This post is in context of VPP usage and its value in the advancement of Telecom world which I have put below, Appreciate your feedback.
It is well known fact that the next big thing in telecommunication world is 5G, which is aiming to provide 10Gbps data rate along with support for Massive IoT devices and various Mobile Broadband services. Having said that the Radio Technology and Front haul of 5G is in evolution that is driven by 3GPP forum. On the topics of Back-haul bandwidth/data switching and routing, 3GPP is silent and left it open for innovation thoughts. In this context, based on the experience that I have gained by working on Telecommunication products as well as in VPP, I believe that VPP can play a greater role in Telecom back-haul data routing and forwarding. For example following nodes, user plane data handling can be made available using VPP a. 5GC UPF (5G Core Network - User Plane Function) b. 5G gNB – Split – CU-U( Control Unit – User Plane) c. 4G LTE SGW and PGW nodes. d. eNbGW (eNodeB gateway) In this front, I want to understand about any work being carried in these areas already in VPP. If the forum is further interested I shall be happy to discuss further more details at technical front, based on that we can discuss further plans on design, coding, deployment milestones of the same.
