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Back at #PrivateWireless in London. Probably the biggest takeaway so far is most people see a role for telcos: as spectrum providers, integrators, and lots of interest in hybrid private/public models
This probably releflects a telco leaning in the audience/speakers, but enterprise speakers (e.g. Shell) also say if they can use the shared public network, they prefer to do because it& #39;s cheaper
There are obviously many scenarios where you need to deploy private radio (and core). Coverage, control, security, performance (w/ SLAs), etc.
One interesting comment from Telefonica: customers often want to keep their data on-prem for security reasons, even though it is demonstrably less secure than keeping it in a Tier Telefonica data center / cloud service
No really good answers so far on how to integrate private networks with their own core with wide-area public networks. Dual SIM and/or roaming interfaces (S6a) are most often suggested. MoCN gets the odd mention for #PrivateNetworks None of these are ideal.
And right on cue, Toon Norp from TNO (a Dutch R&D org) brings us the most magnificent term from 3GPP R16: Public Network Integrated Non Public Network (PNI-NPN)
Some people bring their own 4G wireless network to the show. Here& #39;s Nanda Menon with @Athonet_PriMo (using 10MHz of someone& #39;s spectrum) #PrivateNetworks
Here& #39;s the @NetNumber system with carry case. In this demo, the core network runs on a PC (in fact, in this case, the IMS is running on a USB) Small cell is by @ipaccessLtd Big TV screen is optional
Good session from Catherine Gull, @ThreeUK and Karen Poulter, Port of Felixstowe on Private LTE. Seems like some good opportunities for 5G in due course (e.g. for remote-operated cranes using HD cameras -- 12 per crane. The two operational cranes right now use fiber)
Nice anecdote from The Port of Antwerp at #PrivateNetworks. Speaker heard you could get a LoRa system (for IoT unlicensed spectrum) for €10K. He bought 8 and had them installed and working within 4 weeks.
