Nokia Networks, Tuesday announced that it will sponsor the 5G network architecture related research at the University of Kaiserslautern in Germany and work closely with the university to study the changes that are required in the telco architecture going forward.
According to Nokia Networks, a new network architecture is required to manage these complex multi-layer and multi-technology networks, and to build-in flexibility even for applications that are yet to be envisioned. 5G networks will have to be programmable, software driven and managed holistically to enable a diverse range of services in a profitable way, said Nokia Networks.
The cooperation with the University of Kaiserslautern focuses on understanding the requirements of the Internet of Things and developing architecture components to address its needs.
Peter Merz, Head of Radio Systems, responsible for 5G research for FutureWorks, Nokia Networks
5G is not only about new radio access technology, network architecture will play an important role as well. We are working with University of Kaiserslautern to develop components and capabilities that will make it possible to execute our vision for the 5G architecture.
Prof. Dr. Hans D. Schotten, University of Kaiserslautern and Scientific Director, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)
The opportunity to do 5G research together with Nokia Networks is invaluable to our students and researchers. Equally, I am sure we will bring new thinking to Nokia Networks. I’m confident that together we will be able to come up with a basis for developing novel and highly efficient network architecture.
