Gibson Ang, VP Technology  and Product Management for Casa Systems, Inc., joins Intel® Chip Chat Network Insights to explore how 5G’s convergence of wireless and wireline networks will provide subscribers with a seamless experience as they move between wireless and fixed connectivity. 

Gibson explains how next-generation connectivity will bring with it increased complexity, requiring operators to support more spectrum bands, protocols and access types; deploy and manage tens of thousands more cell sites; push services closer to users at the edge; and deliver tailored network slices to meet the needs of new use cases. Using a common 5G core, converged service providers can optimize their network resources, lower network costs, and swiftly capitalize on new revenue opportunities.

Learn more about the advantages for operators through Casa Systems and BT’s implementation of a multi-tenancy and multi-access edge compute architecture, with disaggregated broadband network gateway functionality. This proof-of-concept design took top honors for Best New 5G Technology at Broadband World Forum 2019.

Gibson shares how 2nd gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors make it possible to transition from using discrete architectures for major workloads (e.g., applications, controls, packets, and signal processing) to a single architecture that consolidates the workloads into a more scalable and simplified solution.

This powerful set of software libraries removes the most-common performance bottlenecks for packet processing software on the Intel x86 platform. It allows Casa Systems to improve the packet processing performance of the solution by more than 10x*, resulting in performance gains that outpace legacy solutions many times over. 

*Download the whitepaper featuring Casa System’s Axyom Platform visit: https://www.casa-systems.com/assets/Casa-White-Paper-Axyom-Takes-Performance-to-the-Edge.pdf 

For more information on Casa Systems and to see virtual demonstrations, please see: www.casa-systems.com 

Learn more about Intel’s work in network transformation, 5G and edge computing at http://networkbuilders.intel.com

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5G Convergence - Intel® Chip Chat Network Insights episode 279

Intel® Chip Chat: Network Insights is a recurring podcast series that delves into the technologies, topics and issues facing the networking industry. These informal, one-on-one interviews with industry experts examine the network transformation taking place through the adoption of software defined networking and network functions virtualization across telecommunication & enterprise organizations.

Grit Talk, sponsored by the Intel Network of Executive Women, is a podcast series focused on women and leadership. Host Lisa Davis interviews executive voices from Intel and beyond to discuss careers, leadership and community-building. She explores how passion and perseverance have helped women at Intel build and strengthen their careers and become the leaders they aspired to be.

Lisa currently serves as Chair of the Intel Network of Executive Women. Throughout her 30-year career in technology, Lisa has been a champion for women in technology and leadership – channeling that passion into leading professional development initiatives for women.

As Vice President and General Manager of Digital Transformation and Scale Solutions for Enterprise and Government in the Data Center Group, Lisa works alongside enterprise and government CIOs to help them create digital transformation strategies for their organizations. A three-time CIO herself, Lisa has led four technology transformations over the course of her career.

5G Convergence - Intel® Chip Chat Network Insights episode 279

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