Building an IoT SuperNetwork on top of the AWS Global Infrastructure

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Building an IoT SuperNetwork on
top of the AWS Global
Infrastructure
Daniel Lemke
I O T 3 0 1
Sr. Solutions Architect
Amazon Web Services
Dr. Steffen Gebert
Director Technology, Infrastructure
emnify GmbH

Cellular Device Connectivity Pain Points
AWS Global Infrastructure
emnify‘s IoT SuperNetwork on AWS
Platform Overview
Connectivity Architectures
Key Takeaways
Agenda

Cellular Connectivity:
The Customer‘s Pain Point

Cellular Device Connectivity
T H E C U S T O M E R ‘ S P A I N P O I N T
Alice
e-scooter provider’s
backend system
Internet
Network
Operator
Network
Operator

backend system
Internet
Home
MNO
Visited
MNO
MNO = Mobile Network Operator (i.e. a telco company)
Roaming
Agreement
Alice
T H E C U S T O M E R ‘ S P A I N P O I N T
Network
Operator

The IoT Fleet Operator‘s Pain Point

I O T F L E E T O P E R A T O R ‘ S P A I N P O I N T
backend system
Internet
Network
Operator
Bob

I O T F L E E T O P E R A T O R ‘ S P A I N P O I N T
backend system
Internet
Bob
Roaming
Agreement
Home
MNO
Visited
MNO

The Mobile Network Operator‘s
Pain Point

Cellular Connectivity
T H E M O B I L E N E T W O R K O P E R A T O R ‘ S P A I N P O I N T
backend system
Internet
Visited
MNO
Bob
Steffen
Alice Home
MNO

AWS Cloud
Cellular Connectivity
T H E M O B I L E N E T W O R K O P E R A T O R ‘ S P A I N P O I N T
backend system
Visited
MNO
Bob
Steffen
Alice

AWS Global Infrastructure
3 1 L A U N C H E D R E G I O N S , 9 9 A V A I L A B I L I T Y Z O N E S A N D 4 5 0 + P O I N T S O F P R E S E N C E
GovCloud (U.S.):
U.S.-East (3), US-West (3)
U.S. West
Oregon (4), Northern
California (3)
U.S. East
N. Virginia (6), Ohio (3)
United States
Canada
Central (3)
South America
São Paulo (3)
Middle East
Bahrain (3)
UAE (3)
Frankfurt (3)
Ireland (3)
London (3)
Milan (3)
Paris (3)
Spain (3)
Stockholm (3)
Zurich (3)
Europe
*Beijing, operated by Sinnet (3)
*Ningxia, operated by NWCD (3)
Hong Kong (3)
Hyderabad (3)
Jakarta (3)
Mumbai (3)
Osaka (3)
Seoul (4)
Singapore (3)
Tokyo (4)
Asia Pacific
Sydney (3)
Melbourne (3)
Australia
Africa
Cape Town (3)
* To comply with China’s legal and regulatory requirements, AWS has collaborated with Sinnet and NWCD, the local partners
in China for delivering cloud services within AWS China (Beijing) Region and AWS China (Ningxia) Region respectively.

AWS Direct Connect
O V E R 1 2 0 A W S D I R E C T C O N N E C T L O C A T I O N S W O R L D W I D E
Ashburn (x2)
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago (x2)
Columbus
Dallas
Denver
El Segundo
Houston
Kansas City
Las Vegas (x2)
Los Angeles (x2)
Miami
Milpitas
Minneapolis
New York, NY
Newark
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Portland (x2)
Reston
San Jose (x2)
Santa Clara
Seattle (x3)
Secaucus
United States
Canada
Montréal (x2)
Toronto
Vancouver
South America
Rio de Janeiro
São Paulo (x2)
Buenos Aires
Middle East
Dubai UAE
Fujairah
Israel Haifa
Manama (x2)
Muscat
Amsterdam (x2)
Berlin
Cape Town
Copenhagen
Dublin (x3)
Frankfurt (x2)
Hamburg
Helsinki
Johannesburg
London (x3)
Madrid (x2)
Manchester
Marseille
Milano (x2)
Munich
Oslo
Paris (x4)
Prague
Slough (x2)
Stockholm (x2)
Vienna
Warsaw
Zurich (x2)
Europe and Africa
Shanghai
Shenzhen
Ningxia (x2)
Beijing (x2)
China
Auckland
Bangalore
Bangkok
Canberra
Chennai
Delhi
Hong Kong (x2)
Hyderabad
Kuala Lumpur
Kolkata
Jakarta (x2)
Melbourne (x2)
Mumbai (x3)
Osaka
Perth
Seoul (x2)
Singapore (x2)
Sydney (x3)
Taipei (x2)
Tokyo (x2)
Asia Pacific
See AWS Direct Connect locations for more details
*New locations opened in 2023

AWS Direct Connect Gateway & Transit Gateway
A W S S E R V I C E S F O R A D V A N C E D N E T W O R K I N G R E Q U I R E M E N T S
AWS Transit Gateway
AWS Direct Connect Gateway
Establish connectivity that spans Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs)
spread across multiple AWS Regions
Connect VPCs and on-premises networks through a highly
scalable cloud router

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Introducing the
emnify IoT
SuperNetwork
Leading a new era of
cloud-native IoT connectivity

Today's IoT connectivity challenges
Different regulations &
capabilities by regions
and network provider
Managing devices,
data and SIMs at
scale
Increasing needs
for IoT security &
data theft
Fragmented
coverage, provider &
technology landscape
Multiple integrations
needed across the tech
stack for connectivity
data flow

emnify Platform Overview
Customer
IoT Device
emnify
Programmable
SIM
Connectivity
Management Platform
Cloud Connect
Integrations
500 Mobile
Radio Networks
EMNIFY MOBILE
CORE NETWORK
Data Transport
Subscriber
Management
Policy and
Charging
Mobility
Management
Messaging
Customer
IoT Backend
Customer
Operations
Team

Management Plane
Control Plane
Data Transport Architecture
AWS Cloud
Data Plane
Users
Amazon API Gateway
Amazon Aurora
Amazon EC2 AWS Transit Gateway
Backend
application
Amazon ECS
Network Load
Balancer
IoT device with
SIM card
Bob
Mobile
operator

Connect to Mobile Operators using
AWS Direct Connect

Global IoT deployments
80% of deployments in multiple countries
Require distributed mobile network

emnify’s IoT SuperNetwork on AWS
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N. Virginia
United States
Canada
Central
South America
São Paulo
Ireland
Europe
Singapore
Asia Pacific

AWS Direct Connect location
AWS Direct Connect location
Typical Direct Connect Architecture
H O W M O S T A W S C U S T O M E R S U S E D I R E C T C O N N E C T
AWS Cloud
AWS Direct
Connect
Gateway
Corporate
data center
Router
Customer router AWS router
Customer router AWS router
Region
VPC
Region
VPC

IPX network
Interconnecting with 500 Mobile Operators
H O W E M N I F Y U S E S D I R E C T C O N N E C T
AWS Direct
Connect
location
Mobile
operator
IPX
carrier
Mobile
operator
Mobile
operator
AWS Cloud
AWS Direct
Connect
Gateway
Region
VPC
Region
VPC
IPX
carrier AWS Direct
Connect
location

Advantages of using AWS Direct Connect
Ease of Creating New Peerings
Low Maintenance Effort
High Quality of Service

Connect to Customers using
AWS Transit Gateway

Security to the Network
C L O U D N A T I V E S T Y L E
Restrict Internet Access
Protect Weak Devices and Protocols
Private Connectivity Required

Connecting Customer VPCs to emnify
Backend application
Packet Gateway Applications
VPC
emnify Customer
VPC
AWS Transit Gateway
IoT device with
SIM card
Customer
Customer
Region
Region
AWS Transit Gateway

Key Takeaways

Key Takeaways
Global IoT Connectivity over
Cellular Networks is hard!
Is your IoT device ready for this?

Key Takeaways
lowers cost.
scales globally.
focuses on business differentiators.
quickly adapts to customer demands.
provides secure and compliant solutions.
is how

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