Verizon 5G standalone core trial paves way for robust 5G consumer and enterprise solutions
July 09 2020 - 9:30AM
Verizon recently completed the first successful end-to-end data
session over its new 5G network standalone core. This new core’s
containerized design is being built using a webscale software
architecture based on advanced IP based technologies. It will carry
5G traffic and offer unprecedented levels of service agility and
automated scalability.
“The 5G standalone core is critical for unleashing the most
advanced benefits of 5G technology including remarkable levels of
programmability to manage the advanced solutions and exponential
traffic that 5G will bring,” said Bill Stone, Vice President of
Planning for Verizon. “By building this 5G core with cloud-native
containerized architecture, we will be able to achieve new levels
of operational automation, flexibility and adaptability.”
What is a network core
The network core, consisting of software applications, compute,
networking, and storage, is the part of the network that enables IP
connectivity between a customer on the Verizon network and the
services that a customer wants to use such as Internet access,
voice calls and enterprise applications. A higher level of
operational autonomy unleashed in the 5G core design will be
critical for the next generation of services being enabled by new
network technologies to serve consumer and enterprise
customers.
Key benefits of a new 5G standalone core
The advanced capabilities, 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 use very few network resources, to smartphones
with nearly infinite opportunities to use data, to more complex
solutions such as AR/VR and mixed reality that will require massive
computing capabilities on the edge of the network. Those
solutions will each require different combinations of network
capabilities. The 5G standalone core’s cloud-native virtualized
application, in combination with built-in Artificial Intelligence
(AI) and Machine Learning (ML), will enable the dynamic allocation
of the appropriate resources, referred to as network slicing. It
will also allow for 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.
In addition to network slicing and dynamic resource allocation,
a standalone 5G core will provide other benefits:
- Real-time resource management of Radio Access Network and
virtual network functions
- Advanced analytics of network data to improve network
performance
- Optimized services between Verizon's fixed and mobile
networks
- Scalable, more cost-efficient architecture
- Ability to move workloads to fit use case requirements
“5G technology will bring about solutions in manufacturing,
retail, entertainment, sports, education and countless other areas
we have not even dreamed of yet,” said Stone. “The network we are
building, from the base of the 5G technology, to the advancements
in the Radio Access Network, to the architectural design changes in
the core of the network -- are all critical to ensuring we have the
most advanced and robust network to support the life- and
societal-changing solutions that will come with this new
technology.”
Following the completion of this successful data session,
Verizon expects to start moving traffic on the new core in the
second half of 2020 with full commercialization in 2021.
About Verizon
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) was formed on
June 30, 2000 and is celebrating its 20th year as one of the
world’s leading providers of technology, communications,
information and entertainment products and services. Headquartered
in New York City and with a presence around the world, Verizon
generated revenues of $131.9 billion in 2019.
The company offers voice, data and video
services and solutions on its award winning networks and platforms,
delivering on customers’ demand for mobility, reliable network
connectivity, security and control.
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