The document discusses the founding of the National NGN Test Centre by TSSG to encourage Irish innovation in next generation networks (NGN). The centre will be funded by Enterprise Ireland and WIT, with in-kind investment from Ericsson following a public tender process. It aims to enable Irish businesses to capitalize on NGN opportunities and promote partnerships between Irish and European companies. The centre will offer testing services for NGN technologies and applications using expertise from TSSG and Ericsson.

1. Giving NGN Innovation a Helping Hand

2. Outline
• Introduc.on
• Applica.on
Domains
• Services
• Exper.se
• Infrastructure
• Commercial
Engagements

3. A
Helping
Hand
• TSSG
are
founding
the
Na.onal
NGN
Test
Centre
• Funded
by
Enterprise
Ireland
and
WIT
• In-­‐kind
Investment
from
Ericsson
Ireland
following
a
public-­‐tender
process

4. Mission
• Encourage
Indigenous
NGN
Research
&
Development
• Enable
Irish
Business
to
take
advantage
of
new
opportuni.es
in
the
global
market
for
NGN
products
and
services
• Enabler
greater
par.cipa.on
of
Irish
academic
&
industrial
partners
in
IST-­‐funded
NGN
projects.
• Promote
strategic
&
commercial
alliances
between
Irish
and
European
businesses
in
the
NGN
domain
• Establish
an
Interna.onal
Centre
of
Excellence
in
NGN
R&D.

5. Who
benefits?
• Indigenous
tech
companies
– Mobile
&
fixed
Telephony
– Mobile
Internet
– IPTV
• Researchers
within
academic
Ins.tutes
– Network
Management
– Service
reliability,
scalability
– Quality
of
experience
• FDI
Scenarios
– Collaborate
with
world
class
exper.se
in
Ireland
– Interconnec.on
&
federa.on
of
test
facili.es
1-2 July 2009 Luleå Sweden

6. Why
NGN?
LTE
Wireline"
IPTV IP RAN
IP
DSLAMs
Metro Ethernet
VOIP
Wireless
"

7. Other
Factors
• Impressive
Broadband
Growth
– (source:
gartner)
3500
3000
Subscriptions (million)
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Fixed M obile

8. Challenges
for
Developers?
– How
to
create
NGN
Services
more
easily?
• Modular
building
blocks
• Appropriate
tools
– Leveraging
Service
&
Network
Coupling?
• Differen.ated
from
“Over
The
Top”
approach
• Management,
Monitoring,
Control,
Context
– Scalability
(of
infrastructure
and
service)
• Carrier
grade
test
infrastructure
– Developing
the
right
Strategic
Alliances?
• Vendors,
operators,
other
service
providers

9. Application
Domains

10. Fixed-­‐Mobile
Convergence
Features
Enhanced Phonebook
Contacts enhanced with capabilities and rich
presence
Enriched Call
Call enriched with multimedia Sharing
Video Call & Conferencing
Enhanced Messaging
Conversational messaging experience
Mobile & Desktop Convergence
Integration between voice, video, messaging
& presence across desktop, mobile & tv

11. RCS
Rich Address Book IM & File Share ContentShare *
Presence + Service Capability Conversation view for chat Share still Image
“Favorite friends” view Chat history storage on phone Share Live Video
Full network backup available Integrated File transfers Setup during live voice call
Mobile IMS Based Solution
Integral part of original phone interface
Based on the GSMA Rich Communication Suite * Example client

12. IPTV
Interactive & digital
Personalization Chatting
Voting
Mobility
Podcast TV
Sharing
On Demand Advertising
Two-way IPTV & Web TV ”From Prime Time to My Time”
Two-way 3G Unicast combined
One-way 3G Broadcast (MBMS)
One-way Dedicated broadcast

13. Centre
Services

14. Technology
&
Services
• The
technology
&
services
offering
must
be
right!
• Poten.al
clients
are
looking
for:
– Func.onality
– Operator-­‐support
– Major
Vendor-­‐support
– Standards-­‐compliance
– Reliability
and
consistency

15. Test
Centre
Services

16. Client
Roadmap
Clients may be at different stages & have varying requirements
Outputs
Market &
feasibility
Feasibility Prototype Test
Dev Design
Report
Software Test Test
Centre
Iterations Plan Trials
Operator
Test Report Trials

17. Expertise

18. The
Elements
• Skilled
&
Ericsson
Trained
Engineers
• Combined
with
a
carrier-­‐grade
test
infrastructure
• Interna.onally-­‐recognized
research
in
NGN
Service
&
Network
Mgt.
1-2 July 2009 Luleå Sweden

19. Create
an
Irish
NGN
Ecosystem

20. Infrastructure

21. NGN Layers

22. Multi-tenancy
Architectural
Blueprint
Subscriber Subscriber Subscriber … Subscriber
Data Data Data Data
Shared
Billing AS AS AS AS
Services
Access Network Policy and Shared
Network Policy Service Orchestration Media
QoS
#1
Control Resources
UE Decomposed
Decomposed Session Access VoIP
Access Management Functions Peering
UE Functions Verizon Partner’s
IP/MPLS Network
Access Network
Network Subscriber
Routing Data
Network
#2
Transit Routing
Subscribers
to
IMS
IMS-based Decomposed MGCF
Services “Core”
Access IM-MGW
IM-MGW
Functions
Wholesale Customers PSTN
[Source:Verizon]

23. Infrastructure
Ericsson Core
JSR 289, SLEE App Servers
Fokus Core
N-SBC
GGSN 2/3G femto
Open GGSN
Network Operator

24. OSS & Fault Analysis
• OAM provisioning system for users & services
• Fault Detection & Analysis to improve resiliency and aid
debugging
• Alarms, status etc.
• Mgt Network Elements fitted to nodes (SNMP MIB’s
available)

25. Multi-mediation
& Charging
• Offline (post-pay) & Online
(pre-pay) supporting
charging system
• MM environment to create
recorders, mediators &
transmitters for charging
data.
• Ericsson SAPC 3.0 (Policy
& Charging Rules
Function)

26. Application
Deployment
• J2EE Model
• SUN Glassfish or Oracle
Weblogic
• Support for clustering
• Web-based and script
based deployment
• Remote access available

27. Remote Access
• Typical Network design using a dedicated LAN infrastructure including
Layer3 switches and a firewall
Public facing nodes
exist in
vlans for network
the DMZ
isolation
VPN’s at layers 3 & 4
For Interconnects
A/N-SBG nodes are
Layer 2 Interconnect also possible part of the
External Zone

28. Client Compatibility
• Compatible with:
• SIP Phones (Cisco etc.)
• Soft-phones
– X-Lite
– Movial
– Fokus Monster
• Dual-mode mobile
• Sony-Ericsson P1i shown
• Range of handsets with Movial RCS client
• Symbian S60, Android

29. Commercial
Engagements

30. Striking
the
Balance
National & EU
Research Power,
Programmes Connectivity, etc.
Corporate
Re-investment
Sponsorship
Contract
support
Research
Professional
staff
Services

31. Types
of
Engagements
• Short
Term
• Short
term
contract
research
• 1
week
to
~
1
month
• Longer
term
engagements
• Contract
research
at
discounted
rates
• Funded
research
projects
from
na.onal
or
EU
(IST,
Cel.c)
ini.a.ves
• Contact
us
to
discuss
your
requirements.

32. Funding Examples
• Contact
your
EI/IDA
development
advisor
but
the
following
are
oben
possible:
• Innova.on
Partnerships
(12-­‐24
months,
grant-­‐level
depends
on
various
factors
including
the
degree
of
innova.on)
• Innova.on
Vouchers
(5k
Euro,
can
be
matched
by
client)
• IST
Project
Par.cipa.on
• 7th
Framework
provides
the
largest
global
R&D
funding
opportunity
for
Future
Internet
and
Next
Genera.on
Networks
research.
• Irish
SME’s
are
under-­‐represented

33. Case
Studies
• Available
on
Request
but
some
examples
– Mobile
Solu.ons
Consul.ng
• Ciaróg,
CabCall
Communica.ons,
…
– NGN
Service
Layer
Consul.ng
• Eircom/Meteor
(described
later)
– NGN
Infrastructure
Tes.ng
• Druid
Sobware
(femto
infrastructure)
– Security
Tes.ng
• Codenomicon
(Finland)

34. Contact
Details
Contact
Details
Shane
Dempsey
1
NGN
Test
Centre
Manager
TSSG,
ArcLabs
Carriganore,
Waterford
Tel:
+353
51
306142
Email:
sdempsey@tssg.org
Deirdre
Morrissey
Test
Centre
Brand
Manager
TSSG
ArcLabs,
Carriganore,
Waterford
Email:
dmorrissey@tssg.org