Cloud-native 4G/5G Converged Core: Network Solutions

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Tomorrow’s next-generation networks will be far different from the hardware-centric networks we’re used to. Built on physical components and inhabiting large footprints, those networks are expensive to run, difficult to scale, and slow to innovate.

The coming cloud-based networks will allow communications services providers (CSPs) to scale their networks, respond to changing usage patterns, and bring new 5G services to market faster than ever before.

NEC’s cloud-native 4G/5G Converged Core will help you seamlessly migrate from your legacy 4G network to tomorrow’s 5G network, bringing both your 4G and 5G users together under a single core. More than just a bridge between your two networks, the 4G/5G Converged Core is where all the functions of those networks come together to connect, manage and deploy services to your customers. And built on open-source technology, it’s designed to evolve as your network evolves.

Fully cloud-native architecture for flexible scaling and auto-healing

The NEC cloud-native 4G/5G Converged Core portfolio features a full set of 3GPP compliant network functions for both 5G and 4G. Fully virtualized and containerized, it offers three tiers of microservice architecture.

Protocol gateways aggregate the communication between the service components and external interfaces.
Service modules consist of stateless containerized service pods.
Platform modules are data stores that can be externally configured as memory for storing persistent session data.

Each component is split into a microservice, which ensures flexible scalability for that service component. As a result, microservices can be added, removed or scaled on demand, enhancing the efficiency of resource utilization and achieving easier scalability.

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Platform agnostic operation for B2C to B2X use cases

NEC’s cloud-native 4G/5G Converged Core is platform agnostic, flexible and capable of running on your private and public cloud environments – on premise, at the edge or in the cloud.

Advanced technologies such as network slicing, multi-access edge computing (MEC) and separation of control and user plane (CUPS) enable you to support a variety of use cases and to create a wide range of innovative B2C and B2X services.

For example, thanks to truly separated architecture between the control and user planes, the 5G core for the control plane can be deployed on the customer's on-premise or public cloud, while the user plane node can be located closer to the edge. Under this architecture, time-sensitive services that demand the very low latency can be achieved more efficiently.

Field-proven with tier1 mobile carriers & NEC’s extensive experience

NEC’s cloud-native 4G/5G Converged Core is backed by more than 25 years of experience in the mobile packet core domain and is commercially proven in deployments by dozens of MNOs and 5G technology providers with tens of millions of subscribers.