Lothar Walther of Rohde & Schwarz

5G New Radio enables a wealth of use cases for consumers, enterprises, and even devices. The requirements of each service vary enormously depending on the application type. In order to provide various types of services, mobile network operators have found different ways to adapt their networks. For example, deploying independent core networks such as one for smartphones and another for IoT devices. To address the need for optimizing network utilization, 3GPP introduced network slicing in Release 15, providing a logical slicing up of a network to best serve different use cases.

This webinar explains what network slicing is all about, how the RAN can support it and discusses how to test for correct 5G mobile device behavior. The following topics will be discussed:

• how slices are identified and accessed by the mobile device
• how a mobile device sorts traffic into different slices
• how the RAN supports network slicing
• how to test the correct network slicing behavior of 5G mobile devices

Biography:

Lothar Walther is a delegate for Rohde & Schwarz to the 3GPP RAN2 and SA2 working groups. In this role, he supports the further evolution of the 5G New Radio communications standard and the development of related test products. Before his current role, he was a trainer covering LTE and 5G communications standards, test challenges, and related test solutions. Lothar has more than 25 years of experience in the field of telecommunications. Before joining Rohde & Schwarz he was in various positions at Nokia Siemens Networks, Siemens, and tfk. Lothar holds an MSc. in physics from the University of Würzburg, Germany, and the Northeastern University, Boston, USA.

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