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This is the presentation I used during the Analysts Breakfast at the Policy Control Conference in Berlin (April 2016). It covers where policy control is today and what are the possible influences in the future with SDN control, 5G and IoT.
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- 1. Alberto Diez - alberto@mobileplots.com Policy Control today and roadmap to SDN and 5G
- 2. Alberto Diez – 2016 Agenda • Policy Control today • 3GPP Rel10-Rel13 • NFV/SDN • IoT • 5G • Telecom trends • Policy Control tomorrow
- 3. Alberto Diez - alberto@mobileplots.com Policy Control today
- 4. Alberto Diez – 2016 History of policy control Rel6 Rel7 Rel8 Rel9 Rel10 Rel11 Rel12 Rel13 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 SBLP PCC EPC
- 5. Alberto Diez – 2016 History of policy control Rel6 Rel7 Rel8 Rel9 Rel10 Rel11 Rel12 Rel13 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 SBLP PCC EPC S9Gq Gx Sp Sy Sd S15 & S9a REST-Rx Np St NtGxxGo Rx Interfaces
- 6. Alberto Diez – 2016 History of policy control Rel6 Rel7 Rel8 Rel9 Rel10 Rel11 Rel12 Rel13 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 SBLP PCC EPC Usage Monitoring S9Gq Gx Sp Sy Sd S15 & S9a REST-Rx Np St Nt DPI OCS Congestion Control Traffic Steering MTC Gxx QoS Gating Sponsored Connectivity IFOM Go Rx Interfaces Features
- 7. Alberto Diez – 2016 History of policy control Rel6 Rel7 Rel8 Rel9 Rel10 Rel11 Rel12 Rel13 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 SBLP PCC EPC Usage Monitoring S9Gq Gx Sp Sy Sd S15 & S9a REST-Rx Np St Nt DPI OCS Congestion Control Traffic Steering MTC Gxx QoS Gating VoLTE net-neutrality OTT Sponsored Connectivity FUP IFOM Go Rx Interfaces Features Topics
- 8. Alberto Diez – 2016 History of policy control Rel6 Rel7 Rel8 Rel9 Rel10 Rel11 Rel12 Rel13 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 SBLP PCC EPC Usage Monitoring S9Gq Gx Sp Sy Sd S15 & S9a REST-Rx Np St Nt DPI OCS Congestion Control Traffic Steering MTC Gxx QoS Gating VoLTE net-neutrality OTT Sponsored Connectivity FUP IFOM Go Rx NFV/SDN 5G IoT Interfaces Features Topics
- 9. Alberto Diez – 2016 History of policy control Rel6 Rel7 Rel8 Rel9 Rel10 Rel11 Rel12 Rel13 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 SBLP PCC EPC Usage Monitoring S9Gq Gx Sp Sy Sd S15 & S9a REST-Rx Np St Nt DPI OCS Congestion Control Traffic Steering MTC Gxx QoS Gating VoLTE net-neutrality OTT Sponsored Connectivity FUP IFOM Go Rx NFV/SDN 5G IoT Interfaces Features Topics Declining relevance of policy?
- 10. Alberto Diez – 2016 The role of policy control today • Shift from QoS to VoLTE • Competition with Charging for Usage Monitoring / FUP upsell of data plans • Overcoming DPI and circumventing Net-neutrality with OTT & zero-rating VoLTE Data Plans Zero-Rating OTT
- 11. Alberto Diez – 2016 VoLTE • VoLTE made PCRF mandatory when it was not • VoWiFi and ViLTE not as relevant • What is needed for VoLTE? – Rx interface – Emergency support – NetLoc – Basic Events – MPS – SIP-Forking No Need for: - user profiles - usage monitoring - DPIs - S9
- 12. Alberto Diez – 2016 Usage Monitoring and Data Plans • Disputed feature with OCS • In favor of PCRF are – Required for postpaid too – Personalization / Subscriber profiles – Policy and QoS effect – Application / Context awareness – More flexible rules engine • Against it – Rating / Bill Shock prevention
- 13. Alberto Diez – 2016 OTT & Net-neutrality • Zero-rating as killer application where its allowed • Net-neutrality permits – Emergency – VoLTE and operator services prioritization – Congestion control
- 14. Alberto Diez – 2016 Value for the end user • Classical – QoS & dedicated bearer but user cares about QoE – Emergency calls but PCC is optional • Innovative – Personalization – Data plans upsell (e.g. roaming, video)
- 15. Alberto Diez – 2016 Value for the service provider • Gain agility with a common point for control and provisioning of a service proposition – Usage Caps – QoS & policies – Traffic steering • Congestion control
- 16. Alberto Diez - alberto@mobileplots.com 3GPP
- 17. Alberto Diez – 2016 Traffic Detection Function • ADC rules • Redirection • Unsolicited ADC rules operation
- 18. Alberto Diez – 2016 Interaction with OCS • Sy interface • Spending Limits as input for policy decision Integration with BBF • S15 and S9a interface • Irrelevant
- 19. Alberto Diez – 2016 Congestion Control • RCAF and Np interface • RUCI info per IMSI or APN and ECGI, SAI eNodeB-Id.. • PCRF to consider this information for new policy decision • Possibility to activate it by IMSI (restrictions) • Mobility to new RCAF area an issue
- 20. Alberto Diez – 2016 Traffic Steering • TSSF and St • Selecting between different (S)Gi-LAN • Can be done by the PCEF or TDF instead • Traffic description and reference to traffic steering policy
- 21. Alberto Diez – 2016 APIs & Network Capabilities • Nt interface to SCEF for exposure of network capabilities (i.e. OMA or others) – Background data transfer window reservation “transfer policy” • Rest-Rx and Protocol Converter
- 22. Alberto Diez – 2016 NBIFOM • Related to Multi-access IPCAN sessions • UE initiated and Network Initiated • PCRF is not mandatory • Routing Rules authorization (UE) and selection (Network)
- 23. Alberto Diez - alberto@mobileplots.com NFV/SDN
- 24. Alberto Diez – 2016 NFV/SDN promise • Flexibility • Agility • Time-To-Market • Reduce OPEX
- 25. Alberto Diez – 2016 NFV Management & Orchestration • MANO does have service models and interacts with BSS/OSS but – Reserves resources – Instantiate and deploy Functions – Provisions Services – Configure Services MANO Telco Network BSS Onboard new enterprise With these policies 1. Reserve virtual resources 2. Instantiate new elements (PDN-Gw, PCRF) 3. Configure networking (SDN) 4. Configure new elements 6. Configure existing elements (DRA, SGw) 5. Provision policies
- 26. Alberto Diez – 2016 SDN Control Control Data Flows Switch Switch Switch Switch Switch Switch Switch SDN Controller
- 27. Alberto Diez – 2016 Service Function Chaining NFV SDN VNF3 VNF1 VNF4 VNF2 VNF1 VNF2 VNF3 VNF4
- 28. Alberto Diez – 2016 Service Function Chaining or Traffic Steering PCRF Real-Time Subscriber awareness Service awareness Gw Application awareness VNF4 VNF2 TDF SFCtag Orchestrator/ SDN Controller VNF3 Applications Network PCRF
- 29. Alberto Diez – 2016 GBP and Intent Networking LB LB LB LB Group of Loadbalancers •Allowances •Security policies •QoS policies Applications Network SDN Controller A : Intent to reach D Apply policy in A Create path A & B Create path B & D
- 30. Alberto Diez – 2016 OpenDayLight and its projects • SDN Controllers use models (described with YANG) for network elements and for the information send to them • Projects: – ASPEN – Real time Media REST NBI. Intent based. Dynamic QoS reservation for Lync and Webex. – Boulder – Intent framework for any controller – Service Function Chaining – Group Based Policy – Network Intent Composition
- 31. Alberto Diez – 2016 Orchestration, SDN and Policy Control NFV Orchestration Policy Control SDN Scaling up & down Innovative use cases Time-to-Market Time-to-Market Operational Efficiencies Multi-Tenancy Network Optimization OSS/BSS SDx CM Automation SON UP/CP Separation OpenFlow Auth Complex! App Awareness Subscriber Aware Real Time Service Chaining APIs Scripts System models Service models Network models Configuration Run-Time flexibility Intent QoS control
- 32. Alberto Diez - alberto@mobileplots.com IoT
- 33. Alberto Diez – 2016 Use of policy in M2M • Known operators cases – Usage monitoring and group counters to control M2M expenditure – Selecting 2G, 3G or LTE speed
- 34. Alberto Diez – 2016 Does IoT need policy? • Wearables • Connected House • Connected Car • Smart Cities • eHealth Background application data transfer windows is interesting because of mass rollout of updates etc. But why does the PCRF predict? Couldn’t someone else do it?
- 35. Alberto Diez – 2016 Industry 4.0 and policy • Going beyond sensors and actuators • Low-latency industrial applications • High bandwidth critical data
- 36. Alberto Diez - alberto@mobileplots.com 5G
- 37. Alberto Diez – 2016 Get rid off the core network SDN Control Subs/Devices Switch/ Gw VAS1 VAS2 MANO Anchor IP OF, RESTConf, ? NSH LTE MME mm Wi-Fi Charging Security/ AAA Policy/QoS Switch/ Gw
- 38. Alberto Diez – 2016 Network Slicing Radio Access Network Core Network MVNO Apps Web Video IoT … Radio Access Network MVNOApps Web Video IoT … Core Network Core Network Core Network Core Network
- 39. Alberto Diez – 2016 Multi-Access • LAA, LWA, LTE-U, MULTEFIRE.. • MAPCON, IFOM, NBIFOM • ANDSF features & Policy • Location based Policies • SON
- 40. Alberto Diez - alberto@mobileplots.com Telecom trends* *(selected from Gartner)
- 41. Alberto Diez – 2016 Big Data • PCRF can be both source or sink of big data • Source: PCRF receives a lot of information from the network, applications, user • Sink: PCRF can learn from Big Data to optimize policies and achieve network efficiency
- 42. Alberto Diez – 2016 Machine Learning • The PCRF could automatically learn from the networks new policies • Congestion avoidance • Optimizations • Combined with Big Data • Manual approval?
- 43. Alberto Diez – 2016 Natural Languages noun verb adjective • Could policies be expressed in natural language? • Combined with Intent • Would it reduce complexity and OPEX?
- 44. Alberto Diez – 2016 WebRTC / Contextual Services • Can policy add to context? • Can policy grant QoE in WebRTC services?
- 45. Alberto Diez – 2016 Open APIs / Open Data • To few attempts to expose policy as part of network capabilities • APIs e.g. OMA One • Data can be exported for analytics
- 46. Alberto Diez – 2016 Open Source • Fundamental in NFV/SDN – OSM group in ETSI – OPNFV – OpenDayLight and ONOS • If policy is part of SDN Control then Open Source is part of policy
- 47. Alberto Diez - alberto@mobileplots.com Future of policy control
- 48. Alberto Diez – 2016 The role of policy control • QoS might be done by the SDN Controllers via API • Data Plans might be a charging feature OSS/BSS • Zero-rating and OTT partnership might be an SDN Controller exposed API QoS Data Plans Zero-Rating OTT
- 49. Alberto Diez – 2016 Value for the end user • Personalization combining Real-Time and Subscriber Data awareness
- 50. Alberto Diez – 2016 Value for the service provider • Not from 3GPP • Does it help to reduce OPEX? • Does it make the network simpler? • Does it contribute to quick deployment of services? • Does it provide flexibility?
- 51. Alberto Diez – 2016 Thank you! http://mobileplots.com Takeaways 3GPP Core Network losing relevance PCRF needs to cooperate with SDN Controller and provide value by itself Slice-PCRF and use-case specific PCRF Upcoming Trends Simplification of core network Automated and intelligent policy