In a statement about whether Australian service providers may buy infrastructure products, Australian lawmakers make some other points about changes to be wrought by 5G. Others have noted that 5G is not simply an air interface, but a change in how logical functions in the core network flow through the access network.
“5G requires a change in way the network operates compared to previous mobile generations,” say Australian Senator Mitch Fifield, Minister for Communications and the Arts, and Scott Morrison, member of Parliament and Acting Minister for Home Affairs. Put simply, “the distinction between the core and the edge will disappear over time,” at least in terms of security, control and other logical network functions.
‘Where previous mobile networks featured clear functional divisions between the core and the edge, 5G is designed so that sensitive functions currently performed in the physically and logically separated core will gradually move closer to the edge of the network,” they note.
In other words, the network is virtualized.
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