5G Deployment Option-6

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 Hi Guys today we are learning about 5G deployment options, if you want to know more about other 5G deployment option please click here




Option 6:

Option 6 signifies a network which has migrated to the NR, but retains EPC as the core network. Here, the original EPC signaling is used between the EPC and NR. 
This is a even less likely scenario than Option 3 as any operator that has EPC is likely to already have a LTE network. In the time it will take to phase out LTE, it is likely that the core network will migrate to NGC, thus making this scenario unlikely.



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  1. Unknown23 August 2019 at 09:10

    Did you mean this is even less likely than option 5? Option 3 is highly considered and even implemented in some cases.

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  2. Anonymous21 May 2020 at 14:35

    As far as I know, the Option 6 is not supported by 3GPP.

    https://www.3gpp.org/news-events/1929-nsa_nr_5g

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