What is STIR/SHAKEN? Caller ID spoofing is the act of maliciously faking the caller ID on a phone call.  This is usually to increase the chances of the person being ... Read More
What is the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS)? Recognizing the underutilization of a 3.5GHz spectrum range reserved for US Navy radar systems, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) release a ... Read More
What is 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA)? For the first time, the advent of 5G is allowing mobile technology to intersect with the demands of fixed line services and price points. Fixed ... Read More
Management Metaswitch provides a modern management solution that employs NETCONF and YANG for control of all Integrated Control Plane products.  It presents the ... Read More
Dataplane Integration (E.g. Broadcom) Metaswitch's Control Plane Model Layer (CPML) and Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) disaggregate the Metaswitch Control Plane from the underlying ... Read More
What is 5G beamforming, beam steering and beam switching with massive MIMO Due to the high propagation loss of the millimeter wavelengths (mmWaves) employed in 5G new radio (5G NR) systems, plus the high bandwidth demands of ... Read More
What is the Composable Network Application Processor (CNAP)? CNAP is a flexible and ultra high performance software packet processing engine developed by Metaswitch to provide the foundation for virtualized ... Read More
What is the 5G Service-Based Architecture (SBA)? Service-Based Architectures provide a modular framework from which common applications can be deployed using components of varying sources and ... Read More
What is Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC)? Reflecting the natural evolution of mobile Base Stations and the Radio Access Network (RAN), Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) first emerged as an ... Read More
What is the 5G Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF)? With the functionality of the 4G Mobility Management Entity (MME) now decomposed, the 5G Core Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) receives ... Read More
What is the 5G Session Management Function (SMF)? The 5G Session Management Function (SMF) is a fundamental element of the 5G Service-Based Architecture (SBA). The SMF is primarily responsible for ... Read More
What is the 5G User Plane Function (UPF)? The User Plane Function (UPF) is a fundamental component of a 3GPP 5G core infrastructure system architecture. The UPF represents the data plane ... Read More
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