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Who & How: Making 5G NR Standards
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5G, SDN/NFV, Sk Telecom
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
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CDN
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Why RCS Failed?
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07/10/2018
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Business to Technology - 5G
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06/21/2018
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06/15/2018
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06/07/2018
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05/23/2018
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Security is a many-layered thing*
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05/14/2018
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Being relevant, leading and remaining differentiated in the era of AI
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05/09/2018
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Yes, AI could be smart enough to take your job
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05/08/2018
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SK telecom 5G History: Milestone of 5G technology development of SK Telecom
06/26/2018
5G, SK Telecom
Openflow 1.5.1 Packet Header Match Fields
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Openflow 1.5.1 Flow Table
05/30/2018
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MooD (MBMS operation on Demand) Service Scenario
05/28/2018
LTE, eMBMS
Breakdown of Operating Revenues by Service (SK Telecom, KT, LG U+)
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Gigabit Internet, IPTV, KT, LG U+, LTE, SK Telecom
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Oh the possibilities that will become realities over the next 5 years
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Great work...! Your efforts made this achievement
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Germans have to pay attention. Koreans are not only good with soccer.
07/02/2018
Great technical description
07/02/2018
Great going...
06/28/2018
Luke, great to see a practical application of leading edge technology in the field!
06/25/2018
realtime video on 5G!!
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Nice information about the next-generation messenger. it is a good article. <a href="http://totoodo.com/samsung-p...
06/20/2018
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KOREA ICT RESEARCH REPORT

Open vs. Proprietary 5G Fronthaul Interface: SK Telecom Case 

Published: January 11, 2018

 

Table of Contents

• Abbreviations 
• [SK Telecom PR] SK Telecom’s fronthaul technology for 5G adopted as Korean national standard 
• RAN architecture: 4G RAN – Problem statements 
• RAN architecture: 5G RAN
• 5G RAN architecture: High-layer split (F1) and low layer split (RoE, eCPRI) 
• Lower layer function split: Radio over Ethernet vs. eCPRI 
• Open 5G fronthaul interface: IEEE 1914, xRAN and Telecom Infra Project (TIP) 
• SK Telecom 5G RAN architecture: Open fronthaul interface  
• SK Telecom 5G RAN architecture: High-layer split (F1) and low layer split (Fx) (1)  
• SK Telecom 5G RAN architecture: High-layer split (F1) and low layer split (Fx) (2)  
• Comparison between IEEE RoE (D3.0) and SK Telecom open F/H interface specification (1)  
• Comparison between IEEE RoE (D3.0) and SK Telecom open F/H interface specification (2)  
• Comparison between IEEE RoE (D3.0) and SK Telecom open F/H interface specification (3)  
• Comparison between IEEE RoE (D3.0) and SK Telecom open F/H interface specification (4)  
• Comparison between IEEE RoE (D3.0) and SK Telecom open F/H interface specification (5)  
• Netmanias comments on SK Telecom’s strategy  
• Open 5G RAN and fronthaul architecture of SK Telecom  
• Milestone of 5G technology development of SK Telecom
 
     

 

 
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