LTE-M – Optimizing LTE for the Internet of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to be the next revolution in the mobile ecosystem. IoT services are likely to be a key driver for further growth in cellular. An estimated 30 billion connected devices will be deployed by 2025 [Machina Research, May 2015], of which cellular IoT (i.e. 2G, 3G and 4G technologies used for IoT but not specifically optimized for IoT) and Low-Power Wide-Area (LPWA) modules are forecast to account for 7 billion units in 2025 [Machina Research, May 2015]. Numerous services are envisioned for cellular IoT, including utility meters, vending machines, automotive (fleet management, smart traffic, real time traffic information to the vehicle, security monitoring and reporting), medical metering and alerting. In addition, different devices such as e-book readers, GPS navigation aids and digital cameras are already connected to the Internet.

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Multi-Unit Stacking White paper

whitePaper | December 8, 2021

Switch stacking is a technology that connects multiple physical switches into a single logical switch. Network administrators can add or remove switches to increase or decrease port count without getting a multi-card chassis switch and dealing with the configuration of multiple switches. The network can evolve over a period with a pay as you grow model and therefore benefit from both the switch vendors and their customers.

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Top Ten Considerations for Your Nextgeneration SD-WAN

whitePaper | September 7, 2022

The need for organizations to change to meet evolving business environments is not a new concept. However, what is new in our current moment is the pace of change. Organizations across all industries now have to adapt to a rapidly evolving IT and application environment. These changes have been accelerated by a global pandemic that is forcing employees to work remotely and by the adoption of modern applications that are distributed across corporate data centers, multiple public clouds, and increasingly, edge locations. Unfortunately, both of these efforts create more IT complexity.

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White Paper: Enhanced Policy Management & Control

whitePaper | August 12, 2022

This white paper describes the characteristics of effective, innovative policy management and control using the advantages of a standalone 5G wireless network. Network policy management and control refers to the rules that determine how network services are provided to customers in real-time. It includes access control policies, quality of service (QoS) requirements, service level agreement (SLA) considerations, traffic steering and routing configurations, charging policies and usage monitoring.

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Access-to-Core Optical Transport Network Switching

whitePaper | June 21, 2021

Layer 1 transport services are a highly profitable offering that service providers can sell to enterprises. These services, which include ethernet, fiber channel, and legacy SDH/SONET, provide connection to data centers and other corporate locations. However, it has always been a challenge to provision these services fast enough, due to the rigid, low-cost nature of optical access networks. This paper highlights how an innovative and economical access-to-core Optical Transport Networking (OTN) switching solution can enable service providers to provision these lucrative services rapidly, speeding up time to revenues, maintaining customer satisfaction, while also guaranteeing service availability.

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5G Security

whitePaper | December 7, 2021

Why is 5G secure? How do experts from industry and standards organizations ensure that 5G security risks can be effectively managed in terms of security protocols and standards as well as security assurance mechanisms? Why are Huawei 5G products secure? What technical and management measures has Huawei adopted to ensure cyber security of Huawei equipment? How to ensure 5G cyber security, including Huawei's support for cyber resilience and recommendations on how to deploy and operate 5G networks in a secure manner. How to ensure 5G operations comply with national security regulations, including suggestions for regulators in developing laws and regulations and implementing regulatory policies.

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Mobile networks and spectrum Meeting future demand for mobile data

whitePaper | February 9, 2022

Demand for mobile services1 has grown rapidly over the last decade and we expect that growth to continue with people expecting to access good quality mobile services wherever they live, work and travel. Innovation continues to drive the development of new mobile devices and applications and we expect increasing use of wireless data by machines and devices in the future. Mobile networks will need to expand capacity and improve quality to meet these future business and consumer needs.

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