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The 5G core adopts the CORE principle to provide differentiated services and a deterministic experience for all industries. Take a look at the technologies behind this principle.
By Jerry He, President of Cloud Core Network Marketing, Huawei
2019 witnessed the start of 5G rollout. 5G networks and services were deployed faster than expected, with a total of 348 global operators having invested in the latest generation of wireless technology. Of these, 61 have commercially launched 5G services, including augmented reality, virtual reality, and fixed wireless access.
A study by Keystone Strategy and Huawei SPO Lab reports that investment in industry digital transformation is increasing year on year. By 2025, it’s estimated that the revenues of global ICT vendors will reach approximately US$4.7 trillion based on ten industry verticals:
The 5G market is expected to be worth US$1.6 trillion, more than 50 percent of which will go to mobile operators. 5G is key to industry digital transformation, and Chinese operators and their industry partners are leading the way.
In 2019, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) held its second 5G application contest. A total of 3,731 projects were entered, covering more than ten industries and three scenarios: smart life, digital governance, and industry digitalization. Smart life applications bring immersive experiences and new innovations to life and work. Digital governance applications focus on improving urban governance capabilities and efficiency. Industry digitalization applications utilize 5G in industries to drive digital transformation and develop new enterprise opportunities.
An analysis of more than 100 applications from over ten industries showed that the requirements of industry digital transformation using 5G networks can be divided into three dimensions: differentiated networks with capabilities that can be orchestrated, dedicated networks with guaranteed data security, and self-service (DIY) networks with automated management.
Differentiated networks are critical for industry digital transformation. Unlike the consumer market, industries have diverse requirements. For example, remote metering prioritizes massive network connection density over bandwidth and latency, while telemedicine and autonomous driving depend on low latency within a deterministic range, plus strict security and reliability. The magnitude of these 5G capabilities can be hard to appreciate; for example, to reach a reliability rate of 99.9999 percent, an annual fault time of only a few seconds is acceptable. Previous generations of mobile technologies focused on bandwidth, but 5G revolutionizes industry by providing multi-dimensional network capabilities while guaranteeing experience.
Dedicated networks securely isolate data and protect data privacy, a common requirement of business globally. Industrial internet and smart grid applications, for example, have high requirements for network security, roles, domain-specific management, resource isolation, and data and signaling security. Campus-limited access to production data and user data is a common requirement for dedicated virtual isolation networks.
Self-service (DIY) networks enable agile innovation in industry verticals. Industry users need to customize, design, and tailor their networks to meet frequently changing service user requirements. For instance, a campus IoT service user needs to orchestrate, schedule, and manage IoT network service parameters to flexibly deploy networks and applications, or to add or delete devices.
5GDN (5G Deterministic Networking), with guaranteed SLAs, can apply to industries with less rigid SLA requirements, but most suit market segments with the strictest requirements and highest potential revenues.