5G

s telcos and other CSPs begin moving to 5G RAN and 5G Core deployments, these are overwhelmingly based on Cloud-native microservice architectures, REST APIs, Kubernetes-based containers, and NoSQL databases for stateless architecture are commonly implemented in telecom networks. With this blog, we begin discussing life cycle management of 5G networks.

Prior to the advent of K8s and Cloud-Native functions, network functions (NFs) were primarily deployed by CSPs as a combination of physical appliances and some VMs.

To break this out into numbers, a typical CSP will deploy hundreds of thousands of network services as virtual network functions (VNFs) or CNFs. VNFs will run in virtual machines that can optionally be run inside a Kubernetes distribution.

Automakers, OEMs and ISVs are now realizing that cars are moving to a cloud native future. While 5G promises huge advances in business models, monetizing car data means investing in connectivity and software applications.

So far we have discussed 3GPP standards for 5G NR (New Radio) https://www.vamsitalkstech.com/5g/5g-new-radio-nr-platform-architecture/  and 5GC (Core)  https://www.vamsitalkstech.com/5g/5g-core-5gc-platform-architecture/ architecture. While all of the 3GPP releases till Release 15 assume that an…

This blogpost discusses why its key to understand that its not one unified edge and why that definition varies based on the kind of business and workload in question.

This blog post considers the key requirements for CI/CD methodologies from an edge standpoint whether its a thick or a thin edge. 

Telcos are very attractive partners to hyperscalers, and it is not uncommon to see operators partner with multiple cloud vendors. Expect to see much more revenue sharing, joint GTM, and marketing as 5G becomes reality in late 2021.

We all can agree that the year 2020 was unprecedented and extraordinary. A year of pandemic resulted in a good percentage of the global workforce shifting to WFH mode