Evolved Packet Core (EPC) is a framework for providing converged voice and data services on a 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network. EPC unifies voice and data on an IP service architecture, and both ...

5G is the first truly multiservice network. Thus, as well as needing to be very reliable, it needs to be extremely flexible and scalable. In order to accomplish this the core must be architected to ...

The state-of-the-art Compact Packet Core integrates the Packet Core Controller and Packet Core Gateway network functions into a compact, one-rack version of Ericsson's Cloud-Native Infrastructure ...

In our last article, we looked at how the disaggregated and cloud-native design of the packet core is advantageous for scalability and efficiency. The issue of how throughput is maximized and latency ...