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Dell Technologies 5G Core Solution Reference Architecture with Affirmed and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is designed to help communications service providers (CSPs) quickly deploy 5G services. This reference architecture features a 5G core platform, container management and orchestration platform, and telco-grade infrastructure in a fully validated solution design.
The Reference Architecture documentation set consists of the following:
Both documents are available at the Dell Technologies Solutions Info Hub for Communication Service Providers.
The Reference Architecture provides:
The Reference Architecture includes the following components:
Affirmed UnityCloud is a 5G core (5GC), cloud native solution built on an open, scalable, web-based architecture. This architecture enables mobile operators to build the most innovative 5G core network while dramatically reducing the network operating costs up to 90 percent by simplifying and automating network functions. UnityCloud converges “Any G” core, including 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G networks, and wireline core, onto one unified platform, which simplifies the overall network architecture. For more information, see Chapter 3 Affirmed 5G Core Logical Design on page 14.
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 consists of many open-source components that have been carefully integrated to provide a consistently dependable platform on which you can develop and deploy scalable containerized applications. OpenShift Container Platform provides great flexibility for accommodating platform deployment preferences. For more information, see OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 Documentation.
At the heart of OpenShift Container Platform is Kubernetes container orchestration software. For more information, see What Is Kubernetes?