I first became seriously involved in software defined networks (SDNs) more than 10 years ago. At the time I was working with product and standards development teams influencing an ETSI policy document looking at SDN and network function virtualisation (NFV) as separate, but highly interdependent trends. The plan was to turn what was then aContinue reading “SDN – the quiet revolution”
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We’re back to talking HetNets
Users buy experiences. And in today’s continually connected world, connectivity is an experience we seek out and cannot do without. We want instant access to online information and services, whether at home, out and about or on the move. Connectivity is increasingly heterogeneous, but we treat it as a single experience. Users might connect toContinue reading “We’re back to talking HetNets”
C-RAN – all still up in the air?
C-RAN seems to have been a long time coming. I first started exploring the potential of C-RAN back in 2007. Since then there’s been a great deal of industry talk and thousands of pages of standards describing dozens of C-RAN architectures. And I’m still waiting. Cloud RAN was meant to be all about simplifying things,Continue reading “C-RAN – all still up in the air?”
Due diligence: a deeper insight
I was recently chatting to a consultant from a highly regarded multi-asset alternative investment firm. He knows and understands the telecommunications business, but he mentioned to me that the sort of insight Real Wireless offered was on a different level: an in-depth understanding of technology and the trade-offs it can involve and an ability toContinue reading “Due diligence: a deeper insight”
Efficient deployment of small cells
Recently at a Cambridge Wireless combined Small Cell and Smart and Intelligent Cities SIG meeting, the attendees heard about the impressive densification of networks in Japan, Korea and China. These markets have far fewer constraints on deployment; the US and EU markets seem unlikely to achieve such liberalisation of small cell deployment approach. A resourceContinue reading “Efficient deployment of small cells”
SmarT mObility, media and e-health for toURists and citizenS
Real Wireless will be involved in a new project known as 5G-TOURS, which will deploy full end-to-end trials to bring 5G to real users for 13 representative use cases. The project will provide efficient and reliable close-to-commercial services for tourists, citizens and patients in three different types of cities: Rennes – the safe city whereContinue reading “SmarT mObility, media and e-health for toURists and citizenS”