Enable high-performing programmable networks with Ericsson 5G Advanced

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Ericsson 5G Advanced solutions

Ericsson 5G Advanced is a key enabler for high-performing programmable networks, which ensures consistent and superior user experience at any time and place, and influences network behavior to achieve a desired outcome. Ignite your network with Ericsson’s unique 5G Advanced software solutions – the latest addition to our world-leading 5G RAN portfolio.

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By combining AI-powered RAN, intent-driven RAN, and Service-aware RAN, Ericsson 5G Advanced gives you the freedom to color your network however you choose.

Ericsson 5G Advanced gives you the tools to:

Generate more revenue for your business through differentiated connectivity and new services such as RedCap (reduced capability).
Drive operational efficiency through a higher level of automation and energy optimization, and achieving advanced security posture.
Enhance your users’ experience by unlocking additional capacity, more flexibility in technically demanding deployments and enhanced 5G device performance.

That’s eight new unique 5G Advanced solutions, totaling ten solutions, and one industry-leading partner for your network evolution.

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Ericsson 5G Advanced is a technology that will bring high-performing programmable networks – are you ready? | 3:32 mins

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5G Advanced: Will 5G’s second wave deliver value?

This independent research done by Mobile Europe and sponsored by Ericsson, explores some of the steps operators are taking as they seek to monetise 5G networks, using the ‘next wave’ – 5G Advanced.

Our 5G Advanced software portfolio gives you the tools to make the difference where it really matters for your business, your network and your customers. Whether your focus is to expand into new markets, reduce your network energy costs or enhance your network’s performance, our wide range of 5G Advanced software subscriptions have you covered. Simply choose, deploy and enjoy the outcome.

Generate new revenue streams

Our 5G Advanced subscriptions are tailormade to connect your business with a world of new revenue possibilities, giving you the tools for dedicated deployments of high value connectivity and enhanced support for new services that require priority-based, localization-based or time-critical connectivity.

Ericsson Outdoor Positioning

Business drivers

Unlock new monetization opportunities in consumer, enterprise, automotive, airspace and robotics segments based on physical location of connected 5G devices.
Complement GPS with more reliable, robust and cost-efficient 5G technology for mission critical applications.
Meet addressable forecast market of 3.5 billion 5G Standalone devices in 2030.

Technology enablers

Device-agnostic software for any 5G device to lower the barrier of entry and increase addressable market.
Position accuracy with 5G cellular advanced feature set (in line-of-sight), suitable for consumer-based use cases.
Position accuracy with real-time kinematic (RTK) broadcast advanced feature set, using enhanced GPS-assisted precision.

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Ericsson RAN Differentiated Connectivity

Business drivers

Monetize your 5G investment by securing simultaneous SLA fulfillment for multiple services.
Offer more flexibility in setting different types of optimization targets for SLA fulfillment, such as latency or throughput.

Technology enablers

Latency-prioritized Scheduler on a sub-millisecond level to provide faster response time for new services like cloud gaming.
Enhanced Uplink (UL) Quality of Service (QoS) Control:Enhanced flexibility in packet prioritization in UL, per QoS, slice or user equipment (UE) group for service differentiation.
Doubling data radio bearers In the UE for services requiring more data connections such as car modules.

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Mission Critical Services

Business drivers

Grow your service capabilities for public safety, defense, first responders and other segment-specific needs like rail.
Use one network to connect different organizations in different locations for mission critical activities.
Guarantee elevated priority for users belonging to prioritized services in case of congestion.

Technology enablers

Service-aware admission and pre-emption to enable mission critical services prioritized access during congestion.
Prioritized call queuing to ensure that users are not rejected but queued in congestion, improving accessibility.
Dedicated features following the Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS) specifications.

Ericsson RedCap

Business drivers

Enhance existing 5G use cases and enable new ones (mid-tier use cases) by lowering complexity and extending battery life for devices such as smartwatches, other wearables, infotainment modules, FWA CPEs, industrial surveillance cameras and sensors.
Lower complexity and cost compared to normal 5G smartphone chipsets.

Technology enablers

Up to 34 percent increased battery life savings with extended discontinuous reception (eDRX) for smartwatches.
More power efficiency, lower latency, positioning and network slicing vs CAT 1-4.
Differentiated configuration of selected NR Standalone features for RedCap devices with Service-aware RAN.

Ericsson Critical IoT

Business drivers

Enable new time-critical use cases in public network deployments such as AR/VR, remote control and mobility automation; generating new revenue streams beyond MBB services.
Address time-critical use cases with lowest requirements on bounded latency, highest reliability and positioning for dedicated network deployments.

Technology enablers

Enable consistent latency for elastic applications with RAN assisted rate recommendation (L4S).
Improve user experience with low latency handovers via lower layer triggered mobility.
Achieve deterministic latency performance with uplink-configured grant and link adaptation features.
Provide precise indoor positioning with less than 1 meter accuracy (dedicated C-IoT only).

Reduce cost and improve sustainability

Enabling distributed real-time optimization, our 5G Advanced services give you the tools to automate and optimize at scale while securing your customers’ quality of service targets.

Ericsson Energy Efficiency and Management

Business drivers

Enable optimized energy performance to drive down energy consumption in RAN and reduce your operating expenses.
Deliver guaranteed SLA services while reducing energy consumption.
Scale energy management via automation.

Technology enablers

Minimize energy consumption with energy-aware traffic steering.
Service differentiation of energy features with energy optimized power and slot allocation.
Intent-driven automation of RAN energy features with Automated Energy Saver.

Ericsson Premium RAN Security

Business drivers

Provide unprecedented defense capabilities to RAN against sophisticated cyber attacks.
Accelerate digital forensics and incident response process.
Leverage intelligent and advanced software tools for security automation.

Technology enablers

Endpoint detection and response (EDR) capabilities tailored for RAN.
Advanced algorithms for defense of radio and satellite link.
AI-based software features for security automation.

Enhance user experience and network performance

Deliver the exceptional 5G experience with Ericsson 5G Advanced. Our subscriptions are designed to dimension your networks for performance gains in high load situations, as well as delivering best-in-class for the next wave of 5G devices including uplink-centric performance enhancements and extended device battery life.

Ericsson Premium Network Performance

Business drivers

Unlock additional capacity in most loaded scenarios without adding extra site.
Improve customer loyalty by securing ultimate experience for flagship devices.
Offer more network deployment flexibilities for most technical demanding scenarios.

Technology enablers

Increase network capacity in highly loaded scenarios with Interference Sensing and Uplink-aware Advanced Multi-Layer Coordination.
Stretch device uplink performance via higher order uplink Tx switch and more than two component Carrier Aggregation (CA).
Provide connectivity beyond the norm with more advanced beamforming (>6GHz) and CA across different time division duplex (TDD) patterns.

Ericsson Device Battery Performance

Business drivers

Enhance your users’ experience by targeting improved battery performance for any 5G device, including smartphones, wearables, AR/VR glasses.
Prepares your network to meet ecosystem expectations for new devices.

Technology enablers

Quicker release to idle mode to save battery based on the user equipment (UE) feedback.
Further savings by reducing the monitoring occasions for PDCCH.
Stepwise deactivation of carriers minimizing unnecessary power drain in UEs.

Ericsson Real-time AI-powered Automation

Business drivers

Scale RAN automation in complex network and service scenarios not viable with manual ways of working.
Maximize performance and energy efficiency thanks to AI and real-time coordination with RAN features.
Ensure reliable and differentiated services by self-healing and intent-based automation in RAN software.

Technology enablers

Intent handling to enable dynamic resource sharing in real time for multiple services
Observability and proof of delivery for service differentiation
Predictive and precise service level fulfilment based on AI capabilities

Tech Unveiled

Episode 2: From Intent to Action: 5G Advanced in high-performing programmable networks

In this episode of Tech Unveiled. Discover how 5G Advanced technology is revolutionizing high-performing programmable networks. Learn about intent-driven, AI-powered, and service-aware networks that help CSPs achieve their goals autonomously. Tune in to find out how these innovations are shaping the future of connectivity!

Speakers:
Join Adam Lloyd, Head of Marketing & Communications
Sibel Tombaz, Head of Product Line Cloud & Purpose-built 5G RAN
Airin Cherian, Head of 5G Deployment & Performance, 5G RAN Software

Episode 1: Enabling revenue growth with Ericsson 5G Advanced

In this episode, we will explore the exciting capabilities in Ericsson 5G Advanced and its connection to high-performing programmable networks. The speakers will discuss the value of high-performing programmable networks, and how 5G Advanced is enabling new services and differentiated connectivity. They will also share real-world examples, such as live broadcasting use-cases and cloud gaming, showcasing the tangible benefits of 5G Advanced technology.

Speakers:
Adam Lloyd, Head of Marketing & Communications
Jacob Possne, Head of Services and Ecosystem, 5G RAN Software
Patrik Persson, Area Product Owner Services and Ecosystem, 5G RAN Software

5G Advanced in practice: from intent to action

Gabriel Foglander, Head of Portfolio Management, Product Line 5G RAN, Ericsson discussed with Telecoms.com about high-performing programmable networks and how they enable new B2C and B2B opportunities for operators, the many ways in which AI augments the mobile network, and how Ericsson’s new 5G Advanced software portfolio enables ‘intent-driven networks’, as well as benefits from an open ecosystem of rApps.

How Ericsson 5G Advanced has become key to unlocking high-performing programmable networks

In this interview from Mobile Europe, Michelle Donagan asks Dr Sibel Tombaz, Head of Product Line Cloud & Purpose-built 5G RAN at Ericsson, about how high-performing programmable networks achieve differentiated connectivity at scale and new business models and how operators can monetize this. Dr Tombaz also explains why Ericsson holds the view that high-performing programmable networks is now the way to build networks and how Ericsson 5G Advanced and AI fit into these high-performing programable networks.