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This Heavy Reading white paper discusses the importance of visibility into end-to-end subscriber sessions that span multiple network domains, including physical and virtualized (virtual machine [VM] container-based) and multiple vendors. The paper goes on to describe how visibility should be turned into smart data for higher-level systems and tangible benefits.
This article highlights how leading carrier service providers (CSPs) are embracing the concept of virtualization technologies but are proceeding with caution due to the immense complexity involved in the management – or orchestration – of virtualized infrastructure. This stall is set to end with the arrival of 5G mobile networks. For CSPs to showcase the advantages of a fully virtualized operational environment, they'll need smart visibility across their network.
With 5G networks, the focus for carrier service providers (CSPs) is beyond just using smartphones. CSPs are looking into delivering consumer services for both mobile and fixed subscribers. 5G's high bandwidth, low latency and better spectrum efficiencies will allow connectivity of billions of IoT devices. CSPs need a scalable monitoring tool that is designed for the cloud to successfully achieve insights into reliability and latency for 5G networks and services.