Beyond private 5G networks: applications, architectures, operator models and technological enablers

EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking

Jen-Sheng Huang¹  Nicola di Pietro²  Daniele Munaretto²  Marco Centenaro²  Ling-Chih Kao³  Jiun-Cheng Huang³  Wilhelm Keusgen⁴  Thomas Haustein⁴  Sven Wittig⁴  Mathis Schmieder⁴  Shuo-Peng Liang⁵  Jack Shi-Jie Luo⁵  Kuan-Yi Chih⁵  Tzu-Ya Wang⁶  Savita Vitthalrao Kendre⁷  Henrik Klessig⁷  Sergio Barbarossa⁸  Stefania Sardellitti⁸  Francesca Costanzo⁸  Mattia Merluzzi⁸  Lam Ngoc Dinh⁹  Mickael Maman⁹  Emilio Calvanese-Strinati⁹ 

[1]Alpha Networks Inc., Hsinchu, Taiwan

[2]Athonet Srl, Bolzano Vicentino, Italy

[3]Chunghwa Telecom, Taipei, Taiwan

[4]Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, Berlin, Germany

[5]ITRI, Hsinchu, Taiwan

[6]Institute for Information Industry, Taipei, Taiwan

[7]Robert Bosch GmbH, Renningen, Germany

[8]Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

[9]Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, Leti, Grenoble, France

关键词: Beyond-5G;    Private networks;    Operator models;    Application requirements;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13638-021-02067-2

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Private networks will play a key role in 5G and beyond to enable smart factories with the required better deployment, operation and flexible usage of available resource and infrastructure. 5G private networks will offer a lean and agile solution to effectively deploy and operate services with stringent and heterogeneous constraints in terms of reliability, latency, re-configurability and re-deployment of resources as well as issues related to governance and ownership of 5G components, and elements. In this paper, we present a novel approach to operator models, specifically targeting 5G and beyond private networks. We apply the proposed operator models to different network architecture options and to a selection of relevant use cases offering mixed private–public network operator governance and ownership. Moreover, several key enabling technologies have been identified for 5G private networks. Before the deployment, stakeholders should consider spectrum allocation and on-site channel measurements in order to fully understand the propagation characteristic of a given environment and to set up end-to-end system parameters. During the deployment, a monitoring tools will support to validate the deployment and to make sure that the end-to-end system meet the target KPI. Finally, some optimization can be made individually for service placement, network slicing and orchestration or jointly at radio access, multi-access edge computing or core network level.

【 授权许可】

CC BY