Presentation given @ GEFI 17 meeting (Global Experimentation for Future Internet - 2017)

1. PUBLIC
HETEROGENEITY AND EXTENSIBILITY IN NEXT GENERATION
TESTBEDS
JOHANN MARQUEZ-BARJA
Associate Professor
University of Antwerpen – imec
johann.marquez-barja@uantwerpen.be
Global Experimentation for Future Internet technical workshop (GEFI’17)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. October 2017

2. DISCLAIMER Disclaimer
Jeff Sheldon
Within this set of slides some third party copyrighted material is reused under the ‘fair use’ approach, for educational purposes only.

3. LOOKING BACK
5G
What is it about?

4. 5G TRENDS
New radio
waveforms /
techniques
Wireless and optical
integration
Cloud/edge
computing
GSA – Global mobile Suppliers Association, "The Road to 5G: Drivers, Applications, Requirements and Technical Development"

5. What does 5G bring to our testbed facilities?

6. Challenges!
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7. CHALLENGES
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Heterogeneity
Extensibility

8. ADDRESSING THE
CHALLENGES

9. TESTBED FACILITIES
New radio technologies
Extend our already existing facilities
Wireless/optical convergence
Extend?Too expensive / out of scope
Integrate heterogeneous testbeds
Cloud/Fog computing
Extend?Too expensive / out of scope
Integrate heterogeneous testbeds
EXISTING ONES
www.ict-futebol.eu
Open Call !!!

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Heterogeneity
Extensibility

11. TESTBED FACILITIES
EXISTING ONES
Stitching
OrchestrationSDR/
SDN/Cloud/Fog
Services/
Experi..
www.ict-futebol.eu
Open Call !!!

12. TESTBED FACILITIES
Applying lesson learnt
Federation (Fed4FIRE)
Experiment cycle
Orchestration
Integration
Convergence
Services
NEW ONES
CITY OF THINGS
APU 2C4 controller
AMD GX-412TC CPU, 4 GB DRAM
Ath10k
IEEE 802.11ac at 2.4GHz and 5GHz
3 antennas
Intel AC7260
IEEE 802.11ac at 2.4GHz and 5GHz (client) +
Bluetooth Low Energy
2 antennas
IEEE 802.15.4 at 2.4GHz and 868MHz
OpenMote + OpenUSB board
Generic radios at 868MHz and 433MHz
Capable of running DASH-7, IEEE 802.15.4g, …
Octa EZR USB boards + Olimex debuggers
LoRa client
EFM32GG module + HopeRF RFM95W radio
Single-channel
ANTWERP, BE

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14. CITY OF THINGS
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GATEWAY ARCHITECTURE
InternetUAntwerpenUAntwerpen
OpenVPN tunnelGRE tunnel
Indoor Unit Indoor Unit
JFed
Testbed
Production Servers
Redundant
Firewalls

15. CITY OFTHINGS - IOT REFERENCE LIVING ANDTECHNOLOGY LAB

16. PUBLIC