5G RAN Faster: How the Need for Speed Impacts the xHaul

Meet LPWAN, LoRa, MQTT, and Cloud/Edge Computing -
The IoT revolution enables automation and monitoring of sensors and systems like never before – not only at a larger scale, but also with a much wider geographical coverage. It affects the traditional utilities and industry verticals by enabling new and advanced applications, just as new domains such as agriculture, laundromats, parking, etc., are embracing its powerful capabilities. The allure of application agility, intuitive HMI and analytics is irresistible, posing a serious gap for traditional PLCs/RTUs.

In this webinar, we’ll review the technological advancements and open standards that are changing supply chains and reducing costs and time to market (TTM). Join us as we examine how modern IT paradigms such as cloud, MQTT and Edge Computing can be used to augment legacy systems to bring tangible value to CxOs in a variety of organizations.

How can communications service providers (CSPs) reconcile competitive pressures to launch 5G services with the financial constraints and technology uncertainties associated with new network buildouts? What are their best options for splitting the 5G RAN? Which investment decisions need to be taken in advance and which can be delayed to meet revenue ramp up? What lessons can be learned from early adopters?

These are some of the questions CSPs must answer before launching 5G to ensure a solid ROI. Join us for this session of 5G xHaul Q&A, in which we’ll address these and other issues, and share from RAD’s own experience in the field.

Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) has gone through interesting dynamics. From a predominately enterprise data center technology to a distributed solution adopted by communications service providers for the network edge in the form of vCPE (virtual Customer Premises Equipment). Nowadays, it’s back at the enterprise playground, as CIOs/CISOs are facing challenges concerning the enterprise edge. Among such challenges are the need to manage multiple, application-specific appliances, the diverse application mix required in different sites and the limited flexibility allowed by their commercial relationships with application vendors. Join us for this webinar in which we’ll take a closer look at vCPE and the network edge from an enterprise point of view.

What you will learn:
•The enterprise edge: Market trends, business benefits and challenges
•vCPE at the network edge: Deployment drivers, disaggregation and vSD-WAN
•Tales from the field

Speaker: Amir Barnea, Head of Critical Infrastructure LoB at RAD.
As Head of the Critical Infrastructure Line of Business at RAD, Amir oversees sales and business development, solution/product management and marketing for critical infrastructure and enterprises. A former fighter pilot, Amir is a 15 year veteran in the Telecom industry. Before joining RAD he held key positions at Mobixell Networks, Comverse and Sapiens. Amir holds a B.Sc. in Physics and Computer Science from Tel-Aviv University and an MBA in Information Systems from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.

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Getting Transport Networks Ready for SDN and 5G xHaul

5G is (or is going to be) fast – in fact, the speed-up as compared to 4G is going to be more dramatic than that of 4G over 3G. Supporting this speed requires a major overhaul of the Radio Access Network that transports information from the user to the core network. Most of the focus has been on the “air interface” from the user to the cellular base-station. In this webcast, we will focus on the xHaul segment from the base-station to the core.

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Key Trends and Use Cases

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When NFV and SDN were first introduced, they held the promise of a true revolution in network communication. However, inherent obstacles stopped operators from getting on the SDN/NFV Bandwagon. Find out how RAD’s vCPE Toolbox can help service providers surmount these obstacles and roll out carrier-grade, NFV/SDN-based business services today while realizing the vCPE’s full potential.

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