U+ aims to improve 5G SA network quality with AWS Cloud.
Published2021.09.07 09:31Successfully demonstrated simultaneous acceptance of MEC services
Applicable to all infrastructure including core networks and base stations in the future
LG Uplus announced on the 7th that it has succeeded in simultaneously accommodating 5G core equipment and MEC (Multi-access Edge Computing) services on the AWS cloud for the first time in the domestic telecommunications industry in cooperation with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Samsung Electronics.
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U+ built a separate 'AWS Outposts' server, installed Samsung Electronics' 5G core equipment, and simultaneously accommodated MEC services that operate autonomous robots.
AWS Outposts is a fully managed service that brings the same AWS infrastructure, AWS services, APIs, and tools to any data center, co-location space, or on-demand customer site for a consistent hybrid experience.
Through this demonstration, U+ has confirmed that it can achieve effects such as reducing 5G service latency and strengthening security while minimizing server construction and operation costs. U+ used AWS Outposts to run the Cloud Native Network Function (CNF) for the SA (standalone mode) 5G core developed by Samsung Electronics.
This provides an advantage in terms of network construction and operation by using Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), which provides flexibility in operation and capacity expansion when implementing SA 5G on AWS Outpost servers instead of general-purpose x86 servers.
The recent use of the cloud in communications network operations is a global trend, a step forward from network function virtualization (NFV). This marks the first time the domestic telecommunications industry has deployed 5G core equipment and MEC services on a public cloud platform and demonstrated this in commercial use.
Deploying network equipment with AWS services allows you to immediately leverage new technologies like AI, machine learning, and big data by leveraging the AWS development environment and related ecosystem, which includes a broad portfolio of over 200 services. Furthermore, operational automation solutions enable reliable automation of operational tasks such as fault resolution, performance and capacity expansion, and application deployment.
U+ is conducting research to transition its entire network infrastructure, from core networks to base stations, to the cloud. Last year, it successfully verified container-based 5G core equipment for the first time in Korea. Furthermore, it joined the O-RAN Alliance, an international standards organization for open wireless LAN, and is also conducting research on cloud computing for next-generation mobile base stations.
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