5G – NETWORKING PERSPECTIVE

JARI ARKKOSenior ExpertEricsson Research

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5GUSE CASES

SMART VEHICLES,

TRANSPORT

SENSORS EVERYWHERE

INTERACTION

HUMAN-IOT

CRITICAL CONTROL

OF REMOTE DEVICES

INFRASTRUCTURE, MONITOR

AND CONTROL

BROADBAND AND MEDIA

EVERYWHERE

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ONGOING CHANGES IN THE NETWORKING WORLD

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› Global ecosystem – Multiple use cases with one global eco-system (Leveraging scale; industry alignment, collaboration)

› Enable new business – IoT, media and industry transformation (Relevance to other industries, and new capabilities for digitalization)

› Flexibility, speed of change – Ability to support different needs(To support the new business, and to enable faster evolution)

› Leverage best IT & networking technologies(For scale, cost, ease of deployment)

› Industry alignment - Collaboration(A broad set of use cases requires collaboration, standards, and open source)

5G BUSINESS DRIVERS AND SUCCESS FACTORS

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VNF VNF

Virtualization Software Defined

Networking & Web-

based tools

Distributed Cloud

CORE & RAN

Access

Transport

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›Network Slicing is a key enabler– Separation of concerns

– different use cases

›2ND key enabler is Service Based Architecture– EasY introduction of new services

– Move closer to mainstream IT

– Web-based APIs replacing DIAMETER

›flexible user authentication architecture

5G CORE – KEY FEATURES

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› EASIER TO BUILD NEW NETWORK PARTS, given allthe tools

› easier for different parties to contribute

› We as industry have a lot to learn, changingtools is easier than changing mindsets

› Running code & need to gain experience

› FURTHER EVOLUTION IS EXPECTED & WELCOME!

LESSONS

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SUMMARY

› As a whole, networking is undergoing significant changes

› 5G systems as a whole get to use and experience, many of those changes

› More evolution to come – speed of CHANGE is changing

› opportunities in the ecosystem

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