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Exploring the 5G base station functional splits

Exploring the 5G base station functional splits

From the course: 5G Network Architecture and Protocols

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Exploring the 5G base station functional splits

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- It is a widely recognized fact that there is an increased demand in network capacity as user traffic growth. (screen whooshing) Let's figure out how exactly operators and service providers can address such challenges in a flexible way. (screen whooshing) In this video, we will discuss what makes 5G truly flexible, functional split options, advantages and disadvantages, and many more. (screen whooshing) By the end of this video, you will be able to describe the base station functional split options, explain the main benefits behind them. (screen whooshing) As you could see from our previous video lesson, splitting a radio access network into multiple parts is not a new concept. The reason behind that disaggregation in 5G remains similar. This is a trade off between latency, traffic volume, utilization of that traffic, cell throughput, and overall complexity of our solution. Over the last 20 years, traffic volume and user numbers in mobile networks have increased dramatically. As…

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