\tLIVE FROM MWC19 LOS ANGELES: Fredrik Jejdling, EVP and head of Business Area Networks at Ericsson, tipped a forthcoming shift to standalone 5G to bring with it a fresh wave of new capabilities and innovation.<\/p>\n
The executive (pictured) told Mobile World Live operators are expected to begin deploying standalone 5G early next year (using a 5G core network as well as 5G RAN), a move he said will consist primarily of software upgrades to the (4G) network core.<\/p>\n
He explained the move to a standalone 5G core will enable \u201cnetwork slicing on a completely different level,\u201d allowing operators to deploy different types of slices more quickly to allocate specific resources required by different use cases.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a completely new service-based architecture that acts and behaves completely different to what we\u2019ve done with core so far\u2026The 5G core is the next, I think, big evolution on 5G when you get those kind of functionalities offered by your core network.\u201d<\/p>\n
He pointed to the US and Korea as pioneering 5G advances, but added all operators are expected to move to a standalone core eventually.<\/p>\n
With or without a standalone core, Jejdling flagged 5G as the \u201cbiggest innovation we\u2019ve ever done\u201d which will lay the foundation for even more transformational technologies and applications.<\/p>\n
However, he noted \u201cthe use cases are maybe not so tangible for us as the 4G use case was because it sits in your hand. 5G has to do with connected things, a lot more about industrial use cases and others we\u2019re trialling right now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LIVE FROM MWC19 LOS ANGELES: Fredrik Jejdling, EVP and head of Business Area Networks at …<\/p>\n
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