DALLAS – The LTE North America conference kicked off this week with a day focused on the role of antennas and network signaling in the function, performance and evolution of LTE networks.
Emil Olbrich, VP of network technologies for Signals Research Group, moderated the latter discussions over the course of the day. He told RCR Wireless News that as far as LTE signaling, he sees several major trends emerging, including dynamic policy enforcement as well as virtualization. While concerns about signaling storms in LTE networks are lessening, Olbrich said, network function virtualization related to LTE signaling is an area of intense interest.
“What was interesting to see was a pivot point this year, as most of the vendors that were early on in the diameter routing issues and signaling issues are now saying, ‘hey, we need to virtualize our network appliances,'” said Olbrich. “The carriers in the U.S. are really driving this.”
Watch the interview with Olbrich below.
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