5G Network Slicing – Make Network Slicing easy

The network slice is a logically separated, self-contained, independent and secured part of the network, targeting different services with different requirements on speed, latency and reliability.  Network slice characteristics are for example low latency, high bandwidth and ultra-reliability for a critical IoT use case or higher latency and lower bandwidth for a massive IoT use case.

To efficiently manage the network slices and to maximize revenues, a modern OSS and BSS providing automated business and operational processes is a must. With programmable and flexible 5G networks and advanced AI (Artificial Intelligence) and Service Level Agreement (SLA) driven orchestration, the required network functions can be flexibly created, quickly deployed and automatically managed throughout the life cycle.

A network slice can be dedicated to one enterprise customer, or shared by multiple tenants. For example, a slice may consist of dedicated radio, transport and core resources including a dedicated user plane function at the edge.  Another slice shares radio & transport resources between tenants, but provides dedicated core network functions per tenant.