Has virtualization become obsolete in 5G?

Tue Aug 4 15:37:15 UTC 2020

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> So not sure what applications are driving the demand for "greater QoS"
> on 5G networks, in real terms.
>

Mark,

V2X, no?

Otherwise, I'm perfectly in agreement with what you've just written.

Etienne

On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 5:02 PM Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.com> wrote:

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> On 4/Aug/20 16:56, Etienne-Victor Depasquale wrote:
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> > The survey I pointed to suggests that hard slicing is the least
> > preferred option among survey respondents.
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> That's because the very nature of DWDM, Ethernet, IP, MPLS and VM's is
> all about re-using the same infrastructure over and over again for it to
> make commercial sense.
>
> I doubt we want to move away from those concepts.
>
> We rely on many services today delivered over the public Internet that
> virtualize and still perform. Even good ol' video streaming, which was
> predicted to break the Internet.
>
> So not sure what applications are driving the demand for "greater QoS"
> on 5G networks, in real terms.
>
> Mark.
>

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Ing. Etienne-Victor Depasquale
Assistant Lecturer
Department of Communications & Computer Engineering
Faculty of Information & Communication Technology
University of Malta
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