Samsung bets on software centric network architectures supporting virtualized services
Kim Woojune, President and General Manager of Samsung Networks [1.] asserted that software capabilities will change the telecommunications landscape, as the South Korean tech giant bets on virtualized services. Kim said that future networks will be transformed more into software-centric architecture, versus the hardware-based networks the world has built and relied upon for about 150 years.
Note 1. Kim was appointed president and general manager of Samsung’s Networks business in December 2022
“Software has become a key driver of innovation, and this transition to software is also a natural shift in the networks industry,” Kim said in a speech at Nikkei’s Future of Asia forum. “Software brings more flexibility, more creativity and more intelligence,” he added.
Kim said the next transition in the network business has already started, as global telecom operators such as Verizon in the U.S., and KDDI and Rakuten in Japan are building their virtualized networks.
In February, Samsung announced that it was selected by KDDI to provide its cloud-native 5G Standalone (SA) Core network for the operator’s commercial network across Japan. The company said that this will usher in a new generation of services and applications available to KDDI’s consumers and enterprise customers — including smart factories, automated vehicles, cloud-based online gaming and multi-camera live streaming of sports events. Samsung and KDDI also successfully tested network slicing over their 5G SA Core network.
The Samsung executive asked global governments to embrace the shift, saying their role “should be to maximize the benefit of this extra use.”
Samsung is also winning contracts with cable providers, like Comcast, where it’s working to deploy 5G RAN solutions to support its efforts to deliver 5G access to consumers and business customers in the U.S. using CBRS and 600 MHz spectrum, Kim noted. Comcast is the first operator to use Samsung’s new 5G CBRS Strand Small Cell, a compact and lightweight solution designed to be installed on outdoor cables. It consists of a radio, baseband, cable modem and antennas, all in one form factor. The solution is also equipped with Samsung’s in-house designed chipset, a second-generation 5G modem SoC, which delivers increased capacity and performance.
References:
Samsung and KDDI complete SLA network slicing field trial on 5G SA network in Japan
KDDI claims world’s first 5G Standalone (SA) Open RAN site using Samsung vRAN and Fujitsu radio units
Samsung announces 5G NTN modem technology for Exynos chip set; Omnispace and Ligado Networks MoU
Samsung in OpenRAN deal with NTT DOCOMO; unveils 28GHz Radio Unit (RU)
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Can you provide more examples of how virtualized networks are being used in the telecommunications industry?
Network virtualization combines hardware and software network resources into a single, software-based network or transforms a physical network into separate virtual ones. It works by decoupling network services from the underlying hardware. As a result, new services and applications can be deployed quickly, and network traffic can be managed more effectively and efficiently. In addition, network virtualization improves security by allowing organizations to segment their networks and isolate trusted networks from untrusted ones.
Benefits network virtualization offer IT organizations that need to support cloud-hosted, distributed apps with their networks while keeping up with ever-changing network security demands:
-Faster provisioning and time to market. With network virtualization, you no longer have to set aside weeks of work to provision a network. You can update and deploy your networks and apps in minutes instead, allowing you to deliver key projects to end users faster.
-Improved efficiency with automation. One of the greatest benefits of network virtualization is improved speed and agility, which IT professionals can achieve through automating network processes, such as network configuration, resource scaling, and load balancing.
-Strengthened security. Network virtualization can heighten security by isolating virtual networks within the same physical infrastructure to prevent unauthorized access, segmenting network traffic to secure communications between resources, enforcing security policies at the virtual network level, and more.
-Greater policy consistency and adherence. Network virtualization distributes your network and security services to a virtual layer and attaches them to individual workloads in accordance with policies defined for each application. When you transfer workloads to a new host, your policy goes with them, allowing you to move across domains without reconfiguring the network. Your policies are also automatically applied to new workloads.
https://blogs.vmware.com/learning/2023/09/26/how-network-virtualization-is-revolutionizing-the-way-we-work/
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