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9/24/2020
This white paper provides the specification for nFAPI, an extension where small cell functionality resides partially in a virtual network function (VNF) and partially in a physical network function (PNF).
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This paper explores the challenges that need to be considered and provides a framework to assess IoT projects to make the optimum choice for connectivity options.
9/16/2020
This paper addresses what 5G can do today and how it will evolve during the coming decade.
9/14/2020
This paper captures the scope of the industry's current 5G developments, beginning with a summary of the most important developments.
9/11/2020
This white paper focuses on the software infrastructure operators need to deploy and operate open vRAN commercially at scale.
9/8/2020
This report investigates the telecom operator opportunity in private mobile networks (PMNs).
9/3/2020
This white paper argues that edge cloud is integral to the 5G system design and to operators' ability to offer high performance services to advanced enterprise customers.
8/31/2020
How far down the path toward vRAN are the carriers, what are the drivers and inhibitors, and what vRAN architectural choices are they making? To answer these questions, Heavy Reading conducted a survey in November 2019 of 81 service providers.
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This paper will explore the business benefits of vRAN as well as a TCO analysis.
This paper provides an overview of Open Distributed Infrastructure Management.
This whitepaper outlines the Cisco strategy for the synchronization of radio equipment that will revolutionize the mobile network and underpin the worldwide adoption of 5G technologies.
Between building a 5G network and unlocking its promise, there’s a bridge.
In this budding 5G era, communications service providers (CSPs) are looking to deploy 5G networks across a range of spectrum including millimeter wave (mm Wave) bands. This paper takes a closer look into why RF Propagation Modeling is an important consideration.
In this 5G Exchange E-Book, contributing authors examine how 5G could play an important role in delivering high-speed connectivity during large-scale crises.
This paper covers the latest wireless trends and different phases associated with technology adoption, including the licensed, shared license and unlicensed spectrum.
Mobile operators should accelerate edge computing initiatives rather than wait for 5G to mature. The Deutsche Telekom infrastructure in Germany using MobiledgeX deployment shows the practicality of 4G edge adaptation that evolves naturally into 5G.
Blogs & Opinions >
9/11/2020
5G and the cloud brings real structural change to the table and could deliver new revenues from a range of enterprise services that extend far beyond standard connectivity.
8/31/2020
Mobile operators with legacy 2G, 3G and 4G deployments need to look at the overall network total cost of ownership (TCO) across their legacy and 5G deployments and use 5G as an opportunity to improve their TCO.
8/27/2020
This blog examines how enteprises can take advantage of 5G to develop new products and services.
8/7/2020
For the promise of 5G end-to-end performance to become a reality, it must also be secure.
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The 5G Exchange's Diana Blass checks in with AT&T and Futurum Research to discuss the FirstNet public-private partnership with AT&T.
Earlier this year, in a pre-COVID-19 world, Vodafone UK used its 5G network to digitally connect two pianos in different locations and put the legendary Lewis Hamilton in the middle.
Heavy Reading's Gabriel Brown discusses how O-RAN is gathering momentum in 5G networks and why that matters.
Austrian Broadcast Services' Michael Wagenhofer explains how increasing customer demand for streaming video services has changed the broadcaster's business model.
