Openness And Emerging Technologies For Private 5G

Looking for the enterprise customers' use cases nowadays will likely employ a combination of enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB), Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications (URLLC), and massive Machine-Type Communications (mMTC).

Manufacturers already deploy sensors across the factory production lines, AGVs/AMRs for manufacturing automation, and predictive maintenance with sensors built in to detect equipment malfunction and rectify proactively and avoid costly outages.

Unlike the traditional WiFi connectivity that incurs coverage and capacity constraints, 5G brings new capabilities to the enterprise communications landscape, such as:

• Enterprises have WiFi-ready infrastructure for hotspots. However, this may not scale economically compared with the power output and wider coverage of cellular network radios, especially outdoors and in open areas
• Much lower and consistent latency pattern, relying on the high availability for 5G ecosystem introduced by cloud-native and software-based architecture
• Seamless mobility through sophisticated handover algorithms that supports the demand for high speeds when it comes to AGVs/AMRs, drones, and UAV
• 5G is natively more secure. It provides various security platform services such as end-to-end user plane security, security to MEC nodes, and external PDN connectivity

This shall imply some network complexity regarding deployment, integration, and life cycle management. But thanks to the Open ecosystem and cloud-native approach,…