Rajaneesh Sudhakar Shetty - 5G Mobile Core Network: Design, Deployment, Automation, and Testing Strategies

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Almost all telecom operators are planning their transition toward 5G. 5G transition is a lot more than faster speed. 5G enables new IoT experiences, massive connectivity, smart cities, decade-long battery life, ultra-responsive networks, and increased speed, and it requires a significant change in the radio, transport, data center, and the core network architecture along with the UE change (mobile handset).

This book is intended for those who wish to understand 5G and also for those who work extensively in the service provider environment, either as operators or as vendors, performing activities such as network design, deployment, testing, and automation of the network as a profession. By the end of this book, the reader will be able to understand the benefits in terms of CAPEX, OPEX while considering one design over the other. Consulting engineers will be able to evaluate the design options in terms of 5G use-cases, the scale of deployment, performance, efficiency, latency, and other key considerations.

Ananya Simlai, who contributed significantly toward the 5G Overview and 5G NSA Design and Deployment Strategies chapters of the book.

Ananya Simlai is a Telecom Specialist with primary focus on wireless 4G-5G mobility networks, cloud native, and network function virtual infrastructure.

She is a trusted advisor for key service provider operators in the AMERICA region and APJC regions, helping them address the technological challenges in the mobility domain as well as the infrastructure/virtualization domain, thereby enabling them to smoothly transition across technologies like 4G and 5G. Her expertise and exposure across mobility domains with various customers gives her the ability to identify and address the various challenges for both large- and small-scale deployments in an innovative and effective manner. She has worked with service provider CTO teams to design their 5G story and has been instrumental in designing, implementing, and successfully rolling out for one of the largest 5G mobile networks around the globe.