5G Network Slicing: A Look to the Future
Presenter:
Brian Mecum (Vice President, Device Technology, Verizon)
Location: W230B
Date: Thursday, March 28
Time: 10:10 am - 10:40 am
Track: First Responder Communications
Topic: Critical Infrastructure, Private Networks
Format: Power Session
Vault Recording: TBD
5G continues to be a top industry buzzword in the telecommunications industry, but the standard is designed to support more than just faster data rates. The transition to a 5G standalone (5G SA) core can support network slicing, a much-anticipated capability that lets a 5G network operator customize connectivity in a manner that best serves a particular application for a user group, from low-speed, high-reliability IoT sensors to high-bandwidth video that requires low latency. In some ways, network slicing can provide private-network capabilities to a user on a public carrier system.
Learn how network slicing is being tested today and the implications it can have for public safety and the rest of the critical-communications community. How far away is network slicing from being available in the field, both from a technical and commercial standpoint? How would a user group request a slice, and how quickly could it be implemented? Can reliability and quality-assurance metrics be included in a network slice?