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Part One
Core Network Development of Mainstream Operators
North ① vEPC/ vIMS are in scale commercial use (including virtualized forwarding plane)
America ② At the early stage of 5G, FWA has been in commercial use in multiple cities
③ MEC will be deployed widely, to extend from “5G Fixed” to “5G Fixed + Mobile”, using intelligent edge network
architecture to achieve “5G FMC”
① Operators have transferred from NSA path to SA target path
Europe ② At the early stage, core network slicing will be implemented, to achieve E2E network-wide slice orchestration,
focusing on AR/VR services
③ Operators focus on the automatic deployment/test of 5GC through ONAP and OSM.
① vEPC / vIMS are in scale commercial use (including virtualized forwarding plane)
Asia ② At the early stage, eMBB slice is used to meet services of big video and large bandwidth
③ Operators are exploring and verifying MEC scenarios including edge image detection based on 5G and MEC,
intrusion detection, real media, autonomous car, etc.
Virtualization has been in scale commercial use,
and SA target architecture has become the common choice
Conclusion
R15 standard meets 2020 eMBB commercial requirements, and the
industry chain is maturing
5G is the chance for operator transformation, and mainstream
operators are deploying 5G networks based on virtualization
Global operators actively deploy 5G networks and select different
deployment policies per different conditions
Part Three
One Core for All - Common Core
Common Core
EPC 5GC
KPI
Converged User Data
HSS UDM
Multiple Cores
20% 2G/3G/4G/5G/Fixed full convergence
Reduce signaling & latency
Converged Policy
PCRF PCF
Investment
SMF
GW-C
40% Support both SA and NSA, no repeated
Converged
N26 Control
Overlapping Investment MME AMF upgrade Reusable resource
Converged
GW-U Forwarding
UPF
Complicated O&M DevOps-based rapid service onboarding
AI-based self-optimization & autonomy
2G/3G 4G 5G Fixed
5G E2E live demo
5GC SA lab test with commercial devices 5G MOU vEPC on AWS Public
Cloud
ZTE SBA+ Architecture Enables Rapid 5G Service Innovation
3GPP Micro-Service
SBI
NF1 NFn l Micro-service architecture enables
NF2
NFS1 SSU and gated launch to shorten
NFS1 NFS1
service TTM.
MS MS MS MS
MS MS l Agile CI/CD by DevOps tools.
…
MS … NFSn
NFSn
Cross-Platform
…
MS MS MS MS
NFSn
l On demand deployment on VM,
MS MS MS MS container, VM + container, and bare
metal, saving CAPEX.
Internal
MSI
Easy Evolution
Telecom Micro-Service Platform Common Service
3GPP R16
Internal Component … Load Balance Routing … eSBA Service l Shared common service promotes
Communication Warehouse Framework resources use ratio.
l Foresight design, common service
Infrastructure
is evolvable to R16 eSBA Service
Container
VM Container Bare Metal Framework, reducing CAPEX.
VM
Convergent Data Enables Smooth Migration to 5G
4G 4G/5G
Data Highlights
HSS HSS/UDM/AUSF
l Efficient Storage, Less CAPEX
Unified management of user data, getting
MME MME AMF SMF profile on demand
l Reusing 4G Card, Smooth Migration
4G 4G 5G Unified authentication of 4G/5G, making users
directly accessing 5G without changing card or
number
4G Users can reuse 4G USIM card and number when migrating to 5G
Convergent Control Plane Improves User Experience & KPI
Separated Control Plane Convergent Control Plane
HSS/UDM Policy Highlights
HSS UDM
l Better User Experience
Location
Reducing 4/5G interoperation signaling
report
Handover Convergent
Signaling Control Plane l Better KPI
MME AMF
Reducing handover latency significantly
LTE NR LTE
Improving handover success rate
NR
l Less TCO
Simplified O&M reduces OPEX
Simplified networking reduces CAPEX
Convergent User Plane Guarantees Service Continuity
Internet
Policy Highlights
PGW
Convergent User Plane
UPF +GW-U l Guaranteed service continuity
IP Anchor Anchored in the same UP node with the
same UE IP address, no service
interruption during handover
l Single IP simplifies networking
UPF and GW-U share the same IP to
reduce UP networking complexity and
save IP resource
LTE NR
UE IP: [Link] UE IP: [Link]
ZTE CUPS+ Achieves Distributed Deployment with High Efficiency & Low
Cost
• The C-Pool reduces the C-plane redundancy, and one
U-plane can correspond to multiple C-planes in the C-
Pool. The redundancy mode is changed from the
traditional 1+1 to the N+M, providing high reliability
EM and improving resources use ratio.
SMF/GW-C SMF/GW-C
C-Pool
• One U-plane corresponds to multiple C-planes, so that the
breakdown of one U/C-plane only influences self-online
UPF/GW-U UPF/GW-U Full Mesh UPF/GW-U UPF/GW-U users.
U-Pool U-Pool • The architecture supports the heterogeneous CUPS, so that
the operator can make a more flexible choice.
Region A Region C
UPF/GW-U UPF/GW-U
U-Pool
Region B • 1 C-Pool manages multiple U-Pools to make unified daily
management, service configuration and version
management, simplifying O&M complexity and reducing
O&M cost.
Part One
5G Common Core Roadmap
3GPP 2018 2019 2020
R15 (Phase 1) R16 (Phase 2) 5G Evolution
NSA Access
vEPC
More
Cloud Native Features
Cloud PoC Commercial PoC Commercial
5G Core
• SBA • 2G/3G/4G/5G • mMTC, uRLLC
• Slicing Convergence • V2X
• CUPS/MEC • FMC • …
Commercial version of Common Core has been released in Q1 2019, to accelerate 5G commercialization and 4G expansion
Promote 5G Commercialization Step by Step
……
Common Core
（2/3/4/5G）
S1 N2/N3 N2/N3
N26 5GC NR
LTE eLTE
EPC (Common Core)
5GC
EPC (Common Core)
S1 N2/N3
LTE NR
BS dual-connection (Option 4/7)
S1 N2/N3
LTE NR Convergent Core
Interoperation • NR access mainly, LTE BS gradually exits or evolves
to eLTE, using dual-connection technology to
• LTE BS and NR support interoperation optimize capacity & coverage requirements
• New NR BS to interface with 5GC • EPC and 5GC support interoperation and support • EPC and 5GC are converged as Common Core,
• New 5GC, overlapping networking, no impact on existing 4/5G handover supporting slicing
networks • Voice service continuity
• Data Centric services mainly, supporting 4/5G reselection
Part One
Fostering an Open and Win-Win Ecosystem
Common Edge Slice Store for MEC
5G Slicing Wholesale Solution 5G-Oriented Core Network Evolution Solution
Common Core 4MIX Distributed Cloud CloudStudio
TECS CloveStorage CO Re-Architecting Solution vBRAS
Platinum Member Gold Member Enabling CSP Digital Transformation
Leading Player in All Areas of NFV Development
Leading 5G Core Vendor
Very Strong in NFVI/MANO/vIMS/vEPC
Leader of 5GC/G-VNFM
Rich Experience Accelerates 5G Commercialization
1st 5G-Ready Virtual Core
5G demo at the Tibo Exhibition 2019
1st 5G SA call in Europe
5G holographic call
Large-Scale NFVI + vEPC
1st 5G video call in Hungary
1st 5G Slice Store in Europe
5G service demo: 4K video conferrencing, VR,
low-latency cloud storage...
500+
E2E Industrial Cooperation, Accelerating the
Commercialization Process
@2019Q1 @201811 @201812
SA
Function
Complete SA 5GC Functional Test Complete 5G SA Lab Test The first to complete SA 5GC Phase 1 Test
@2.6GHz
VoNR
First 5G SA VoNR in Europe 5G SA VoNR 5G SA VoNR in Xiongan
E2E
5G SA Data Connection
Commercial Terminal 5G Holographic Call @ Global 5G Event 5G SA First Call
Performance
&
Interoperability First 4/5G Interoperation Demo The first to complete R15 SA IOT
(N8/N10/N12)
