<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">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.<div><br></div><div>An entire multi-vendor containerized 5G which replaces the 4G EPC is also in testing, and close to production deployment.</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr">The only non-virtualized devices in the RAN network would be the Radio Units (RU).</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 7, 2020, at 5:15 AM, Mark Tinka <mark.tinka@seacom.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/Aug/20 09:35, Etienne-Victor
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<div>5G introduced a number of functional units (RU, DU and CU)
in the radio access network and disaggregation is flexible.
Service intelligence doesn't need to come from the core; it
may be far out in the edge. At the RU, there is packetized
data ready for transmission over eCPRI to the DU. In <a href="https://www.lightreading.com/webinar.asp?webinar_id=1656" moz-do-not-send="true">this webinar</a> (@6:07), there's a
bit of a projection about use of service intelligence.</div>
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In my old, the plan is what happens :-).<br>
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