5G Security Recommendations Package #2 : Network Slicing
The NGMN Requirements and Architecture (P1) work stream on Security has been working with a focus on security threats or flaws that could emerge through the Network Slicing use in 5G.
Category: 2016
Further Elaboration on NGMN KPIs and Requirements for 5G
The NGMN Requirements and Architecture (P1) is currently working on key performance metrics relevant to 3GPP TSG RAN SI “Scenarios and Requirements for Next Generation Access Technologies”. The attached document is a summary from the ongoing NGMN P1 work, updating some KPIs and respective values, providing high level evaluation approach for KPIs.
The work has so far mainly focussed on eMBB, and that it is still investigating requirements for mMTC and URLCC. Therefore it is anticipated that there will be further requirements/KPIs developed as that work matures.
Further Elaboration on NGMN Requirement Metrics and Deployment Scenarios for IMT-2020
The NGMN Requirements and Architecture (P1) team is working on representative key performance indicators (KPIs) and representative deployment scenarios relevant to ITU-R WP5D’s work on General Technical Performance Requirements and Evaluation Criteria/Methods for IMT-2020. The attached document summarizes the KPIs currently considered by NGMN as relevant for the development of IMT-2020. In addition, the document also provides relevant deployment scenarios and high level guidance on how the identified KPIs could be evaluated.
Further Elaboration on NGMN Requirement Metrics and Deployment Scenarios for 5G
The NGMN Requirements and Architecture team is working on representative deployment scenarios and key performance metrics relevant to 3GPP TSG RAN SI “Scenarios and Requirements for Next Generation Access Technologies”. The attached document is a summary from the ongoing NGMN work, updating some KPIs and respective definitions, providing high level evaluation approach for KPIs and describing main challenges for each deployment scenario and evaluation goals. The work has so far mainly focussed on eMBB.
Description of Network Slicing Concept
The NGMN 5G White Paper Version 1.0 published in February 2015 has positioned the demands and business requirements beyond 2020 and introduced the network service deployment concept of Network Slicing with some high level examples.
In order to enable SDOs to develop viable standards for Network Slicing there is a need to refine the concept and establish a common terminology for Network Slicing. This would also help actors across the industry to have a common understanding of the expectations and the characteristics of such important concept.
This document describes further details of the concept of Network Slicing and provides common terminology.
NGMN 5G White Paper
NGMN outlines in the White Paper its vision for 5G empowering value creation through new use cases and being enabled by sustainable business models. Therefore, the capabilities of the network need to be expanded to support much greater throughput, lower latency and higher connection density. To cope with a wide range of use cases and business models, 5G has to provide a high degree of flexibility and scalability by design. In addition, it should show foundational shifts in cost and energy efficiency. On the end-user side, a key requirement for 5G will be that a consistent customer experience is achieved across time and service footprint. NGMN envisages a 5G eco-system that is truly global, free of fragmentation and open for innovations. The commercial introduction of 5G is expected to vary from operator to operator; however, NGMN encourages the ecosystem players to work towards availability of global and commercial solutions by 2020.