Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and Software Defined Networking (SDN)
‘Network Functions Virtualization’ and ‘Software Defined Networking’ are two complimentary and overlapping technologies which are already well understood in the Enterprise IT and Data Centre world. Described as ‘business transformation technologies’ they are set to deliver a host of benefits to the Telecommunications Service Provider community, which is being …
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Next Generation – Passive Optical Network 2 (ITU – T G.989)
GOING THE ‘LAST MILE’ Access Networks connect Business and Residential consumers to their local Central Office so that Telecommunications services can be offered. They contrast with Core Networks which is the central part of a Telecommunications network that provide various services to consumers (e.g. PSTN calls). It also provides Gateways …
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Augmented Reality
WHAT IS AUGMENTED REALITY? Augmented Reality is the integration of a user’s real world environment with a digital overlay of information in real time. It enriches our real world view with computer-generated sensory input (e.g. 3D graphics, sound, video clips, GPS data) superimposed on our personal Communications Devices, Head Mounted …
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Autonomous Vehicles
The Daily Autonomous Singapore Launches World First Driverless Taxi Trial 25 August 2016 Today, Singapore became the first country in the world to offer an on-demand driverless taxi service. This new technology is about to disrupt the transport industry. The service is part of an ongoing trial by ‘nuTonomy’ which …
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)
In spite of being around for quite some time, the term ‘Artificial Intelligence’ has recently emerged as a hot-topic of conversation amongst researchers and technologists in the field of Computer Science. But what is it? Simply put, Artificial Intelligence is that branch of Computer Science concerned with making machines (specifically …
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Big Data Analytics
Big Data is the term for data sets that are so large or complex that traditional data processing applications and storage facilities are inadequate to deal with them accurately and in a timely decision-making manner. IBM data scientists broke Big Data into four dimensions (the 4 V’s of Big Data): …
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Cyber Risk and Cyber Defence
The Creation and Launch of the Internet has been heralded as the latest in a series of major Telecommunications engineering triumphs. The Internet boasts about 3.4 billion users today already – that’s over 40% of the world’s population. The recent International Telecommunications Union report said there will be 4.5 billion …
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5G: The Vision and Future Path
Introduction : The rapid proliferation and acceptance of LTE technology worldwide pushed the number of smartphones far beyond what one could possibly imagine a few years back. Currently one in three of the world’s population owns a smartphone. What can we expect after LTE and LTE Advanced? What comes after …
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5G Technology and The Internet of Things
In the last 40 years or so, the telecommunications industry has captivated humankind with the development and release of two breathtaking global phenomena – the Evolution and Growth of the Mobile Phone plus the Creation and Launch of the Internet. MOBILE PHONE EVOLUTION AND GROWTH Mobile Phone subscriptions already outnumber …
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SDN/NFV Market Growth and Interoperability
Introduction : Software-defined networking (SDN) is a new approach to designing, building, and managing networks that separates the network’s control (brains) and forwarding (muscle) planes to better optimize each. SDN providers offer a wide selection of competing architectures, but at its most simple, the SDN method centralizes control of …
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