News tagged: Network slicing

13 June, 2018

5G is a garden with forking paths

Everything used to be so straightforward. Customers couldn’t get enough mobile service – first voice, then data – and 3GPP brought vendors and operators together on a single path to delivering more of it, writes Dr. Nick Johnson, the chief technology officer of ip.access. Ubiquitous coverage with infinite capacity was a reasonable expectation. The ITU did its bit with a handy bite-sized definition for 4G. There was a target we could all aim for. We all did. And we all pretty much hit it.

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07 June, 2018

Solve the service assurance complexity of 4.5G and 5G

The first pre-standard launches of 5G are due toward the end of 2018, writes Scott Sumner, the vice president of strategy at end-to-end network and application performance experts Accedian. However, standardised 5G will probably not arrive globally and at scale until 2021-2022. In the meantime, operators are upgrading their existing LTE networks to 4.5G.

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17 April, 2018

Huawei to complete IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group’s core network test for 5G non-standalone

Huawei became the first vendor to pass China’s 5G non-standalone (NSA) Core Network test. The test, which covers key Core Network technologies and service processes, is the third phase of the 5G R&D trial. The trial was organised by the IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group and conducted at the Beijing lab of the China Academy (more…)

12 April, 2018

Is NFV ready to support 5G network slicing?

As one of the hallmarks of soon-to-launch 5G, network slicing has the potential to revolutionise the services mobile operators offer to their customers. And as also recognised by the majority of industry stakeholders (standards organisations among them), virtualised networks are expected to play a key role in realising network slicing (more…)

19 March, 2018

Unlocking smart core network slicing for IoT and MVNOs

Network slicing is one of the most important 5G innovations available to mobile operators. Across the industry, experts are falling over themselves to enthuse about the future benefits. However, as Bart Salaets, F5 Networks Systems Engineering director says, fewer realise that aspects of its technological impact can already be leveraged. (more…)

06 March, 2018

It’s alliance time. All together now!

Analysts have been warning for some time now that if telcos are to make the most of 5G, and in particular crack the enterprise market, they will need to co-operate with one another on a massive scale. And it looks like they are finally doing it in spades, says freelance telecoms writer, Peter Dykes. (more…)

05 March, 2018

Three key issues affecting 5G’s future

One of the most striking takeaways from Mobile World Congress 2018 is that despite the hype and excitement that has surrounded 5G, the industry isn’t quite ready for it. (more…)

07 February, 2018

The problem with the 5G cake is how to slice it

We’ve seen it with NFV, SDN, IoT and now the hype spotlight has switched to network slicing, with a plethora of reports, tests, trials and indeed, even a new working group. It can’t be far off now – well, in two or three years’ time maybe, according to some of the more optimistic players. (more…)

22 January, 2018

China Telecom, State Grid, and Huawei jointly release a report on 5G network slicing for smart grids

China Telecom, China’s State Grid, and Huawei have jointly released a report entitled 5G Network Slicing Enabling Smart Grid which details results of the 5G network slicing project, a major national initiative. The initiative marks a new stage of cooperation between operators and China’s electric power industry in the 5G field. (more…)

16 January, 2018

ETSI’s new Zero touch network and service management group starts work

ETSI’s new Zero touch network and Service Management Industry Specification Group (ZSM ISG) has just ended its kick-off meeting. It was held at ETSI headquarters on January 10-12. (more…)