Day and time:
- Thursday, January 28th at 9 AM Pacific / 17:00 UTC
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Dial-In Information:
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- Meeting ID: 403 498 3298
Speaker:
Recording:
Speaker:
- Madhusanka Liyanage, Dr.Sc.Assistant Professor / Ad Astra Fellow at School of Computer Science,University College Dublin, Ireland and Docent at Centre for Wireless Communications, University of Oulu, Finland.Nima Afraz, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Researcher - CONNECT Center, Trinity College Dublin
About the Event:
Decentralized 5G Marketplaces based on Hyperledger Fabric: The fifth generation of cellular networks or 5G promises revolutionary improvements compared to the previous generation that reaches beyond merely multiplying the bandwidth and reducing latency. 5G is expected to enable a wide range of new internet-based services such as vehicular communications and Smart City infrastructure that, in addition to connectivity, require on-demand fine-grained infrastructure and resource access to operate. Hence, the allocation of the underlying resources has to be capable of supporting and adapting to sudden changes in demand for resources and be able to flexibly provide customized bundles of resources to fit the demands of the vertical industries using the 5G infrastructure. Entering the 5G market, an operator may experience an up to a 65% increase in RAN deployment and infrastructure costsThe Role of Blockchain in Private 5G Operators Realization: 5G is a promising technology which has promised to support different verticals and novel applications such as Industrial Internet of Things IoT (IIoT), smart cities, autonomous vehicles, remote surgeries, virtual and augmented reality and so on. However, these verticals have a diverse set of network connectivity requirements and sometimes it is challenging to deliver customized services for each vertical by using a typical wide area 5Gnetwork. Thus, the operation of Local 5G operator (L5GO) networks or private 5G networks are considered as a viable option to tackle this challenge. A private 5G network is a localized small cell network which can offer tailored service delivery for a localized eviourment. The adaptation of network softwarization in 5G allows vertical owners to deploy and operate such private 5G networks. However, the deployment of private 5G networks raises various issues and challenges related to the management of subscribers, roaming users, spectrum, security and also the infrastructure. In this talk, we discuss how Hyperledger Fabric could facilitate the implementation of a distributed marketplace for 5G network infrastructure sharing which does not rely on a central source of trustwill discuss these issues and challenges and propose possible solutions by using blockchain-based platforms. A set of blockchain-based modularized functions such as service rating systems, bidding techniques, selection functions, can be used to deploy different services on private 5G networks. The exploitation of blockchain technology ensures availability, non-reliance on trusted third parties, secure transfer payments and to gain many more advantages in the context of private 5G networks.