InterDigital Advances Cloud Native Deployment for Future 5G Wireless Service Delivery
21 November 2018 - 8:00PM
At the recent Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Industry
Conference and Exhibition, InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDCC), a
mobile technology research and development company, validated a
fundamental building block for operators to deliver future 5G
wireless services. InterDigital demonstrated a new
service framework that will enable operators to move to a
cloud-native deployment of mobile networks while allowing for
vertical, industrial use cases to be realized as pure cloud-based
applications.
The advanced framework, developed as part of the upcoming 3GPP
Release 16 specifications, can efficiently route control plane
service requests to connected terminals and end users across a
virtualized network environment. The company showcased how
virtual user terminals, representing mobile phones or other smart
devices, could attach to a 5G network, request a brief session with
three different 5G services and then detach again. The demo
was significant in verifying the efficacy of the 3GPP enhanced
service- based architecture (eSBA) in combination with the ETSI NFV
lifecycle management system to realize the vision of mobile network
operators worldwide.
“This powerful combination of virtualization management and
‘service framework’ is essential to realizing the promise and full
potential of 5G service delivery,” said Dirk Trossen, Senior
Principal Engineer, InterDigital Europe. “Operators are eager
to speed up and simplify orchestrated service delivery across a
software-defined, virtualized network infrastructure. We were
able to show how the system can apply an orchestration template
across various regional data centers, as well as create or
terminate service instances instantly. This is important for
future consumer and industrial terminals, or devices, to deliver
the next wave of 5G connected experiences.”
InterDigital presented this innovative platform as part of the
work in the NGMN Service-Based Architecture (SBA) working group and
encourages NGMN members to test it for their own trials of both
control plane services as well as evolving user plane services
which are not yet defined by current 3GPP standards.
The world’s first trials showing the benefits of such user plane
realization will be in December 2018 as part of the UK-funded 5G
Smart Tourism and the EU-funded FLAME projects, demonstrating
significant bandwidth savings for virtual reality and similar
media-rich use cases.
About InterDigital®
InterDigital develops mobile technologies that are at the core
of devices, networks, and services worldwide. We solve many of the
industry's most critical and complex technical challenges,
inventing solutions for more efficient broadband networks and a
richer multimedia experience years ahead of market deployment.
InterDigital has licenses and strategic relationships with many of
the world's leading wireless companies. Founded in 1972,
InterDigital is listed on NASDAQ and is included in the S&P
MidCap 400® index.
InterDigital is a registered trademark of InterDigital, Inc.
For more information, visit: www.interdigital.com.
InterDigital Contact:Patrick Van de WilleEmail:
patrick.vandewille@interdigital.com +1 (858) 210-4814
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