- First to market with combined core and radio for
5G use cases, accelerating the journey to 5G with today's
networks
- Enables global 5G access and transport, covering
all frequency ranges
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) introduces a 5G platform
for the needs of the first movers in 5G. Communications are rapidly
moving toward data-heavy applications like Virtual Reality and
Augmented Reality everywhere. In light of that, Ericsson is now
first to market with solutions to enable today's networks to evolve
smoothly to the next generation of networks.
Ericsson's new 5G platform comprises the 5G core,
radio and transport portfolios, together with digital support
systems, transformation services and security. Preparing for 5G
opportunities represents a huge opportunity for operators.
Ericsson expects that in 2026, there will be a USD
582 billion market opportunity globally as telecom operators
leverage 5G technology for industry digitalization. For operators,
this represents potential to add 34 percent growth in revenues in
2026. In a forthcoming study, Ericsson finds that for operators the
manufacturing and energy/utilities sectors represent the biggest
opportunity for revenues created or enhanced by 5G.
"With this launch, we introduce our 5G platform to
support the beginning of a huge change in network capabilities,
allowing our customers to offer more advanced use cases and new
business models to their customers. It is an important milestone
enabling operators to continue their evolution journey to 5G," says
Arun Bansal, Head of Business Unit Network Products at
Ericsson.
"We are pleased with the progress Ericsson is
making in advancing 5G technology commercially," says Roger
Gurnani, Chief Technology Officer, Verizon. "Our customer trials
with 5G technology in 11 cities across the US are an important step
in accelerating the path to the next generation of wireless
services."
At the core
Ericsson now launches its first 5G Core System
capable of 5G use cases based on network slices. Network slicing
allows an operator to provide dedicated virtual networks with
functionality specific to the service or customer over a common
network.
Already today, this enables some early 5G use
cases for telecom operators to capture growth opportunities. Thus,
Ericsson is now introducing additions into a number of areas of its
5G core system and applications:
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Federated network slices
for 5G roaming extends this concept to a visited network. This
technology will make it possible for an operator to provide a
network service globally, ensuring enterprises do not need
individual agreements with different operators for a global service
experience.
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Network slice management to
automate the setup of service connections and to secure service
quality, to save costs and to gain fast time to service.
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5G policy and user data for
network slices to ensure users get the right service quality and
have data integrity.
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Distributed cloud to
facilitate short latency applications, such as real-time face
recognition, by moving applications and workloads closer to the
access. In addition, the 5G-enabled packet core will allow full
separation of control and user data, as well as unprecedented
capacity and user data rates.
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5G transformation
services to ensure the migration of the network and operation
from legacy to 5G core, virtualized and based on an automated
operational model.
One proof point has been successfully demonstrated
by Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson and SK Telecom. The three have
jointly built and demonstrated the world's first intercontinental
5G trial network where network slices were made available in the
other operator's footprint.
New additions build on the foundation where the
journey to 5G has already started, with virtualization, where
hardware-based functions are put on cloud infrastructure platforms
as data centers. Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and
Software Defined Networking (SDN), will be used for networking and
programmability, bringing ultra-scalability, programmability and
automation to the networks. And, Ericsson's current portfolio of
User Data Management, Evolved Packet Core and IP Multimedia
Subsystem, is put in the cloud to support new use cases.
Dimitris Mavrakis, Research Director, ABI
Research, says: "Ericsson's new product launch is a firm
demonstration of its technical expertise in 5G and NFV, adding
significant value on top of its existing core functionality. It
indicates technology maturity for NFV and 5G core and federated
network slicing is a radical forward-looking concept, opening up
for new business models opportunities."
Market-first global 5G access and
transport portfolio
In radio and transport, Ericsson adds mid-band and
high-band 5G New Radio (NR) Radios to the world's first 5G NR radio
that the company launched last year. Having radios available for
all frequency ranges will bring benefits of 5G communications
globally. The 5G radio portfolio will be the first to support the
new standardized 5G fronthaul interface (called eCPRI).
The support of these new business opportunities
and new applications will require delivering terabyte of data
throughout the network. To ensure the needed network
transport capabilities, Ericsson also introduces optimized
transport solutions. It delivers a MINI-LINK enabling speed of
10Gbps and new rail-mounted fronthaul and router products, enabling
zero footprint.
Ericsson will also be delivering new innovations
on the road to 5G via the LTE networks, and 1 Gbps LTE solutions.
New products complement the award-winning Ericsson Radio System and
will increase the energy and spectrum efficiency of 4G networks and
app coverage improvements. In addition, new radios will create fast
1Gbps LTE networks.
Daniel Staub, Head of Joint Mobile Group,
Swisscom, says: "Ericsson's new 5G portfolio opens up for new
opportunities. As we are taking our first steps towards 5G,
Ericsson's new wideband four-transceiver radio will help us produce
even more speed on 4G. With this, Swisscom remains the technology
leader and offers better customer experience."
Ken Rehbehn, Principal Analyst, Mobile
Infrastructure, 451 Research, says: "By gaining access to a broad
set of NR radio units, high performance baseband processing
capacity and a full set of transport options, operators get the
ability to deploy substantial trial networks delivering key insight
into 5G operational characteristics and opportunity. This is a
vital step that builds operator trust and helps further overall
industry progress towards 5G."
Ericsson at Mobile World Congress
2017
Anything can happen on the
digital frontier, a promising but undiscovered future. From
February 27 to March 2 in Barcelona, Spain, Ericsson is
demonstrating a collaborative approach and innovative solutions to
succeed in this arena.
With our customers and partners,
we work across industries, physical boundaries and perceived
limitations. Join us in Hall 2 or online during MWC 2017 and engage
in conversations and demonstrations about our favorite things: 5G;
platforms and services for IT, Cloud, Networks, and TV & Media;
connected solutions for industries; the Internet of Things; and
partnering for success.
See you there!
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