Defining A Role For SD-WAN In A 5G Era
NETWORKComputing, Monday, July 3,2023
The key to cellular providers moving quickly to market with network slicing is by leveraging SD-WAN intelligence on 5G enterprise routers.
Faster speeds, lower latency, improved reliability, greater capacity, and emerging capabilities such as network slicing is making 5G an attractive option for enterprises looking for agile WAN connectivity. There are a couple of reasons behind the increased adoption of 5G as a primary WAN connection:
- Recent buildouts of the 5G capacity layer enables higher performance
- The emergence of unlimited data plans for businesses avoids costly overages
- Wired connections are not possible for everything in every location (Examples: rural locations, connected vehicle fleets, remote IoT deployments)
As 4/5G plays a more prominent role in the WAN, how does SD-WAN need to evolve to support a WAN underlay that is now predominately wireless? The answer lies in looking at how cellular differs from traditional wired connections.