Tutorial, 17 May, 14:00 - 17:30
Title: Towards the Wireless Future Internet - Understanding the role of future mobile broadband networks and the Evolved Packet Core
Instructors: Instructors: Marius Corici, Thomas Magedanz, Dragos Vingarzan, TU Berlin / Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany
Length of the tutorial: Half day (3 hours)
Intended audience: Intermediate
Background knowledge or skills required: basic knowledge in NGNs and Mobile Communications
Short Description
The Future Internet represents a global research topic, denoting a new omnipresent communications and service platform, which enables the smart interconnection of an open set of sensors, devices, things, humans, systems, data, and applications. Various application domains, such as eHealth, eGoverment, eTransport, eEnergy, eLearning, smart / human centric communications, etc. should be supported by such a platform.
In this context wireless broadband access represents an important factor and the incorporation of existing and emerging network technologies will be of fundamental importance the smooth introduction of the future internet. Particular the starting deployment of novel wireless broadband technologies as defined by the NGMN Alliance (http://www.ngmn.org) will mark an important cornerstone in mobile network evolution towards the Future Internet.
This half day tutorial will provide an overview of the future mobile networks and the corresponding 3GPP standards related to the Long term Evolution (LTE) and the Evolved Packet Core (EPC), which form together the Evolved Packet System (EPS). Major focus of this tutorial is on the EPC concepts, architecture, components, interfaces and functional capabilities. As the EPC provides a unified control platform for linking different IP application platforms with various broadband wireless access networks, the tutorial also addresses potential EPC application domains, namely the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), as well as potential open internet service architectures. The tutorial terminates with an introduction to the TU Berlin / Fraunhofer FOKUS OpenEPC (http://www.openepc.net) software toolkit enabling rapid prototyping for applied academic and industry research. In particular, it introduces the new open Future Seamless Communication Playground (http://www.fuseco-playground.org) established in Berlin, Germany in the beginning of 2010.
Session 1: Future Mobile Networks Overview
- Convergence: Network Evolution towards all IP
- Mobile Network Evolution
- Requirements as defined by the NGMN Alliance
- Potential mobile broadband services
- Related Fora & Standards
- Service Architecture Evolution (SAE) = Evolved Packet System (EPS) Overview
- EPS = E-UTRAN + Evolved Packet Core (EPC)
- Comparing future fixed and mobile network concepts
Session 2: Evolved Packet System Overview
- Introducing the 3GPP EPS Specifications
- E-UTRAN = Long-term Evolution (LTE) Overview
- 3GPP Evolved Packet Core (EPC) Overview
- EPC Motivation (= access network diversity)
- EPC Key capabilities (QoS, charging, handover, security, IP connectivity)
- EPC architecture for LTE (MME, S-GW, PDN-GW, PCC, etc.)
- EPC architecture for other access networks
- EPC in operation
Session 3: Future Mobile Application Domains: Telecommunications / IMS vs. ABC Internet
- Applications over EPC: IMS vs. always best connected (ABC) Internet
- IMS as common service platform
- IMS service example over EPC: Voice, 3Play, IPTV, etc.
- Future mobile network voice challenges and architectural options
Session 4: Enabling Future Seamless Communication Application Prototyping
- Comparing NGN and future mobile network concepts
- Motivation for open testbeds to accelerate future mobile network adoption and application prototyping
- Experiences form the Fraunhofer FOKUS open technology testbeds and tools
- An EPC testbed toolkit for academia and industry R&D: The OpenEPC (http://www.openepc.net)
- Showcase: The Berlin FUSECO Playground based on OpenEPC (http://www.fuseco-playground.org)
Session 5: Evolution towards the Future Internet (FI)
- Definition of the Future Internet
- Related FI R&D and testbeds
- The role of future mobile networks on the way to the FI
- Research Challenges ahead
- Questions and Answers
Instructors CVs
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Thomas Magedanz (PhD) is professor in the electrical engineering and computer sciences faculty at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany, leading the chair for next generation networks (Architektur der Vermittlungsknoten – AV) supervising Master and PhD Students. In addition, he is director of the “NGNI” division at the Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS, which provides test and development tools for fixed and mobile NGNs for operators and vendors around the globe. Prof. Magedanz is a globally recognised technology expert, based on his 20 years of practical experiences gained by managing various research and development projects in the various fields of today’s convergence landscape (namely IT, telecoms, internet and entertainment). He acts often as invited tutorial speaker at major telecom conferences and workshops around the world. Prof. Magedanz is senior member of the IEEE, editorial board member of several journals, and the author of more than 200 technical papers/articles. He is the author of two books on IN standards and IN evolution. |
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Dragos Vingarzan graduated as Dipl. Ing. at the “Politehnica” University of Bucharest, Romania in February 2005, the Computer Engineering program on base software, compilers and computer networks with a Diploma Thesis at Fraunhofer FOKUS which represented the first milestone of the OpenIMS Playground. Since 2005, he continued his reseach activity at the same institute in the area of feasibility and performance studies on NGN and future fixed and mobile networks architectures. Currently he is working on his PhD study in the area of IMS and EPC core networks, with special interests in prototyping, open source in telecommunications, performance benchmarking and interoperability. |
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Marius Corici received his Diploma in the Science of Systems and Computers –Computers Engineering from University “Politehnica” of Bucharest, Romania in 2005. He joined the Next Generation Network Infrastructures (NGNI) competence center of Fraunhofer FOKUS Institute in the same year. His research work includes multiple patent applications submitted in the area of network architectures and mobility management and multiple publications in the area of all-IP wireless core networks in collaboration with various industry partners. |


