Programmable 5G transport

The 5th generation of mobile networks (5G) is the next major phase of mobile telecommunications which will provide the foundation for the Networked Society. To support 5G, transport will need to cater for increasingly diverse service requirements. It will need to support emerging 5G radio systems in terms of higher capacity, increasing number of cell sites and new deployment models. 5G transport must also provide a flexible platform for sharing of resources where different actors through transport APIs have access to network resources for fast and flexible deployment of new services (supporting a wide range of requirements). This talk summarizes the key defining factors for 5G transport and outlines a concept for programmable transport exploiting emerging optical devices enabled by integrated photonics.