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FLEX - FIRE LTE TESTBEDS FOR
OPEN EXPERIMENTATION FUSION WORKSHOP 14 OCT 2014
www.flex-project.eu
Thanasis Korakis,
FP7 FLEX Project Coordinator
University of Thessaly, Greece
Presenter: Nikos Makris,
University of Thessaly, Greece
FIRE LTE testbeds for open Experimentation
http://www.flex-project.eu
FLEX Project
FLEX objectives 3
FLEX project
FLEX: FIRE LTE testbeds for open experimentation
Grant Agreement: 612050
Call Identifier: FP7-ICT-2013-10
Duration: 36 Months (Starting from Jan 2014)
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UNIVERSITY
OF THESSALY
FLEX contribution
Develop operational LTE testbeds using two
approaches:
Setup 1: Based on commercial equipment
Provided by the industrial partners of the project (ip.access femtocells
and SiRRAN EPC network)
Setup 2: Open Source components
Developed by Eurecom (OpenAirInterface – www.openairinterface.org)
LTE software and hardware will be fully integrated to the
control and management framework of the testbeds.
Monitoring, RF emulation and mobility (controlled,
uncontrolled and emulated) frameworks will be developed.
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Testbed extensions
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Status of testbeds available
The testbeds currently available are:
NITOS testbed by UTH (http://nitlab.inf.uth.gr)
w-iLab.t testbed by iMinds
(https://www.wilab2.ilabt.iminds.be)
EURECOM OpenAirInterface testbed
(www.openairinterface.org)
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NITOS testbed
NITOS is a heterogeneous remotely accessible testbed offered by University of Thessaly (UTH), supporting experimentation with cutting-edge wireless networking technologies.
NITOS is comprised of:
Over 100 Wireless nodes for experimentation with wireless network technologies (WiFi, WiMAX, LTE, 3G, ZigBee). UTH has acquired 1 WiMAX/LTE Base Station, 2 commercial LTE femto cells, 4 open source LTE cells, 2 3G pico cells, one commercial and one Open Source EPC networks.
A Software Defined Radio testbed based on 10 USRP devices.
30 High Definition Video Cameras for video related research.
Software Defined Networking resources (4 hardware switches) for experimentation with the emerging OpenFlow protocol.
Multiple Wireless Sensor Network deployments, utilizing ZigBee and WiFi technologies for monitoring agricultural installations.
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NITOS testbed
Two separate deployments
An indoor RF-isolated testbed
An outdoor prone to RF interference testbed
Each testbed is offering 50 nodes (100 in total).
NITOS indoor (left) and outdoor (right) testbed deployments
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NITOS Testbed topology
The following topology has adopted for the needs
of FLEX.
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Uncontrolled mobility setup (1/2)
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Uncontrolled mobility setup (2/2)
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w-iLab.t testbed
w-iLab.t is an experimental, generic, heterogeneous wireless testbed deployed in the iMinds building and at a second, remote location.
w-iLab.t provides a permanent testbed for development and testing of wireless applications via an intuitive web-based interface.
w-iLab.t hosts different types of wireless nodes:
sensor nodes
Wi-Fi based nodes
sensing platforms
cognitive radio platforms (that are limited to operating in the ISM bands due to license restrictions.)
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w-iLab.t testbed topology
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Controlled mobility setup 17
https://www.openairinterface.org
EURECOM testbed
OpenAirInterface (OAI) testbed
Open-source (hardware and software) wireless technology platforms for deployment of reduced scale mock network
System approach with high level of realism
SDR architecture and full GPP C
Current focus
3GPP LTE, LTE-A and IEEE 802.11p
LTE mesh extension, 802.21
Objectives : LTE in the box
Innovation in air-interface technologies and wireless networking through experimentation.
Proof-of-concepts through real-time prototypes and scalable emulation platforms.
Validation, experimentation, testing, performance evaluation, dissemination, teaching, and training.
OAI can be configured as either an eNB or a UE.
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EURECOM OAI testbed
eth2
eth1
eth0
Node201GPP HW
Node202GPP HW
Node203GPP HW
RF module- Spartan 6
Resource type C – OAI RF
RF module- Spartan 6
OMF
XMPP
NITOS SCHED
1Gbit Switch
External Nettwork – Interconnection with NITOS facility – Remote AccessibilityCM card Network
OMF Control Network - Experimentation
OAI RF Wireless Experimentation Network
conect.eurecom.fr
OAI LTE (FDD band 7)
OAI eNB OAI eNBOAI EPC
Application Server
EPC and IMS cores
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FLEX LTE Equipment (1/2)
Commercial equipment setup:
ip.access LTE 245F femto-cells
SiRRAN EPC network
Several different UEs (eg. Huawei E398, Android
Smartphones etc.) with Custom SIM cards.
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FLEX LTE Equipment (2/2)
Open Source setup:
Based on OpenAirInterface cells
Highly configurable FPGA-based platform
Supporting advanced LTE experiments (like tuning the LTE Scheduler,
etc.)
Configurable as either an eNB or a UE
Supporting most of the LTE and LTE-A standards
OpenAirInterface EPC network
OpenSource EPC network
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FIRE tools adopted by FLEX
In general, the tools adopted by FLEX are:
OMF framework: in charge of the control and management of the testbeds, orchestrating the experimentation
OML library – responsible for collecting measurements through the experiment lifecycle.
Broker Entity – enables resource discovery, reservation and provisioning through an SFA API.
NITOS Scheduler – allows multiple users to use the testbed resurces concurrently.
LTERF service – enables the configuration of the LTE specific parameters through a REST API.
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FLEX Impact
Diversity in experimentation environment (macro-/ femto- cell
setups)
Variety of experimental scenarios supported (mobility,
emulation, handover management, etc.)
Fully open source 4G system platforms with LTE, LTE-Advanced
and beyond LTE features
Broader and more innovative use of the experimental facilities
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First FLEX Open Call
1st Flex Competitive Open Call for
proposals
FLEX project is looking for two different types of
proposals:
Novel experiments taking advantage of the LTE
infrastructure
Testbed enhancements by means of testbed
tools/equipment that will be fully integrated to the
frameworks adopted by the FLEX project.
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FLEX Open Call
Budget: € 900,000
Number of experiments to be funded: up to 10
Maximum Commission Funding per experiment: € 150,000 for innovative experiments / €
200,000 for testbed enhancements
Total Budget foreseen for experiments: € 500,000
Total Budget foreseen for enhancements: € 400,000
Number of partners per experiment: The target number of participants per experiment are
1-2
Type of participants: The profile of participants is academics, industrial or SMEs active in the
domain LTE research, that need to run experiments to further test, evaluate and optimize their
solutions. The rules of participation are the same as for any FP7 project.
Duration of the experiment: The maximum allowed duration of each experiment is 12 Months
Language of the proposal: English
Call deadline: Friday, October 31, 2014 at 17:00h CET (Brussels time)
Contact for information on this call: Prof. Thanasis Korakis (UTH),
email: [email protected] web: http://www.flex-project.eu
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