Vamsi Chemitiganti

We briefly discussed the benefits of slicing from a 5G operator POV. Let us consider the top benefits of this technology from an Operator Standpoint.

Network slicing should be thought of as true business-level virtualization for 5G networks. Operators will be able to share the same 5G physical infrastructure among many multiple tenants – 5G service operators, enterprises and consumers.

The goal of 5G deployments is to provide consumers and business users with highly engaging experiences that leverage the high reliability and high performance provided by the underlying network.

As we discuss in this blog, Karpenter observes events within the Kubernetes cluster, and then sends provisioning commands to resources in the underlying cloud provider.

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5G applications will all be about low latency and fast data processing at high throughput. These will include not just the wireless core, radio applications but also custom workloads such as video streaming, VoIP, etc. Along with SR-IOV, DPDK is a high-performance option that enables the industry to move latency-sensitive applications to the cloud.

5G use cases need direct connectivity between CNFs (Cloud Native Functions), running on Kubernetes pods,  and physical NICs. SR/IOV has been used for quite some time and thanks to plugin contributions from Intel and others, it is now available for enterprise use.  

EKS Anywhere brings a consistent AWS management experience to your data center, building on the strengths of Amazon EKS Distro, an open-source distribution for Kubernetes used by Amazon EKS.

Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) is a fully managed container orchestration service that helps you easily deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications.

Amazon EKS Anywhere, is a new deployment option for Amazon EKS that enables customers and operators to run open-source Kubernetes clusters on-premises.