RE: Has virtualization become obsolete in 5G?

[<adamv0025 () netconsultings com>]

And for other stuff as well.

 

adam

 

From: Shane Ronan <shane () ronan-online com> 
Sent: Thursday, August 6, 2020 2:43 PM
To: Mark Tinka <mark.tinka () seacom com>
Cc: adamv0025 () netconsultings com; North American Network Operators' Group <nanog () nanog org>
Subject: Re: Has virtualization become obsolete in 5G?

 

Yes they are for 5G core.

 

On Wed, Aug 5, 2020, 11:28 AM Mark Tinka <mark.tinka () seacom com <mailto:mark.tinka () seacom com> > wrote:



On 5/Aug/20 17:07, Shane Ronan wrote:

> I think you'd be surprised how much of the 5G Core is containerized
> for both the data and control planes in the next generations providers
> are currently deploying.

It's what I expect for new entrants that don't want to deal with
traditional vendors.

I'd be curious to see if legacy operators are shifting traffic away from
iron to servers, and at what rate.

Mark.