Telefonica, Ericsson carry out 5G network slicing demo

The lab check was carried out at 5TONIC, a Madrid-based open analysis and innovation laboratory based by Telefónica and IMDEA Networks

Spanish operator Telefónica and Ericsson have demonstrated end-to-end, automated community slicing in 5G Standalone, the telco mentioned in a launch.

Telefonica mentioned that the proof-of-concept confirmed end-to-end orchestration for full slicing life cycle help and radio assets partitioning.

The lab check was carried out at 5TONIC, a Madrid-based open analysis and innovation laboratory targeted on 5G applied sciences, which was based by Telefónica and IMDEA Networks.

The proof-of-concept lined totally different use circumstances together with 360-degree video manufacturing in movement, in collaboration with know-how start-up YBVR; distant management of an automatic guided car (AGV); and gesture recognition in collaboration with Spanish SME Fivecomm.

The community slicing for enterprise demo was carried out on Android 12 and 13 Beta-powered smartphone units. Telefónica says that the demo proved that the onboarding of a community slice, from core to radio, could also be configured and deployed in lower than 35 minutes because of the answer’s automation capabilities. All of the use circumstances executed wanted a particular and complicated service configuration, so full automation is a key success issue to show community slicing idea right into a actuality and speed up time to market, Telefonica mentioned.

Person expertise and end-to-end capabilities had been validated with the participation and collaboration of Google, smartphone producers (Google Pixel, Samsung, TCL, and Xiaomi) and chipset distributors (MediaTek, Qualcomm Applied sciences Inc. and Samsung LSI), the service added.

The Spanish operator famous that essentially the most related capabilities of community slicing know-how that had been validated embrace:

-Automation within the provision and life cycle administration of end-to-end community slices.

-Community slicing service assurance.

-Definition of various situations for the site visitors prioritization in a community slice, corresponding to Radio Useful resource Partitioning (RRP) that permits the sharing of radio assets between use circumstances with totally different service necessities.

-Simultaneous entry of a handset to totally different community slices, having the chance to pick the site visitors despatched to the totally different community slices.

Telefonica additionally mentioned it goals to speed up the community slicing capabilities throughout its networks in addition to within the business. By means of its program known as LIME, Telefonica is collaborating with Ericsson to additional develop community slicing as a know-how that may convey to life a wide range of new 5G purposes and companies

Telefonica, Ericsson and Google have additionally agreed to share their findings with the GSMA and the business to speed up the standardization of community slicing and its mass adoption.

“Ericsson has achieved a key milestone by demonstrating fully-automated deployment of end-to-end community slices (from RAN to Core) in cooperation with Telefónica, at 5TONIC lab. The deployed community slices will safe devoted assets within the radio entry community in addition to within the Core for satisfying particular wants of chosen use circumstances, enabling that Telefónica meets new buyer calls for on a zero-touch operation. Community Slicing is vital to accommodating new use circumstances leveraging 5G, with the promise to supply new capabilities to a wide range of customers and enterprises with minimal or no handbook intervention,” mentioned Jorge Navais, international account supervisor at Telefónica.

Telefonica’s 5G community at present covers 82% of the Spanish inhabitants. The operator mentioned its 5G community gives protection to 38 million individuals in 1,431 cities and cities throughout Spain.