Hi, I'm Sujata from Intel.
In this video, we talk about the unique challenges
5G poses on the network infrastructure
and how SDN, software-defined networking,
and NFV, network function virtualization,
can help meet these requirements on common off the shelf
servers.
Beyond being the next generation of wireless networks,
5G is also an innovation technology
for services, applications, and billions of connected devices.
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that 5G supports demands a flexible and agile network
in addition to being fast and latency-sensitive.
Today, the network is composed of purpose-built infrastructure
for functions like routing, virtual private networking,
or VPN, load balancing, and firewall.
With NFV and SDN, instead of running
these as separate instances on three different pieces
of hardware, you can run all three
on the same infrastructure as virtual machines or containers.
This gives an infrastructure or application developer
the capability to manage the entire network
with a single pane of glass.
Intel Virtualized 5G end-to-end infrastructure
is comprised of a host of hardware infrastructure
from modems, CPUs, NICs, FPGAs, and software components
such as flexRAN, RefPHY, and MEC.
FlexRAN is a reference software to run
virtualized layer 1, layer 2, or layer 3 functionalities
on Intel architecture.
This solution provides a key standard feature
for RAN control plane and data plane software,
such as uplink/downlink data transmission, different antenna
combinations, and number of cells or core flexibility.
So it is easier for vendors to use
this in their commercialized product.
Another major breakthrough has been
in deploying applications at the edge using multi-access edge
computing.
The objective is to create a standardized open environment
to deploy applications close to the network edge.
Intel has developed NEV-SDK, a set of libraries
to help developers build MEC applications.
Intel's modems are designed to meet the physical requirement
of 5G, for example, millimeter wave support, high bandwidth,
and lower latency.
Intel's software offerings are optimized and designed
to be flexible and dynamic to meet the needs of applications
like network slicing.
Network slicing allows developers
to implement multiple network instances
with varying sets of SLAs, or service-level agreements,
on the same network.
5G is driven by many different use cases, like smart cities,
automated driving, and AR/VR.
Yet, the reality is roughly 4 billion people still
do not have access to network services.
Cheap backward compatibility to legacy technologies dating back
to 2G is the only way to close this gap.
The OpenCellular project, founded by Facebook,
and the Telecom Infra Project are
working to build an active open-source community
around cellular access technology to achieve this.
Intel is working with the 5G community
to come up with optimized hardware and software solutions
to reduce time and cost of development.
To learn more and to get involved
with these technologies, follow the links provided to join.
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Thanks for watching.