Streamlined Deployment of Private 5G Networks with Edge Services

whitePaper | June 29, 2021

There is no end to the process of network augmentation, and current augmentation process needs to be further enhanced to better serve the future customer needs. To this effect, the networks should be flexible, agile and scalable. In addition, in the 5G era, creation of new vertical markets utilizing the mobile networks will be facilitated. Under these circumstances, operators need to keep evolving their networks by adding new network equipment and/or replacing existing equipment. With open interfaces and open application programming interfaces (APIs), operators can freely choose and adopt best-of-breed solutions among various vendors considering time-to-market and cost in this process by only adding or replacing the required components at the required time without having to swap other equipment that are connected.

whitePaper | May 19, 2021

The growing momentum around 5G has spurred the rise of edge computing applications designed to crunch and process data at the edge of the network. In this e-guide, read more about edge computing developments in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as the pros and cons of adding edge computing to a cloud architecture

whitePaper | April 22, 2022

The 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation (5G-ACIA) was established to serve as the main global forum for addressing, discussing, and evaluating relevant technical, regulatory, and business aspects of 5G for the industrial domain. It embraces the entire ecosystem and all relevant stakeholders, which include but aren’t limited to the operational technology industry (industrial automation companies, engineering companies, production system manufacturers.

whitePaper | March 30, 2022

This paper presents a retrospective of network function virtualization (NFV), highlighting the context and the main use cases that made NFV a promised land in telecom. NFV is still waiting to be widely adopted by network operators, who do not see the return on investment that justifies procuring the technology and fail to see solutions to the challenges highlighted herein.

whitePaper | May 22, 2022

This working paper was prepared under the guidance of Tiziana Bonapace, Director of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Disaster Risk Reduction Division (IDD), and the direct supervision of Tae Hyung Kim, Chief of the ICT and Development Section, IDD at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. The working paper was supported by So Ki Jung, Mike (Seung Chul) Hwang and Choong Bok Lee at SK Broadband of the Republic of Korea. Tarnkamon Chantarawat and Sakollerd Limkriangkrai provided administrative support and other necessary assistance for the issuance of this paper. Christine Apikul edited the paper.

whitePaper | May 1, 2022

The access layer offers the broadest attack surface in an enterprise’s network. It supports all network connectivity (via both wired Ethernet switches and wireless access points) for employees, contractors, and guests—as well as Internet-ofThings (IoT) devices. With ever-increasing numbers of devices connecting to networks each day, ensuring access layer security becomes a critical need. And with remote working becoming a new standard during the COVID-19 pandemic (and even beyond), proper security to mitigate access layer attacks has never been more important.