Evolution to 5G-Advanced and Beyond: A Blueprint for Mobile Transport

• 
• 

PrevNext

The rapid rollout of 5G technology has marked a historic milestone in the evolution of mobile connectivity. According to research firm Omdia, 5G subscriptions surged from 1.4 billion in the middle of 2023 to a projected 8 billion by 2028, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of...

Continue reading

Getting to the Core of the Digital Divide with 5G Fixed Wireless Access

• 
• 

PrevNext

Even today, there is a sizeable U.S. population without internet connectivity. The majority of this population are rural households who either lack in-home broadband service or have few options for in-home broadband. And so, for this community, affordable connectivity remains largely out of reach. While fiber broadband would...

Continue reading

Supercharge 5G with Converged CRAN Architecture

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

PrevNext

Communication service providers (CSPs) are being challenged to deploy 5G in dense urban and high traffic environments while trying to optimize for cost and simplify capacity expansions. Centralized radio access network (CRAN) architectures are becoming critical as CSPs adopt mid-band and high-band spectrums to address 5G opportunities. CRAN...

Continue reading

Scaling the Adoption of Private Cellular Networks

• 
• 
• 

PrevNext

1. Private NetworksPrivate networks are essential to every enterprise. Enterprises use private networks to integrate information systems into their operations and to continue their digital transformation through technology integration into business processes. Over the past twenty years, Wi-Fi has become an essential component of nearly every private network....

Continue reading

Why Isn’t your 5G RAN Transport Flexible and Efficient?

• 
• 
• 
• 

PrevNext

5G services can’t succeed without flexible, efficient, and programmable transport. To support and capitalize on 5G services, 5G RAN transport architectures have evolved to support virtualization and slicing, strict latency, jitter, stringent synchronization, and multi-cloud interconnect architectures. Recent Cisco innovations have focused on segment routing and IPv6 to...

Continue reading

Stop DDoS at the 5G Network Edge

• 
• 

PrevNext

The increase in bandwidth demand and access to engaging online content has led to a rapid expansion of 5G technology deployments. This combination of increased demand from a multitude of user equipment devices (laptops, mobile phones, tablets) and rapid technology deployment has created a diverse threat surface potentially...

Continue reading

Enhancing Government Outcomes with Integrated Private 5G

• 
• 

PrevNext

Enhancing Government Outcomes with Integrated Private 5GPrivate 5G is now ready to be part of your enterprise wireless communications transformation strategy. While there has been extensive focus on ultra-wideband gigabit speeds from public Mobile Network Operators, there are even greater government expectations for 5G capabilities to assure the...

Continue reading

Private 5G Delivered on Your Terms

• 
• 

PrevNext

Private 5G is a hot topic as enterprises seek industrial wireless IoT solutions to modernize their business for increased productivity and efficiency. In newly emerging cases, wired solutions are not enough, such as in sectors like hospitality where “protected buildings” limit running new cables. For manufacturing and other...

Continue reading

O-RAN Plugfest 2021: Making 5G Adoption Cost-Effective for Brownfield Providers

• 
• 

PrevNext

5G adoption is causing mobile networks to grow at unprecedented rates. This brings with it significant new business opportunities but can also increase the complexity and cost of deployment and operations. An intelligent, programmable network enables communication service providers to take advantage of the growth that 5G offers...

Continue reading