5G Network Slicing
Publish Date: 12 Jan 2021
Code: PT-2487
Research Type: Presentation
Pages: 16
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Actionable Benefits
- Provide an overview of 5G Network Slicing from a technical, standardization and commercial perspective.
- Educate strategy teams and product engineers on key technical requirements as 5G slicing evolves to advanced commercial models.
- Determine key industry drivers for 5G slices and identify deployment challenges that require further maturity.
Research Highlights
- Insights on key elements that both vendors and CSPs must consider as they bring 5G slicing capabilities to the market.
- Analysis of technology, business and ecosystem challenges and associated solutions.
- Recommendations for the industry and a potential timeline for 5G network slicing commercial deployment.
Critical Questions Answered
- What are the key challenges for widespread 5G slicing deployment?
- What are some of the existing ‘basic’ use cases that can be addressed with 5G slicing?
- What is the commercial maturity status of 5G slicing?
- How will the industry implement a full end to end 5G slicing mechanism?
- What are key technology pillars for 5G slice management and E2E network slicing architecture?
Who Should Read This?
- Decision makers for network and IT infrastructure who need to understand key 5G slicing considerations.
- Solution architects within CSPs, vendors, and enterprise verticals who are responsible to design and build private networks.
- Infrastructure vendors, system integrators and CSPs.
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Key Takeaways
5G Slice Management
5G E2E Network Slicing Architecture
5G Slice Standardisation
Timeline for 5G Network Slicing
A Full Slicing Mechanism
5G Slices versus Private Networks
Recommendations
Network Slicing Commercial Activity
Related Research
Companies Mentioned
- BMW Group
- BT Group
- China Mobile
- China Unicom Ltd.
- Cisco
- Deutsche Telekom
- Ericsson
- Huawei
- KDDI
- Nokia
- Orange
- Reliance Jio
- SANY
- SK telecom
- SK telecom
- Softbank
- Swisscom
- Tencent
- Vodafone Group
- ZPMC
- ZTE Corporation