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R. S. Shetty5G Mobile Core Network https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6473-7_6

6. Automation in 5G

Rajaneesh Sudhakar Shetty1  
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Bangalore, Karnataka, India
 

Most of the mobile operators who are planning a transition from 4G to 5G will need to consider building a mobile network that is more standard-based and fully automated with a control on the complete network (software control). This will require the operators to plan their data center in a distributed manner, with a few data centers/sites marked as central data centers, where most of the network functions (NFs) and application functions will be deployed and several data centers marked as multi-access edge control (MEC) data centers. MEC data centers, where a ...

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