Verizon and Ericsson first in the world to introduce cloud-native technology in a live wireless core network environment
July 15 2019 - 10:00AM
In a proof-of-concept trial in a live network environment, Verizon
and Ericsson have introduced cloud native, container based
technology on the core of Verizon’s active network. This
trial, the first container-based wireless EPC (Evolved Packet Core)
technology deployment in a live network in the world, introduces a
much more efficient way to deliver operational applications that
run the network. It is a solution that will increase agility
and enable deployment at scale for new services in 4G and 5G.
“The pace of technological advancement is rapid and is
exponentially increasing. By evolving our core network past
simply using virtualized machines and instead changing our
underlying software architecture to run on cloud-native technology,
we are able to achieve new levels of operational automation,
flexibility and adaptability,” said Bill Stone, Vice President of
Technology Development and Planning for Verizon.
That operational autonomy will be critical for the next
generation of services being enabled by new network
technologies. The advanced capabilities of 4G LTE and the
high speed, increased bandwidth and low latency of 5G will help
inspire development of a wide variety of new use cases that include
everything from massive numbers of IoT devices that do very little
networking, to smartphones with nearly infinite opportunities to
use data, to more complex solutions such as AR/VR that will require
massive computing capabilities on the edge of the
network. Those solutions will each require different
combinations of network capabilities. Cloud-native
virtualization, in combination with built-in Artificial
Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI-ML), will enable dynamic
allocation of the appropriate resources and automated network
configuration changes - including the ability to scale up or
scale down network function capacity - to provide the right service
levels and network resources needed for each use case.
Trial detailsThe proof-of-concept trial took
place in Hillsboro, Oregon and the deployment was conducted on
Verizon’s commercial network, using Ericsson Packet Core Controller
deployed as a cloud-native and microservice-based Mobility
Management Entity (MME) in an existing pool. The software
used leverages docker images and helm charts, with expected updates
on the software from Ericsson every two weeks.
Nils Viklund, Head of Solution Area Packet Core at Ericsson
says: "The industry’s evolution to cloud native means big changes
ahead. Ericsson is leading the industry when it comes to driving
cloud-native design in order to bring the agility needed to manage
workloads dynamically at the edge required for many new 5G use
cases. Now together with Verizon, we are demonstrating how cloud
native EPC can be an important step in increasing efficiency and
utilization of the cloud infrastructure."
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