Leading German operator Deutsche Telekom is undertaking a major drive to increase the quality of its services and as part of the mobile element of this program, worked with Mavenir to successfully deliver and deploy cloud-native 5G cores to its network Is. in Germany.
Converged Packet supports Core Data, voice and messaging services, and network slicing. The initial network slicing use case focused on live video broadcasting. The video industry is a major market for operators such as Deutsche Telekom. Customers want complete control over how they interact with content and what they watch and when, which means reliable over-the-top and guaranteed quality mobile services are a necessity.
The deployment is the first in Germany since Mavenir was selected as one of the preferred converged packet core suppliers for Deutsche Telekom Group, supplying the telco’s defined hardware and software applications to run on existing Kubernetes-based platforms. does. Open Architectural Approach. As part of the deployment process, the converged packet core was integrated with Deutsche Telekom’s existing multi-vendor access network and other system components.
“The deployment of a cloud-native standalone (SA) core is an important milestone in the evolution of our 5G architecture,” said Abdurjak Mudesir, chief technology officer at Deutsche Telekom Group. “This leads us to a fully automated network with the reliability, scale and flexibility needed to deliver innovative 5G SA services to our consumer and enterprise customers.”
The Mavenir solution is based on automated software delivery and network upgrade, and the convergence architecture supports 4G, 5G non-standalone (NSA) and 5G standalone (SA) modes, and integrates all access technologies into a common cloud-native platform. enables it to run. Deutsche Telekom.
Using Deutsche Telekom’s automation framework is said to allow the deployment of new converged packet core services with all necessary network functions in minutes. It is largely self-updating for the lifecycle of each application. The platform can automatically synchronize production environment resources and configuration with changes expressed in the code.
This means that according to Mavenir, the human errors that come with manual testing and deployment are less likely. Deployment has been successfully certified for equipment from major terminal suppliers.
Mavenir’s Convergent Packet Core solution is part of its cloud-native MAVCore portfolio, and its open architecture uses telecom-defined hardware, a Kubernetes-based platform, and Deutsche Telekom’s automation framework. It provides network slicing support with dedicated control and user plane network functions to meet strict service level agreements.
The cloud-native, fully containerized solution is based on a stateless microservices architecture that allows for better resilience and faster recovery in the event of network failures. It also enables easy onboarding of users on Deutsche Telekom’s Containers as a Service (CaaS) which can be run on any public, private or hybrid cloud environment. Core’s third-party supplier network function supports integration with multiple third-party suppliers, including 4G and 5G access networks and customer management functions.
Pradeep Kohli, President and CEO of Mavenir, said, “The Mavenir solution deployed with Deutsche Telekom in Germany forms the foundation for the future debut of 5G standalone, allowing new applications and services to take advantage of 5G features such as low latency and network slicing. can.”
