Has virtualization become obsolete in 5G?

Fri Aug 7 12:45:22 UTC 2020

On 7/Aug/20 14:40, sronan at ronan-online.com wrote:

> I can promise 100% that in LARGE US 5G carriers this is exactly what
> is happening. Virtual CU’s and DU’s, running on traditional
> virtualization platforms and in containers.
>
> An entire multi-vendor containerized 5G which replaces the 4G EPC is
> also in testing, and close to production deployment.
>
> The only non-virtualized devices in the RAN network would be the Radio
> Units (RU).

With any luck, we shall see an "experience preso" at a NOG near us, some
time.

This would certainly be most interesting for the community.

Mark.