Edge and cloud computing needed to enable 6G
CLOUD & CYBER
“ The fundamental idea of cell-free is to deploy a large number of distributed radios that are connected to a scale-out , elastic cloud platform . With 6G , the whole network can flex to become as large or as small as it needs to be to serve the user . It becomes more of a living , breathing network .”
New network infrastructure to ensure smooth transition “ We can expect novel use cases when the network will be treated like a platform ,” predicts Mishra . “ These use cases will bring new traffic patterns , new data rate requirements , higher uplink rates , machine-to-machine communications , etc . This all will drive how 6G wireless radio technologies evolve and how the network architecture is designed .”
“ The 6G network architecture will be based on integrating various network functions in cloud environments , leveraging the advancement of AI in all domains , using different types of sub-networks , and enhancing means of exposing data and services to third parties ,” adds Ziegler . “ Data , connectivity , and computing are key capabilities that 6G systems need to offer to enable and , most importantly , scale for use cases such as automation , AI , metaverse , digital twins and others spanning across key industries .
“ Ultimately , when we think about the transition to 6G , we need to understand that this shift is evolutionary , as it has already started with 5G paving the way for fully cloud-native networks ,” he explains . “ At Nokia , we identified four key aspects to define cloud-nativeness . We expect to see small , stateless microservices architecture running in containers since containers are faster to deploy and upgrade compared to large monolithic applications .
“ We also expect cloud agnostic and infrastructure agnostic environments that can be deployed anywhere . Because of abstraction , we will be able to eliminate
Edge and cloud computing needed to enable 6G
A “ sound distributed computing and artificial intelligence strategy ” will be needed to underpin successful 6G commercial deployment and enterprise use case enablement , according to an ABI Research report . “ 6G networks will need to be deployed across distributed computing domains with integrated edge AI resources to provide effective services for enterprise applications ,” said Reece Hayden , a distributed and edge computing analyst at ABI Research .
88 December 2022