Cable-Tec Expo 2019

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Edge Computing in Converged Networks and 5G Fronthaul/Backhaul Opportunities (Room 211-213)

As mobile and cable networks converge, there is tremendous opportunity to share infrastructure and to optimize the location and capability of compute resources. The mobile industry concept of multi-access edge computing (MEC) can be applied to cable networks to benefit a wide range of use cases, especially those that are latency or bandwidth sensitive. Cable operators can transform their hub sites into cable edge compute locations by co-locating mobile edge compute with cable edge compute. This session will demonstrate the network architecture for such a common mobile/cable edge compute fabric, and will make recommendations on the scaling and location for the edge compute components. It will also describe the three key building blocks of the NG-RAN architecture–the centralized unit (CU), distributed unit (DU), and remote radio unit (RU) –and will illustrate how service providers can offer cost efficient and high-performance operation for fronthaul, midhaul, and backhaul using new standards, technologies and simplified techniques.