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SD-WAN, SDN/NFV

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

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06/14/2017

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Distributed vCPE | vCPE on Aggregation Switch or PE | Centralized vCPE | Centralized vCPE – Why S...

04/18/2017

SDN/NFV, vCPE

Korea Communication Review, Q2 2017

Korea Communication Review: The Trusted News and Resource for Korean ICT Market and Technologies

04/14/2017

5G, C-RAN/Fronthaul, IoT, KT, LG U+, LTE, SDN/NFV, SK Telecom, Samsung

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

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03/20/2017

5G, Autonomous Driving, Immersive Service, KT, SDN/NFV

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

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03/06/2017

LTE Frequency Commercialization Status in Korea (2011 - 2016)

LTE Frequency Commercialization Status in Korea (KT, SK Telecom and LG U+) 2011 - 2016

12/16/2016

Frequency, KT, LG U+, LTE, SK Telecom

Korea Communication Review, December 2016

Korea Communication Review: The Trusted News and Resource for Korean ICT Market and Technologies

12/03/2016

5G, Gigabit Internet, IPTV, IoT, KT, LG U+, LTE, SDN/NFV, SK Telecom, Samsung, Video Streaming

PCRF is an important Entity in LTE Network

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LTE, PCRF, VoLTE

Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) in LTE EPC Core Network Technology

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LTE, PCRF

LTE IP Address Allocation Schemes II: A Case for Two Cities

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LTE

LTE IP Address Allocation Schemes I: Basic

This document will describe how an LTE network allocates IP addresses to users accessing the netw...

LTE

LTE Charging I: Offline

This document provides details of charging procedure and information, specifically in case when c...

Charging, LTE

LTE Policy and Charging Control (PCC)

This document will describe Policy and Charging Control (PCC) rules and PCC procedures to be perf...

LTE, PCRF

EMM Procedure 10 & 11. Move to Another City and Attach

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EMM, Handover, LTE

EMM Procedure 8 & 9. Handover and Cell Reselection with TAU

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EMM, Handover, LTE

What is Latency; A User’s Perspective

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09/21/2017

Network Protocol

Farming 2.0: How does IoT help Agriculture domain?

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09/19/2017

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What Is Universal CPE?

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09/14/2017

SDN/NFV

5G Network - a user's perspective

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09/12/2017

5G New Radio

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09/07/2017

Sensors: implications for wireless connectivity & video communications

A couple of weeks ago I went to Sensors Expo 2017 in San Jose. This topic is slightly outside my...

09/04/2017

IoT

Another big week for Wi-Fi

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08/31/2017

Wi-Fi

What is a Mobile Network composed of

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08/28/2017

LTE

Introduction Status and Issues of LG U+'s NFV/SDN

08/07/2017

5G, LG U+, SDN/NFV

Introduction Status and Issues of LG U+'s 5G RAN

08/07/2017

5G, LG U+

Comparison of the SD-WAN vendor solutions

07/05/2017

SD-WAN, SDN/NFV

Survey - Operator’s Managed SD-WAN Services

05/18/2017

SD-WAN, SDN/NFV

Timeline of 5G Standardization in ITU-R and 3GPP

01/10/2017

KT 5G Network Architecture (Update)

01/10/2017

5G, KT, SDN/NFV

5G Progress in Korea

12/21/2016

5G, KT, LG U+, SK Telecom

Korea Communication Market Data: IPTV 2016 Q3

11/29/2016

IPTV, KT, LG U+, SK Telecom, Video Streaming


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09/19/2017

Nicely articulated, hope to see more.

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Good points and nicely articulated.

09/17/2017

A must read for the people who want to know the technology wihtout going in the details of it.

09/17/2017

Very nice and well articulated

09/17/2017

What was the driver to test at such high speeds? more insight into the tests will help.

09/16/2017

It will be very interesting to see how Apple's MPTCP and Google's QUIC will settle down. And It's also ve...

09/14/2017

Excellent! Curious to know if there were any UL/DL throughput results disclosed after the event.

09/13/2017

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09/12/2017

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09/12/2017

The electronic sensors market for consumer industry is expected to reach USD 26.76 Billion by 2022, at a CAGR of 12.2...

09/12/2017

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09/11/2017

How does it work?

09/11/2017

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09/11/2017

Very nicely done SK! Can you give a little bit more detail about: 1. Uplink pre-scheduling, is this like the semi-p...

09/08/2017

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09/08/2017

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KOREA ICT RESEARCH REPORT

SK Telecom's Massive IoT Deployment through LoRa for Small Things

Table of Contents

Summary

1 Key Findings

2 SK Telecom faces concerns about market stagnation and

downward growth

3 SK Telecom's transition to small things

3.1 SK Telecom’s target IoT market: IoST

3.2 Multi-track IoT network

3.3 Why LoRa?

3.4 LoRa network roll-out

3.5 LoRa network architecture

4 SK Telecom's LoRa-based service: Present and Future

4.1 Key areas of LoRa-based service

4.2 B2B/B2G services: Metering, tracking and monitoring &

control

4.2.1 B2B/B2G target services/solutions and potential

markets

4.2.2 BM

4.2.3 B2B/B2G service roadmap

4.3 B2C services: Tracking

4.3.1 Services and target markets

4.3.2 BM and service plans

4.3.3 B2C service roadmap

5 SK Telecom's Strategies for Building a thriving LoRa

ecosystem

5.1 Strategies for LoRa module

5.2 Strategies to boost the demands for IoT platform

5.3 LoRa price plans (monthly connection fee)

6 Closing

Appendix

A. IoST strategies by other operators in Korea

Abbreviations

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		Survey - Operator’s Managed SD-WAN Services 05/30/2017

REPORT

SDN/NFV: Strategies and Progresses in Network Operators

• Published : 2017.04.24

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

• Published : 2017.03.20

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

• Published : 2017.03.06

SK Telecom's Massive IoT Deployment

through LoRa for Small Things

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NETWORK ARCHITECTURE

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Network Architecture Evolution from 4G to 5G

5G network as envisioned by KT - Analysis of KT's 5G network architecture

SK Telecom 4G LTE Network

SK Broadband/SK Telecom's Gigabit Internet Access Network

5G POC (Test, Trial) Status in Korea

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

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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