Although long touted as the key to 5G revenue growth Network Slicing has been slow to materialize in the marketplace. Several key capabilities now allow Communications Service Providers (CoSPs) to overcome critical challenges that have hindered profitable End-to-End 5G Network Slicing. These new capabilities include:

• Emergence of Standards for Multi-Vendor, Multi-Domain Orchestration

• 3GPP Release 16 Specifications for Enhancement of Network Slicing (eNS), Non-Public Networking (NPN)  and Hybrid Public Network Integrated Non-Public Network (PNI -NPN).

• Proven Models for End-to-End Slice provisioning, enablement and allocation

• Ways to meet QoS Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and retain the leverage of virtualization with Dynamic ‘soft ‘ Network Slicing

These are about to make 5G Network Slicing real in 2021 and 2022 and help CoSPs to find the 'sweet spot' for Metro-Area Network Slicing. This webinar will feature an engaging dialogue with experts from Strategy Analytics and Intel Corporation discussing these new capabilities as highlighted in a new report by Strategy Analytics.

Featured Speakers

Sue Rudd

Director Networks and Service Platforms
Strategy Analytics

Sue Rudd has worked for 30+ years with Mobile, Telecoms and Internet service providers. At Strategy Analytics she focuses on opportunities for 5G Network Slicing, Telco Cloud, Edge services, FMC and Wi-Fi interoperability. She writes on 5G, Cloud Native Platforms, OSS and Cloud DB. Before Strategy Analytics, she worked for Comverse (now Mavenir), Motorola Cellular (now Nokia), Codex (Motorola), BBN (now Raytheon) and Burroughs (now Unisys). She has a BA and MA from Univ. Cambridge and MBA in Ops. Mgt. from Wharton.

Recent work includes competitive analyses of service platforms, OSS Orchestration, Service Enablement, Cloud DB evolution and 5G Core and Edge requirements. Recent publications include: ‘Automated End to End Network Slice Management is a critical 5G ‘Service Enabler’ for profitable eMBB, uRLLC and mMTC’, ‘Going Cloud Native will accelerate 5G services in 2020’ and ‘Management, Orchestration & Automation not just Overhead anymore.’

Puneet Jain

Chairman of 3GPP SA WG2, Director of Technical Standards
Intel

Puneet Jain is a Principal Engineer and Director of Technical Standards at Next Generation and Standards (NGS) Group at Intel Corporation and worked at Intel since 2001. He is head of Network Standards team at Intel and responsible for driving research and standardization on end-to-end network architecture for mobile broadband technologies such as 4G-LTE and 5G.

Puneet has 23+ years of rich experience in standardization, research and product development in telecom and wireless industry. He has actively participated in various global standardization bodies including 3GPP, WiMAX Forum, IEEE 802.16j, ETSI TC M2M, oneM2M, GSMA, TSDSI, and ATIS.

Puneet is head of Intel delegation to 3GPP SA/CT and currently serves as the Chairman of 3GPP SA WG2 since 2019. He has also served as 3GPP SA WG2 Vice-Chairman (2015 - 2019) and Rapporteur of several study/work items on Machine Type Communication (MTC)/Cellular Internet of Things (CIoT) in 3GPP SA WG2. 

Puneet has also served as oneM2M Steering Committee Vice Chairman (2014–2016). In his previous roles at Intel, he was chairman of WiMAX-3GPP interworking sub team at WiMAX Forum, involved in design and development of ATM RAN reference implementation for Intel Network Processors.

Prior to Intel, he worked at Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT) in India where he led a team for design and development for Mobility Management and BSS Application Protocol for GSM MSC/VLR and was key contributor to technical evaluation and network configuration of C-DoT MSC/VLR during launch of Indian Mobile Personal communication Services (IMPCS) by Department of Telecommunications, Government of India.

Date:  Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Time:  2pm ET / 11am PT
Duration:  1 Hour

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