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SUMMARY:Using large-scale simulation for the national assessment of Fibre-
 To-The-Premises and 5G deployment - Edward Oughton (Oxford)
DTSTART:20181011T140000Z
DTEND:20181011T150000Z
UID:TALK111889@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Marco Caballero
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: The Data and Analytics Facility for National Infrast
 ructure (DAFNI) represents an £8 million investment from the EPSRC-funded
  UK Collaboratorium for Research on Infrastructure and Cities (UKCRIC) foc
 using on infrastructure modelling\, simulation and visualisation. Conseque
 ntly\, this talk examines the applications of DAFNI’s high-performance c
 omputing environment for analysing the UK’s digital infrastructure\, spe
 cifically the rollout of Fibre-To-The-Premises (FTTP) and 5G broadband net
 works. In recent years\, the development of the open-source Cambridge Comm
 unications Assessment Model has provided a decision support system to unde
 rstand how different digital infrastructure strategies for FTTP and 5G per
 form in terms of capacity\, coverage and cost. Thus\, a method will be pre
 sented detailing an FTTP model which comprises a virtual engineering-econo
 mic representation of the British fixed broadband access network\, spannin
 g 30 million premises and over 4.3 million geospatial network assets. Seco
 ndly\, a mobile infrastructure model is presented which enables the testin
 g of 5G expansion strategies. Results from these models are visualised and
  findings discussed. The integration of the Cambridge Communications Asses
 sment Model is one of DAFNI’s first pilot projects\, with new developmen
 ts making it much easier for non-technical users to run modelling simulati
 ons from their web browser via a graphical user interface.\n\n \n\nSpeaker
  bio: Edward is known for developing decision-support models of digital in
 frastructure for both industry and government. He carried out one of the f
 irst assessments of 5G in Britain. Generally\, his research includes asses
 sing the capacity\, coverage and cost of new digital infrastructure\, agai
 nst the revenue opportunities new services can provide. Currently\, Edward
  has published 14 papers and been awarded over £480k in funding. This inc
 ludes working on a variety of projects for organisations including the UK
 ’s Department for Transport\, HM Treasury’s National Infrastructure Co
 mmission\, the UK Met Office\, the Asian Development Bank\, Airbus Space a
 nd Defence\, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs\, AIG\, Lockheed Marti
 n and the Canadian Space Agency. In 2017\, he was nominated by the US Emba
 ssy (London) for the International Visitors Leadership Program based on hi
 s telecommunications research. Edward holds an MPhil and PhD from the Univ
 ersity of Cambridge\, is a 5G Researcher in Residence at the UK’s Digita
 l Catapult\, has an Adjust Assistant Professorship at Carnegie Mellon Univ
 ersity\, and holds an Honorary Fellowship at the British Antarctic Survey.
  
LOCATION:FW26\, Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Building
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