Best Practices for 5G Core Network Validation
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Mobile network operators (MNOs) are gearing up for the deployment of the most innovative wireless communication technology yet. 5G will enable them to bring new experiences to customers through virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR). It will give rise to amazing AR applications like remote surgery or machine-type communication (MTC) applications such as the remote control of industrial machines.
Multiple migration paths are at the operators’ disposal to evolve to 5G, including non-standalone (NSA) and standalone (SA) deployment options. A virtualized core network is important to achieve dynamic scalability. The packet core network architecture is changing radically to enable operators to flexibly deploy new resources in their network. They are migrating from privately-owned data centers to cloud-native architectures — these are much more conducive to hybrid and public cloud deployments.