EVENT 8th FOKUS FUSECO Forum 2017

Conference / November 09, 2017 - November 10, 2017

8th FOKUS FUSECO Forum 2017

Getting Digital Infrastructures Ready for 5G

First Experiences and the Way Forward

Last year's edition of the FOKUS FUSECO Forum was attended by more than 220 delegates from over 30 nations and brought together international network operators, manufacturers and researchers to discuss the ICT infrastructures needed for the upcoming 5G network systems as well as the Industrial Internet. This year we will look at the benefits and risks of this emerging disruptively agile network and service environment driven by the integration of existing and new access network technologies, new software paradigms like edge computing, network virtualization, network slicing, and programmable 5G Core networks. Together with leading operators, manufacturers, integrators as well as various solution providers we want to assess ongoing technologies and business proofs of concept and related 5G testbeds around the globe.

This year's event will again feature three dedicated tracks consisting of tutorials and interactive workshops on the first day, namely

1. Multi-access Network Technologies in 5G-Ready Networks

2. 5G Edge and Core Software Networks and Emerging 5G Applications

3. Network Virtualization and Network Slicing for 5G-Ready Networks

The second day features a full-day conference uniting these topics under one umbrella “The 5G Reality Check: 5G-Ready Applications and Technological Enablers for 5G Implementation”.

As usual we will show the newest prototypes developed within the 5G Berlin Testbed and also show first applications in the Berlin 5G Testfield Initiative driven by the Senate of Berlin.

Organized and hosted by:

Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems FOKUS

Chairman:

Prof. Dr. Thomas Magedanz, TU Berlin/Fraunhofer FOKUS

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Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems FOKUS
Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31
10589 Berlin

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November 09, 2017 - November 10, 2017

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Technical Program Committee

The FUSECO Forum does not feature scientific publications, but represents a forum in which leading international technical experts from both industry and academia discuss hot topics in research and development. Thus, there is no call for papers and paper review process.

The technical program is shaped by international experts who, based on their exposed positions and market experiences, help to invite international experts in dedicated technical domains to secure a high caliber program for this two-day event.

The following experts have supported the setup of the current 2017 program:

Paolo Bellavista, University of Bologna, Italy
Giuseppe Carella, Fraunhofer FOKUS/TU Berlin, Germany
Renato Cavalcante, Fraunhofer HHI, Germany
Periklis Chatzimisios, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece
Marius Corici, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany
Stefan Covaci, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany
Ashutosh Dutta, AT&T, USA
Michael Fritsch, Consultant, Germany (tbc)
Alex Galis, University College London, UK
Maria Guta, European Space Agency, The Netherlands
Latif Ladid, Ipv6 Forum, Luxembourg
Rami Langar, University of Eastern Paris, France
Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France
Thomas Magedanz, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany
Tetsuya Nakamura, Principal Systems Architect at CableLabs, USA
Dan Pitt, MEF Senior Vice President, USA
Ivan Seskar, Rutgers University, USA
Slawomir Stanczak, Fraunhofer HHI, Germany

Demos

Open5GCore Rel. 3+

Open5GCore demonstration

This demonstrator showcases the advancements towards the software 5G networks as reflected into the Fraunhofer FOKUS Open5GCore following the 3GPP Release 14 and Release 15. The demonstrator is mainly addressing the extended mobile broadband and the massive IoT use cases showcasing the newly developments in the area of NB-IoT and multimedia delivery, through this mirroring the technology advancements towards 5G. The 5G Ready Trial platform is providing the basis for customized deployments, easy to configure and nomadic, thus addressing the current testbed needs within the 5G environment. The demonstration will present the various features of the core network platform as well as its configurability.

Orchestrating Service Function Chains using Open Baton & OPNFV

SFC Orchestrator system enables Open Baton, a reference implementation of the ETSI NFV MANO architecture, to deploy and orchestrate Service Function Chains while providing real-time management of SFC lifecycle. In this demonstration, Open Baton is employed as NFV Orchestrator for managing a multimedia network service that includes two SFCs supporting SIP and HTTP traffic. The deployment of chains’ paths in the data plane is done by the Open Daylight SDN controller via the SFC Orchestrator system in an OPNFV platform. In addition to this, the Auto-scaling System, and the Fault Management System will be employed for demonstrating the SFC lifecycle management achieved by the SFC Orchestrator.

OpenSDNCore

Software Network Security

With the evolution towards software networks, a redesign of the security enablers is needed together with the re-design of the networking substrate in the cloud environments. This demonstration will provide a first glance of a new networking system for cloud environments which is able to transparently and efficiently adapt the network substrate within a cloud environment according to the service security requirements and to the cloud flexibility preparing the cloud environment for the genuine carrier-grade runtime requirements as expected in operator environments. Additionally, the role of machine learning as a means to boost the security in the cloud environment will be underlined.

OpenMTC – Horizontal M2M/IOT platform

Dynamic policy enforcement to manage and control resource access

The demo will showcase a platform management tool which allows managing access to different resources or services to third-party applications. The management tool consists basically of an IN-CSE, a Dynamic Authorization Server (DAS) and a web portal (GUI). The portal is also the frontend of the DAS in order to configure the policies. The platform is populated with field domain services hosted in local premises. It will provide access to different kind of sensors. Additionally simulated data sources can be requested.

The showcase will demonstrate the process of registering an application, requesting and using a service and providing a service to another application. The register process incorporates the generation of an SSL-certificate in order use Certificate-based Authentication. The request to a service is done via the GUI and needs to be admitted by the owner of the service. The result will be transferred to the DAS in order to grant access to the required resources. Providing services to other applications is done via the GUI.

The demo will show the registration of three different applications. One application will register, consume data of sensors and enhance data and doing simple analytics. The generated data will be offered as service to other applications. The second application will register and offer an actuator for indicating different states in the demo. The third application will register and combine the enhanced data and the actuating capabilities. It will show the data in a graph-style dashboard and uses the actuator to show changes of conditions.

Harmonizing heterogeneous data sources through semantic support

Attaching additional sensors to existing machines in a shop floor, also called retrofitting, provides you with additional information and provides further insights about the machine status. This process is conducted through the OpenIoTFog framework which allows the collection of sensor information from both, industrial fieldbus systems via PROFINET or via OPC UA and from new sensors (via Bluetooth over MQTT) and the aggregation of the data.

Since data are heterogeneous and use different communication standards within this system, the main goal of this demo is to use the semantic technologies in order to make the meaning of data as explicit as possible, and as context-independent as possible. To achieve and realize this goal, the W3C standard technologies such as the semantic web data model, uniform resource identifier (URIs), and Fiesta-IoT ontology are used.

The design process involves the implementation of a semantic annotation extension that mainly follows the oneM2M specification standard. This results in the enhancement of the OpenIoTFog framework, with the semantic capabilities. Thus, the platform through this extension supports data annotation while using the Fiesta-IoT. Furthermore a unified and scalable access to semantic annotation through the use of semantic queries, filtering, and the discovery of content and resources by the OpenIoTFog platform is supported. Finally, the extension allows the storage of semantic information in a local centralized semantic repository.

In this Demo it is possible to navigate and browse the annotated data within this system using a graphical user interface that provides a GUI for SPARQL queries including a number of examples to get started with a Lodlive GUI that allows to browse data using a wonderfully designed graph.

SATis5 testbed

Satellite is 5G

With the increasing density of communication networks and the very high dynamicity of the communication environment doubled by the increasing number of available low orbit satellite networks, satellite communication is now taking a decisive step for the deep integration within the 5G systems.

The demonstrator will showcase a software core network with satellite backhaul, including a set of specific optimizations which are expected from the satellite equipment provider community as well as from the software providers of telecom components. With this 5G ready satellite platform, different use cases can be deployed in the area of dedicated IoT networks as well as in the area of multimedia distribution and highly distributed networks.

The demonstration represents an extension of the ESA ARTES 1 study “Satcom integration with LTE-based core network emulator – SATINET” demonstrator, contract no. ESA 4000111941/15/NL/EM. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Space Agency.

Open5GCore: The Live Software Network

In the foyer where the FUSECO Forum will take place a live edge network will be deployed, similar to a micro-network using off-the-shelf LTE base stations and the latest version of the software Open5GCore. Visitors are welcome to experience the live LTE network and to understand the complexity and the best practices in managing such a network for R&D purposes as well as the benefits of a 3GPP network with edge intelligence in the future 5G vertical network deployments.

IoT Core: Edge Intelligence enabling Public Safety & Privacy

Through edge-based data analytics, public surveillance systems are enabled to locally and autonomously analyze video data and to trigger safety actions without violating data protection and privacy regulations. Through Fog-to-Fog communication low latencies from sensor data aggregation, to data analysis to actor control are achieved. Furthermore edge-based data processing allows for highest levels of autonomy, resilience and robustness. The demonstrator shows how trajectories and movements of vehicles in public environments can be monitored and counter actions be triggered upon detected anomalies.

enyCLS: Legacy Metering

The FOKUS CLS demonstrator shows the connection of digital measuring devices, which are not covered by Smart Meter Gateway (SMGW).

The enyCLS software therefore supports the digitalization of measurement.

As part of the “Energiewende” (Germany's shift toward renewables and Smart Grid technologies), one of the tasks in the Smart Meter Infrastructure in Germany is to correctly read out the data of various meter types and and the transfer to various billing service providers. One of the challenges during the smart-meter rollout and the transformation to digital measurement technology is that all meters are able to integrate into the infrastructure, as well the older models.

The flexible software solution enyCLS supports the Smart Meter Gateway infrastructure with the construction of a secure, bi-directional, application- and device-independent communication tunnel.

The CLS demonstrator shows the secure communication in the smart energy system with selected users by using the example of three M-Bus / Wireless M-Bus consumption meters.

Measuring, controlling and regulating gas, water and electricity according to “Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik” (BSI) guidelines with old and new devices is possible.

IoT Core: Edge Intelligence enabling Industry 4.0 Use Cases

“Retrofitting” shop floor assets allows for enhanced monitoring of equipment performance and equipment health information, thus enabling the “digital twin”. Combined with fast stream analytics and machine learning techniques the IIoT Core provides cost-effective means for condition monitoring, predictive maintenance and industrial safety applications. The demonstration shows how equipment wear down can be predicted and safety or maintenance actions be triggered.

TSN enabled Edge Intelligence

Demonstrating CROSS Edge Computing Functionalities

Many existing products are changing rapidly. This also changes the market requirements. Innovation and product cycles are becoming shorter and new production technologies are establishing themselves on the market. Consumers demand product individualization and the existing fixed manufacturing processes can’t be used anymore. To fulfill the demands, smart and customized products need to be made in a short amount of time. This demonstrator shows this application scenario by the implementation of following modules:

Connectivity: OMA LWM2M compliant device management for peer to peer connectivity
Real-Time: TSN-enabled prioritization, interoperability, conformability and time synchronization
Optimization (Data): Semantically interoperable dynamic negotiation of the production process
Smart: Adopting the Asset Administration Shell (AAS) concept from the Plattform Industry 4.0

Open Baton Rel. 5

The NFV MANO Framework for Orchestrating Network Services from the Cloud to the Edge

Open Baton is an open source framework providing a reference implementation of the ETSI NFV MANO specification, currently at its fifth release. In this demonstration, Open Baton will be used to manage multiple network service deployments on top of distributed NFV Infrastructures, comprising heterogeneous virtualization technologies (hypervisor-based and container-based). Several Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) from the telco and IT domains will be used for demonstrating the easiness of using the Open Baton framework in composing complex end-to-end network services. Regardless the selected infrastructure (cloud, edge, or fog), the Open Baton framework offers a set of additional Operational Support Services (OSS) components (autoscaling, fault management, etc.) optimising the runtime lifecycle of the deployed network services, providing support for all aspects of the FCAPS model. Join us for understanding how to get started immediately.

IoT Service Orchestration at the Edge

Deployment, monitoring and composition of functions in edge devices challenge the current orchestration solutions due to high heterogeneity of devices’ hardware and software as well as by its constraints and the different capabilities offered. In this demonstration we show how the ETSI MANO Architecture along with the OpenIoTFog solution can be used to orchestrate services by composing edge functions and considering the requirements of each function in terms of capabilities required to run the devices.

OpenIoTFog: Local Prescriptive Analytics

Distributed Condition Monitoring and Prescriptive Data Analytics for Smart Factories

Undetected damages can lead to the destruction of machinery and can cause expensive downtime of the production process. However, data needed to monitor the condition of the systems might not be available due to media disruption or are not measured in the first place. Within this demonstrator we measure relevant information by attaching an external sensor (MEMS) and combine the new data with existing information (OPC UA + PROFINET) using a standards-compliant protocol (oneM2M). The merged data is then being analysed close to the device (Fog Node) and to avoid further damages the machine will be paused until given thresholds in the multi-modal information are met again.

NB-IoT based Waste Management

The demo, a collaboration with Telekom Innovation Laboratories, shows how data from battery operated sensor nodes measuring the filling level of public trash cans and communicate sensor readings via MQTT-SN over NB-IoT to oneM2M-based M2M platforms. On the cloud-based M2M backend data is exposed in a oneM2M-standard compliant fashion and filling levels could be visualized on a dashboard. From an integration perspective, e.g. Smart City, other subsystems exposing their data according to the oneM2M standards could be easily linked into the dashboard or used by applications in a standardized way. This scenario illustrates the fast deployments opportunities of Smart City use cases without any additional network infrastructure required on the smart service provider site, making use of NB-IoT.

Event

Conference / November 09, 2017 - November 10, 2017

8th FOKUS FUSECO Forum 2017

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FFF2017 Impressions - The 8th FOKUS FUSECO Forum

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Technical Program Committee

Technical Program Committee

Demos

Open5GCore Rel. 3+

Orchestrating Service Function Chains using Open Baton & OPNFV

OpenSDNCore

OpenMTC – Horizontal M2M/IOT platform

SATis5 testbed

Open5GCore: The Live Software Network

IoT Core: Edge Intelligence enabling Public Safety & Privacy

enyCLS: Legacy Metering

IoT Core: Edge Intelligence enabling Industry 4.0 Use Cases

TSN enabled Edge Intelligence

Open Baton Rel. 5

IoT Service Orchestration at the Edge

OpenIoTFog: Local Prescriptive Analytics

NB-IoT based Waste Management

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Prof. Dr. Thomas Magedanz