Citizens Band Radio Service (CBRS) has arrived and with it, 150 MHz of prime 3.5GHz spectrum in a low-cost shared spectrum model with …
Service Providers
OSS and Orchestration Challenges in a 5G World
The 5G network is virtualized through a complex interlinking of individual components running as Virtual Network Functions (VNFs), …
Discovery and Inventory Management in the Age of Network Automation
How does your operations team find out conclusively what devices are in the network? If you ask them for information about the network’s …
Don’t Wait for 5G to Make Network Slicing Pay Off
5G is just around the corner… or so the story goes. Yes, network service providers worldwide are busy preparing to deploy 5G, if they …
ONAP: Riding the open-source wave towards network automation
As digitization becomes increasingly important, communication service providers (CSPs) are constantly looking for innovative solutions …
MicroApplications – An Introduction to Solving Problems with Software in Small Packages
Why does a software solution have to be so difficult? The answer is, it doesn’t. MicroApplications (MicroApps) are small software …
Network Slicing Made Simple
To deliver on the promise of 5G, this next-generation technology will enable multiple new service streams virtualized through a common …
A Domain Approach Could Simplify 5G Network Management
With the advent of 5G, a much more highly virtualized and dense mobile network infrastructure will place greater demands on management. 5G …
The Reality of Delivering the 5G Vision
With the start of 2019, the era of 5G is officially here… or is it? Are you ready? While a few early market leaders are already hyping 5G …