Research and Innovation Testbed in Brighton

Description

The aim of this procurement is to upgrade the 5G Brighton Testbed established by Digital Catapult, distributed across two locations in Brighton. Lot 1: Digital Catapult wishes to find a partial or preferably a full solution for the requirements below. The system should provide coverage in 4 indoor areas: ● Area 1: 1000 Sqm, Area 2: 40 sqm Area 3:75 sqm, Area 4: 200 sqm height 4m-8m; The system should provide the following 5G configurations: ● 5G SA (3GPP Option 2), 5G NSA (3GPP Option 3x) -- optional, NB-IoT and LTE-M support (optional); The system should provide the following services: ● eMBB with peak data rate of at least +3Gbps per cell; ● average user throughput 100Mbps downlink / uplink for up to 30 simultaneous users per cell and in total 60 simultaneous users across the coverage area (multiple cells); ● URLLC service with less than 4 ms (Round Trip) at local edge compute; ● 1000 connected IoT devices (optional); The RAN should provide the following features: ● Support eMBB Channel BW of 100MHz; ● Indoor unit should be Ofcom compliant w.r.t radiation power, with ability to control radiation power in the range of -5dBm - 24 dBm; The RAN should operate in the following spectrum: ● 5G SA n77 (3.8GHz-4.2GHz) (3.6GHz-3.8GHz Optional), ● 5G NSA n77(3.8GHz-4.2GHz) LTE B3 (1781.7-1785 MHz 1876.7-1880 MHz); ● LTE-M/NB-IoT Band 3 (1781.7 to 1785 MHz paired with 1876.7 to 1880 MHz) - optional; ● mmWave 24.25-26.5 GHz -optional The 5G Core should provide the following capabilities: ● support for eMBB (>700Mbps per UE); ● support for ultra low latency networking (<1ms)/URLLC ● support MEC capability; ● support of NB-IoT and LTE-M (optional); ● with documentation and technical support; ● with OpenAPI support; ● support for 100+ users (1000 if NB-IoT and/or emulation for performance management); ● supporting the following 5GC service based architecture functions: AMF, SMF, multiple UPFs, AUSF, UDM, optional features: NRF, NEF, N3IWF, NSSF, NWDAF; ● clear upgrade roadmaps to future 3GPP releases or roadmap to support missing features; The system should provide a WiFi solution with the following features: ● Support WiFi6 up at least 2.4Gbps per user (WiFi 6e optional); ● It should provide dual-band, dual-concurrent Wi-Fi 6 AP, supporting multiple spatial streams; ● Local-based Management application server. Note that the existing infrastructure is based on RUCKUS with a local management server; The system should provide the following (not exhaustive list) of testing capabilities: ● Fully-support TDM/PDH to dual 10 G Ethernet, SONET, SDH, Fiber Channel, and OTN; ● support Automated, enhanced RFC 2544 and SAM Complete testing per ITU-T Y.1564; ● Supporting burst testing approach per MEF 34 and RFC 6349 True Speed TCP throughput testing; ● Supporting Integrated Timing/Synchronization testing including PTP/1588v2, SyncE, Wander, and One Way Delay test; ● Supporting Fronthaul Testing CPRI/OBSAI Layer 1/Layer 2 and emulation of Baseband and Remote Radio units Single- and dual-port; ● Supporting BBU emulation RFoCPRI; The system should provide access to end user devices of different types including the following: ● Mobile UE support NSA and SA on requested spectrum; ● NB-IoT and LTE-M device - optional; ● CPE support NSA and SA on requested spectrum; ● 5G-ready AR/VR kit; The system should provide the required computation functionality to support the additional services: ● Computing capability is required to support 5G NSA and SA solutions; ● In the case of the OpenRAN option it would require some servers for CU/DU with accelerator cards; Additional information: It is not intended to divide this contract into lots at this time. However subject to outcome of the market engagement event this may change.