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We cannot believe Fyuz24 is done; what a show! Thank you to the Telco community, which joined us in the city of Dublin for an unbelievable experience. Part 1 of a Special shoutout to the Telecom Infra Project team and supporting partners for orchestrating the event in conjunction with all of our sponsors and media partners: Accelleran, Accenture, Alpha Wireless, AMD, Amdocs, ARIANE, Arrcus, Inc., Benetel, Cohere Technologies, Comarch, Comcast, Communications Today, CONNECT Centre, Dell Technologies, Druid Software, DriveNets, Edgecore Networks Corporation, Ericsson, Fujitsu, G REIGNS, HCLTech, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HTC, i14y Lab, Infinera, Intel Corporation, IP Infusion, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)(工業技術研究院, 工研院), LabLabee, Meta We will see you at the next Fyuz, coming in 2025 What did you enjoy most at #fyuz? #fyuz #telco #openran #openwifi #5g

One of the keynotes at #FYUZ24 this week was NVIDIA Chris Penrose, talking #AI in #telecoms. He covered the role of #LLMs, plus a big focus on AI in the RAN. One topic that keeps cropping up is the notion of #GPUaaS, delivered from either central supercomputing facilities, or spare capacity at the edge of the network. Recent announcements from NVIDIA and SoftBank Group Corp. were used as talking points, including a claim that $5 revenue can be generated from $1 capex (see James Crawshaw post for discussion). I've got a measure of agreement that telcos might monetise a centralised bank of CPUs, especially in countries where #SovereignAI is seen as critical. The local incumbent telcos might be encouraged (or subsidised) by governments to run a national AI facility. This is similar to reusing assets or infrastructure from telcos' non-AI cloud / datacentre operations, or contracted national services such as TV broadcast or public-safety networks. But I'm skeptical of the AI-RAN concept of deploying lots of distributed compute for RAN functions like layer 1 basebands or power management, and then selling excess capacity for third-party AI. The usual use-cases were rolled out, such as #autonomousvehicles, offloaded AR/VR processing, #cloudgaming, industrial automation and so on. I see this as another wishful-thinking attempt for telcos to offer #edgecomputing services. The SoftBank AITRAS architecture chart shows virtualisation and orchestration to host both NVIDIA AI Aerial (for the radio layer 1), and its AI Enterprise (for other workloads). This is basically the same as the original MEC idea, where the focus was on sharing servers for #5G core functions which need to run at the edge (like UPFs or security elements), with room left over for customer workloads as well. Edge AI shares many of the limitations as MEC: - Where is the interconnect to the rest of the Internet and other MNOs? Few applications can run just in a single operator RAN, and they likely won't want to use the main MNO peering / transit path - Is the compute request "up" from devices nearby (cars etc) for latency benefits, or "down" from the cloud (spot market for distributed GPU resource)? The former is coverage-dependent and latter isn't really edge - Many device applications use Wi-Fi a large X% of the time, so workloads will only hit the MNO RAN edge node for 100-X% - What are the power implications? Does the telco have enough supply to run the compute hot the whole time? What are the costs? And is it green enough? - Lots of issues around security, privacy etc. in both directions I'm doubtful on both tech and suggested commercial models. Another theme jumps out. Japan's telcos are turning into software / platform providers, hoping to sell to other operators around the world. Rakuten has Rakuten Symphony for network automation. NTT DOCOMO has OREX SAI, INC. for #OpenRAN along with NEC Corporation. I'm not sure about KDDI. Is AITRAS just a competitive response by SoftBank?

I was delighted to share the stage and moderate the Automation in Telecom panel at Fyuz Dublin last week with thought leaders Azhar Sayeed, NG-Voice CTO, Andrew Thiessen, Mitre Head of 5G and Sameh Yamany, Viavi CTO. We discussed priorities and frameworks with current tools, what is the AGI inflection point, some provocation about spectrum sharing and had some laughs. #tip #fyuz #agi #telecom #automation #openRAN #privatenetwork #ngvoice #mitre #viavi #laughs #dublin #guinness

And thats a wrap on #Fyuz24! We want to take a moment to thank everyone who made Fyuz a success this year. Thank you to Telecom Infra Project for putting on a great event and choosing to have lovely Dublin be our meeting place! Thank you to everyone who came by our booth and said hello, as well as those who attended the discussions our team members were a part of! And a quick, yet necessary shout out to our team members themselves for being great representatives of the i14y Lab: - Andreas Gladisch (i14y Lab) - Katja Henke (i14y Lab) - Bettina Lehmann (i14y Lab) - Carsten Rossenh?vel (EANTC AG) - Sandra Castanheira Magalh?es (Capgemini Engineering) - Pankaj Vats (Capgemini Engineering) - Andreas K?tter (Capgemini Engineering) Thanks again and we look forward to what's to come for all of us in the #openRAN ecosystem! #Fyuz2024 #NetworkDisaggregation Stéphane Téral Jade Téral TéRAL RESEARCH Maggie Chao Julie Kub Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)(工業技術研究院, 工研院) National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Ian Wong VIAVI Solutions

Looking to stay ahead in networking advancements for AI use cases in 6G Networks? ?? Our exclusive LinkedIn group, 6G-XCEL, is designed for industry as well as research professionals —offering access to expert discussions, resources, and networking opportunities. 6G-XCEL team shared interesting perspectives around the impact of Generative AI on core network structures and the challenges and opportunities that arise from this transformation during this panel discussion in Telecom Infra Project #FYUZ24 event. What were the key takeaways? #1 GenAI is causing a substantial shift in network organization, reshaping network architectures and operational paradigms, with networks increasingly designed to be?scalable,?flexible,?autonomous, and?capable of self-optimization. #2 GenAI is impacting both core and edge/wireless networks. #3 Supporting AI capabilities at the edge seems to be an increasing need, - this is what our 6G-XCEL project is all about! #4 ?Both in-network AI and AI-native networks are important for 6G use cases. Special thanks to CONNECT Centre and Professor Dan Kilper for connecting us ??

I was honored to be asked to participate in this panel and to share the stage with such a distinguished group. Telecom Infra Project did an amazing job in putting together the conference and the Convention Centre Dublin was a spectacular venue...

#Nemeton: the sacred groves of the #Druids, the ancient priests of Celtic tradition. How amazing is it that as we collaborated at the #Fyuz event?for the Telecom Infra Project, our #5G Mobile Broadcast solution brought together Druid Software and Nemeton TV? It feels like our partnership was written in the stars! Ancient magic meets modern 5G creativity! I'm excited to see where this collaboration takes us. https://lnkd.in/eVxyZWJX Fiachna, Irial, Fergal

New Announcements from OpenRAN! Exciting news from the OpenRAN group at #Fyuz2024! They revealed advancements in cloud-native OpenRAN combined with AI to accelerate deployment and scalability. The group also shared case studies showcasing multi-vendor OpenRAN solutions and breakthroughs in automating network management for efficiency and cost savings. #Innovation #Telecom #OpenRAN #Fyuz2024 #TIP

New Announcements from Open Transport! Exciting news from the Open Transport group at #Fyuz2024! They revealed advancements in IPoDWDM solutions, showcasing successful collaborations with IP Infusion and NTT to enhance cost efficiency and streamline network operations. These innovations are set to accelerate the deployment of open optical networks and drive the future of telecom infrastructure. #Innovation #Telecom #OpenTransport #Fyuz2024 #TIP

Missed #Fyuz24? Catch up on the highlights! ?? The Telecom Infra Project YouTube channel will begin posting videos of main stage sessions starting December 15th, 2024! Relive the incredible insights, groundbreaking announcements, and inspiring discussions that defined this year’s event. Subscribe now to get notified as soon as new content goes live ?? https://lnkd.in/eMSWZfUJ Don’t miss your chance to stay informed about the future of open and disaggregated networks, AI advancements, and telecom innovation! ?? #Fyuz2024 #TelecomInfraProject #TelecomInnovation #YouTube #OpenRAN #5G #OpenWiFi