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Reconfigurable Accelerated RAN For 5G Mobile Network Operators

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Disclaimer: This document is intended for informational purposes only. Any information herein is believed to be reliable. However, Napatech assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of the information. Napatech reserves the right to change the document and the products described without notice. Napatech and the authors disclaim any and all liabilities. Napatech is a trademark used under license by Napatech A/S. All other logos, trademarks and service marks are the property of the respective third parties. Copyright © Napatech A/S 2017. All rights reserved. EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA Napatech A/S Copenhagen, Denmark Tel. +45 4596 1500 Info@napatech.com www.napatech.com NORTH AMERICA Napatech Inc. Boston, Massachusetts Los Altos, California Washington D.C. USA Tel. +1 888 318 8288 Info@napatech.com www.napatech.com APAC Napatech China/South Asia Taipei City, Taiwan Tel. +886 2 28164533 Ext. 319 Napatech Japan K.K. Tokyo, Japan Tel. +81 3 5326 3374 ntapacsales@napatech.com www.napatech.com DN-1144 Rev. 1 Driven by next-generation UltraScale+ Xilinx FPGAs, the solution is delivered in a compact, two-port Napatech SmartNIC, for use in any standard computing platform. Combined with Radisys RAN software and Silex Inside crypto technology, it offloads and accelerates virtualized wireless eNode/gNB platforms and moves processing workloads from host processors to increase throughput, lower latency and offload resources from general purpose processing elements. The solution enables software-based NodeB, Radio Network Controllers, Mobile Stations, Gateways, testing equipment and other mobile network applications and services to scale from less than one gigabit on standard servers, to more than 10 gigabits. Major functions accelerated in this solution include air-ciphering (ZUC, Kasumi, SNOW3G), OVS and IPsec. BENEFITS • Increased throughput and lower latency: By offloading the encryption and decryption of the mobile traffic, as well as the Open vSwitch (OVS) dataplane for de-multiplexing traffic into the VMs hosting the PDCP application, the overall application throughput is signifi-cantly increased and mobile latency of mobile applications • Outstanding scalability: Enables software-based NodeB, RNC, gateways, and other mobile network applications to scale from 1G to more than 10G running on standard server platforms • Efficient CPU utilization: Offloads heavy networking and cryptography tasks from host CPU(s), freeing up general purpose processors, thereby increasing the performance of the NFV infrastructure • Cost and power optimization: Reduces power consumption and CPU utilization providing an optimized performance/$ and performance/W solution for LTE and 5G applications that scales with network requirements • Wide compatibility: Fits into any existing deployment model through OpenStack and M-CORD integrations • Full agility: Based on open and generally available technology for OVS and DPDK The solution is based on Napatech's reconfigurable SmartNICs and includes components from key partners including Xilinx FPGAs, Radisys PDCP software stack and Silex Inside crypto technology. OVS Dataplane Trafc Generation Device UnderTest OVS Control Plane VM 1 PDCP ZUC Cipher 25/40GbE 1GbE PCIe S1 RLC (Radio Link Control) 25/40GbE Napatech NT200B01 VM 2 PDCP

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