Demonstration of latency-aware 5G network slicing on optical metro networks

The H2020 METRO-HAUL European project has architected a latency-aware, cost-effective, agile, and programmable optical metro network. This includes the design of semi-disaggregated metro nodes with compute and storage capabilities, which interface effectively with both 5G access and multi-Tbit/s elastic optical networks in the core. In this paper, we report the automated deployment of 5G services, in particular, a public safety video surveillance use case employing low-latency object detection and tracking using on-camera and on-the-edge analytics. The demonstration features flexible deployment of network slice instances, implemented in terms of ETSI NFV Network Services. We summarize the key findings in a detailed analysis of end-to-end quality of service, service setup time, and soft-failure detection time. The results show that the round-trip-time over an 80 km link is under 800 µs and the service deployment time under 180 seconds.Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (761727); Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (16KIS0979K).Peer ReviewedArticle signat per 25 autors/es: B. Shariati, Fraunhofer HHI, Berlin, Germany / L. Velasco, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain / J.-J. Pedreno-Manresa, ADVA, Munich, Germany / A. Dochhan, ADVA, Munich, Germany / R. Casellas, Centre Tecnològic Telecomunicacions Catalunya, Castelldefels, Spain / A. Muqaddas, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK / O. Gonzalez de Dios, Telefónica, Madrid, Spain / L. Luque Canto, Telefónica, Madrid, Spain / B. Lent, Qognify GmbH, Bruchsal, Germany / J. E. Lopez de Vergara, Naudit HPCN, Madrid, Spain / S. Lopez-Buedo, Naudit HPCN, Madrid, Spain / F. Moreno, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain / P. Pavon, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain / M. Ruiz, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain / S. K. Patri, ADVA, Munich, Germany / A. Giorgetti, CNIT, Pisa, Italy / F. Cugini, CNIT, Pisa, Italy / A. Sgambelluri, CNIT, Pisa, Italy / R. Nejabati, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK / D. Simeonidou, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK / R.-P. Braun, Deutsche Telekom, Germany / A. Autenrieth, ADVA, Munich, Germany / J.-P. Elbers, ADVA, Munich, Germany / J. K. Fischer, Fraunhofer HHI, Berlin, Germany / R. Freund, Fraunhofer HHI, Berlin, GermanyPostprint (author's final draft

A latency-aware real-time video surveillance demo: network slicing for improving public safety

We report the automated deployment of 5G services across a latency-aware, semi- disaggregated, and virtualized metro network. We summarize the key findings in a detailed analysis of end-to-end latency, service setup time, and soft-failure detection time.The research leading to these results has received funding from the EC and BMBF through the METRO-HAUL project (G.A. No. 761727) and OTB-5G+ project (reference No. 16KIS0979K).Peer ReviewedArticle signat per 24 autors/es: B. Shariati, Fraunhofer HHI, Germany / J. J. Pedreno-Manresa, ADVA, Germany / A. Dochhan, ADVA, Germany / A. S. Muqaddas, UOB, UK / R. Casellas, CTTC/CERCA, Spain / O. González de Dios, Telefónica, Spain / L. L. Canto, Telefónica, Spain / B. Lent, Qognify GmbH, Germany / J. E. López de Vergara, Naudit HPCN, Spain / S. López-Buedo, Naudit HPCN, Spain / F. J. Moreno, UPCT, Spain / P. Pavón, UPCT, Spain / L. Velasco, UPC, Spain / S. Patri, ADVA, Germany / A. Giorgetti, CNIT, Italy / IEIIT-CNR, F. Cugini CNIT, Italy / A. Sgambelluri, CNIT, Italy / R. Nejabati, UOB, UK / D. Simeonidou, UOB, UK / R.-P. Braun, Deutsche Telekom, Germany / A. Autenrieth, ADVA, Germany / J.-P. Elbers, ADVA, Germany / J. K. Fischer, Fraunhofer HHI, Germany / R. Freund, Fraunhofer HHI, GermanyPostprint (author's final draft