Login | Register FREE! | English | Korean | About Us
  Home | Reports | Technical Documents | Tech-Blog | One-Shot Gallery | Korea ICT News | Korea Communication Market Data | List of Contributors | Become a Contributor |    
 
 
Section 5G 4G LTE C-RAN/Fronthaul Gigabit Internet IPTV/Video Streaming IoT SDN/NFV Wi-Fi KT SK Telecom LG U+ Network Protocol Samsung   Korean Vendors
 
CHANNELS     HFR    |  Mobile Fronthaul Solution  |  Carrier Ethernet Solution  | Resources        
NG-PON2 Solution for 10G Internet Service: SK’s Development & Deployment
 
FEATURED CONTENTS
 
 
Reports
Technical Documents
Tech-Blog
One-Shot Gallery
NG-PON2 Solution for 10G Internet Service: SK’s Development & Deployment
NG-PON2 Solution for 10G Internet Service: SK’s Development & Deployment
07/13/2018
Gigabit Internet, SK Telecom
Brief Survey on 5G RAN Practical Deployment Scenario: From 2-tier (4G) to 3-tier (5G)
Brief Survey on 5G RAN Practical Deployment Scenario: From 2-tier (4G: BBU and RRH) to 3-tier (5G...
01/18/2018
5G, C-RAN/Fronthaul
Open vs. Proprietary 5G Fronthaul Interface: SK Telecom Case
Price: $695 (Single license) | $2,995 (Corporate license) • Author: Harrison J. Son @ Netmanias •...
01/11/2018
5G, C-RAN/Fronthaul, SK Telecom
Pay TV market in South Korea: IPTV, Cable TV and Satellite TV - December 2017
Price: $695 (Single license) | $2,995 (Corporate license) • Author: Harrison J. Son @ Netmani...
12/14/2017
IPTV, Korea
Korea Mobile Communications Market Report Q2 2017
Price: $695 (Single license) | $2,995 (Corporate license) • Author: Harrison J. Son @ Netmanias...
09/25/2017
4G, KT, LG U+, LTE, SK Telecom
Netmanias Interview with Juniper Networks: Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN)
Netmanias recently had an interview via email with Mr. Wayne Cheung, Product Marketing Director a...
08/01/2017
SD-WAN, SDN/NFV
Netmanias Interview with Nuage/Nokia - Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN)
Netmanias recently had an interview via email with Mr. Gary Kinghorn, Senior Product Marketing Ma...
06/14/2017
SD-WAN, SDN/NFV
SDN/NFV: Strategies and Progresses in Network Operators
Distributed vCPE | vCPE on Aggregation Switch or PE | Centralized vCPE | Centralized vCPE – Why S...
04/18/2017
SDN/NFV, vCPE
Who & How: Making 5G NR Standards
Understanding Key Features of 5G NR Standards and Samsung’s Contribution
5G, New Radio, Samsung
Towards Achieving High Performance in 5G Mobile Packet Core’s User Plane Function
This paper presents architecture for a user plane function (UPF) in the mobile packet core (MPC)...
5G, SDN/NFV, Sk Telecom
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
• Content Delivery Network Overview • Content Delivery Network Architecture • Content Delivery Ma...
CDN
Key Industry Challenges and devising new models for Business enablement using End to End Network Slicing
Network Slice is a concept within 3GPP CT and its history can be traced back to R13/R14 with the...
5G, SDN/NFV
5G Core Architecture - Evolution || Use Cases || Services
This whitepaper explores the new 5G core architecture and how it solves the present-day problems...
5G
5G in Apprehension – The Beginning of New Era
It’s about architecture vision for 5G, which going to be a technology beyond cellular system. It’...
5G
Core Network Evolution - How CUPS changes the Call Flow?
Control and User Plane Separation of EPC nodes (CUPS) is one of the main Work Items of 3GPP Relea...
LTE
Interoperability As A Service - Automate and Simplify Interoperability Process
This white paper will present a new product - an Easy, Quick and Reliable Cloud based solution -...
5G, IoT
Why RCS Failed?
RCS started its journey at the GSMA in 2008 with the promise to allow service providers to delive...
07/10/2018
RCS
Business to Technology - 5G
In this short article I present my views regarding market and business requirements leading towar...
06/21/2018
5G
Telecom regulation and blockchain - is #RegTech the killer application?
One of the most interesting developments in telecoms technology for a while occurred this week –...
06/15/2018
blockchain
Securing zero touch for uCPE deployments
Service providers are working to replace customer premises equipment (CPE) appliances with softwa...
06/07/2018
SDN/NFV, security, uCPE
Network-based Edge-Computing: Overhyped & Underpowered?
I keep hearing that Edge Computing is the next big thing - and specifically, in-network edge comp...
05/23/2018
5G, Edge Computing
Security is a many-layered thing*
Layering is a well-known strategy for security. By using layers, we increase the difficulty of pe...
05/14/2018
SDN/NFV, Security
Being relevant, leading and remaining differentiated in the era of AI
In the previous post "Yes, AI could be smart enough to take your job," I mentioned that AI would...
05/09/2018
AI
Yes, AI could be smart enough to take your job
When I was doing my final year project in 1989 at IIT Roorkee, India in a subfield of AI known as...
05/08/2018
AI
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
06/11/2018
Openflow, SDN/NFV
Openflow 1.5.1 Flow Table
05/30/2018
Openflow, SDN/NFV
MooD (MBMS operation on Demand) Service Scenario
05/28/2018
LTE, eMBMS
Breakdown of Operating Revenues by Service (SK Telecom, KT, LG U+)
05/17/2018
Gigabit Internet, IPTV, KT, LG U+, LTE, SK Telecom
LTE Broadcast Live TV Service Workflow
05/16/2018
LTE, eMBMS
LTE-Broadcast (eMBMS) Control & Data Plane Protocol Stack
05/02/2018
LTE, eMBMS
Brands That Use AI To Enhance Marketing (Infographic) 2018
04/20/2018
AI
 
   
NEW COMMENTS VIEW ALL
 
 
uCPE– Universal CPE is a term coined by AT&T. It denotes a CPE that is not reliant on a centralized cloud for a...
07/19/2018
Hi Team, Thanks for sharing the awesome docs. Could you please share OpenStack documnets sepretaly. Regards,...
07/18/2018
from my opinion, if dedupe / compression, it may affect the quality of network. If running VOIP, the voice quality m...
07/17/2018
MPE I believe is a vendor specific designation. Multimedia Poliicy Engine?
07/13/2018
Oh the possibilities that will become realities over the next 5 years
07/12/2018
First thing I noticed is that there are no revenue models or capital efficiency plans in the Samsung demo.
07/12/2018
This is revolutionary. I guess the digital bridge is shorter than assumed and far cried
07/10/2018
I would definitely need information whether the solution caters end to end encompasses RAN-Transport-Core-Isp... Othe...
07/09/2018
SKT's initiative on NFV infra / Open Compute / CORD - Can be added in the list !!
07/04/2018
Great work...! Your efforts made this achievement
07/02/2018
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!!
06/22/2018
Dean, Thanks for the interesting analysis, it would be a pleasure to speak to you and discuss this in more depth, I&...
06/21/2018
Nice information about the next-generation messenger. it is a good article. <a href="http://totoodo.com/samsung-p...
06/20/2018
Wonderful article !! Thanks for the insight, it's been helpful in understanding DHCP
06/16/2018
Dear Expert, From a field,We have 63% QPSK utilisation in a customer network here in france and the CQI-modulation 3...
06/13/2018
Great article!! Indeed smart agriculture is the need of the hour. Thanks for sharing this. You can read more about th...
06/12/2018
 
   
MOST VIEWED CONTENTS VIEWS
 
 
EMM Procedure 1. Initial Attach - Part 2. Call Flow of Initial Attach Technical Documents
150,807
LTE QoS (Part 2) - LTE QoS Parameters (QCI, ARP, GBR, MBR and AMBR) Tech-Blog
131,267
LTE Network Architecture: Basic Technical Documents
104,982
LTE EMM and ECM States Technical Documents
91,655
LTE QoS: SDF and EPS Bearer QoS Technical Documents
85,168
LTE Identification III: EPS Session/Bearer Identifiers Technical Documents
83,043
LTE Security II: NAS and AS Security Technical Documents
77,554
LTE Security I: Concept and Authentication Technical Documents
75,505
EMM Procedure 1. Initial Attach - Part 1. Cases of Initial Attach Technical Documents
73,724
LTE: Tracking Area (TA) and Tracking Area Update (TAU) Tech-Blog
69,652
 
   
MOST DISCUSSED CONTENTS COMMENTS
 
 
LTE Identification III: EPS Session/Bearer Identifiers Technical Documents
31
LTE QoS: SDF and EPS Bearer QoS Technical Documents
30
LTE Security II: NAS and AS Security Technical Documents
23
LTE Network Architecture: Basic Technical Documents
22
EMM Procedure 1. Initial Attach - Part 1. Cases of Initial Attach Technical Documents
21
LTE Policy and Charging Control (PCC) Technical Documents
20
No, 5G won't kill WiFi Tech-Blog
19
Network Architecture Evolution from 4G to 5G One-Shot Gallery
19
Who will be the world's first operator to deploy a nationwide IoT network? Tech-Blog
18
Mobile Network Architecture for 5G Era - New C-RAN Architecture and Distributed 5G Core Tech-Blog
18

 

 
     
   

 

    
   

How to contribute articles to Netmanias!

We always welcome contributed articles. Share your expertise and inspire others!

    
   

 

    
     
 

 

     
 

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
 
     

 

 
5G PROGRESS in KOREA ( - 2018)
 
 

 

   Last updated: 2018.07

 

 

 

5G COMMERCIALIZATION STATUS - KT
 
 

 

 

 

KT's Strategy to commercialize Mobile 5G | 04/05/2018
 

 

KT, who successfully demonstrated 5G network operation and 5G pilot service at PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games in February this year, officially declared the world's first commercialization of 5G service in March next year.

  

 
 
 

 

   

VENDOR POST

 
   

 

 

 

Whitepaper

HFR's Mobile Fronthaul Solutions for LTE-A Era
     
 

Whitepaper

Netvision Telecom's LTE/Wi-Fi Multipath Aggregation Solution: Instantly upgrade the performance of your mobile network

 
 
 

 

 

FUTURE LTE DESIGNED BY SK Telecom 
 
 

 

 

(2) Application of C-DRX

07/14/2017
     
 

(1) 4.5G Evolution Roadmap - 5-CA Commercialization and 4x4 MIMO

06/13/2017

 
 
 

 

 

SD-WAN 
 
 

 

 

SD-WAN traffic path control and WAN quality enhancement solutions by vendor: (2) Citrix

07/19/2017
     
 

Comparison of the SD-WAN vendor solutions

07/07/2017
     
 

Netmanias Interview with Nuage/Nokia - Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN)

06/14/2017
     
 

SD-WAN traffic path control and WAN quality enhancement solutions by vendor (1): Silver Peak

06/28/2017
     
 

Survey - Operator’s Managed SD-WAN Services

05/30/2017

 
 
 

 

 
REPORT
 
 
     
 

SDN/NFV: Strategies and Progresses in Network Operators

• Published : 2017.04.24

 

 

  
 
     
 

Analysis of Global 5G Development (2) - Korea: KT

• Published : 2017.03.20

 

 

  
 
     
 

Analysis of Global 5G Development (1) - 5G Standardization so far

• Published : 2017.03.06

 

  
 

 

    SK Telecom's Massive IoT Deployment

    through LoRa for Small Things

    • Length: 36 pages

    • Price: $495 NOW FREE

    • Published : 2016.07.13

    • Author: Netmanias

 

 
 

 

 
NETWORK ARCHITECTURE
 
 

 


 

 

Nokia's D-RAN/C-RAN Evolution Architecture

KT Network Architecture - Current


 

KT 5G Network Architenture


 

Network Architecture Evolution from 4G to 5G


 

5G network as envisioned by KT - Analysis of KT's 5G network architecture


 

SK Telecom 4G LTE Network


 

SK Broadband/SK Telecom's Gigabit Internet Access Network


 

5G POC (Test, Trial) Status in Korea


 

E2E Network Slicing - Key 5G technology : What is it? Why do we need it? How do we implement it?


 

 

 
KOREAN MOBILE MARKET DATA
 
 

 

   • 22+ charts

   • Last Updated: November 2016

 

 
 

 

 
OUR PUBLICATION
 
 

 

   Korea Communication Review

 

   Q2 2017

 


 

 

 
   

 

    
   

Subscribe FREE

Currently, 49,000+ subscribed to Netmanias.

  • You can get Netmanias Newsletter

  • You can download all

    netmanias' contents in pdf file

    
   

 

    
 


 

 
KOREAN ICT NEWS 
 
 

KT Unveils 5G Emergency Rescue Platform ‘SKYSHIP’

KT, South Korea’s largest telecommunications company, has unveiled a next-generation platform for disaster and safety management, in its latest eff...

07/05/2018

Samsung and SK Telecom Showcase their Progress on the Journey to 5G

Companies are one step closer to 5G commercialization. In June 2018, Samsung Electronics and SK Telecom successfully demonstrated their jointly-dev...

07/04/2018

Samsung and Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) Demonstrate Real-Life 5G Scenarios in Russia

Samsung and MTS announced that they used Samsung’s 5G network and devices to successfully demonstrate a series of 5G scenarios including HD video c...

07/03/2018

Samsung and Cisco in Partnership with Orange Demonstrate New 5G-Powered Home Entertainment and Smart City Applications in Romania

Samsung Electronics and Cisco announced today that they have successfully completed a friendly-user trial and series of 5G demonstrations with Oran...

07/02/2018

KT Corp. and GS Retail Expands Joint VR Business ‘VRIGHT’

KT, South Korea’s largest telecommunications company, is pioneering new opportunities in the next-generation of virtual reality (VR) with its cutti...

06/30/2018

KT joins ORAN (Open RAN) Alliance to create an Open 5G Standard with Global Carriers

KT announced on 27th that it will promote 'Open 5G standard' by participating as a board member at the founding general meeting of 'O-RAN (Open Rad...

06/29/2018

KT’s ‘Ni Hao 5G!’ Campaign Catches Global Attention at MWC Shanghai

KT showcased its expertise and global leadership in next-generation wireless technology and services at this week’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) Sha...

06/29/2018

SK Telecom joins ORAN (Open RAN) Alliance

SK Telecom announced on the 28th that it participated as a core member in the global 5G carrier association 'Open Radio Access Network' (ORAN) Alli...

06/28/2018

KT SAT Eyes SE Asian Market at CommunicAsia 2018

KT SAT, the satellite-operating subsidiary of KT, is offering its cutting-edge satellite services to potential Southeast Asian customers this week...

06/27/2018

KDDI and Samsung Successfully Complete Live Real-Time Free-Viewpoint Video Stream Test on 5G

KDDI uses Samsung's 5G equipment to introduce a whole new, immersive viewing experience for sports and entertainment, enabling viewers to control t...

06/27/2018

KT Launches Digital Healthcare System in Russia

KT announced today the launch of a digital pilot project in Russia to enable remote medical diagnosis and treatment among hospitals in the world’s...

06/26/2018

Boosting Law Enforcement Productivity, Safety and Data Security in the Field

Finally a viable solution to replace old laptops and desktop computers has arrived on the public safety scene with Samsung DeX in Car technology, m...

06/21/2018

 
PAY TV MARKET IN KOREA (2016)
 
 

Source: KOREA COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (KCC)

 

 
SPONSOR CONTENTS
 
 
[SMEC] SMEC's LTE Femto Gateway with X2 Broker - Facilitating instant mass deployment o...
03/15/2016
Cultural Revolution Within the CSP - The real impact of virtualization
03/07/2016
What do Telcos Need to Become Agile? - How to create a superior service production envi...
02/16/2016
NFV and SDN: Don’t get lost in translation
01/22/2016
[Juniper] Can Telcos Become Agile? - Using DevOps for service creation
12/30/2015
 
 
SPONSOR VIDEO
 
 

 

 

                                    Our Partner's Solution: HFR's uRadio Solution.
 
 
 
LTE TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS
 
 

 

25 LTE IP Address Allocation Schemes II: A Case for Two Cities  
24 LTE IP Address Allocation Schemes I: Basic  
23 LTE Charging I: Offline  
22 LTE Policy and Charging Control (PCC)  
21 EMM Procedure 10 & 11. Move to Another City and Attach  
20 EMM Procedure 8 & 9. Handover and Cell Reselection with TAU  
19 EMM Procedure 7. Cell Reselection without TAU  
18 EMM Procedure 6. Handover without TAU - Part 3. S1 Handover  
17 EMM Procedure 6. Handover without TAU - Part 2. X2 Handover  
16 EMM Procedure 6. Handover without TAU - Part 1. Overview of LTE Handover  
15 EMM Procedure 5. Periodic TAU  
14 EMM Procedure 4. Service Request  
13 EMM Procedure 3. S1 Release  
12 EMM Procedure 2. Detach  
11 EMM Procedure 1. Initial Attach - Part 2. Call Flow of Initial Attach  
10 EMM Procedure 1. Initial Attach - Part 1. Cases of Initial Attach  
9 Eleven EMM Cases in an EMM Scenario  
8 LTE EMM and ECM States  
7 LTE QoS: SDF and EPS Bearer QoS  
6 LTE Identification III: EPS Session/Bearer Identifiers  
5 LTE Identification II: NE and Location Identifiers  
4 LTE Identification I: UE and ME Identifiers  
3 LTE Security II: NAS and AS Security  
2 LTE Security I: Concept and Authentication  
1 LTE Network Architecture: Basic  
     
 
 
 
LINKEDIN FEED
 
 

 

 
       
 

 

Register    |    About Us    |   Sponsor Channel Service (Korean Market)    |   Advertise    |   Contact Us     |     LinkedIn    |     Our Korean Site

 
 

 

HQ: 201, Hanho Building 33, Nonhyeon-ro 64-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06228, Rep. of KOREA  

Netmanias USA: 5214 36th Ave. NE Seattle, WA 98105 USA

 

Netmanias was founded in year 2002, and provides in-depth analysis and overview of 4G & 5G mobile,

IoT, SDN/NFV, Gigabit Internet and video streaming technologies as well as trends in the evolution

of Korean operators’ networks and services

Copyright ⓒ 2002-2018 NMC Consulting Group. All rights reserved.