September 27, Beijing time,Samsung Electronics and Japanese operator KDDI signed a memorandum of understanding to form a 5G global network slicing alliance(5G Global Network Slicing Alliance). The two companies will launch a series of commercial 5G network slicing services through the alliance and actively develop corresponding new business models.
What exactly is network slicing?
The 5G era pursues the interconnection of everything. There are various terminal devices connected to the 5G network, and their requirements for the network are also completely different. Network slicing can solve this problem well. Simply put,Network slicing is to cut out different functional networks under existing network conditions and apply them to different scenarios..
The biggest advantage of network slicing is that it can choose the characteristics of each sliced network, such as low latency, high throughput, connection density, spectrum efficiency, traffic capacity and network efficiency, etc. besides,Unnecessary network functions can also be removed, thereby greatly improving network efficiency..
At the same time, these cut-out networks are independent of each other.When one slice fails, it will not affect other slices, which can also avoid some accidents.
In fact, Samsung and KDDI have been promoting the development of network slicing technology before this. As early as 2020,The two companies demonstrated network slicing of RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) for the first time in the industry.. In January of this year,Successfully implemented Service Level Agreement (SLA) guaranteed network slicing on 5GSA network in Tokyo, Japan.
Junehee Lee, Executive Vice President of Network Business at Samsung Electronics, said: "Through the powerful combination of Samsung's strong technical expertise and KDDI's business acumen, this new alliance will help us promote innovation and work together to advance 5G to the next level. We look forward to expanding our cooperation with KDDI to fully exploit the numerous opportunities provided by 5G network slicing."
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