Rakuten 5g Network Architecture
Rakuten will have a single converged core network within 14 16 months of launching its 5g cloud core its cto tareq amin told a light reading online event today.
Rakuten 5g network architecture. Rakuten announced yesterday that it would be working with nec to co develop a containerised cloud native 5gcore to enable stand alone sa mode. Rakuten telefonica partner to jointly develop openran architecture in 5g networks. Has partnered with cisco to design and deliver an innovative 5g system architecture from the ground up. Mobile edge computing architecture will be used to support 5g fixed wireless and low latency services such as augmented.
Nec has been selected to be the 5g network equipment provider for rakuten mobile s new. Rakuten mobile cto tareq amin claims his team has built mmwave 5g radio access network infrastructure systems that cost 60 less than traditional vendor gear by sourcing the required technology direct from the component manufacturers and stitching it together as part of an open ran rollout. At the same time amin doesn t consider the 5g services that other telcos are launching to be true 5g. From day zero rakuten network is 5g ready.
Prerequisite to api enablement which is critical for easy consumption of 5g networks from other parties. If you truly want to offer functionalities and capabilities like network slicing into this new architecture you must deploy standalone 5g core which rakuten is doing. For its 5g network rakuten will take altiostar s software and further decompose the network functions into containerized applications that are fast to deploy and can be individually upgraded. This is clearly the world s first cloud native network that is fully.
Getting the rakuten network to work is not a trivial thing by any. Rakuten mobile s entrance into the highly penetrated japanese telecommunications market using a fully virtualized cloud native network architecture to power its 4g lte and 5g service is having a. Tokyo june 5 2019 rakuten mobile inc the mobile network subsidiary of rakuten group and nec corporation a leader in the integration of it and network technologies today announced that the two companies have formed a partnership to build the world s first 5g open vran architecture in japan nec has been selected to be the 5g network equipment provider for rakuten mobile s new and.