MEC Location in 4G/5G Network

Gateway Function - DeComposition

Transforming GW Function in NFV, helps to decompose the GW Layer's Control and User Plane. The aim is to make the User Plane to be handled by simple infra than a stringent mobility gateway node.

A CAPEX saving opportunity is always good to adopt.

Like to find whether it is a vendor specific initiative or is it part of any existing 3GPP / ongoing proposal ?

A detailed take on GW Decomposition....

The basic concept :-

References :-

1. Split Architecture - Telekom Innovation Lab
2. Applying NFV and SDN to LTE Mobile Core Gateways
3. CISCO 5G Benefits
4. 3GPP TS 23.714 5G Benefits

Huawei to unveil 4.5G at its MBB Global Forum in Shanghai BY November-2014

Huawei is in preparation of strategic solution in order to bridge the gap between 4G & 5G and use it as a steppingstone to develop a own proposal for 5G Contender.

During the recent GSMA Middle East 360, Hauwei unveiled the summary of the proposed 4.5G development plan to attract regional players to commit for candidature in deploying the Huawei solution in widespread.

The term "4.5G" created a HUGE buzz, but with very small detail on technological aspects it is not clear enough to conclude the expected improvement on existing 4G/LTE solutions.

In summary, Huawei's aim for 4.5G to achieve....

>  10 Gbps
>  100K Subscribers within a km² coverage
>  To serve the evolution between 2016 to 2020

Also willl support...

>  D2D in addition to M2M
>  4K Video Quality
>  3D Video
>  Complete control/service layer in cloud architecture

Pictures are sourced from Huawei's Presentation Slides.