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I would like to round-out 2021 with a final post on a reference architecture that I have been driving towards all year. This post brings together several themes we have covered since 2019 – on the suitability of Kubernetes as a foundation for Telco 5G workloads. 

We will make extensive use of Outposts deployments when we discuss 5G network architectures in follow-up blogs in 2022.

Network Slicing is a key feature of 3GPP proposed 5G specifications. As previous posts have discussed, network slicing enables the 5G network to offer business applications that offer various levels of services to customers.

Outposts is a family of fully managed solutions delivering AWS infrastructure and services to virtually any on-premises or edge location for a truly consistent hybrid experience.

We will cover a reference architecture for network slicing in this blogpost. 

3GPP as the foremost standards body driving network slicing defines the overall framework for Operators to provide customized network slice instances (NSI) that support various requirements/features. These include a Network Slicing management framework which this blog post will discuss. 

3GPP is the principal standards body driving 5G architecture and standards. It has defined various network slicing specifications in its various working groups.