Subject: [5gangip] 5G IP PS DRAFT for July BoF

From: <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 2 May 2017 14:34:14 +0000

Dear all
A handful of co-authors have prepared a Problem Statement (PS) type of draft for our planned BoF on “Internet Protocols for 5G” (5GIP) explaining the need for technology agnostic interfacing of 5G access and core control plane via new IP Access Mobility and Session Management Protocols. There we argue that the draft approaches in ILA and MAMS on which we have already been working in 5gangip may serve as solution space upon which to develop such protocols for the upcoming 5G system (choosing 3GPP Rel. 15 architecture and concept as exemplary reference).
BoF deadline for July meeting is 2017-06-02 (Friday) - i.e.  month from now, therefore we plan to publish the 00 version today.
For the draft charter proposal we currently see following issues/needs:
- addressing next generation system architecture of modular technology-agnostic network functionalities to flexibly build logical network slices enabling efficient provision of end-to-end services via heterogeneous technologies
- drafting protocols allowing for true integration and convergence of multiple heterogeneous access technologies (including their concurrent use as e.g. in multi-path) and current technology specific control plane entities
- serving and complementing worldwide research and standardisation activity of such 5G networks is under way e.g. at 3GPP, BBF, IEEE, ITU-T …
- specifying set of protocols to enable (basic) connectivity (including optional mobility support) and session set up which are as much as possible abstracted from technology specifics.
- improving efficiency by reducing overhead in terms of current InterWorking GateWays (IWGWs), OVerHead (OVH) due to Tunneling and multiple encapsulation, complex mapping mechanisms
 We will come back soon with the question for support in terms of review, commitment to work on BoF preparation and attending / supporting in Prague (and potentially invite/propose further people).
Thanks a lot!
Best Regards
Behcet and Dirk