5G-MoNArch Smart Sea Port Testbed Hamburg


Goal

The focus of 5G-MoNArch is to develop a flexible, adaptable, and programmable mobile network architecture for 5G, and innovative features for industrial (resilience & security) and media & entertainment (resource elasticity) use cases.

The focus of the Hamburg Smart Sea Port testbed is on the provisioning of different application-specific network slices that use a common physical / virtualized infrastructure, and to implement the reliability, resilience and security features developed within the project.


Applications

Advanced industrial applications:

  • Logistics & transportation control using connected traffic light
  • Environmental measurements with sensors on moving barges
  • Interactive augmented reality – construction and maintenance support for engineering teams in port area

Parameter

  • No specific parameters will be tested but the applicability of network slicing and reliability, resilience and security features in 5G for industrial services and applications.

Framework conditions

  • NFV and SDN-enabled mobile networks
  • Network slicing
  • CP/UP separation
  • Flexible allocation of computational and network resources

Technology

  • Virtual Network Function enhancements
  • Network reliability using multi-connectivity
  • Network resilience using fault detection and management
  • Network slice orchestration algorithm enhancements – infrastructure awareness, multiplexing gains, service awareness, computational load awareness
  • Network slice aware performance monitoring of network and computing resources

Test equipment

  • 5G UEs (x86-based, protocol stack supporting slicing + other features)
  • Base station supporting network slicing and multi-connectivity (Nokia AirScale)
  • Operating frequency 700 MHz
  • Edge & Central Cloud (Nokia AirFrame)
  • Data centre (Deutsche Telekom)
  • Local operations applications (HPA)

Target group

  • Equipment vendors
  • (Virtual) Mobile Network Operators
  • Network slice providers
  • Industry, transport, logistics