities • Optimization Framework • Closed control loop AI/ML • DU RU DU Transport CU VIM INFRA (DC) Transport + K8s Edge Central sites RAN = Radio Access Network, BBU = Baseband Unit, RU = Radio Unit

Edge Cloud is a key control point for Telcos calling for a cross-operator approach to succeed vs. hyperscalers Edge Cloud places compute, storage & network capabilities closer to devices 5G Datacenter-grade placed closer to devices and endpoints compute, storage & … network … … generating distinct characteristics … enabling new use cases and business models Reduced Context & location Enhanced security & Optimized latency awareness data privacy Network TCO Real-time V2X AR Maintenance Multiplayer AR Gaming – confidential – 8

telco Edge Cloud enables scale for developers while providing flexibility and monetization opportunities for operators Œ Managed quality of connectivity  Network APIs Ž Proximity to customers Valuable Telco assets: Multi Operator Multi Cloud y y Telco Edge Cloud Telco Edge Cloud & But we need to act now. Fast. Together. 9

COME TO bERLIN - Driving community collaboration https://www.opennetworking.org/news-and-events/press-releases/onf-establishes-a-european-presence-to- serve-growing-european-community https://telecominfraproject.com/c OTIC@telekom. labs de

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