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5G Transport & Networking Strategies Digital Symposium.
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Date: Nov 7, 2023
Duration: 3h 15m
Scaling and Operating 5G Backhaul - November 07, 2023, 11:00 am EST
High performance cell sites need high capacity backhaul to deliver the peak speeds 5G is capable of today, and a technology implementation that can evolve to meet future requirements of 5G Standalone and 5G Advanced. To do this in way that meets demanding capex and opex targets, mobile operators, and their wholesale connectivity partners, need to automate how they deploy, scale, and manage this infrastructure.
Among the topics this session will address:
Key requirements for cell site routers/gateways
Operation and automation of backhaul services (including SLA reporting)
Impact of RAN architecture and physical deployment topology
Drivers for to go beyond 10-Gig in the backhaul and aggregation network
Support for advanced services – e.g., Network slicing
Speakers
Gabriel Brown, Senior Principal Analyst, Mobile Networks & 5G, Heavy Reading
Waris Sagheer, CTO, Routing Architecture, Cisco Data Center and Provider Connectivity Group
Mohit Anand, Senior Manager (Wireless Strategy), Charter Communications
Mark Watts, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Verizon
Robert Friskney, Sr. Solution Architect PLM, Ciena
Putting the Packet in 5G Fronthaul - November 07, 2023 12:45 pm EST
Centralized RAN deployments are well underway for many operators. Early deployments are based largely on dark fiber and/or optical WDM, with no CPRI conversion required. While simplest to implement from a technology standpoint, operators admit that these approaches lack the bandwidth efficiency that is needed in the longer term. Packetized fronthaul holds strong promise for nextgeneration architectures but it is in its earliest days. This session explores the opportunities and challenges around packetized fronthaul architectures.
Among the topics this session will address:
What are the primary challenges operators face in centralized RANs?
What are the key benefits that packetizing fronthaul versus traditional CPRI transport?
What are the pros and cons of various approaches, including Radio over Ethernet (RoE), proprietary eCPRI conversion, and ORAN?
How does RAN virtualization affect fronthaul network planning and choices?
What does a converged packet xHaul network look like?
Speakers:
Sterling Perrin, Senior Principal Analyst, Optical Networks & Transport, Heavy Reading
Tariq Hanif, Transport Infrastructure Specialist, Rogers Communications
Reggie Collette, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, UScellular
Michael Gronovius, Customer Solution Sales Director, Ericsson
Robert Friskney, Sr. Solution Architect PLM, Ciena
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