Ericsson wins GTI Award for Mobile Technology Innovation Breakthrough at MWC26 with Intent-Aware Slicing

This award recognizes Ericsson’s leadership in advancing the integration of 5G Advanced and AI, driving business growth through innovative and differentiated services. As global 5G networks enter a period of intensive deployment, communication service providers (CSPs) are transitioning from providing one-size-fits-all connectivity to offering differentiated services.

However, with the expansion of business scale, the complexity of slice orchestration is growing exponentially. Ericsson recognizes that real-time changes in resource allocation across each cell and time slot have rendered traditional static or manual configurations insufficient for CSPs. To address this challenge, Ericsson’s intent-aware slicing and Automated Radio Resource Partitioning technology automatically manages radio resource allocation, ensuring user Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for connectivity performance are consistently met.

This innovative technology provides the following benefits and features: Dynamic Spectrum Allocation: Based on the comparison between real-time measured throughput and target values, it intelligently adjusts wireless resources to maximize spectrum efficiency; Automated Operations: Introducing a closed-loop control algorithm, it can complete an autonomous adjustment every 10 seconds, significantly reducing operational costs (OPEX) and simplifying management complexity; Ultimate Flexibility: Resources are shared between slices during low loads to maximize resource efficiency, and resources are allocated based on configured share during high load to ensure a deterministic experience for VIP users.; Intent-Driven Design: Shifting from managing wireless parameters to managing business intentions, enabling the network to automatically adapt to demands and ensuring consistent high-quality services.

As a fundamental element towards the vision of programmable, intent driven networks, Automated Radio Resource Partitioning technology catalyzes the long term growth of the telecommunications ecosystem. It also empowers developers and enterprises to create new types of applications. At the same time, it balances network performance with resource utilization. This provides a solid automated foundation for future AI driven service differentiation and refined slicing.

Currently, Ericsson's ARRP technology has taken the lead in commercial deployment in the Asian market. During a well-known international racing event in 2024, facing the extreme traffic challenge of over 250,000 on-site spectators, this technology successfully supported the "5G Express Pass" service. It ensured smooth experiences for key applications such as live streaming, real-time sharing, and ride-hailing, fully verifying that intent-driven dynamic control can avoid over-provisioning or under-provisioning of resources and has developed new monetization channels for CSPs.