MWC presentation on the deployment of "network intelligence" - in the core of the network vs. distributed.

1. Network Edge vs. Network Core:
The Intelligence Battle
P. Jarich
VP, Consumer & Infra
February 27, 2013
Washington, DC / London / Paris
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2. Trip Through Time: Alvarion’s Open WiMAX
Betting on
WiMAX
aside,
Alvarion got
some things
right…
Source: Alvarion
(circa 2007)
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3. Trip Through Time: Alvarion’s Open WiMAX
#1 – You Need
To Think
About
Ecosystems
Source: Alvarion
(circa 2007)
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4. Trip Through Time: Alvarion’s Open WiMAX
#2 – Network
Management &
Coordination
Impact
Performance
Source: Alvarion
(circa 2008)
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5. Trip Through Time: Alvarion’s Open WiMAX
#3 – Services &
Customer
Experience Will
Eclipse Value of
Access
Source: Alvarion
(circa 2008)
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6. The Question On Everyone’s Mind
What’s The Point?
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7. The Answer I Was Shooting For
Circa 2013: The
Value of Services
Has Come To Fore
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8. Services Circa 2013: New SP Models
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9. Services Circa 2013: New Competition Models
or….
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10. Which Leads To Another Question
Where Do Services Live?
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11. Services @ Network Edge
Your Small Cell Friends
& Neighbors
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12. Services @ Network Edge
More Than Just
Small Cells
Who Else???
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13. Services @ Network Core
SDN + NFV
If you don’t know these trends yet,
you should…you will.
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14. Services @ Network Core
Think The Cool Start-
Ups & Friends
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15. Services @ Network Core
Think The Established
IP/IT Players
Revenge of The
Innovators Dilemma?
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16. Edge vs. Core: What Goes Where?
Why Edge? Why Core?
transport efficiencies
latency
localized demands
high-value locations
remote locations
RAN intelligence
costs + leverage
intensive processing
service orchestration
service agility
(experimentation)
broader strategy
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17. Edge vs. Core: Where to Find Synergies?
Can’t We Just All
Get Along?
Storage vs. Processing
Global Policy vs. Local Conditions
Global Services vs. Localized Demands
Greenfield vs. Brownfield Deployments
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18. Edge vs. Core: Where to Find Synergies?
Can’t We Just All
Get Along?
Yes or No…
…Be Prepared For The Marketing & Messaging
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19. Thank You
Peter Jarich
VP, Consumer & Infrastructure
Email: pjarich@currentanalysis.com
Direct: +1 703.788.3792
Mobile: +1 540.239.6436
Twitter: @pnjarich
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