From the 2012s onwards, BGP has evolved significantly and became the most powerful network protocol and the one that made the next generation Software Defined Networks (SDN) move from a networkers dream to a reality. You have doubts? Wasn't the whole software revolution meant to abolish the reign...
The introduction of 5G will accelerate digital transformation in many industry verticals, enabling new use cases in areas like big data, connected cars, smart homes, smart cities, and automation, etc
With '5G' (whatever that is) likely more than 5 years away (if it happens) this could be a good time to point out that high-performance, low-latency, low cost wireless is already here and it's called Wi-Fi. So why wait for 5G to happen?
Industrial automation increasingly needs good wireless connectivity for robots, sensors and other systems. Mobile operators and telcos are poorly-suited to providing it, especially in-building or site-wide. Regulators need to focus on more shared spectrum, to allow other stakeholders to build/own...
All around the world, telecommunications operators and service providers are excited about the opportunities that Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) promise to provide. Although operational use of these software-centric technologies in this industry is still in early stages, many providers ar...
On December 7th, "5G Network Technologies Workshop", co-hosted by 5G Forum and SDN/NFV Forum, was held in Novotel Ambassador Kangnam Hotel in Seoul, Korea. At the workshop, panels including Jinhyo Park (Head of Network Technology R&D Center at SK Telecom), Eun Kyung Paik (SVP at KT) and Kyung In...
The AF and the Rx interface between the PCRF and AF are defined in the 3GPP specifications and they are mainly used by the PCRF to connect third-party applications (for example, OTT) and IMS networks to implement PCC-based VoLTE. The section describes only the Embedded PCRF capability in the VoLT...
Channel Element (CE) describes the SW licensed capacity resources required for a dedicated channel (DCH or E-DCH). The number of channel elements required in a RBS is based on the traffic type, and is dependent on the radio bearers to be used, as well as on the number of simultaneous users for ea...
SK Telecom’s strategy for IoT network is to provide IoT networks that are customized for different types of IoT services to ensure connectivity is optimized for each service.
Date: 12/27/2016
Author: Dr. Michelle M. Do and Dr. Harrison J. Son @ Netmanias
When LTE system was developed one of the big technical feature from UMTS Soft/Softer handover was missing from the architecture. There are many specific reasons why LTE dropped altogether soft handover (connect-before-break) from the system design.