Leading the 5G Advanced technology evolution on the path to 6G

whitePaper | April 1, 2021

The IEEE 5G and Beyond Technology Roadmap White Paper outlines the current telecommunications value chain that will need to adapt to changes and opportunities that the introduction of 5G and beyond technologies will bring. It describes key technology trends that will impact design drivers and challenges for technologies to simultaneously provide wireless communication, massive connectivity, the tactile internet, quality of service and network slicing. Future applications are listed that drive 5G and beyond requirements to provide societal benefits for education, manufacturing, healthcare, smart grid, entertainment, autonomous cars, and smart cities. And the white paper highlights technology enablers that need to be explored in the creation of the roadmap.

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.

whitePaper | July 20, 2021

Edge computing is poised to significantly reshape telecom networks. Beyond changing the ways communications service providers (CSPs) operate, it also holds huge potential for capturing much more of the enterprise market. TM Forum’s analysts surveyed communications service providers to learn more about their edge computing plans and deployment experiences.

whitePaper | July 4, 2022

This paper is intended to introduce the definition of a Data Fabric solution from a business perspective, the technical capabilities required to instantiate the solution, and a reference architecture representative of the solution.

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 18, 2022

Mobility is a fundamental necessity of our society. We need to move people and goods from one place to another for many different motivations. As a fundamental cornerstone of our way of life, mobility must be efficient, secure, inclusive, green, and smart. Smart in the sense that mobility must leverage the potential of digital technologies to achieve all the other goals. In this digitalization of mobility, connectivity emerges as a key element. Interconnecting all the elements involved in mobility and enabling the exchange of information is an extremely powerful tool towards this dual green and digital society of the future.