South Korean mobile operator SK Telecom has developed two core technologies for the 5G mobile network, The Korea Times reports, citing a company statement. The development of the network virtualization technologies will support the move towards the next-generation mobile network. “We anticipate that the development of two new technologies will expedite network innovation,” said Park Jin-hyo, senior vice president of SK Telecom’s network technology R&D center.
The first of the core 5G network technologies is dubbed ‘Orchestration’. The technology aims to help engineers design, develop and establish mobile services on a cloud network. This supports mobile services such as LTE-based on virtualized networks, SK says.
The second technology, dubbed ‘Cloud Virtualized Radio Access Network’ (Cloud vRAN), is designed to build base stations for the 5G mobile network. Jointly developed by SK Telecom and Nokia, this technology can put into virtual space invisible networks as well as base stations using cloud computing technology
