Cloud-Native Networking for a 5G Era

At present, most CSPs or Communications Service Providers are trying to undergo network infrastructure transformation. This is mainly to change the mindsets and help in the automation of operations, such that the new growth can be captured. 

The global network solutions are trying their best to be future-ready, and one of the best ways to do that is to adopt a 5G network.

The growth of the new B2Bs, or Business-to-Business, is essential, and 5G adoption is an excellent way to do so. However, the CSPs need to impose agility and scaling up their networks and enterprises to make sure that it is impactful in the growth.

Questions Asked By CSPs

Before adopting a new cloud-based solution, CSPs are mainly wary of-

• Whether it changes the current processes?
• Whether it affects the workflows?
• Whether the solution is adequate for getting sufficient human capital for changing the software-centric networks globally?

5G Era Needs Disaggregation

The adoption of the 5G network, which is software-centric, will most probably transform and impose new operations compared to the ones used today. However, this will only occur when adequate disaggregation and openness are present in the ecosystem.

In the future, the 5G network can start the need for a common platform that can link the disaggregated and disparate tools. In the future, the CSPs may emphasize more on this factor. Also, 5G networks will favor multi-vendors. 

To ensure that the complete advantage of the cloud-native features is utilized, it must avoid the immersion into a rigid framework from the present technologies.

E2E Orchestration towards Public & Edge Cloud from 5G

The CSPs and the global network solutions need the multi-layered orchestration of the E2E. This can impose agility, which can help in the easy composition of current assets into required services and products, as per the market’s demand. 

Also, the programmable network architectures can be used by the vendors instead of manual processes. This will ensure that the service requests of the business will be already made beforehand and can be used on-demand.

The cloud-native solutions, which use programmable networks, will probably use the new network functions which are disaggregated. It will help generate control on the management and orchestration of the virtualized Network Functions and Private Network Functions.

In the 5G network, the E2E orchestration primarily requires the complete integration of the virtual or physical hybrid environments and network functions. Ultimately, the aim is to migrate to a network cloud with cloud-native solutions completely.

Application-Aware Networks

The application-aware networks are an enterprise fully equipped with data analytics, mobile, open APIs, and the cloud blends in to make sure that the processes become low on cost while maintaining the same efficiency level. 

With the rise of such networks, the old SOA, or Service Oriented Architecture, can finally be replaced by the APIs. This will increase the diversity and make the workflow dynamic in nature. Also, such networks can be reused, and it fits well with the CNFs or the Cloud-Native Functions.

The three main components needed to utilize an application-aware network are complete-

• Open APIs that work on the hardware of the open market.
• Intelligence in connectivity.
• Horizontal and vertical orchestration are multi-domain and multi-layered.

With the rise of the disaggregated networking based on open-model, these components are necessary for its market emergence.

Conclusion

With time, the 5G network is predicted to experience heavy traffic. As a result, the global network solutions are expected to adapt to cloud-native networking to adapt to any scale for handling network bursts, issues, and services on demand. With the help of these solutions, the CSPs will be able to achieve more work efficiency in the era of the 5G network.