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Paramvir Bahl (Microsoft Research) along with coauthors Mahadev Satyanarayanan (Carnegie Mellon University), Ramon Caceres (AT&T Research), and Nigel Davies (Lancaster University), received the ACM SIGMOBILE Test of Time Award 2022 for their paper "The Case for VM-based Cloudlets in Mobile…

Azure public MEC and AT&T deployment

Dans l’actualité | MICROSOFT AZURE BLOG

In November 2021, Microsoft and AT&T announced the launch of Microsoft Azure public MEC (multi-access edge compute) with AT&T’s site in Atlanta, Georgia. To light up new compelling applications with Azure public MEC that benefit from low latency 5G connectivity, we…

Diagram showing Ekya’s architecture. Video data flows from a series of cameras into specialized, lightweight inference models and shared resource pools before reaching the edge.
Blog de recherche Microsoft

| Ganesh Ananthanarayanan, Yuanchao Shu, Nikolaos Karianakis, Kevin Hsieh, et Victor Bahl

Edge computing has come of age, with deployments enabling many applications that process data from IoT sensors and cameras. In 2017, we identified the symbiotic relationship between edge computing and video analytics in an article (opens in new tab), noting…

Hardware setup of the live demonstration of carrier-grade cloud-managed Open RAN platform at MWC 2022

Dans l’actualité | MICROSOFT AZURE BLOG

Over the past few years, there has been an increasingly steady drumbeat for the need to diversify and open the telecommunications supply chain. A key part of this supply chain that can be diversified is radio access network (RAN), where…

Dans l’actualité | MICROSOFT AZURE BLOG

Microsoft believes the telecom edge is the catalyst creating a new world where the telecom and cloud industries join forces to eliminate duplication while creating a new era of latency-sensitive applications and services. In this article, we focus on what’s…

Dans l’actualité | MICROSOFT AZURE BLOG

For many, the intersection of 5G wireless and the Internet offers very little by way of new information, just from a quick, surface-level glance. However, things look very different when considered in light of the 5G New Radio (NR) standard.

The figure illustrates that the investments of 5G operators and Microsoft are aligned.

Dans l’actualité | Microsoft Azure Blog

Creating a programmable software infrastructure for telecommunication operations promises to reduce both the capital expenditure (CAPEX) and the operational expenses (OPEX) of the 5G telecommunications operators. What is exciting to many of us who work in this space is that…

Traditional cellular network infrastructure compared to cellular network infrastructure in the Microsoft cloud Two graphics. The first depicts traditional cellular network infrastructure, beginning with cell towers receiving data and transferring it to physical buildings--local hubs, then central exchanges and finally data centers. The second depicts cloudified cellular network infrastructure, with cell towers transmitting data to telco edges and Microsoft edges. This is also labelled "RAN in the cloud". The data then flows to the Microsoft cloud, including core network and OSS/BSS as a service.
Blog de recherche Microsoft

| Yongguang Zhang et Bozidar Radunovic

Editor’s note: In recent years, telecommunications operators have faced a growing challenge to meet surging global demand for immersive online services and collaboration tools. Upgrading their proprietary networks to prepare for 5G and beyond would require major capital expenditures, even…

Dans l’actualité | Microsoft Azure Blog

A great deal has been written about the technologies fueling 5G, especially how those technologies will improve the experience that users have regarding connectivity. Similarly, much has been said about how ongoing developments in technology will usher in a new…