KazooCon 2014 - Range Networks, the Future of Mobile

Software Innovation comes to Mobile Networks

Toward a new Mobile Infrastructure Platform: Lessons from the Internet

INTERNET SIMPLICITYINTERNET FLEXIBILITYINTERNET INNOVATIONINTERNET ECONOMICSINTERNET BUSINESS MODELS

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Mobile CAPEX & OPEX is antiquated

Application

Presentation

Session

Transport

Network

Data Link

Physical

OSI Architecture

CMMM

BSTMRRM

LAPD, LAPDn

MAP

BCCPNSPMTP(SS7)

GMSKW-CDMA

Mobile Architecture Today

Open, Standard, Flexible

Closed, Rigid,

de-factoProprietary

Application (SIP/IMS)

TCP/UDP

IP

PDCP

RLC

MAC

OFDM, W-CDMA

2G 4G3G

Management Management Management

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THEN NOW

We’ve seen this disruption before…

IBM

• SNA

Digital

• DECnet

Apple

• AppleTalk


Software eats Hardware

Applications

Internet Telephony

Service Provider

SIP/RTP

OpenBTS

SIP Central ServicesAuthorization Server

Voice Switch / PBX

Message Queue

Node Manager APIs

UMTSGSM

LTE

IPSIP/RTP

Search and Rescue

Transit Analytics

Emergency Alerts

Power Optimization

Coverage Modeling

Location & Presence

IoT

PSTN Internet

Intranet…Roaming Gateway


OpenBTS: A multiprotocol IP wireless platform

• Software implementation Layers 1-7- No ASICS or special hardware- High performance DSP in software- Virtualization = flexibility, repurposing, multiple protocols- Platform API’s encourage innovation (Layers 1-7)- All-IP simplified network services (voice, messaging, etc.)

• 2G, 3G, 4G (and IoT protocols)- Additional capacity ::= additional CPU cores (i.e. ARM -> INTEL)

• Plays from picocells to macrocells

Range OpenBTS: an Internet Platform


COST

INN

OVATIO

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• Un-served markets• Network extension• New Business models• Services, not just radios• M2M

• Internet of Things• Enterprise mobile• SW-defined services

OpenBTS Innovation Platform

GSM White Space UC Berkeley CrossMobile Program Carnegie MellonSearch/Rescue Rögg, IcelandFuzzing/Security Operator Labs


Rapid innovation & Open standards

Applications:e.g., XMPP, iMessage,3GPP to SIP/WebRTC, Presence, Authentication, Mobility

Resource Management:e.g., White Space, VM’s, Antennas

Scheduler API’s:e.g., Bandwidth, QoS, SNR/Power

Scheduler

TCP, UDP

IPv4, IPv6, IPSec

Coding Schemes

Frequency Agility

SIP/3GPP

SIPWEBRTC

API Bus

2G 3G 4G IoT...

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GSM, UMTS, LTE, Internet of Things are just VM’s...

SERVICE LAYERSCommon User Registry MobilityAuthentication

• Protocol agile software• Frequency agile radios• Re-purpose spectrum or

radios on demand• Restart VM’s on demand• Upgrade protocol stacks

individually without riskMessage Bus & Package Management

Soft Switch

Virtualization Layer

3G 4G

Multi-core CPU (ARM, AMD, Intel, etc.)

2G

SDRAgile Wireless Operating System

Message switch

Packet switch

Antenna services

SDR

M2M services

SDR

Current Apps Future Apps RAN Apps

GSMWhiteSpaces

Advanced software DSP + communications stack knowledge is the secret sauce.

ALLJOYN,LoRa


Why is a Wireless SW Platform a Big Deal?

• Wireless/IoT will be HUGE• Fragmentation

- Spectrum: many new bands, shared, unlicensed & licensed- Devices: Smart cars, Alarms, Security – very different needs, ARPU

Some are mobile – signalling storms are coming

• Software-defined mobile supports Frequency & Protocol agility• Market expansion from 5B to 7B people

- Order of magnitude reduction in Capex/Opex- Order of magnitude reduction in Complexity

• Open platforms invite new capital & innovation• Open platforms ease operator integration & services

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Platform breadth & depth

Enterprise Labs / Security / Innovation Service Provider Internet of Things

Single/Multi-Operator or Private In-building Solutions

Search & Rescue (API’s, L1-3) 2G Multi-protocol support (even in same frequency band)

True Unified Communications (Fixed-Mobile)

Spectrum Sharing (UCB, L2-4) 3G Q4 2014 Remote control at edge of network

Location-Based Services Security (IMSI) & Fuzzing (L1-5) LTE Q2 2015 Distributed applications

Walkie-Talkie replacement (4-digit dialing)

Behavior/Location (LBS, L1-2) Distributed HA Softswitching Routing rules

Distributed Radio OR Antenna (DAS)

Privacy (BTS-UE, L1-2) Roaming/VLR Caching strategies

Roaming/PSTN integration

Messaging (mobile/desktop)

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Mobile Comes to the Enterprise PBX

Two Distinct Cellular Networks / One Server

3102

Cisco Call Manager Switching Simultaneous Ringing of Desktop & Mobile Authentication Handled Locally

Cloud-Based Switching Engine: Kazoo Desktop Phones Connect To “Internet”

Could Be “Anywhere”

Network 1: On-premises PBX switching Network 2: Cloud-based Switching

OpenBTS OpenBTS

Call ManagerVM 1 VM 2

Local IP Infrastructure

Cloud

1-415-851-9107 1-415-851-9108 or 9108

104

101 Or 201

202

DELL Server


Unique Enterprise Platform Value

• Identity: BYOD enabled- In-Enterprise: mobile calls have business

number (PBX) origin- Out-of-Enterprise: mobile calls have

personal number origin- Authentication via upstream HLR

• Native Dialer- No OTT app installed/used

• Location- Triangulated mobile location enables FMC,

tracking, other functions- Available via Publish/Subscribe service &

platform API’s

• Messaging & Presence- SMS enabled on all mobile devices, can be

integrated with LAN messaging

• Apps- Easily integrated via platform API’s & Docker

• Privacy- Mobile device incorporated into Enterprise network- HIPPA, etc.

Thank [email protected]

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