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Private 5G network strategies of Mobile operators and None-mobile operators

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02/11/2020

5G, IoT, MEC

NG-PON2 Solution for 10G Internet Service: SK’s Development & Deployment

07/13/2018

Gigabit Internet, SK Telecom

Brief Survey on 5G RAN Practical Deployment Scenario: From 2-tier (4G) to 3-tier (5G)

Brief Survey on 5G RAN Practical Deployment Scenario: From 2-tier (4G: BBU and RRH) to 3-tier (5G...

01/18/2018

5G, C-RAN/Fronthaul

Open vs. Proprietary 5G Fronthaul Interface: SK Telecom Case

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01/11/2018

5G, C-RAN/Fronthaul, SK Telecom

Pay TV market in South Korea: IPTV, Cable TV and Satellite TV - December 2017

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12/14/2017

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Korea Mobile Communications Market Report Q2 2017

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09/25/2017

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Netmanias Interview with Juniper Networks: Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN)

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08/01/2017

SD-WAN, SDN/NFV

Netmanias Interview with Nuage/Nokia - Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN)

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06/14/2017

SD-WAN, SDN/NFV

Samsung 5G Core Vision - Revolutionary changes in core with the arrival of 5G

This white paper will review the vision and strategy of Samsung 5G Core, the architecture of Sams...

5G, SDN/NFV, Samsung

VoLTE Call Setup Flow - PDN Connection (including PCAP)

VoLTE Call Setup Flow - PDN Connection

LTE, VoLTE

Who & How: Making 5G NR Standards

Understanding Key Features of 5G NR Standards and Samsung’s Contribution

5G, New Radio, Samsung

Towards Achieving High Performance in 5G Mobile Packet Core’s User Plane Function

This paper presents architecture for a user plane function (UPF) in the mobile packet core (MPC)...

5G, SDN/NFV, Sk Telecom

Content Delivery Network (CDN)

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CDN

Key Industry Challenges and devising new models for Business enablement using End to End Network Slicing

Network Slice is a concept within 3GPP CT and its history can be traced back to R13/R14 with the...

5G, SDN/NFV

5G Core Architecture - Evolution || Use Cases || Services

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5G in Apprehension – The Beginning of New Era

It’s about architecture vision for 5G, which going to be a technology beyond cellular system. It’...

VR Changes the Landscape for Mobile App Development

Virtual reality has been gaining popularity for the last five years running and the momentum does...

11/16/2019

Artificial Intelligence - The opportunities for Mobile Operators

Technology, in general, is continuously evolving, creating a challenge for CSPs to cope with the...

11/04/2019

7 Deployment Scenarios of Private 5G Networks

In this blog, we will analyze 7 Deployemt Scenarios of Private 5G Networks

10/21/2019

5G, EDGE, KT, SK Telecom

Comparison of Commercial 5G Network Architecture: KT vs. SK Telecom

We analyze the current state of 5G network construction of KT and SK Telecom and the difference o...

10/11/2019

5G, IoT, KT, SK Telecom

Basics of Telecom Offline Charging

Offline Charging allows Subscribers to consume the service without an upfront balance check or ba...

10/11/2019

Is the traditional IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) fitting into 5G World?

All these years, IMS is predominantly used for delivering Voice & Video based multimedia services...

07/01/2019

5G Orchestration - The missing brick

With many operators starting to launch 5G, it became clear that Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB)...

06/26/2019

Core Network Migration Paths to 5G

As Evolved Packet Core (EPC) played a key role in 4G LTE, 5GC is the new 5G core network (5GC) de...

05/31/2019

SK Telecom/SK Broadband's 10 Gigabit Internet Network Architecture

01/23/2020

Gigabit Internet, SK Telecom

SK Telecom 5G MEC Deployment Architecture

11/08/2019

5G, MEC, SK Telecom

SK Telecom/SK Broadband's 5G and 10 Gigabit Internet Ecosystem

11/05/2019

5G, Gigabit Internet, SK Telecom

SK Telecom 5G Network Architecture: 5G Core, 5G RAN and 5G Edge Cloud (MEC)

10/11/2019

5G, IoT, SK Telecom

5G NSA Option 3a/3x - Generic Operation

10/11/2019

Integration of multi-RAT access

09/20/2019

4G LTE, 5G

Control and User Plane Separation (CUPS)

09/20/2019

4G LTE, 5G

KT 5G Network Architecture: 5G Core, 5G RAN and 5G Edge Cloud

06/13/2019

5G, C-RAN/Fronthaul, CDN, IPTV, IoT, KT, LTE, SDN/NFV


NEW COMMENTS	VIEW ALL

Dear Netmania Team, If new MME sucessfully identified old MME , then how Old MME not able to provide UE identity to...

02/19/2020

can you explain usim and usim secret key

02/19/2020

how to mitigation intereference ??

02/19/2020

How do we integrate the existing 4G network with the 5G Core network, Can you share the integration process.

02/17/2020

How do we integrate existing 4G network with the 5G Core network, Can you share the integration process.

02/17/2020

This is an excellent summary of all NPN scenarios but not sure I understand how scenario 6&7 works. The data stored o...

02/17/2020

Hi Guys, im having a problem regarding the security mode complete, After eNodeB sends the Security Mode Command, the...

02/17/2020

Thank you very much for the explanation, You rock!

02/13/2020

Even I feel the same. 'Netmanias', please update the same to avoid confusion.

02/10/2020

I Have A Quary, when UE first time attaching with the network, how it get LAI in 3G and tAI in 4G.?????

02/10/2020

awesome article man

02/06/2020

Very nice information, concise and clear. Thank you.

02/05/2020

Hi Netmanias, Could you please explain the CSFB call flow ? thanks, Anis

02/05/2020

Wonderful document that can be understood even by beginners thanks a lot

02/04/2020

Thank you for sharing, a very simplified insight to 5G, well explained.

02/03/2020

awesome site,very informative

02/03/2020

Excellent explanation!!!!!! interesting article.

01/18/2020

Need IMS end to end call flow..

01/15/2020

good morning dear sir am PhD student , am working in SDN conflict detection with machine learning application i f...

01/13/2020

Hi, one basic question perhaps, is eNB UE S1AP ID and MME UE S1AP ID changed (renewed) every time the UE goes to Idle...

01/10/2020


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KOREA ICT RESEARCH REPORT

Open vs. Proprietary 5G Fronthaul Interface: SK Telecom Case

Published: January 11, 2018

Table of Contents

• Abbreviations

• [SK Telecom PR] SK Telecom’s fronthaul technology for 5G adopted as Korean national standard

• RAN architecture: 4G RAN – Problem statements

• RAN architecture: 5G RAN

• 5G RAN architecture: High-layer split (F1) and low layer split (RoE, eCPRI)

• Lower layer function split: Radio over Ethernet vs. eCPRI

• Open 5G fronthaul interface: IEEE 1914, xRAN and Telecom Infra Project (TIP)

• SK Telecom 5G RAN architecture: Open fronthaul interface

• SK Telecom 5G RAN architecture: High-layer split (F1) and low layer split (Fx) (1)

• SK Telecom 5G RAN architecture: High-layer split (F1) and low layer split (Fx) (2)

• Comparison between IEEE RoE (D3.0) and SK Telecom open F/H interface specification (1)

• Comparison between IEEE RoE (D3.0) and SK Telecom open F/H interface specification (2)

• Comparison between IEEE RoE (D3.0) and SK Telecom open F/H interface specification (3)

• Comparison between IEEE RoE (D3.0) and SK Telecom open F/H interface specification (4)

• Comparison between IEEE RoE (D3.0) and SK Telecom open F/H interface specification (5)

• Netmanias comments on SK Telecom’s strategy

• Open 5G RAN and fronthaul architecture of SK Telecom

• Milestone of 5G technology development of SK Telecom

5G Subscribers in Korea

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5G COMPARISON

Comparison of Commercial 5G Network Architecture: KT vs. SK Telecom

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SKT Commercial 5G Network

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KT Commercial 5G Network

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KT 5G, 10 Giga Network

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SKT 10 Gigabit Internet Network

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5G PROGRESS in KOREA ( - 2018)

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5G COMMERCIALIZATION STATUS - KT

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REPORT

SDN/NFV: Strategies and Progresses in Network Operators

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Analysis of Global 5G Development (2) - Korea: KT

• Published : 2017.03.20

Analysis of Global 5G Development (1) - 5G Standardization so far

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SK Telecom's Massive IoT Deployment

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NETWORK ARCHITECTURE

Nokia's D-RAN/C-RAN Evolution Architecture

KT Network Architecture - Current

KT 5G Network Architenture

Network Architecture Evolution from 4G to 5G

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SK Telecom 4G LTE Network

SK Broadband/SK Telecom's Gigabit Internet Access Network

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E2E Network Slicing - Key 5G technology : What is it? Why do we need it? How do we implement it?

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01/21/2020

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01/20/2020

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01/20/2020

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01/13/2020

SK Telecom Joins Forces with Bridge Alliance Members for Cooperation in 5G MEC

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01/13/2020

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LTE TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS

25	LTE IP Address Allocation Schemes II: A Case for Two Cities
24	LTE IP Address Allocation Schemes I: Basic
23	LTE Charging I: Offline
22	LTE Policy and Charging Control (PCC)
21	EMM Procedure 10 & 11. Move to Another City and Attach
20	EMM Procedure 8 & 9. Handover and Cell Reselection with TAU
19	EMM Procedure 7. Cell Reselection without TAU
18	EMM Procedure 6. Handover without TAU - Part 3. S1 Handover
17	EMM Procedure 6. Handover without TAU - Part 2. X2 Handover
16	EMM Procedure 6. Handover without TAU - Part 1. Overview of LTE Handover
15	EMM Procedure 5. Periodic TAU
14	EMM Procedure 4. Service Request
13	EMM Procedure 3. S1 Release
12	EMM Procedure 2. Detach
11	EMM Procedure 1. Initial Attach - Part 2. Call Flow of Initial Attach
10	EMM Procedure 1. Initial Attach - Part 1. Cases of Initial Attach
9	Eleven EMM Cases in an EMM Scenario
8	LTE EMM and ECM States
7	LTE QoS: SDF and EPS Bearer QoS
6	LTE Identification III: EPS Session/Bearer Identifiers
5	LTE Identification II: NE and Location Identifiers
4	LTE Identification I: UE and ME Identifiers
3	LTE Security II: NAS and AS Security
2	LTE Security I: Concept and Authentication
1	LTE Network Architecture: Basic

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