If you think about a mobile network holistically, it’s really a gigantic wireline network with radios and antennae hanging off its edges, close to the end-users. This makes the wireline network just as critical as the wireless network for end-to-end service delivery—potentially more so, because it must support multiple generations of wireless technology at the same time. This paper offers tips to help you prepare your network for 5G.
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