Samsung Electronics Verifies 5G Network Slicing Technology with KDDI of Japan

Samsung Electronics has verified 5G network slicing technology with Japanese mobile telecommunication company KDDI.

Samsung Electronics has succeeded in verifying 5G network slicing technology with Japanese mobile telecommunication company KDDI.

The two companies carried out the technical verification by utilizing 5G base stations, 5G standalone (SA) core equipment, and test terminals at a research institute in Tokyo, Japan. They used a RAN intelligent controller (RIC) for the first time in the industry that effectively controls resources at base stations according to service conditions.

Network slicing is an essential 5G mobile communication technology that slices physical mobile networks into multiple virtual networks. It allows a mobile operator to make the most of the characteristics of 5G technology – high speed, ultra-low latency and massive connectivity.

The need for 5G network slicing continues to grow, as uniform service policies of physical networks cannot fully guarantee 5G services with varying requirements.

For example, 5G network slicing technology allows a mobile carrier to provide virtual networks, which guarantee reliability close to 100 percent with ultra-low latency at the millisecond level, for services such as self-driving, cloud gaming, and the industrial internet of things. For services such as AR and VR streaming and ultra-high-definition video streaming, the operator can provide virtual networks that guarantee communication speeds of several hundred megabits to several hundred gigabits.

Samsung Electronics and KDDI are planning to propose standards to international standard organizations based on the results of end-to-end 5G network (including base stations and cores) slicing verification.