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.

The [? weighted ?] applications and technologies

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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