Enabling high-performing programmable networks with Ericsson 5G Advanced
5G Advanced is the new set of network capabilities that will help communications service providers (CSPs) achieve their goal of high-performing programmable networks, with more openness. It will incentivize service providers to accelerate deployment and uptake of 5G standalone (5G SA) and empower service providers to deliver differentiated connectivity that will further monetize 5G. Ericsson offers 5G Advanced radio access network (RAN) software solutions that will support customer business objectives in areas like performance, sustainability, automation and new services.
CSPs have built strong networks in the first phase of 5G, which improved user experience, supported new use cases and helped grow Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) business, and they have made substantial investments in building 5G networks in terms of spectrum, mid-band expansion, nationwide coverage, traffic steering and optimization and introduction of new radio (NR) standalone.
Ericsson’s view is that while the industry has yet to realize the full business potential of this investment – 5G is still on track to fulfill its promise. Balancing this, many CSPs have yet to progress to a standalone architecture and make the network fully ready for 5G Advanced and take the technology to the next level. Moving towards enabling differentiated connectivity in the industry is crucial to offering new services developed directly by ecosystems around CSPs.
With Ericsson 5G Advanced, our customers will get the software they need to transform their 5G networks into high-performing programmable networks that can meet specific business goals such as increasing revenue, reducing operational costs, leading in performance, and setting apart user experience.
Benefitting from increasingly open architectures, AI coupled with automation and intent-driven networks, Ericsson 5G Advanced can help translate business objectives into RAN performance and sustainability. It also offers different user experience levels that can be measured and compared with service level agreements (SLAs) – in short, this is the essence of AI-powered RAN.
