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IEEE ICC ‘16 Dynamic M2M Device Attachment and Redirection in Virtual Home Gateway Environments Apostolos Papageorgiou, NEC Labs Europe Roberto Bifulco, NEC Labs Europe Ernoe Kovacs, NEC Labs Europe Hans-Joerg Kolbe, Deutsche Telekom AG Background: Virtual Home Gateway USB Ethernet WiFi ZigBee Bluetooth UPnP …… M2M devices Network Protocol Operator‘s Backend System HGW M2M devices’ drivers ▌The complexity of the Home Gateway (HGW) is an issue  More expensive (CAPEX)  More difficult to operate (OPEX)  More difficult to troubleshoot (OPEX)  More components can fail (OPEX)  More components need update (OPEX) 2 © NEC Corporation 2016 NEC Public Background: Virtual Home Gateway USB Ethernet WiFi ZigBee Bluetooth UPnP …… Network Protocol HGW M2M devices’ drivers M2M devices USB Ethernet WiFi ZigBee Bluetooth UPnP …… Bridged Residential Gateway Minimalized M2M Anchor M2M devices 3 Operator‘s Backend System © NEC Corporation 2016 Network Protocol Protocol Virtualization Operator‘s Backend System vGW M2M devices’ drivers NEC Public Challenges and Opportunities ▌Device attachment  The M2M anchor does not know the device  Drivers/Operating system compatibility issues ▌Protocol virtualization  The selection of the backend server is pre-configured  The selection of the backend server is static  The device’s communication flow cannot be easily identified at the network level ▌Several “servers” to handle one home’s devices  Decoupling the physical attachment point from the logical mounting point  Support scalability 4 © NEC Corporation 2016 NEC Public Virtualized access to M2M devices M2M Devices M2M anchor S/W Incl.:  Virtualization S/W, e.g., USB virt. client 1  M2M server config  Device-to-port mapper Network Controller ... SDN 3 Virtualized access, e.g., with USB virtualization M2M 2 10.0.0.1 M2M Access Manager vGW ..... vGW Minimalized M2M Anchor 10.0.0.2 M2M Access Manager vGW ..... vGW ...... ...... ...... Minimalized M2M Anchor M2M Srv. A Network infr., e.g., OpenFlow switches M2M Srv. B ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ..... 10.0.0.n M2M Access Manager vGW ..... vGW M2M Srv. N Servers or VMs 5 © NEC Corporation 2016 NEC Public High-level process for mounting M2M devices M2M anchor NW controller NW switch M2M servers Generate constant 1 port Setup virtualized connection based on the M2M anchor‘s „server number configuration“ for this 1 device Inform upon failure 2 Find 2 capable server / VM Add re-direction rule (Device traffic) (Device traffic) (Device traffic) 6 © NEC Corporation 2016 3 (Possibly redirected device traffic) 3 (Possibly redirected device traffic) (Possibly redirected device traffic) NEC Public 2 Decide If able to mount 1. M2M anchor „device attachment logic“ X Device-to-port mapper Z This source port is maintained for any communication originated from the device and destined to the M2M server;  Different devices MUST have different source port numbers. M2M anchor S/W Incl.:  Virtualization S/W, e.g., USB virt. client  M2M server config  Device-to-port mapper M2M Devices Y  Minimalized M2M Anchor Virt. technology Port range USB 4000-4999 Ethernet 5000-5999 ... ... Device Src Port X (USB) 4550 Y (Eth) 5001 Z (USB) 4551 ... ... ▌Enables the identification of the network flows related to a device  without requiring DPI (Deep Packet Inspection)  providing additional „lightweight“ info about its virtualization technology 7 © NEC Corporation 2016 NEC Public 2. Troubleshooting & negotiation of device mounting Server info table USB virt. Ethernet virt. ... virt. Load / Stats Drivers info 10.X.X. 1 ✘ ✘ ✔ ... ... 10.X.X. 2 ✔ ✘ ✔ ... ... ... ✘ ✔ ✘ ... ... 3 I cannot handle incoming packets from X.X.X.X:4551 Network Controller ... SDN 4 M2M Attempt to mount newly attached device 2 10.X.X.1 1 M2M Access Manager vGW ..... vGW 1. If an M2M server fails to mount a device that was just plugged in, the M2M Access Manager is informed 2. The M2M access manager triggers an M2M server selection logic in the network controller (implicit information about the virtualization technology is provided via the port number) 3. The selection logic selects a different M2M server according to information provided and based on additional constraints (e.g., server load, type, etc.) 4. The selection decision is then transferred to the SDN controller ▌The software stack of the M2M server informs directly the network about its ability to handle the connection from a given device 8 © NEC Corporation 2016 NEC Public 3. SDN-based configuration of M2M traffic Network Controller ... SDN  The SDN controller instructs the switch to forward any packet destined to the M2M server address to an actual M2M server (Translating from the IP address configured in the M2M anchor into the M2M server real IP address)  The SDN rule redirects the flows related to a device (identified using the SRC Port) to the newly selected M2M server ... SRC IP DST IP SRC Port DST port Action Any 1.1.1.1 Any 1111 - Set DST IP = 10.0.0.1 - Fw-to-M2M srv. B Port M2M Anchor 1.1.1.1 4550 1111 - Set DST IP = 10.0.0.2 - Fw-to-M2M srv. B Port ▌The network is able to selectively redirect a network flow related to a given device attached to a given M2M Anchor 9 © NEC Corporation 2016 NEC Public Alternatives ▌No one-size-fits-all solution ▌Usually a trade-off between flexibility/costs/complexity 10 © NEC Corporation 2016 NEC Public Conclusion ▌A solution for attaching M2M devices in a Virtual Home Gateway environment ▌Virtual Home Gateways are starting to be deployed this year  More relevant in future with IoT growth ▌No one-size-fits-all solution  But if an SDN network is available, many advantages can be combined ▌And now… what about applications? 11 © NEC Corporation 2016 NEC Public