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Below you will find a selection of our latest blog posts that are designed to give you an insight into trending topics and general mobile technology concepts.
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Private 5G Networks

Private 5G networks are a topical area at the moment, no doubt fuelled by the successes of LTE in private network deployments. This is particularly relevant to the U.S.A., where Private LTE has been deployed within the 3.5GHz CBRS (Citizen’s ...
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3rd January 2020
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10 Challenges for 5G

5G is here and depending on where you are in the world, it’s potentially been with you for some time now. For the majority of mobile service providers however, the journey has only just begun or may not even be on the horizon. Challenges for 5G ...
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20th December 2019

Are all 5G Non-Standalone deployments using only small cells?

The number of 5G Non Standalone (NSA) deployments has increased with more service providers moving into 5G. Whilst some focus on standalone operation, the ones deploying 5G NSA have various challenges when it comes to the Radio Frequency (RF) bands ...
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22nd November 2019
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Blockchain and 5G

Blockchain has a number of key capabilities that could be of benefit to a 5G network deployment. Combining blockchain and 5G technologies will enable the benefits of both to be leveraged to great effect. Authentication One of the key characteristics ...
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25th October 2019
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Wireline Access in 5G

As 5G begins to be deployed in earnest, it is plain to see that it is much more than a simple upgrade to the current 4G mobile networks. The three fundamental pillars of 5G; eMBB (Enhanced Mobile Broadband), MMTC (Massive Machine Type ...
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7th October 2019
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5G ATSSS

In LTE, the capability to utilize both 3GPP and Non-3GPP access networks has been there from the early days of the technology. As LTE matured, so too did the techniques available for manipulating how data should be split and transferred over each ...
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27th September 2019
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5G V2X and Autonomous Vehicles

Future vehicles will not only be connected, they will also be autonomous. These connected and autonomous vehicles will require a new ecosystem with specific requirements capable of supporting new workloads and satisfying real-time requirements. This ...
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13th September 2019

MEC and 5G

If the media driven hype around 5G is anything to go by, it’s going to be a matter of time before we’ll be queuing up to have hair transplants performed by a remote surgeon (at least I will be anyway), or having pizza delivered by a 5G connected ...
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8th July 2019
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Delivering 5G Voice Services - Part 1

With 5G imminently about to be commercially realised, a key aspect of the network which must be addressed is the notion of voice services and 5G. Currently, voice is essentially delivered via the CS (Circuit Switched) domain for 2G and 3G, and via ...
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25th February 2019
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Femto Cells

A Femto Cell is traditionally considered to be a customer-owned base station. Typically situated in a house or small business, a Femto Cell, also referred to as a Small Cell, is able to provide targeted network coverage, which significantly ...
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21st February 2019
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V2X

V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) aims to provide real-time, extremely reliable and actionable information that will facilitate a safer and more environmentally friendly transport network. It will achieve this by reducing the number of vehicle collisions, ...
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12th February 2019
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Background to NSA

In terms of initial deployments for 5G networks, the general consensus in the mobile telecoms industry was that standards-compliant 5G networks were expected to be deployed by around 2020. However, for many in the industry 2020 wasn’t early enough; ...
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29th November 2018
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