As an industry watcher, you may have heard that 5g is a new generation of wireless communications technology. It is expected to deliver faster speeds and lower latency than 4G. This is because it uses low- and midbands of the radio spectrum, as well as whole new bands, called millimeter waves.

A high-speed and highly 5g ran architecture flexible network is key to delivering a range of services including smart manufacturing, connected cars, connected healthcare and more. It also allows enterprises to connect to a global marketplace and reduce their carbon footprint.

Architecting 5g: The path to a superior, pervasive network

The architecture of cellular networks is complex. It is composed of a network core, a radio access network and an edge network. The core of a 5G network is cloud-based and supports software upgrades to quickly add new functionality and services.

The Building Blocks of 5G Architecture

Using a network slicing approach, operators can create virtual networks on top of the physical grid and partition them to different tenants, each with its own unique requirements for throughput, latency and availability. This capability enables diverse 5G use cases to be effectively managed without compromising service quality.

Architectural Features for 5G Slicing

In the next generation of mobile networks, a new approach is required to meet the rapidly increasing throughput demand. It should take advantage of standardized network function virtualization (NFV) and the recently introduced multi-access edge computing (MEC) infrastructure.

This paper presents an architectural approach to enable network slicing in the RAN and core networks. It is designed to support the heterogeneity of 5G applications and network topologies, and takes into account the underlying technologies and deployments of different types of operators.